Hello and welcome
to Behold The Lamb
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Presents, a timely
program focused on getting
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you ready to meet
Jesus, I'm Chris Shelton
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your host and
today's message is entitled
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"Trusting God in
the Hour of Trial."
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So, much could be
said on this topic
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but as I was praying about it my
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mind drifted back to
Peter and the disciples.
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There is so much
the Lord has left us
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in scriptures
for us to learn from
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the twelve
disciples. Peter in particular
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was asked to
accompany Jesus along with James
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and John into the
garden of Gethsemane.
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A time of great
agony for our Lord,
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he desired these
three to be close to him
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and watching and
praying during that great
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night of spiritual
struggle before his betrayal
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that would lead him to Calvary,
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before entering the
garden, Christ was taking
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with the disciples
and trying his best to
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prepare them for what
was just about to take
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place. He said unto them, all ye
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shall be offended
because of me this night,
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for it is written: I
will smite the shepherd
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and the sheep of the
flock shall be scattered
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abroad. Peter
answered and said unto him,
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Though all men
shall be offended because
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of thee, yet will
I never be offended.
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Though I should die with thee,
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yet will I not deny
thee. Yet many of us know
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what happened, just as
Christ we're told to all
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who were present that
night, before the cock
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crowed Peter
would indeed have denied
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his Lord three times,
Peter had just boasted
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about the tremendous
loyalty and love that he
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had for the Lord,
so much so that he
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he would follow
him even unto to death
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if need be. But
Christ knew Peter better
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than Peter knew
himself. Peter's denial
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of His Lord only
added to the bitter
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disappointment
and the confusion that
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all the
disciples were soon to meet
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as they witnessed
Christ's crucifixion. I'm sure
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you can empathize
with Peter and the rest
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of the disciples;
they had seen Christ
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feed thousands with
only a few fish and very
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little bread. He had
given sight to the blind;
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he had cast out demons
and even raised the dead.
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How then could he be
crucified? Their hour
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of trial was almost
more than they could bear,
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Christ, was Christ whom
they had thought he was?
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Was he not the promised
Messiah? Why was he set,
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why was he not
setting up his kingdom? There
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was so much
confusion, so many questions
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that they had.
Could Christ be trusted?
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Peter was so
dishearted that he did
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exactly what he
said he would not do,
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he denied his Lord.
We often find ourselves
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questioning God in
times of trail, just as Christ
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closest disciples did
during their hour of trial.
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But are we to
lose, are we to question
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our faith in times
of trial? I want you
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to stay tuned
today as Pastor Kenny
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addresses this
very important topic of
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trusting God in
the hour of trial.
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But first we're
blessed to go to 3ABN's
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worship center and
listen to a beautiful
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song sung by Sandra Entermann
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as entitled "Remember Me."
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Remember Me
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In a Bible cracked
and faded by the years.
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Remember Me
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In a sanctuary
filled with silent prayer
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And age to age
And heart to heart,
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Bound by grace and peace.
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Childs of wonder, Childs of God,
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I've remembered you Remember Me.
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Remember Me
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When the color of
the sunset fills the sky
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Remember Me
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When you pray and tears of
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joy fall from your eyes.
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And age to age
And heart to heart,
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Bound by grace and peace.
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Childs of wonder Childs of God,
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I have Remembered You,
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Remember Me
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Remenber Me,
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When the children
leave their Sabbath
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school with smiles
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Remember Me
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When they're
old enough to teach,
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Old enough to preach
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Old enough to leave.
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And age to age
And heart to heart
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Bound by grace and peace
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Childs of wonder, Childs of God,
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I've remembered you,
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Remember Me. Age to age
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And heart to
heart Childs of wonder
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Childs of God Remember Me.
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Age to age And heart to heart
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Childs of wonder Childs of God
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Remember Me.
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Praise the Lord,
it's our privilege
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once again to come before you,
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our people, God's
people to be able to study
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the word of God together.
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Wherever you
maybe again we're glad
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that you could
join us as we study
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the most important
subject "Trusting God
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in the Hour of Trial."
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Oh, how important
this is and the strength
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that God will
give us as we study his
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word today. But before we do,
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we always go to him and prayer
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so where you can,
why don't you kneel
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with me and if you
can, you're going down
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the road whatever it
might be just talk to Him,
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ask for divine power and wisdom
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that we may hear
and understand His word,
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let's pray together.
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Kind Loving Heavenly Father,
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we thank you for the privilege
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we have of
prayer. We thank you that
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we can call upon your name
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and you said
that you would hear,
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now we ask for
divine enlightenment,
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we pray that Heavens
windows will be opened up,
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the Holy Spirit will
come down on our ears,
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and our eyes, our
mind that may hear,
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see, understand, that which you
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have in store for
us. And I pray today
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that for each and
everyone who will view
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or listened that
their heart will be stayed
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upon Jesus, may
this be a wonderful,
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valuable time together
as we study God's word.
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Thank you for
hearing and answering prayer
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in Jesus name, Amen.
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Once again as
always we encourage
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you to take your, your
Bible, pencil and paper
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where you can,
you may even have some
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questions or some
comments, something that maybe
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you think that we
maybe need to know or
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something that maybe
we, you say well you don't
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agree with. Why don't
you just write that down
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and send it to us
and we'll glad to,
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to look at it,
because I think we need this
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communication back and forth,
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it's always good for us,
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as we study the
word of God together.
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So, today again if
you're jotting it down,
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we're studying
"Trusting God in the
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Hour of Trial." Now,
what does that really mean?
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Trusting God in
the Hour of Trial,
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are you
different by, you know just
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from day to day as
you kind of get your way
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and everything is going the way
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you would like
for it to go and your
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attitude and oh
it just seems good.
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I heard them say
well I'm on cloud 9
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and then all of a
sudden something hits you,
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something changes,
could be in the job,
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it could be family,
it could be sickness,
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it could be a job,
whatever it might be.
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And all of a sudden there is a,
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there is a
trial, there is a test
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that's put before
you and it's interesting,
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daring while we
are being tested or
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the hour of our
trial shows us who
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we really are. No, no
not in the good times,
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but when you are
challenged with circumstances
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of life, so it'd
be good for us just to
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go down a few
things here quickly when
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we're talking about trials,
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now trials and
the purpose of trials,
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you say oh I know
all about those things
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but please there
maybe those who don't
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understand the
workings of God in their life.
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There is a purpose for trials,
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what does it
happens when a trial
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comes to your,
in your life, is it,
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is it the enemy
that's doing this,
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oh the enemy
has done this thing.
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Is God allowing
this thing to happen,
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is He wanting to, to test you,
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is He wanting
to see what you're,
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you're made of? In
fact when a trial comes
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our way many times
we discover some things
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that we really
don't know about our self.
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Now, when does that occur,
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when everything
is going our way? No.
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So I see that God's
hand could be in it,
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don't you? But,
because we can discover
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some things that
we really didn't know
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about our self
and a trial should and
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it's designed by God
to bring us closer to Him,
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not further, a lot of
people get far back oh no,
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no, no God's done this.
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Is to bring us close to Him,
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give us courage and
those who go in through test
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and trial, they will
see that Christ's character
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is being fully
reproduced or reflected in them.
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That's the purpose of a trial,
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so that His
character can come through,
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don't you wanna
reflect the character
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of Jesus Christ, well
I do, and another purpose
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of a trial when
we're really tested.
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A trial will
consume our earthliness,
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hope we have any earth in us,
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things of this earth or too,
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you know we were just, we grab,
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we're grabbing a
hold of the things of this
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earth and we
can't seem to let go.
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But during this
test and trial it's,
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it's, it's to get rid
of the earthliness that
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we maybe more like
Jesus and be preparing
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for Heaven. And a
trial does fit us for Heaven.
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A trial does fit us
for the time of tribulation
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that not only
are we, we're seeing,
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we're at beginning stages of it,
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but it's gonna
continue to wax worse
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and worse. We're
really gonna be tested,
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every Christian,
everyone who says
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they love Jesus,
they're going to be tested
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to the utmost.
Trials reflect what is in
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the heart, I've heard
people do a lot of talking
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and well they
professed this and they
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professed that. But
when a real test comes
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and a real trial comes and maybe
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a big disappointment,
maybe even the loss
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of a loved one,
again called by job
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and maybe money you
had invested somewhere
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wherever it might be.
A trial produces or what
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comes out of that
trial is what's really
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in your heart, two
things that either draw
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us closer to Jesus or we give up
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and we blame Him for
what has taken place.
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And I, I thought well
that's all good as we,
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as we think about
trials, but some trials tend
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to make some people backslide.
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They talked about
how they trust God,
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and how they love
him with all their heart
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and when this test comes they,
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they have so much self-esteem,
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regards of what takes place. Oh,
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they're gonna serve
Him, oh that's right if,
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if God wants me to
starve, I'll just starve
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you know if God wants me to die,
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I'll just die.
Whatever God wants me to do,
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I'm gonna tell you,
you need to be very,
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very careful,
you'll see why in a moment
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as we talk a
little more about this.
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You need to be
careful what you say,
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be ready as God test us.
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Couple of things
that happened to people
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who are, I wanna say that people
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who are, are so
self sufficient and they
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think that in test
and trial when they
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talk about how
they be over comers.
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There usually a
couple things that they
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complain about, if
it doesn't go their way,
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they'll say oh, oh
circumstances just,
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it changed
everything. I'll tell you,
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it just didn't
workout, so it wasn't me,
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it was
circumstances and then of course
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the other thing.
They'll say you know
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why this didn't
work? Is because you didn't
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appreciate my talent,
have you ever met anyone
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like that? I've met
some, I've even received
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some letters to that effect.
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The reason that
they got disappointed,
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the reason they left the church
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or they left the
side of Jesus Christ
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as they say oh
circumstances did it
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and it's just beyond my control.
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And people just
didn't appreciate me that's
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why I left. What are we to do?
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How are we to act during this,
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this hour of trial?
We're laying a foundation
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here because as we
look at this foundation
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this is what we'll be building
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on as we go along. But
regardless of the test,
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regardless of the
trials, regardless of what
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is happening.
God expects us as his
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followers to be first calm,
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oh that's
difficult for some of us.
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He aspects us to be
cheerful, oh how can
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we be cheerful when
our, maybe our heart's
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all upset, he
aspects us to be obedient.
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To whatever he
allows to come our way,
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trust in God, we
need to have unwavering
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trust in Him and
by the way that trust
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that we're talking
about here, meaningful.
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It take years to
develop it, years,
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how many years have
you been living for Jesus.
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And those who have difficulty,
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a lack of trust, if
you have a lack of trust
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for God and
you're just, you just,
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you get these hours
of, of test and trials
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and you're not
sure what, whatever
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else is going on
here? Here is what
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takes place when you
a lack of trust in God,
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here's what you
begin to do. You begin to,
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begin to be
stressed out. You begin to be
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distressed about everything.
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You also begin
to be fearful about
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every little thing that happens,
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you just can't. Oh everything,
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oh we're just, why is all these
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things happening to
me. We live in a world
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that's afraid, they have fear,
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this happens we
have fear when we
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don't trust in God.
"Perfect love casts out
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all fear," the
Bible says something
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is very interesting.
When you don't trust
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God, you have
this fear, you have
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this perplexities
in life. Everything
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is just such a, a big deal that
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we just can't
get over and we just
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can't move on.
Along with that comes
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thing called
evil speaking or evil
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summarizing, see
when we don't have
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peace with God and we're,
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we're not passing
the test or trusting God.
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We began to trust in
ourselves and we began
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to reach out and,
and talk about other
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people. In fact
when we're unhappy
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we want everybody
else to be unhappy
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around us. How
about evil summarizing
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or evil
speaking, did you realize
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that is a sin. It's so rampant
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inside the church,
outside and probably
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may not so much even outside
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in the world as it
is inside the church.
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It's among God's
people, always getting into
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little clicks and
little people groups here
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and there and
they're always talking about
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someone and
they're evil summarizing.
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Because they really
don't know the facts,
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evil summarizing is
one of the greatest,
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the biggest sin in
the movement of God.
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Evil summarizing,
we're talking about
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backbiting, it's a
sin and God expects
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us to spend more time on what?
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In His word, learning about Him.
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Who's the author by, you know
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this evil
summarizing, who is it?
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The devil, the
devil is the author
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of evil
summarizing, what's that mean?
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You think someone,
you think someone said,
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you think someone
did. May I just really
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be honest with
you, don't you have,
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don't you have
something better to do with
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your life than
sit around wondering
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if somebody did
or said something.
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Spend that time
valuable, learning about
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Jesus, something
that is, that is positive.
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If you could only,
the windows could be
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opened up and we
could look through
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the evil
summarizing and the backbiting,
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it's ruined so many
families and so many
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friendships. Its
destroyed churches,
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the enemy is behind this thing.
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But God's law
forbids it, we cannot call
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ourselves a
Christian or a follower
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of Jesus Christ as
long as we participate
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in these things.
Here is what leads
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to evil
summarizing and evil speaking,
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just be real blunt.
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In case you're one of them
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is a lack of holiness.
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If we want to be like Jesus,
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we're beholding Jesus,
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we won't have time for all
00:20:15.30\00:20:16.82
of this stuff in our life.
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We will want to
know more about him,
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we want to be very positive.
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Now, let me just, like me to go
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into but I just want,
I wanna be positive as,
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as, as we move on here.
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Because we need
to learn to trust
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God in the hour
of trial during our,
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our big test.
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And if we're in the habit of
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maybe backbiting or evil
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summarizing or evil speaking.
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This is real simple remedy,
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don't you like remedies? I do,
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simply take Jesus with you
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wherever you
go, whatever you do,
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whoever that you're talking to.
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Talk about Jesus and then
00:20:56.30\00:20:59.43
you won't have time why?
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Because he's so important,
00:21:00.62\00:21:01.98
these other things are not,
00:21:02.34\00:21:03.31
you don't know about it,
00:21:03.32\00:21:04.29
nothing it's not your business
00:21:04.30\00:21:06.03
Talk about Jesus,
take Him with you.
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The Bible says in Matthew 11:29
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Jesus simply says: Learn of me,
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oh just come for I am meek and
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lowly of heart;
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and then he goes on he say,
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and you shall find
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rest in your souls.
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So, people they don't
have rest in their souls
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and Jesus offers you that today.
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Trusting God in
the Hour of Trial,
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do you trust Him, are things
00:21:40.52\00:21:42.67
going to where you could say,
00:21:42.68\00:21:43.65
regardless of
what happens to me,
00:21:43.66\00:21:45.11
I love Him with all of my heart
00:21:45.12\00:21:47.23
and I'm gonna trust in His
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strength and in His grace.
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You know, one of
the favorite songs
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when I was growing
up I never forget it
00:21:53.50\00:21:55.93
and it could be
one of my favorites
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now but my problem was this.
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Every time we sing, you know
00:22:00.26\00:22:02.33
one of these good songs
00:22:02.34\00:22:04.53
I keep saying it's my favorite.
00:22:04.77\00:22:06.37
But this one here
just has some real words
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that says, Trust and obey,
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for there's no other way.
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To be happy in
Jesus is to do what?
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Good, trust and obey,
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don't be a half-time, part-time
00:22:21.46\00:22:23.81
Christian say oh
yeah well I trust I could.
00:22:23.82\00:22:26.08
It says trust and what? Good,
00:22:26.30\00:22:28.08
trust and obey,
there is no other way.
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And even come to the point
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Job said in Job 13:15
00:22:32.43\00:22:35.18
"Though He slay me,
yet I will trust Him,
00:22:35.87\00:22:39.50
"he had come to
that point in his life,
00:22:41.35\00:22:43.07
how did this man
come to that point
00:22:43.17\00:22:45.18
in his life when everything
00:22:45.19\00:22:47.07
seemed to be
turning against Him.
00:22:47.08\00:22:48.47
He said though,
though He slay me,
00:22:48.48\00:22:50.97
no matter what happens
00:22:50.98\00:22:52.25
yet I will trust in him,
00:22:52.26\00:22:54.13
that's the kind of faith I want,
00:22:55.41\00:22:56.79
that's the kind
of trust that I want,
00:22:56.80\00:22:58.22
that's the kind of
trust and faith and love,
00:22:58.51\00:23:00.84
I tell you those
people are on their way
00:23:01.42\00:23:02.91
to Heaven. And I need that,
00:23:02.92\00:23:04.51
you need that today
00:23:04.58\00:23:05.87
that's simply
saying well regardless
00:23:06.44\00:23:07.96
of what happens in
this life I trust him,
00:23:07.97\00:23:10.29
because I am in His hands
00:23:10.30\00:23:12.00
and nothing happens unless
00:23:12.55\00:23:14.05
it passes God first,
00:23:14.06\00:23:15.52
that's the way it should be,
00:23:16.20\00:23:17.17
isn't that being belonging
00:23:17.18\00:23:18.15
to the family of God.
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In Psalms 5:11
Listen to these words,
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if you're really
trusting in Him today.
00:23:23.49\00:23:25.28
In trial or in good times,
00:23:27.39\00:23:29.45
here's what the Bible says:
00:23:29.59\00:23:30.69
But let all those who put
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their trust in thee rejoice.
00:23:32.51\00:23:35.28
Every person that puts their
00:23:36.37\00:23:38.11
trust in Jesus can rejoice,
00:23:38.12\00:23:40.76
they feel like rejoicing.
00:23:40.94\00:23:42.84
They don't feel
like complaining,
00:23:42.85\00:23:44.33
they don't feel like
00:23:44.66\00:23:45.63
gossiping about somebody else.
00:23:45.64\00:23:47.15
If we're putting
our trust in Him,
00:23:47.16\00:23:49.00
we're gonna be
spending that time rejoicing,
00:23:49.71\00:23:51.79
reading on it says, let them
00:23:52.65\00:23:54.35
ever shout for joy,
00:23:54.63\00:23:57.01
how long has it been since
00:23:57.26\00:23:58.23
you've shouted for joy,
00:23:58.24\00:23:59.60
some of you haven't even
00:23:59.93\00:24:00.90
may little squeal lately,
00:24:00.91\00:24:02.22
I'm talking
about shouting for joy
00:24:02.52\00:24:03.96
is what the Bible says when you
00:24:03.97\00:24:05.21
really put your trust in Him.
00:24:05.22\00:24:07.38
And I'm encouraging you
00:24:08.15\00:24:09.43
to do that today and you're
00:24:09.44\00:24:10.93
gonna be shouting for joy
00:24:10.94\00:24:12.45
and you say but why?
00:24:12.46\00:24:13.52
Because reading
on the Bible says:
00:24:13.53\00:24:15.36
because thou defendest them,
00:24:15.51\00:24:18.53
that means you protect us
00:24:19.01\00:24:21.27
and then it goes on to say
00:24:22.25\00:24:23.51
and let us that love that name
00:24:23.52\00:24:26.33
and be joyful in thee.
00:24:26.34\00:24:28.63
Do you love the name of Jesus;
00:24:29.14\00:24:30.83
are you thankful
for that protection,
00:24:31.01\00:24:32.70
are you shouting for joy?
00:24:32.88\00:24:34.41
Do you love that name?
00:24:34.42\00:24:36.04
Then it says to be joyful,
00:24:36.70\00:24:38.58
we should be happy
00:24:38.78\00:24:39.93
and almost
everybody I've talked to
00:24:39.94\00:24:41.64
about being happy as Christians
00:24:41.65\00:24:43.12
what do they say? Oh, yeah,
00:24:43.13\00:24:44.50
yeah that's right
what we need to be,
00:24:44.51\00:24:46.09
yeah we need to be.
00:24:46.10\00:24:47.31
They don't seem to be joyful,
00:24:48.04\00:24:50.00
it's not written on their face,
00:24:50.27\00:24:51.57
they're not
really talking positive,
00:24:51.58\00:24:53.29
what's happening, what's going.
00:24:53.54\00:24:54.86
Listen I'm convinced of this.
00:24:55.43\00:24:56.97
God has, God is
and He will continue
00:24:57.80\00:25:02.07
to do great things for
00:25:02.51\00:25:03.93
those who trust Him,
00:25:03.94\00:25:05.74
trusting Him is when everything
00:25:06.71\00:25:08.70
seems to be against you.
00:25:08.71\00:25:10.55
Everything is going against,
00:25:10.70\00:25:12.07
it seem like oh
nothing is working right
00:25:12.08\00:25:14.30
but trust is
what? I trust you Lord.
00:25:14.31\00:25:17.89
I'm not gonna lose a
night's sleep over it,
00:25:17.90\00:25:20.40
I'm not gonna complain and
00:25:20.59\00:25:21.56
try to blame other people
00:25:21.57\00:25:22.84
for the mishaps or things
00:25:23.20\00:25:24.86
there were going bad. But I'm
00:25:24.87\00:25:25.88
gonna trust you God,
00:25:25.89\00:25:27.56
and some of you
might say this, then why
00:25:29.33\00:25:31.10
are so many
things and why are we
00:25:31.67\00:25:34.50
going wrong and
then why is it that
00:25:34.51\00:25:36.39
we're not seeing
more, more strength
00:25:36.40\00:25:38.42
and more victory
among God's people.
00:25:38.78\00:25:41.83
Because He's promised them joy,
00:25:42.66\00:25:44.13
he's promised some power,
00:25:44.14\00:25:45.11
he's promised some
moving among his people.
00:25:45.12\00:25:47.81
As if we really trust
in him, more victories.
00:25:48.07\00:25:50.78
Couple of answers here,
00:25:52.36\00:25:53.34
at least I want you to consider,
00:25:53.35\00:25:54.91
how about
consider these answers.
00:25:55.11\00:25:56.60
Why is it then that we don't,
00:25:57.20\00:25:58.38
we don't have more strength
00:25:58.39\00:26:00.01
and more victories
in our Christian walk.
00:26:00.28\00:26:02.67
Could it be, could it be that we
00:26:02.87\00:26:05.98
rely on our self too much,
00:26:05.99\00:26:09.10
we trust too much
to our own strength
00:26:10.05\00:26:12.39
and to our own wisdom.
00:26:12.52\00:26:14.25
We wanna work things out,
00:26:15.04\00:26:16.91
and number 2, could it be
00:26:18.46\00:26:19.81
that we're not giving,
00:26:19.87\00:26:21.14
listen, that
we're not giving God
00:26:21.56\00:26:24.07
time enough to work His power.
00:26:24.11\00:26:27.04
Have you've ever done that,
00:26:28.19\00:26:29.16
oh Lord I need this and
00:26:29.36\00:26:30.97
I need that and you,
00:26:30.98\00:26:31.95
well it's not
here I'm gonna go out
00:26:31.96\00:26:33.52
and I'm gonna
find a way to get it.
00:26:33.53\00:26:34.86
Here is the
patience of the saints,
00:26:36.41\00:26:38.13
we have to give God time to work
00:26:38.76\00:26:41.06
and we need to quit exercising
00:26:42.33\00:26:43.87
so much of, of
self. I can do it,
00:26:43.88\00:26:46.53
I have it, I, lets get that
00:26:46.54\00:26:50.06
out of our vocabulary shall we?
00:26:50.07\00:26:51.94
Let's give God
then an opportunity to,
00:26:53.26\00:26:56.40
you know to display His power
00:26:56.41\00:26:59.16
and his miracle working power
00:26:59.39\00:27:01.45
in our hearts, in our life
00:27:01.65\00:27:03.17
to answer that
prayer, it's up to him.
00:27:03.27\00:27:05.29
God's promised this, he said
00:27:05.53\00:27:07.92
I'm gonna be with the faithful,
00:27:08.48\00:27:10.10
are you a faithful one today.
00:27:10.42\00:27:12.42
He said I
promise I'm going to be
00:27:12.74\00:27:14.28
with you but here it is,
00:27:14.29\00:27:15.55
here is the problem that
00:27:15.56\00:27:16.66
bothers so many Christian.
00:27:16.67\00:27:18.08
Oh yeah, he said
he's gonna be with me,
00:27:18.22\00:27:19.91
I know he's gonna
be with me but you
00:27:19.92\00:27:21.20
don't wanna do
anything in return.
00:27:21.21\00:27:23.12
No, it's not a
works kind of thing,
00:27:23.85\00:27:25.35
we still have to respond
00:27:25.36\00:27:26.89
you need to pay attention
00:27:26.90\00:27:27.97
we'll cover that
in just a moment.
00:27:28.06\00:27:29.61
It's not just set back and
00:27:30.74\00:27:32.06
say I'm faithful and God said,
00:27:32.07\00:27:33.80
so I'm gonna
receive all these thing.
00:27:33.88\00:27:35.85
There is two conditions
00:27:36.20\00:27:37.52
when God says I'm going to,
00:27:37.53\00:27:38.77
I'm going to be with you,
00:27:39.23\00:27:40.20
I'm gonna take care of you,
00:27:40.21\00:27:41.18
I'm gonna bless my faithful.
00:27:41.19\00:27:42.39
Number one is the condition is,
00:27:42.85\00:27:44.78
if you place your
entire confidence in Him,
00:27:45.19\00:27:49.26
have you placed your
00:27:50.72\00:27:51.88
entire confidence in Him.
00:27:51.99\00:27:54.94
Have you? You, some of you say
00:27:57.62\00:27:59.56
well I don't know
that I or haven't.
00:27:59.57\00:28:02.00
This, this is to
qualify for the faithful,
00:28:03.38\00:28:08.13
for the blessings of God,
00:28:08.45\00:28:09.85
we have to surrender,
00:28:09.86\00:28:11.39
we have to our
entire confidence,
00:28:11.55\00:28:14.06
that means get rid
ourselves, surrender self.
00:28:16.00\00:28:18.58
Have confidence in Him, number 2
00:28:19.17\00:28:20.82
we need to faithfully obey Him,
00:28:21.09\00:28:23.65
so the
disobedience is not gonna be,
00:28:23.70\00:28:26.46
it's not the faithful.
00:28:26.47\00:28:27.79
The disobedient is not gonna
00:28:28.07\00:28:29.55
receive the promises of God,
00:28:29.56\00:28:30.96
the disobedients
are not going to be
00:28:32.62\00:28:34.44
able to in the hour of
00:28:34.45\00:28:36.25
trial to be victorious.
00:28:36.26\00:28:38.26
So, if you want these
00:28:39.00\00:28:40.22
promises of God to the faithful,
00:28:40.45\00:28:42.13
place your entire what?
00:28:42.47\00:28:43.69
Good, confidence in Him,
00:28:43.70\00:28:45.37
and then be willing to obey Him,
00:28:45.38\00:28:48.07
faithfully obey Him. Not just
00:28:48.49\00:28:50.33
when it's convenient and when
00:28:50.34\00:28:51.39
you think oh this
is right, I'll do it.
00:28:51.40\00:28:53.16
That's means every situation
00:28:53.17\00:28:55.09
of life faithfully
that we follow God,
00:28:55.10\00:28:58.37
I read in Patriarchs
and Prophets page 431,
00:28:59.20\00:29:01.95
some of you are
familiar with the book
00:29:02.21\00:29:03.59
not maybe of you need to
00:29:03.76\00:29:04.73
get familiar with it.
00:29:04.74\00:29:05.71
Kind of a long para, a couple
00:29:06.44\00:29:07.74
of paragraphs
but there is so much
00:29:07.75\00:29:09.39
information in
here and I just loved it
00:29:09.40\00:29:11.56
and I wanna share it with you
00:29:11.78\00:29:13.05
so just kind of bear with me
00:29:13.06\00:29:14.63
as we read this
and then think about,
00:29:14.64\00:29:17.14
ask the Holy Spirit to help us,
00:29:17.15\00:29:18.47
but we're talking about what?
00:29:18.72\00:29:20.02
Putting our full trust in Him,
00:29:20.07\00:29:22.71
putting everything in His arms
00:29:22.97\00:29:25.22
and in His
hands and we trust Him
00:29:25.23\00:29:27.41
enough in regards
of what's going wrong
00:29:27.42\00:29:29.02
or what's going right,
00:29:29.03\00:29:30.08
how if it's going in our life
00:29:30.09\00:29:31.67
that we trust Him.
00:29:31.75\00:29:33.32
You say, it's
beautiful, everything is good.
00:29:34.95\00:29:37.25
We've been noted to say that
00:29:39.82\00:29:41.32
for a long time we
say, everything is good,
00:29:41.33\00:29:44.22
it's all good and
that maybe as tears are
00:29:45.74\00:29:49.04
streaming down your cheeks
00:29:49.05\00:29:50.18
sometime because you
really don't understand.
00:29:50.19\00:29:51.99
But that's when
trust and when faith begins
00:29:52.33\00:29:54.76
to be putting to operation
00:29:54.77\00:29:56.07
is when you don't understand
00:29:56.08\00:29:57.10
but you trust God.
00:29:57.11\00:29:58.33
He's gonna work you through it,
00:29:58.34\00:29:59.54
he's gonna change it.
00:30:00.25\00:30:01.63
Patriarchs and
Prophets says when
00:30:03.21\00:30:05.11
we trust God
fully, fully now notice,
00:30:05.12\00:30:07.73
when we trust God fully,
00:30:07.74\00:30:10.25
when we rely up on
the merits of Jesus,
00:30:10.73\00:30:14.15
that's the two things
00:30:15.35\00:30:16.32
when we trust Jesus how?
00:30:16.33\00:30:18.26
Fully, good. When
we rely upon what?
00:30:18.76\00:30:22.19
The merits of Jesus
Christ not yourself,
00:30:22.64\00:30:25.65
not your, you call them gifts
00:30:26.01\00:30:27.53
and talents and abilities
00:30:27.54\00:30:28.69
and money and whatever it might,
00:30:28.70\00:30:30.15
you think you might have.
00:30:30.16\00:30:31.47
It's when we rely
upon we trust Him fully,
00:30:32.14\00:30:34.42
we rely upon His merit.
00:30:34.43\00:30:36.09
His merits as what?
00:30:36.77\00:30:37.96
As a sin-pardoning Savior,
00:30:38.15\00:30:40.07
who loves us, who died for us.
00:30:40.97\00:30:43.20
Patriarchs and Prophets said,
00:30:45.64\00:30:46.71
we shall receive all
the help that we need,
00:30:46.83\00:30:50.54
that's encouraging to me,
00:30:51.35\00:30:52.90
all of the help that we need.
00:30:53.02\00:30:55.95
If we just try,
we're talking about have,
00:30:56.67\00:30:58.65
have confidence in God,
00:30:58.66\00:31:00.01
be willing to, be
obedient to every word
00:31:00.02\00:31:02.49
that receives out
of the mouth of God
00:31:02.50\00:31:04.14
to trust Him fully, to rely upon
00:31:04.15\00:31:06.59
the merits of Jesus Christ.
00:31:06.60\00:31:08.30
He's gonna send us all
00:31:08.31\00:31:09.56
the help that you need,
00:31:09.57\00:31:11.44
that's a promise,
he said he would do it.
00:31:13.00\00:31:15.69
Reading on it says:
00:31:18.08\00:31:19.05
Let none look to self,
00:31:19.06\00:31:20.93
here's the problem:
Let none look to self,
00:31:20.94\00:31:23.65
power to save themselves.
00:31:23.66\00:31:26.59
Jesus died for us because
00:31:28.02\00:31:30.31
we were helpless to do this.
00:31:30.68\00:31:33.39
Jesus died for us
because we were what?
00:31:33.40\00:31:37.71
We were
helpless, there is no way
00:31:38.11\00:31:40.32
that we can work our
self out of this mess,
00:31:40.33\00:31:42.16
we are a sinner,
we're on a dead decree,
00:31:42.17\00:31:45.64
Jesus looked down
with pity and mercy,
00:31:45.78\00:31:47.67
willing to sacrifice his life.
00:31:48.42\00:31:50.47
That's an awesome thing,
00:31:50.83\00:31:52.09
I'll supply all
of, all of your needs
00:31:52.10\00:31:54.79
I'm willing to die for you why?
00:31:55.14\00:31:58.34
what can he.
Because you're helpless,
00:31:58.44\00:32:00.54
you're like a
baby, people stand up,
00:32:02.27\00:32:03.59
well I can and I have
done and I'm the reason.
00:32:03.60\00:32:07.34
No, you're
helpless, I am helpless,
00:32:07.35\00:32:10.54
the world was helpless.
00:32:10.55\00:32:12.26
We needed help outside of us
00:32:13.16\00:32:15.77
and Jesus was
willing to come down here,
00:32:16.28\00:32:18.01
that's beautiful why? Because
00:32:18.02\00:32:20.74
in Him is our, is our hope.
00:32:20.75\00:32:23.16
In Him is our encouragement.
00:32:23.89\00:32:25.93
He's our justification,
00:32:26.41\00:32:28.16
he's our righteousness,
00:32:28.27\00:32:29.97
he should be everything to us.
00:32:30.07\00:32:32.42
Especially when we see our,
00:32:34.19\00:32:35.79
our sinfulness, but you know
00:32:35.88\00:32:38.51
what happen sometime people
00:32:38.52\00:32:39.85
will see their sinfulness
00:32:39.86\00:32:40.83
as they begin to
recount their life
00:32:40.84\00:32:42.66
and to look back they see
00:32:42.67\00:32:43.82
and they became despondent.
00:32:43.83\00:32:45.68
They became discouraged,
00:32:46.25\00:32:47.52
they became lookout depressed.
00:32:47.53\00:32:49.73
Realize depression is
over taking the world,
00:32:51.19\00:32:54.77
just as the enemy would have it,
00:32:55.61\00:32:59.52
it doesn't want your
mind to work properly.
00:33:01.39\00:33:03.66
We get too wrapped up
in things of the world,
00:33:05.20\00:33:08.38
we put too much thought and
00:33:08.80\00:33:10.17
affection on
things of the world,
00:33:10.18\00:33:11.75
when it doesn't work our way
00:33:11.76\00:33:13.10
we get depressed, despondent.
00:33:13.11\00:33:15.51
We can't even serve God,
00:33:15.63\00:33:17.02
we can't do anything for Him,
00:33:17.03\00:33:18.43
we're useless in
the cause of Christ
00:33:18.64\00:33:20.44
and all we wanna do is think
00:33:20.72\00:33:21.82
about what? bout our self,
00:33:21.83\00:33:23.20
our situation
what's going on in my life.
00:33:23.89\00:33:26.52
We've got a just a real,
00:33:28.32\00:33:29.29
just a real simple you know and
00:33:29.30\00:33:30.78
well he is not qualified,
00:33:31.38\00:33:32.35
this is just real
simple take it or leave it.
00:33:32.36\00:33:33.88
If you're going
through a suffering
00:33:35.18\00:33:36.45
which is a real
thing depression.
00:33:36.46\00:33:38.40
Find something to
do for somebody else,
00:33:38.83\00:33:42.01
you've got a keep active,
00:33:42.46\00:33:43.64
you can't just
sit around the house,
00:33:43.66\00:33:44.95
me, my, I, everything is.
00:33:44.96\00:33:47.14
happening to me, my, I.
00:33:47.15\00:33:48.26
Don't spend time
talking about it,
00:33:49.16\00:33:50.52
spend some time praying about it
00:33:53.04\00:33:54.33
and watch what God will do.
00:33:54.34\00:33:55.69
It's interesting people will say
00:33:56.47\00:33:57.66
well yeah, yeah,
yeah, I hear that
00:33:57.67\00:33:58.94
and then they go right on
00:33:58.95\00:34:00.34
doing the same thing and
00:34:00.39\00:34:01.80
they cannot come out of it
00:34:01.81\00:34:03.46
and their mind becomes useless.
00:34:03.47\00:34:05.73
Just as the enemy would have it.
00:34:07.52\00:34:09.72
We're to rely up on Him,
00:34:11.39\00:34:13.62
but as we see our life,
00:34:14.87\00:34:15.90
our sinful
condition, our helplessness.
00:34:15.91\00:34:17.99
We must realize no
fear we have a savior,
00:34:18.27\00:34:22.93
we have one who cares for us.
00:34:23.59\00:34:25.66
And in regards of
what we've done or
00:34:27.14\00:34:29.09
how many times
we've done it in our life,
00:34:29.10\00:34:31.36
listen friend he
has thoughts of mercy
00:34:31.37\00:34:35.50
towards you and me.
00:34:36.06\00:34:38.07
Well that just
gladdens my heart,
00:34:38.08\00:34:39.35
I hope it gladdens yours,
00:34:39.36\00:34:40.66
regardless of our
life, the trend of it.
00:34:41.06\00:34:44.09
His thoughts are not,
00:34:44.37\00:34:45.67
I'm going to
teach them a lesson,
00:34:45.68\00:34:47.39
He has thoughts of mercy
00:34:47.40\00:34:49.01
toward me and toward you.
00:34:49.02\00:34:51.32
And our very
lowest and when we're down
00:34:52.60\00:34:55.03
to as low as we
can possibly get,
00:34:55.04\00:34:57.45
He's still giving the invitation
00:34:57.50\00:34:59.25
to come to Him.
Come to Him, He says
00:34:59.26\00:35:01.96
come to me in your
helpless condition.
00:35:01.97\00:35:04.22
That's such a good news to me
00:35:05.83\00:35:07.55
and then it goes on to say,
00:35:07.56\00:35:09.23
the Bible is very clear is that,
00:35:09.39\00:35:11.45
as we come to
Him in our helpless
00:35:12.18\00:35:13.46
condition He will save us.
00:35:13.47\00:35:15.40
You don't get despondant
00:35:17.14\00:35:18.11
because your life
has been so horrible
00:35:18.12\00:35:19.58
and so many bad
things have happened.
00:35:19.59\00:35:21.23
No, we can have
encouragement here,
00:35:21.43\00:35:23.51
I need
encouragement in this hour
00:35:23.52\00:35:25.23
in which we live.
I need more strength,
00:35:25.24\00:35:27.03
I need more power,
I need to learn how to
00:35:27.04\00:35:29.24
trust God in the hour of trial.
00:35:29.25\00:35:32.13
If you're having a hard time
00:35:34.50\00:35:35.63
now, bless your heart,
00:35:35.64\00:35:36.78
we need to stay closer to Jesus
00:35:39.69\00:35:41.80
now more than ever before.
00:35:41.81\00:35:43.88
As the bottom is getting ready
00:35:44.08\00:35:45.37
to fall out of
things of this world.
00:35:45.38\00:35:47.81
And as we sense
our helplessness,
00:35:50.25\00:35:52.70
our helpless condition
00:35:54.02\00:35:55.89
that as a sinner remember
00:35:56.90\00:35:59.00
we cannot save our self.
00:35:59.01\00:36:01.42
We still have something to do
00:36:03.06\00:36:05.33
in the plan of salvation,
00:36:05.34\00:36:06.80
this kind of gets
under people skin sometime,
00:36:07.04\00:36:08.72
they will what do you mean
00:36:08.73\00:36:09.70
we have something to do
00:36:09.71\00:36:10.68
in our plan of salvation.
00:36:10.69\00:36:11.66
Jesus paid it all, all to Him,
00:36:11.67\00:36:12.89
we all praise God
for that, that's true.
00:36:12.90\00:36:15.26
But it's interesting
as I read in scripture
00:36:15.71\00:36:17.45
and you think about
this too if you will.
00:36:17.46\00:36:19.56
In Philippians 2
verse 12 it says:
00:36:19.76\00:36:22.89
Work out your own
salvation with what?
00:36:22.90\00:36:25.45
Good, Fear and Trembling,
00:36:26.02\00:36:28.60
so we have something to do,
00:36:29.41\00:36:31.10
what is that
something we have to do
00:36:31.11\00:36:33.01
as we recognize
our helplessness.
00:36:33.24\00:36:35.54
And that we recognize
00:36:35.59\00:36:36.65
that there's trials ahead,
00:36:36.66\00:36:37.88
God is preparing us for Heaven,
00:36:37.89\00:36:39.60
these are His little workmen
00:36:39.86\00:36:41.12
that help us to get there.
00:36:41.13\00:36:43.13
That we need these things,
00:36:44.22\00:36:45.60
you ever, you ever met somebody
00:36:47.08\00:36:48.53
that you know they never
00:36:48.54\00:36:50.17
had any correcting and.
00:36:50.18\00:36:51.66
They always got their own way,
00:36:52.60\00:36:54.08
oh how selfish they had become.
00:36:54.87\00:36:57.98
But some people you meet,
00:36:58.82\00:36:59.79
they just been through
00:36:59.80\00:37:00.77
hard times and difficult,
00:37:00.78\00:37:02.22
then they seem to be noble,
00:37:03.32\00:37:05.63
they have a real
character about them.
00:37:06.32\00:37:08.58
They've learned in
the school of Christ,
00:37:09.41\00:37:11.38
they've learned
how to, how to, how to
00:37:12.15\00:37:14.48
how to bridge
through and gain victory
00:37:14.49\00:37:17.41
over these
difficulties that surround them
00:37:17.42\00:37:19.02
every day of their life.
00:37:19.03\00:37:20.39
And they
continue to look to Him,
00:37:20.62\00:37:22.36
this is what I need, I want,
00:37:23.52\00:37:24.88
is this what you
need, Jesus said this.
00:37:24.89\00:37:26.90
You still have your Bible,
00:37:27.76\00:37:28.83
I want you to turn John 6:37,
00:37:28.84\00:37:30.94
these, these are
such comforting words
00:37:31.79\00:37:34.61
because he doesn't say
00:37:34.62\00:37:36.42
you have to be red,
black, yellow, white,
00:37:36.45\00:37:38.47
or you have to be sinless,
00:37:38.48\00:37:39.57
you have to be just
right to come to me.
00:37:39.58\00:37:41.71
Jesus said him
that cometh to me.
00:37:41.72\00:37:45.02
Him that cometh
unto me I will in what?
00:37:45.65\00:37:48.44
No wise cast out,
if you come to Jesus
00:37:48.45\00:37:53.04
He said I will no wise cast out.
00:37:53.05\00:37:54.83
Let me tell you, the
people won't do that,
00:37:54.84\00:37:57.09
maybe some of your kinfolk
00:38:01.46\00:38:02.43
won't be so gracious and kind,
00:38:02.44\00:38:04.12
your whole
family. And they don't,
00:38:04.58\00:38:08.27
hey they don't know anything
00:38:08.28\00:38:09.91
but Jesus knows
everything about us
00:38:10.37\00:38:12.26
he says if you come to me
00:38:12.48\00:38:14.05
I will no wise cast you out.
00:38:14.06\00:38:16.75
So, we have
something to, a part to play
00:38:16.99\00:38:19.16
in the plan of
salvation because what?
00:38:19.17\00:38:21.89
We have to come to Him,
00:38:21.90\00:38:24.70
he said: Behold
I stand at the door
00:38:26.11\00:38:27.18
and knock, so
Spirit has been moving us
00:38:27.19\00:38:28.79
but we have to make a
decision to come to Him.
00:38:28.80\00:38:31.29
Here it is, this
is, this is our part
00:38:32.16\00:38:34.41
we must come to
Him, repent of our sins.
00:38:35.53\00:38:38.02
And the Bible
says, we need to believe
00:38:38.07\00:38:40.01
that He forgives
me, we have to believe
00:38:40.02\00:38:42.46
that he accepts me
into the family of God.
00:38:42.47\00:38:45.83
Boy, that's
exciting, I mean I can
00:38:48.40\00:38:49.78
help to get a
little excited about it,
00:38:49.79\00:38:51.17
why? Why
shouldn't you be excited
00:38:51.84\00:38:53.93
about today, when
you recount your past
00:38:53.94\00:38:56.33
and your life and
what you are worthy of?
00:38:56.34\00:38:58.68
Just like I am,
we're worthy of death,
00:38:58.69\00:39:01.72
no mercy, no grace, but He gives
00:39:01.73\00:39:03.25
it to me anyway, praise God.
00:39:03.26\00:39:05.21
And he said, Kenny,
if you just come to me
00:39:05.86\00:39:07.21
I'm not gonna cast you out,
00:39:07.22\00:39:08.91
when you're at your lowest ever,
00:39:08.98\00:39:10.36
when everything is,
is death, I'm still,
00:39:10.37\00:39:11.96
I'm calling to you to come on up
00:39:12.31\00:39:13.93
I will give you power,
I will change your life.
00:39:14.11\00:39:16.10
You see people are dwelling
00:39:17.60\00:39:18.57
on themselves all the time,
00:39:18.58\00:39:19.55
your life can't change because
00:39:19.56\00:39:20.53
that's what you're
dwelling on, is yourself.
00:39:20.54\00:39:22.69
It can change if we
dwell upon Jesus Christ,
00:39:23.42\00:39:25.91
as we come to Him,
we exercise this thing
00:39:26.82\00:39:29.02
called what? Good, we exercise
00:39:29.03\00:39:30.74
this thing called faith,
00:39:30.75\00:39:32.00
yes it's a gift of God.
00:39:32.31\00:39:34.17
But it is the power,
00:39:34.48\00:39:37.86
it's our power to exercise it,
00:39:37.96\00:39:40.56
we have to exercise that faith.
00:39:40.57\00:39:43.62
Bible says everybody has a
00:39:45.57\00:39:46.54
little bit of
faith, I heard people
00:39:46.55\00:39:47.52
say I don't have any faith,
00:39:47.53\00:39:48.50
the Bible say
everybody has a measure.
00:39:48.51\00:39:49.61
But it's up to us to exercise
00:39:50.97\00:39:52.35
that power of faith.
00:39:52.36\00:39:54.23
Many of you think
that, oh boy they must
00:39:55.58\00:39:57.51
do something to make
themselves worthy, oh
00:39:57.52\00:40:01.65
I've got to do
something make myself worthy.
00:40:01.66\00:40:03.61
That could never
happen, wait till I get right,
00:40:03.62\00:40:08.24
wait till I get my
life just in perfect harmony
00:40:08.52\00:40:11.57
then I'm gonna come to Him,
00:40:11.58\00:40:12.55
wait till I
work past this issue,
00:40:12.56\00:40:14.82
wait till I
work past that issue,
00:40:14.83\00:40:17.43
wait till this
here happens in my life.
00:40:17.98\00:40:19.98
It's never gonna happen,
00:40:21.32\00:40:22.86
there is nothing that you can do
00:40:24.58\00:40:26.21
to make yourself worthy,
00:40:26.22\00:40:27.32
nothing that I can do
is never gonna happen.
00:40:27.33\00:40:29.92
But here is some good news,
00:40:29.93\00:40:31.13
you're ready for it first,
00:40:31.14\00:40:32.18
we must not look to
self, here it is again,
00:40:33.97\00:40:37.25
we must not look to self.
00:40:37.26\00:40:39.17
We have to look
past self to believe
00:40:39.99\00:40:43.54
that Jesus is our
all sufficient savior,
00:40:43.55\00:40:47.61
Christ is our only
hope of eternal life,
00:40:49.24\00:40:52.88
hope of salvation.
I hope you notice this
00:40:52.89\00:40:57.54
but the first thing we
have to do is look past
00:40:57.55\00:40:59.79
where? Self, you know
it's very interesting I
00:40:59.80\00:41:03.49
somewhat of a friend I
knew him for several years
00:41:05.67\00:41:08.86
couple of big,
big fellow and when
00:41:08.87\00:41:13.34
we're talking
about look past self.
00:41:13.35\00:41:15.43
He had a real, I
know he's a big fellow
00:41:15.44\00:41:17.36
himself he had a
real problem if anybody
00:41:17.37\00:41:19.72
showed up a little
bit taller than he was.
00:41:19.73\00:41:21.77
He didn't want to talk to them,
00:41:21.78\00:41:23.65
he said I don't, I don't like
00:41:24.50\00:41:26.87
looking up at
anybody. Well, all of us short
00:41:27.44\00:41:31.14
people are at all
of our time looking
00:41:31.15\00:41:32.54
up to
everybody. Let see he had a
00:41:32.55\00:41:35.37
problem of what?
Getting past himself,
00:41:35.38\00:41:38.68
he didn't want to
have to look up, I'm
00:41:39.63\00:41:41.24
encourage you friend
to look up right now,
00:41:41.25\00:41:42.98
take your eyes off
the man and get past
00:41:42.99\00:41:44.83
self and begin to look to Jesus
00:41:44.84\00:41:46.39
who's the author and
finisher of our faith.
00:41:46.40\00:41:48.47
There is no other
name the book of Acts
00:41:49.01\00:41:50.79
says chapter 4 verse
12: Then the name of Jesus,
00:41:50.80\00:41:54.74
you ever say
that name just Jesus,
00:41:56.67\00:41:58.62
does it do
something to you, for you?
00:41:59.27\00:42:01.30
In you? There's
something soothing
00:42:01.31\00:42:05.42
about that name.
oh, I'm encourage you,
00:42:05.69\00:42:09.29
if you're going
through test and trial
00:42:09.50\00:42:10.56
or some difficulty right now,
00:42:10.57\00:42:11.67
just utter the name of Jesus.
00:42:11.68\00:42:14.31
What happen, well
the devil has to flee,
00:42:15.58\00:42:17.16
he can't stand at
me in your heart Jesus,
00:42:17.17\00:42:19.62
I need some help.
He's gonna come there,
00:42:20.02\00:42:22.10
I need to learn
to trust God in the
00:42:24.04\00:42:25.88
hour of trial.
But friend how can we,
00:42:25.89\00:42:30.36
if we've never been
acquainted with Him,
00:42:30.37\00:42:32.43
you're gonna be
tested, but your,
00:42:33.90\00:42:35.05
you say acquainted or not.
00:42:35.06\00:42:36.03
You're gonna have some test,
00:42:36.04\00:42:37.66
how can we gain
these victories and
00:42:39.04\00:42:40.64
He set for the
time before us here
00:42:40.65\00:42:42.85
that we may repopulate Heaven.
00:42:42.86\00:42:45.08
Here is the
example in the Bible will
00:42:46.85\00:42:48.69
run through in
some of the time that
00:42:48.70\00:42:49.67
we have here, that's
a pretty good example
00:42:49.68\00:42:51.81
in my opinion and I
think, I think you'll
00:42:51.82\00:42:54.72
come to that as
we talk about you,
00:42:54.73\00:42:56.63
your trust in God
in the midst of trial
00:42:56.87\00:42:58.84
we all remember
Israel, we read the Bible,
00:42:58.85\00:43:00.63
these are things
written for our example
00:43:00.64\00:43:03.29
and you know
when they were in the,
00:43:03.71\00:43:04.83
the, the desert.
You remember all things
00:43:04.84\00:43:08.26
are not gonna, you
know they were just
00:43:08.27\00:43:09.83
blessed right and
left wherever they went
00:43:09.84\00:43:11.90
there was
blessings, they've been
00:43:11.91\00:43:13.56
protected by God from everything
00:43:13.57\00:43:15.45
that was out
there on their journey.
00:43:15.46\00:43:17.54
Countless dangerous
surrounded them over
00:43:17.55\00:43:19.89
and over and
over, fiery serpents
00:43:19.90\00:43:22.74
and scorpions and
of course you remember
00:43:22.75\00:43:25.98
the water and you
remember the food,
00:43:25.99\00:43:27.41
you remember the
fire at night and
00:43:27.42\00:43:29.70
the cloud during
the day and you know
00:43:29.71\00:43:31.55
victory over the
enemies. But seem like every
00:43:31.56\00:43:34.04
time they gained a
victory or something
00:43:34.05\00:43:35.75
big happen, they
sat around and they,
00:43:35.76\00:43:37.53
oh! boy we did.
They took credit for
00:43:38.52\00:43:41.67
themselves now
this is very important
00:43:41.68\00:43:43.17
for us to pay attention to it,
00:43:43.18\00:43:44.67
many times we, we
try to take credit
00:43:45.16\00:43:47.02
for something that God is doing.
00:43:47.03\00:43:48.85
And sometime
we, he does a lot of
00:43:49.34\00:43:50.79
things and we don't
give Him any praise.
00:43:50.80\00:43:52.98
The time will
come for those of you
00:43:53.40\00:43:54.85
who refuse to
give Him praise for,
00:43:54.86\00:43:56.93
He is going withdraw
His protection from you,
00:43:56.94\00:44:00.95
I think you had trouble before.
00:44:01.73\00:44:03.26
You say well how do you know it,
00:44:03.89\00:44:05.26
he did it Israel,
He do it for us if we
00:44:05.27\00:44:08.86
failed to say
thank you God for what
00:44:08.87\00:44:10.83
you were doing,
there was no sick
00:44:10.84\00:44:13.48
ones as they
marched in the wilderness.
00:44:13.49\00:44:15.73
Their clothes didn't wear out,
00:44:15.74\00:44:17.51
countless
blessings and yet they,
00:44:17.52\00:44:20.50
they just in their hour of test,
00:44:21.19\00:44:23.25
they didn't thank
God. And they began
00:44:23.69\00:44:26.41
to murmur andagain to pray and
00:44:26.42\00:44:28.10
this is the lesson
for all of us today.
00:44:28.11\00:44:30.35
These blessings
that you receive give
00:44:30.81\00:44:32.83
God the praise,
Israel was still complaining
00:44:32.84\00:44:36.87
when the hand of
God was working in their
00:44:36.88\00:44:39.06
behalf and the Lord
withdrew His protection.
00:44:39.07\00:44:42.34
Now, it would be
withdrawn and it could be
00:44:42.93\00:44:45.85
withdrawing
from you and from me.
00:44:45.86\00:44:47.28
And till we come
to our senses and till
00:44:47.29\00:44:50.40
Israel would repent
and come back to God,
00:44:50.41\00:44:53.45
this gift God would
take back of His protection.
00:44:53.46\00:44:57.59
They had to come
with humble attitudes
00:44:58.32\00:45:00.39
and with repentance,
not just say okay Lord
00:45:00.40\00:45:03.06
we're tired of
these, it had to be proven,
00:45:03.07\00:45:05.13
how about, do
you wanna go through
00:45:05.14\00:45:06.81
life without the
protection of God?
00:45:06.82\00:45:08.98
I don't, I need
it, I desire that.
00:45:09.59\00:45:12.29
We don't wanna
follow in the foot
00:45:13.67\00:45:14.74
steps of Jesus,
I mean of Israel,
00:45:14.75\00:45:17.88
we wanna follow
the foot steps of
00:45:17.89\00:45:19.07
Jesus don't we? We
must follow in His,
00:45:19.08\00:45:21.67
in His foot step not Israel's
00:45:21.68\00:45:23.63
because I tell you.
They always turned on,
00:45:23.64\00:45:25.55
on God they failed
again and again and again
00:45:25.56\00:45:29.73
the Bible is
clear, when it come test
00:45:29.74\00:45:33.82
for their faith
and their patience,
00:45:33.83\00:45:36.58
they failed over
and over and over.
00:45:36.59\00:45:40.10
May I just say
this, if we dwell on
00:45:41.39\00:45:44.13
the negative, that's right I'm
00:45:44.14\00:45:46.81
talking to everybody
out here if you dwell,
00:45:46.82\00:45:50.47
if I dwell on the
negative. Here is what's
00:45:50.48\00:45:53.77
going to happened
and I meet and talk to
00:45:53.78\00:45:56.67
them all of the
time just like you do.
00:45:56.68\00:45:58.45
They never have
anything positive to say,
00:45:59.21\00:46:01.92
Israel couldn't
find a thing positive
00:46:02.46\00:46:04.20
then we talk
about God to give Him
00:46:04.21\00:46:05.58
praise even though
they receive miracles
00:46:05.59\00:46:07.28
everyday of their
life. And they murmured
00:46:07.29\00:46:09.31
and they complain,
but you meet people like
00:46:09.32\00:46:11.12
that when you
meet, how you're doing?
00:46:11.13\00:46:12.10
Oh, oh it's a
mess, oh, life is mess,
00:46:12.11\00:46:15.54
I tell, I go to
be dead I don't wanna
00:46:15.55\00:46:17.70
live anymore.
Listen, if we continue
00:46:17.71\00:46:21.50
to dwell on the negative and
00:46:21.51\00:46:23.33
the dark side of our experience
00:46:23.34\00:46:25.66
and every time you repeat it,
00:46:26.20\00:46:28.14
you grow further and further
00:46:28.15\00:46:30.38
away from God, did you get that.
00:46:30.39\00:46:33.21
Every time you
repeat that negative,
00:46:33.54\00:46:36.68
I don't know if God loves me,
00:46:37.75\00:46:38.75
I don't know
what's gonna happen,
00:46:38.76\00:46:39.97
things are such a
mess. We're repeating that,
00:46:39.98\00:46:42.01
we're
establishing it in our mind
00:46:42.02\00:46:44.46
and we're
separating further and further
00:46:44.47\00:46:47.69
away from God, you don't
00:46:47.70\00:46:49.23
want that, I don't want that.
00:46:49.24\00:46:50.99
Here is what Israel
did, and what are we to do?
00:46:52.93\00:46:57.50
You realize many
times, now this is gonna
00:47:00.07\00:47:02.64
probably hurt some
people or you maybe
00:47:02.65\00:47:04.33
one of those that's in denial.
00:47:04.34\00:47:05.95
We bring trouble on our self,
00:47:06.41\00:47:09.24
how do we do
that? Have you ever met
00:47:09.76\00:47:12.94
somebody that
they're never out of trouble?
00:47:12.95\00:47:15.90
As soon as one
thing it seems in their,
00:47:15.91\00:47:17.79
in another mess
and then another mess
00:47:17.80\00:47:20.06
and then another
mess. We can bring
00:47:20.07\00:47:23.11
troubles on
ourselves, why? Israel gives
00:47:23.12\00:47:25.33
that prime example, they brought
00:47:25.34\00:47:27.56
trouble on
themselves. It wasn't the way
00:47:27.57\00:47:30.30
God wanted it? God
didn't want them to suffer,
00:47:30.31\00:47:33.22
he doesn't want
you to suffer but
00:47:33.23\00:47:34.81
you keep again from one mess to
00:47:34.82\00:47:36.23
another by the
choices that you make.
00:47:36.24\00:47:38.52
Wow, you make it
harder in your life
00:47:40.02\00:47:44.15
then God even designed it to be,
00:47:44.16\00:47:46.67
you say well
how, how can that be?
00:47:47.55\00:47:49.56
Listen real closing
this statement you may
00:47:50.75\00:47:53.12
say it sounds
goofy but I want you
00:47:53.13\00:47:54.28
to think about it.
Come on close up here,
00:47:54.29\00:47:57.83
look here, don't tempt
the devil to tempt you,
00:47:57.94\00:48:05.43
does that make sense?
00:48:05.87\00:48:07.17
Don't tempt the
devil to tempt you?
00:48:07.50\00:48:11.35
Oh yes you can,
how many people will
00:48:12.31\00:48:15.68
stand and say
well I tell you I would
00:48:15.69\00:48:17.76
never do that.
You remember and we
00:48:17.77\00:48:22.41
talked about a
little earlier you
00:48:22.42\00:48:23.39
remember about
Peter. What did he say?
00:48:23.40\00:48:26.99
Oh, Lord I'll
follow you to prison today.
00:48:27.68\00:48:32.28
Wow, he set
himself up and as you study
00:48:33.94\00:48:37.36
the life of Peter
right here it was his
00:48:37.37\00:48:41.07
listen, his self
confidence that caused
00:48:41.08\00:48:45.54
his ruin, at
that time it was what?
00:48:45.55\00:48:49.94
His self
confident, he had confidence
00:48:49.95\00:48:52.23
in his self. Well, I
can, I tell you I will
00:48:52.24\00:48:55.36
go to prison, I will
die, oh I can do this,
00:48:55.37\00:48:59.51
I would never do
what he or she did.
00:48:59.52\00:49:02.36
Well, that
doesn't bother me, no,
00:49:02.75\00:49:04.49
no I tell you the
devil can't get me on that
00:49:04.50\00:49:06.27
Why don't you just try to tempt,
00:49:06.28\00:49:07.94
Him to tempt you? He will,
00:49:07.95\00:49:10.20
he will take you because what?
00:49:10.21\00:49:11.90
You got too
much self confidence,
00:49:11.91\00:49:14.46
too much of me,
my, I in yourself
00:49:14.47\00:49:16.62
and he's gonna
bring you right on down.
00:49:16.63\00:49:18.81
No confidence,
no trust in yourself
00:49:21.62\00:49:23.50
only where? In
God. Read that if you
00:49:23.51\00:49:26.31
haven't read that
about Peter lately
00:49:26.32\00:49:28.03
in Luke chapter 22. Now, back
00:49:28.04\00:49:30.56
to this test quickly,
but it given to Israel,
00:49:30.57\00:49:34.20
you remember
what took place as God
00:49:34.96\00:49:37.07
withdrew His
protection from the Israelites
00:49:37.08\00:49:40.63
and all of a
sudden here comes these
00:49:40.64\00:49:41.61
great big fiery,
poisonous serpents
00:49:41.62\00:49:45.11
that been their
all the time that God
00:49:45.51\00:49:47.02
had been
protecting them from it.
00:49:47.03\00:49:48.40
But now he
withdrew his protection
00:49:48.41\00:49:50.08
he was trying to
get their attention
00:49:50.09\00:49:51.37
because they were ungrateful,
00:49:51.38\00:49:52.39
they were
unthankful. They would dwell
00:49:52.40\00:49:53.63
on the negative all the time,
00:49:53.64\00:49:54.71
they were depress.
In all of the sudden
00:49:54.72\00:50:00.88
those serpents
began to, to bite them
00:50:00.89\00:50:02.56
and people began to die, speedly
00:50:02.57\00:50:04.01
and it was
painful and you know in
00:50:04.02\00:50:06.79
the hour of their
test and their trial
00:50:06.80\00:50:08.90
all they could do is murmur and
00:50:08.91\00:50:10.61
complain and they
don't know what to do.
00:50:10.62\00:50:12.51
People were dying
and suffering all around,
00:50:12.52\00:50:14.75
their moms, dads, children,
00:50:14.76\00:50:16.04
babies what were
they're gonna do.
00:50:16.05\00:50:18.30
Should they come to God,
00:50:20.22\00:50:21.19
should they ask
Him for forgiveness
00:50:21.20\00:50:24.19
and turn around.
But notice the design
00:50:24.20\00:50:27.67
that God had,
all of a sudden their
00:50:27.68\00:50:31.00
minds got so
occupied on the snake bites,
00:50:31.01\00:50:35.13
the fiery serpents and what was
00:50:35.14\00:50:36.57
going on around
them. People were dying
00:50:36.58\00:50:39.72
other words big
things were happening
00:50:39.73\00:50:41.61
reality was
really sat in and what
00:50:41.62\00:50:43.59
happen to the
children of Israel?
00:50:43.60\00:50:45.37
They never
complain and they never
00:50:45.38\00:50:47.62
murmured about
their situation in
00:50:47.63\00:50:49.75
the wilderness, why? Because
00:50:49.76\00:50:51.90
their mind was on
something that was,
00:50:51.91\00:50:53.32
was bigger, it was
death and suffering
00:50:53.33\00:50:56.13
and no one was talking about.
00:50:56.14\00:50:58.07
The bread and the water and God
00:50:58.08\00:51:00.12
doesn't love us and I wonder
00:51:00.13\00:51:01.89
if that might
happened in our life,
00:51:01.90\00:51:03.20
if we just kind of
look at the total picture,
00:51:04.62\00:51:06.19
the whole, the whole
thing rather than me,
00:51:06.20\00:51:08.48
mine, I and
something really drastic,
00:51:08.49\00:51:11.03
how you may say
that well I don't
00:51:11.04\00:51:12.07
have the money for this, I don't
00:51:12.08\00:51:13.11
have this, I don't have that.
00:51:13.12\00:51:14.56
And all of a
sudden you get a phone
00:51:14.57\00:51:15.68
call someone mom
died or dad died.
00:51:15.69\00:51:18.73
All of sudden we
forget about the things
00:51:20.13\00:51:21.85
we've been
griping and complaining
00:51:21.86\00:51:23.61
about and we start focusing on
00:51:23.62\00:51:25.97
something else. What's God's
00:51:25.98\00:51:30.28
plan for you and, and for me
00:51:30.29\00:51:32.23
we don't want it to be harder
00:51:34.00\00:51:35.24
do with and God's plan for us.
00:51:35.25\00:51:37.28
But we can't if we're constantly
00:51:37.29\00:51:39.46
complaining and bringing trouble
00:51:39.47\00:51:40.82
on ourselves. We need God,
00:51:40.83\00:51:47.82
we need to come humbly before
00:51:47.83\00:51:49.57
Him and Moses.
They came to Moses,
00:51:49.58\00:51:53.92
you know what they
said? We've sinned,
00:51:53.93\00:51:55.64
they were sorry
for what was going on.
00:51:56.73\00:51:58.64
Of course you
know the story then,
00:51:58.65\00:52:00.72
God told Moses to make a serpent
00:52:00.73\00:52:02.50
of brass and he said you know
00:52:02.51\00:52:03.75
raise that
serpent up and everybody
00:52:03.76\00:52:05.23
that would look
at that serpent what
00:52:05.24\00:52:06.52
would happen?
Yes, they would be,
00:52:06.53\00:52:09.11
they would be healed,
00:52:09.12\00:52:10.23
it was the look of faith,
00:52:10.24\00:52:12.60
had nothing do with that little
00:52:12.61\00:52:13.58
serpent but what?
It represented Jesus
00:52:13.59\00:52:15.68
and you will just look and live
00:52:15.69\00:52:17.32
and that's the
encouragement then
00:52:17.33\00:52:18.30
I'm gonna give you today.
00:52:18.31\00:52:19.67
Jesus you to look to him and you
00:52:19.79\00:52:21.68
look to him and
you're going to, to live.
00:52:21.69\00:52:23.44
You're going to be healed,
00:52:23.81\00:52:25.05
oh you're
fighting you know maybe
00:52:25.87\00:52:27.14
a disease today. You're fighting
00:52:27.15\00:52:28.61
the cigarette habit and the drug
00:52:28.62\00:52:30.09
habit and the drinking habit
00:52:30.10\00:52:31.32
and the cruising
habit and all those
00:52:31.33\00:52:33.36
evil things in the world.
00:52:33.37\00:52:34.56
Jesus says take
your eyes off them
00:52:35.68\00:52:37.15
and you look to me
and you will be healed,
00:52:37.16\00:52:39.73
that's a promise. He just asked
00:52:39.74\00:52:43.07
for a look of
faith, you maybe have
00:52:43.08\00:52:46.97
never done it but why not today?
00:52:46.98\00:52:48.59
You say, well
I've never heard it
00:52:50.97\00:52:52.04
before but if
you have or you have
00:52:52.05\00:52:53.71
look to him
today because you need
00:52:53.72\00:52:55.65
a healing in your
life. I need a healing
00:52:55.66\00:52:57.36
in my life everyday,
00:52:57.37\00:52:59.19
you say well is
that really important
00:53:00.49\00:53:01.69
let the children of Israel when
00:53:01.70\00:53:03.79
they were
battened with the things
00:53:03.80\00:53:05.60
of the world over the serpents
00:53:05.61\00:53:06.78
and now just things
of the world right here.
00:53:06.79\00:53:08.78
Those who didn't look to Jesus,
00:53:08.79\00:53:10.30
they perished, you
don't look to Jesus
00:53:10.31\00:53:13.68
you're going to perish. All they
00:53:13.69\00:53:17.02
had to do is to, to look once
00:53:17.03\00:53:19.45
and they were, they were healed.
00:53:20.40\00:53:21.98
Though they never been battened.
00:53:21.99\00:53:24.04
The people knew
that there was no power
00:53:24.53\00:53:26.41
in the serpent, and they've been
00:53:26.42\00:53:28.25
to recognized
those blessings and that
00:53:28.26\00:53:29.96
power came from
God and God alone.
00:53:29.97\00:53:32.60
Just as we need to realize that
00:53:32.91\00:53:34.09
today in our life, God chose
00:53:34.10\00:53:36.62
something very simple to get the
00:53:36.63\00:53:38.04
attention of
Israel. But what they
00:53:38.05\00:53:41.75
had brought on themselves,
00:53:41.76\00:53:44.68
oh the world is
full of that today
00:53:45.64\00:53:47.06
you know that if we
just simply obey God.
00:53:47.07\00:53:50.20
We have nothing to fear,
00:53:50.48\00:53:51.89
he's gonna
preserve us as he preserve
00:53:52.33\00:53:54.00
them I encourage you
today to look and to live.
00:53:54.01\00:53:57.88
Here's a lesson for
them, a lesson for us,
00:53:58.52\00:54:00.84
there was nothing
that Israel could do to
00:54:02.59\00:54:04.98
save themselves from
the bite of the serpent.
00:54:04.99\00:54:07.57
And friend there
is nothing you can
00:54:08.13\00:54:09.28
do within
yourself to be speared from
00:54:09.29\00:54:13.07
the bite of the
devil, you can't be without
00:54:13.08\00:54:16.44
Jesus Christ. You have felt that
00:54:16.45\00:54:19.40
deadly sting of
Satan, you have felt
00:54:19.41\00:54:22.44
that and experience
that fetal affect of sin.
00:54:22.45\00:54:25.47
And that can only be removed by
00:54:26.02\00:54:27.70
the provisions that God has made
00:54:27.71\00:54:29.32
for you and for me
why won't you accept
00:54:29.33\00:54:31.20
that today? I'm
encourage you to,
00:54:31.21\00:54:33.05
to look and to live.
But you do that by faith,
00:54:33.06\00:54:38.28
would you just accept
him right now as your,
00:54:39.06\00:54:40.82
as your Lord and Savior why not?
00:54:40.83\00:54:42.47
Because some of you so far down,
00:54:43.70\00:54:44.94
you've never gonna get back up
00:54:44.95\00:54:46.59
and some of you
think you're way up
00:54:47.04\00:54:48.23
there when
you're way down there.
00:54:48.24\00:54:49.35
But just look and live
as what Jesus is saying.
00:54:49.36\00:54:52.26
Exercise a little bit of
faith that God has given,
00:54:53.54\00:54:56.17
yes that serpent was a
symbol of Jesus Christ.
00:54:57.05\00:55:00.74
Please right now
while there is still
00:55:03.16\00:55:05.31
time look and live,
he wants to receive you,
00:55:05.32\00:55:07.98
he wants to pardon you,
00:55:07.99\00:55:09.90
he wants to forgive you,
00:55:09.97\00:55:11.05
he wants set your feet up on our
00:55:11.06\00:55:12.75
firm foundation. He wants you to
00:55:12.76\00:55:14.73
work for Him and
live for him and tell
00:55:14.74\00:55:16.39
others about Him, just accepting
00:55:16.40\00:55:19.39
as Him as your
atoning sacrifice today,
00:55:19.40\00:55:22.16
thanks to say God
thank you for His blood.
00:55:22.17\00:55:23.96
Why don't we do
that in the closing
00:55:24.23\00:55:25.48
moments here
today, just thank Him
00:55:25.49\00:55:27.73
that we by faith
just look and live
00:55:27.74\00:55:29.71
and these
things could be healed,
00:55:29.72\00:55:31.44
let's pray about
it right now shall we,
00:55:31.67\00:55:33.18
as we close; oh I want you to
00:55:33.77\00:55:35.40
pray in faith believing.
00:55:35.41\00:55:38.09
Kind, Loving, Heavenly Father,
00:55:39.06\00:55:40.26
we thank you
for your word today,
00:55:42.52\00:55:43.49
we thank you that you just said
00:55:43.50\00:55:44.47
simply that we
just need by faith to
00:55:44.48\00:55:45.87
look and we can
live. We've been beaten
00:55:45.88\00:55:48.50
by the fiery sting of the devil,
00:55:48.51\00:55:50.54
there is no way out of it,
00:55:51.02\00:55:52.13
we're in mess, we're helpless.
00:55:52.14\00:55:53.72
But you just
simply said by faith
00:55:54.16\00:55:55.63
look and live and may we do that
00:55:55.64\00:55:58.31
by faith today as
many souls are making
00:55:58.32\00:56:00.76
that decision right now I thank
00:56:00.77\00:56:02.40
you for it in Jesus name Amen.
00:56:02.41\00:56:05.76
Oh, it's been wonderful to spend
00:56:07.02\00:56:08.03
sometime with you and again we
00:56:08.04\00:56:10.09
always look forward to spending
00:56:10.10\00:56:11.49
this as we study the word of
00:56:11.50\00:56:12.78
God together I believe we
00:56:12.79\00:56:14.26
live in an hour where
we need encouragement,
00:56:14.27\00:56:17.66
we need
strength. We need to know
00:56:17.67\00:56:19.38
that there's victory for us,
00:56:19.39\00:56:20.94
we need to know
the way to heaven
00:56:20.95\00:56:22.58
and God has given
us that direction.
00:56:23.22\00:56:24.97
May I just encourage you,
00:56:24.98\00:56:26.29
you have a comment or question
00:56:26.30\00:56:27.43
how about just writing it down,
00:56:27.44\00:56:28.95
sending it to
us, we'll be glad to
00:56:29.52\00:56:31.25
respond to it
and by the way please
00:56:31.26\00:56:33.64
oh yeah we will
have little gifts
00:56:34.34\00:56:35.31
support station
that brings you these.
00:56:35.32\00:56:36.96
And we look forward
to hearing from you,
00:56:36.97\00:56:38.69
may God richly bless you,
00:56:38.70\00:56:40.05
we'll see you next time.
00:56:40.06\00:56:42.64
Dear friends, I hope that
00:56:44.78\00:56:46.91
this is help to ground you
00:56:46.92\00:56:48.83
when you walk with God as we
00:56:48.84\00:56:50.73
grow in the grace and
in the knowledge of God,
00:56:50.74\00:56:53.75
our faith is
strengthened and through
00:56:53.76\00:56:56.46
trials and tribulations of life.
00:56:56.47\00:56:58.52
If we exercise our faith in God
00:56:58.53\00:57:01.44
and remain
unmovable, we will truly
00:57:01.81\00:57:05.01
become converted
into Christ image
00:57:05.02\00:57:07.54
as Peter and
the other disciples.
00:57:07.55\00:57:10.51
After Peter's
conversion he never
00:57:11.04\00:57:13.10
again denied His Lord,
00:57:13.62\00:57:15.48
he was governed by godly wisdom
00:57:15.58\00:57:18.38
and no longer spoke rashly.
00:57:18.39\00:57:20.65
He worked mildly and the power
00:57:20.66\00:57:23.16
of the Holy
Spirit. He did follow
00:57:23.17\00:57:25.97
Christ unto death.
The death of a cross,
00:57:25.98\00:57:29.09
only in Peter's
death he requested
00:57:29.10\00:57:31.94
to be hung upside down,
00:57:31.95\00:57:33.34
feeling unworthy
to die right side up
00:57:33.89\00:57:37.13
as did his Lord and Savior.
00:57:37.43\00:57:39.73
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00:57:40.07\00:57:42.01
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00:57:42.02\00:57:45.26
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