Hello and welcome
to "Behold The Lamb
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Presents", I'm Chris
Shelton your host and
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I'm so very
thankful that you have chosen
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to join us. My
husband pastor Kenny Shelton
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has entitled his
message today "God Is
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in the Work,"
"God Is in the Work."
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In fact God is the
author and finisher of
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the work. Just what is his work?
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The work of our
salvation. And since it is God's
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work and if he is
indeed in it and through it
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does he ever give us
evidence of his presence.
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Are there ways in
which we may have an
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idea of what he will
do, these answers made
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only be ascertain from
the study of scriptures.
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And the daily
application of our faith,
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but indeed the answer
to both questions is yes.
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Yes, God gives
evidence of His presence
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through the
presence of His Holy Spirit,
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through our answers to prayers,
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through supernatural
miracles, his ways of
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giving evidences
endless and through diligent
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study of prophecy
we get a fairly clear
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picture of what God
would do to bring the
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work, his work to
completion. The Bible
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assures us that God
will do nothing except
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he reveal it to
his prophets first,
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what a wonderful
caring God that we serve?
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He is doing all he
can to keep us on the
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straight and narrow
without being confused
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by every wind of
doctrine that blows away.
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I'm looking forward
to delving into this
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subject with greater
clarity and detail as
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we listen to today's message
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"God Is in the Work."
But first we're privileged
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to go to 3ABN's
worship center once again
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and be blessed as we
listen to a song entitled
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"He Who Trusts,"
sung by Stephanie Dawn.
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These are periled times we live
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in, trouble everywhere
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Weary hearts will often give
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in to this world's despair
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But high and over all,
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our Father knows our every care
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So in His Book,
if you will look,
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you'll find His promise there
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He who trusts in the Lord
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Mercy shall surround him
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He who trusts in the Lord
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Mercy shall surround him
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Be glad in the Lord and rejoice
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You upright in
heart, lift up your voice
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For great is His mercy toward
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all who trust in the Lord
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Soon will be the time when
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we will see the Holy One
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Oh how sweet to know that
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He'll complete what He's begun
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And blessed is the man who
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stands forgiven in God's son
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And blessed are they who in that
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day will hear
Him say, "Well done"
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He who trusts in the Lord
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Mercy shall surround him
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He who trusts in the Lord
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Mercy shall surround him
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Be glad in the Lord and rejoice
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You upright in
heart, lift up your voice
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For great is His mercy toward
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all who trust in the Lord
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Gracious is He and slow to anger
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His loving kindness has no end
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With love to embrace
both friend and stranger
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He's reaching
out to one and all,
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who upon His name will call
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For He who trusts in the Lord
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Mercy shall surround him
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He who trusts in the Lord
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Mercy shall surround him
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Be glad in the Lord and rejoice
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You upright in
heart, lift up your voice
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For great is His mercy toward
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all who trust in the Lord
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Mercy is His reward
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For all who trust,
for the pure and just
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Who put their trust in the Lord
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Mercy is His reward
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Pray in his mercy toward,
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all who put their
trust in the Lord.
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Thank you for
joining us once again today,
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we're very
grateful and thankful we can
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come in your home
and be able to study
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the word of God
together. Now, we've
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a very interesting subject,
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because we think
they're all interesting
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and they are when
you get into the work
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of God and you
might ask yourself the
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question, is God in the work?
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And our answer
today in our sermon titled
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"God is in the Work."
And if he's in the work,
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there is gonna be
some manifestations of
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Him in that work,
so as usual before we
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do anything, before we study,
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we always kneel
and have a prayer.
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So, why don't you
join right with me as
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we ask for God's
guidance here and for
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the power of the Holy Spirit?
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Let's pray together, shall we?
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Merciful Father in
Heaven, we thank you
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for the privilege
we have of prayer,
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thank you that you,
that we can be called
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part of the family
of God. Because of Jesus
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Christ, thank you for
that precious blood that
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flood from
Calvary. Now, we come to the
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asking for the power
of thy Holy Spirit to
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consume each
and every one of us.
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Pray to illuminate
my mind and the tongue,
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may we hear
directly from Heaven,
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bless the ears,
the hearing of each and
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every one that they may hear the
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beautiful truths
that we will prepare them
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to meet you when you
shall come in the clouds
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of glory, oh we
thank you for this blessed
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privilege. Now, join as we pray,
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illuminate these
truths in the precious name
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of Jesus and we
thank you for everyone
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who will be
listening and watching
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around the world,
in Jesus name, amen.
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Once again as
always we invite you to be
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sure have a pen or
pencil and take your
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Bible where you can,
jot these things down.
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I always encourage
you that we need to
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study to show
ourselves approved unto God.
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We need to be
writing things down and
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we're just
scratching the, the surface on
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these beautiful
subjects and I like to give
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you food for thought
and sometimes challenge
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you with, with
statements that will
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say look I, I'm
gonna get into the word to
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see whether these
things be so or not.
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"God is in the
Work," "God is in the Work,"
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you know the gospel
dispensation that we
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live in right now,
it's a last period of,
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of earth history.
This is the last thing
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that God has, as He
reaches out to humanity.
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There is not going
to be anything else,
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he's reaching out
this everlasting gospel,
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presenting it to
every nation, kindred,
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tongue, and people
and then he's going to
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comeback. I thank God for that,
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so if you're
looking for something else,
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we need to be
hinging our belief upon the
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good news and the
gospel of salvation.
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And then be
challenged with this,
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is God in the work
that you're doing for Him,
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is He in the work or
is that of another Spirit,
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because it's going
to be one spirit or the
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other. It's pretty
simple, it's either God who
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is leading or
the enemy is leading,
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oh yeah the enemy
can do you know great
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things, he can, he
cause people to get a lot
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of income and, and a
lot of things happen,
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big churches, and a
lot of things that can
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go on. But that's
not what we're interested
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in; we're
interested in being pleasing to
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God, how about the
gospel? I think about
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the gospel and
what it can do for,
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the gospel is our
mission. The God giving the
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gospel is our
responsibility, giving the
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gospel to the world,
what? It contains God's
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expressed will to
mankind; we have an
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obligation to God.
It's the everlasting gospel;
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it's to proclaim
the, the judgment.
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It's to proclaim
messages that have been
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covered up over the
many years of tradition
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of man. Included
in this gospel we must
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realize that as it
goes to every nation,
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kindred, tongue, and
people. It's going to
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uncover some of
these truths that we were
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talking about, such
us that, the Seventh-day
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Sabbath, the Three
Angels message that
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we need to really
focus on right now for
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the time in which we
live giving the first,
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second and third angels message.
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But also the
gospel brings us into this
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thing beautiful
thing called harmony;
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oh how we need it in the church,
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how we need it in
the movement is harmony.
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We have so much what
I call it disharmony;
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we're out of tune
and God's going to bring
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His people in
line and tune us up.
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He's going to
prepare us to meet Jesus
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when He shall
come. I love Romans 8:31
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and I know you do
too, you've read it
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many times before, this gives me
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encouragement as
we look around and
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see it seems like
the devil is winning the
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battle. Does he
seem like he's winning it
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in your life? The
things that you attempt
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to do, maybe in your
work that you're doing
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for Him.
Regardless of what it is,
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you may call it, some
kind of, of your ministry,
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but you feel
like sometimes you're
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defeated more than
you're gaining victory.
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This passage is so
good; it gives you such
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an encouragement.
The Bible says in Romans
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8:31, you jot it
down: If God be for us,
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who can be what? Against us, If,
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now remember that
word if that's a big,
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that's a big, it's
almost like if but this is,
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this is the
statement that is true:
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If God is for us,
who can be against us?
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This is the passage
we need to read everyday
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in our experience.
Because it will encourage
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us along the way,
for those who are, are
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giving this last
message of warning to the world.
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This is an encouragement,
it's a message of,
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of mercy, that God
is reaching down one
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more time and he's
talking and speaking to
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those who will hear His word.
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And then respond to
it, so this is encouraging,
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this is a message
going to the world before
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Jesus comes.
Regardless you know the
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enemy always lays
plans; he does a lot better
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planning than many
of us and shame on us
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for that. But he
lays plans, but I'm so
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grateful and
thankful that God knows the
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enemy's plans, he
knows, and the devil tries
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to conceal them.
If we know how he, he
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makes plans but he,
he tries to conceal his
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plans. He tries to
deceive, fabricate, blow
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things out of
proportion, but he's still,
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he's, he's always
laying plans, and he's always
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trying to fool
God's people. But I'm
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thankful today that
God is always ahead of
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the enemy, He
knows exactly what he's
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going to be doing.
And you know he knows
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what unerring
accuracy of what the enemy is
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up to as he tries to
persecute God's last day
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people. And what
will God do with Satan's
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plans, listen very
carefully He's going to
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bring them to not.
He's just going to just
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destroy the plans
of the enemy as we stay
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close to Jesus
Christ. You know one man
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the Bible that I, I
love and love to read about,
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it just gives me
some encouragement is
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Nehemiah, what a
man of God he made this
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statement in
Nehemiah chapter 4 verse 20
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it says, it's very
simple here but he said:
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Our God shall fight
for us. Our God shall what?
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Shall fight for us,
why would God be fighting
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for us? Friend,
because God is in the work,
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because He's in
the work, because he's
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being challenged,
His children are being
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challenged. And
today I say that God is in
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the work, Nehemiah
brings it out so clearly
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that God is going to be working.
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God will fight and
notice this word fight
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with me in the, in the Hebrew.
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God will consume, so
we think of fighting, we
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think well just a
little, maybe little scuffle,
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little tussle and
everybody separates and
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goes their own way
God saying when I fight
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the battle I'm
fighting against the enemy.
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And the word here
means I'm going to
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consume the enemy,
I'm going to fight,
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I'm going to
consuming, I'm going to devour
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the enemy. I'm going
to go to battle with him,
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I'm going to, this
word means listen I'm going
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to overcome him and I
like this and it's kind
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of simple maybe
some of you, you think oh
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that's too simple. He
says, He's going to eat
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them up, oh that's positive,
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our God shall fight,
and our God shall win
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the victory for us.
And I said why, why would
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God do this?
Because He is in the work,
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no power can
prevent the success of God's
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work, no what? No
power, no power can
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stop it. We must
realize this that truth will
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always be bitterly
opposed, you know people
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know, you say then we
say tell me the truth,
00:15:49.78\00:15:51.70
tell me the truth.
Most people do not really
00:15:51.71\00:15:54.29
want to know the
truth. They're gonna
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barely appose the
truth of God's word,
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but never will it
lose it's vitality.
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The truth will never
lose it, now what does
00:16:03.71\00:16:05.43
it vitality then you
say well I'm not sure
00:16:05.44\00:16:07.39
vitality it's not gonna lose it.
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That means it's not
going to ever lose it's
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what? It's power,
truth will never lose it's
00:16:10.93\00:16:14.84
power, truth will
never loss it's energy,
00:16:14.85\00:16:18.06
truth will always be
able to survive as what
00:16:18.57\00:16:21.61
this word vitality
means. And truth will
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always, when you get truth is,
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it gives what? Life and light,
00:16:25.61\00:16:28.54
God says if he, he's
for us then who can be
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against us,
encouragement that we
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need in the hour
in which we live.
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Jesus gave up, a
real simple commission but
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yet so complex, so
challenging, that it would
00:16:44.14\00:16:48.64
challenge the very
roots of our faith.
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What was that that he asks?
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What that that he commission?
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Oh you know it,
well it found in Mark 16
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verse 15 when he
simply said to us:
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Go ye into all the
world, and do what?
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Yeah, preach the
gospel to every creature.
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This is what Jesus
said, and people some
00:17:07.56\00:17:10.17
time well why you
interest in going over here,
00:17:10.18\00:17:12.75
why you interest in
doing this, why you?
00:17:13.02\00:17:14.50
Because Jesus
commissioned us to what?
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We're in the world,
every person on the face
00:17:17.59\00:17:20.16
of the planet to give
them the gospel and the
00:17:20.17\00:17:22.72
good news of salvation
and the soon return of Jesus.
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Now we must always
remember that Jesus
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is coming very, very
soon. I talked to man
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this week and it's
kind of off and on,
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he kind of we're
doing a little work,
00:17:36.94\00:17:38.73
he comes over and
just stops by for a few
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minutes and, wants
to talk about Jesus a
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little bit, but what
he, he said was kind of
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startling, because
he used to go to church,
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he used to study
his Bible. And we talk a
00:17:48.54\00:17:52.43
little bit about the
end time and the coming
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of Jesus and he made
a startling statement
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just a few days ago.
He said, I used to care
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about Bible
prophecy, I used to care about
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the end times, but
I'm not worried about it
00:18:01.34\00:18:03.90
anymore. Why? What's happened?
00:18:04.48\00:18:08.00
When we used to
study and we used to
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think about Jesus
his coming and what may
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happen in this
individual's life to say I don't
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care about it
anymore. What has happen to us?
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Have we lost maybe
our, our first love,
00:18:21.33\00:18:23.87
have we lost love
for souls when Jesus said
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you go and you
preach that, give the good
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news of gospel to the world.
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How can this be accomplished?
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If God is in the
work, it's going to be
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accomplished, it
seems impossible to my
00:18:36.48\00:18:39.70
poor old mind
and maybe to yours.
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How will the
world, all the world every
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individual have the
opportunity to make an
00:18:44.84\00:18:46.55
intelligent
decision about this last day
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message, the three
angels message going
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to all the
world, everybody having,
00:18:51.40\00:18:52.76
God said this going
to happen so I believe
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this going to happen.
But who's going to go,
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oh I, I don't wanna be
in convenience with it.
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Well, it's gonna cost the money,
00:19:02.23\00:19:03.79
well I don't have
any money, I can't really
00:19:04.27\00:19:05.48
give money for that, I
can't sacrifice my time,
00:19:05.49\00:19:08.43
I can't quit my
job. We have all kind of
00:19:08.44\00:19:11.22
excuses in the
church, with church members.
00:19:11.23\00:19:14.48
Always too busy to work for God,
00:19:15.59\00:19:18.50
but oh they'll find
time to do everything else.
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But when he's
commissioned us go and
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when the gospel's
been preached to every
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nation, kindred,
tongue and people he will
00:19:27.68\00:19:29.61
comeback. So,
who's going to go and
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someone say yeah
what is it gonna cost?
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It's going to
cost, it's going to cost.
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And we could say the
list many of the cost,
00:19:41.03\00:19:43.52
but let's just say
it's going to cost in so
00:19:43.53\00:19:45.90
many ways and
we're not just talking
00:19:45.91\00:19:47.56
about money. But
boy would that be,
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will it be worth it.
In our, my poor old mind
00:19:50.00\00:19:54.83
this it's like seems
impossible for all this
00:19:54.84\00:19:57.19
work, but scripture
says this, couple of
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passages. Probably
the most familiar to
00:20:00.34\00:20:03.23
most people, now
again if you have your
00:20:03.24\00:20:06.94
Bible or you wanna
jot it down please do
00:20:06.95\00:20:09.05
this Philippians
4:13, how about people
00:20:09.06\00:20:11.59
have memorized
that, it says: I can do
00:20:11.60\00:20:13.50
all things through
who? Christ, good which
00:20:13.51\00:20:17.89
strengthens me. I can do what?
00:20:18.21\00:20:20.73
All things through
Christ, that just eliminates
00:20:21.08\00:20:24.74
all you people who
make excuses all the
00:20:24.83\00:20:26.90
time that you can't do anything.
00:20:26.91\00:20:28.80
He said that you
can do all things,
00:20:29.10\00:20:31.43
that does mean all,
that means everything
00:20:31.58\00:20:34.15
that needs to be
done, to get the gospel
00:20:34.16\00:20:36.52
to the world. And
then the good news that
00:20:36.53\00:20:39.35
follows right up it
says in Philippians 4:19:
00:20:39.36\00:20:42.31
But my God shall
supply what? All your need
00:20:42.56\00:20:47.07
according to what? His
riches in Christ Jesus.
00:20:47.08\00:20:50.87
So, he commission
us to go and says then
00:20:51.84\00:20:53.88
what you can do
all things and then I'm
00:20:53.89\00:20:56.03
going to supply
what? All that you need
00:20:56.04\00:20:58.28
to get this job done.
Oh, I'm without excuse,
00:20:58.63\00:21:02.35
it sound like an
expense paid alright.
00:21:03.76\00:21:06.20
He ask you to go
to another country,
00:21:06.67\00:21:08.06
he ask you go next
door, he ask you do
00:21:08.07\00:21:09.54
this, that; he says I
will quit before and I
00:21:09.55\00:21:12.03
will give you what you need.
00:21:12.04\00:21:13.49
Oh, we're without
excuse, getting this gospel,
00:21:14.14\00:21:16.50
Jesus wants to
comeback, he wants to take
00:21:16.51\00:21:18.90
us home. And so as God calls us,
00:21:18.91\00:21:22.91
he also what? Good,
good, somebody is ahead
00:21:23.08\00:21:25.82
on me good I want
you; I want you to be
00:21:25.83\00:21:27.13
thinking he enables
us to do what he asks
00:21:27.14\00:21:30.65
us to do. I've
often said this and I mean
00:21:30.66\00:21:33.17
if God ask you to dig a ditch,
00:21:33.54\00:21:35.51
he will make sure
there is a shovel available.
00:21:35.77\00:21:38.29
If God what? He ask
you dig a ditch he's
00:21:39.93\00:21:41.73
gonna give you the
tools to dig that ditch
00:21:41.74\00:21:44.02
until we were what?
We were without excuse,
00:21:45.51\00:21:47.82
because this going
to, he asks you do it;
00:21:48.60\00:21:49.92
he's going to fulfill
his plan so he makes it
00:21:49.93\00:21:52.63
possible. Is God in
the work, I believe that
00:21:52.64\00:21:57.39
he is in the work,
but there is going to be a
00:21:57.40\00:22:00.40
battle, there is
going to be a fight.
00:22:00.69\00:22:02.37
And I don't know
why that surprises us so
00:22:02.70\00:22:04.15
many of us as
God's people do you?
00:22:04.16\00:22:06.12
Why does it
surprise us when we go to
00:22:06.81\00:22:09.75
work for Jesus
that there is one battle
00:22:09.76\00:22:12.04
after another,
there is one fight,
00:22:12.22\00:22:13.90
and there is just
one thing confusion after
00:22:13.91\00:22:16.30
the other.
Everything seems to be going
00:22:16.31\00:22:18.52
against, why does
that surprise you?
00:22:18.53\00:22:20.77
Why does that surprise me?
00:22:20.78\00:22:22.14
Well, you know the
devil is not gonna give
00:22:23.52\00:22:24.78
you one inch of the
ground when you're doing
00:22:24.79\00:22:26.68
the right thing for
Jesus. He's gonna fight
00:22:26.69\00:22:30.32
you, as we say
tooth & nail, anytime you
00:22:30.33\00:22:34.23
wanna hold on the
Gospel of Jesus Christ.
00:22:34.24\00:22:36.70
The devil says
I'm going to prevent,
00:22:36.71\00:22:38.87
remember that the
devil cannot prevent
00:22:39.08\00:22:40.71
you from giving the
gospel; he can't prevent
00:22:40.72\00:22:42.96
you from following Jesus Christ.
00:22:42.97\00:22:44.76
But he can just
give those smokes screens
00:22:45.18\00:22:46.68
up and sometime
that's all it takes,
00:22:46.69\00:22:49.26
to discourage us and
you know like oh well
00:22:49.52\00:22:51.87
I tell you I wished
I never had started,
00:22:52.14\00:22:53.83
oh we wanna give up.
Aren't you glad that,
00:22:53.84\00:22:57.25
that God takes a
responsibility for the
00:22:57.61\00:23:00.63
battles that we're
involved with here,
00:23:00.64\00:23:02.77
but we said it's not
ours anyway he fights
00:23:02.78\00:23:04.50
it, but it seem like
will you there in the middle
00:23:04.51\00:23:06.92
of it. We can't win it
but God can through us,
00:23:06.93\00:23:09.88
he takes the
responsibility for that
00:23:10.32\00:23:12.16
battle. The
outcome belongs to God,
00:23:12.17\00:23:15.66
now Second
Chronicles when you read that
00:23:16.56\00:23:18.26
another familiar
passage in verse,
00:23:18.27\00:23:20.33
chapter 20 verse
15 it just simply says
00:23:21.15\00:23:24.37
here. For the
battle is not what?
00:23:24.38\00:23:26.34
The battle is
not yours, but God's.
00:23:26.70\00:23:29.52
So many time
you're battling and you're
00:23:30.45\00:23:31.79
fighting and you
just oh I don't know what
00:23:31.80\00:23:33.56
I'm going to,
it's not your battle.
00:23:33.57\00:23:35.50
God's just using you
to go about, you know
00:23:37.46\00:23:39.24
and do what he ask
you to do and realize
00:23:39.25\00:23:42.07
the enemy is
greater and stronger.
00:23:42.08\00:23:43.64
But then he's in us,
we're stronger then the
00:23:44.02\00:23:45.50
enemy and so what
he says it's not your
00:23:45.51\00:23:47.73
battle just do
what I ask you to do and
00:23:47.74\00:23:51.13
don't question. I
will fight the battle,
00:23:51.14\00:23:53.90
when the enemy
loss up before you,
00:23:54.16\00:23:55.60
I'll eat them up, this
what we read a while ago,
00:23:55.71\00:23:58.27
I will destroy him.
I will get rid of him,
00:23:58.28\00:24:01.27
when the children
of Israel, when they
00:24:01.98\00:24:03.33
marched to
remember till the red sea,
00:24:03.34\00:24:04.87
boy they had to
get away, when they got
00:24:04.88\00:24:06.39
into put their foot in
the water what happened?
00:24:06.40\00:24:08.27
It parted and
they went on through,
00:24:08.60\00:24:10.52
God said I will
fight the battle,
00:24:10.63\00:24:11.99
I will part the
ocean if I have to,
00:24:12.00\00:24:14.02
I will defeat the
enemy, I will defeat the,
00:24:14.31\00:24:15.87
the armies that
may come against to,
00:24:15.88\00:24:18.27
the individuals
who come against you,
00:24:18.28\00:24:19.86
the gossipers and
backbiters. I will fight
00:24:20.04\00:24:23.05
the battle for you
just don't worry about
00:24:23.06\00:24:25.97
it, just do what I
ask you to do and think,
00:24:28.74\00:24:29.71
that sound simple
enough can we do that?
00:24:29.72\00:24:31.24
Yes, why because
God is in the work,
00:24:32.37\00:24:35.97
he's in the work,
he's take a responsibility
00:24:37.06\00:24:39.11
for, he's given
us all that we need.
00:24:39.12\00:24:40.60
So, if God is in your
work, if God is in this
00:24:41.17\00:24:44.14
movement, if
God is in your home,
00:24:44.42\00:24:47.36
if God is in
your, your marriage,
00:24:47.95\00:24:49.70
if God is in your
job. Something good is
00:24:49.71\00:24:54.05
going to happen,
he's going to fight the
00:24:54.06\00:24:57.29
battles for us, think
of a station that you're
00:24:57.30\00:25:02.38
watching now, the
3ABN. You think the
00:25:02.39\00:25:06.05
devil has not come
against this station with
00:25:06.06\00:25:08.99
everything that he
has to throw against it.
00:25:09.23\00:25:11.70
Using individuals, using people,
00:25:12.68\00:25:14.85
using people, they
don't know what they're
00:25:14.86\00:25:17.46
doing possibly, they
just might be against it,
00:25:17.47\00:25:20.59
and they have no
idea. Those people who was
00:25:20.60\00:25:21.97
purposing in their
heart, to tare it down for
00:25:22.16\00:25:24.98
gain the gospel
and you know what?
00:25:24.99\00:25:26.47
Sometime they
claim to be one of us,
00:25:26.63\00:25:28.43
doing all what they
can to help the enemy.
00:25:30.20\00:25:32.62
Because maybe
they have some little
00:25:33.73\00:25:34.89
personal thing
that they don't like or
00:25:34.90\00:25:36.67
whatever, they're
not caring about the
00:25:36.68\00:25:38.24
countless millions
that have the opportunity
00:25:38.25\00:25:40.48
to hear the
gospel of Jesus. Oh, you
00:25:40.74\00:25:42.35
selfish
individual, put yourself on the
00:25:42.36\00:25:46.29
backburner and
think about the good that
00:25:46.30\00:25:48.08
the station is
doing. They've taken a lot
00:25:48.09\00:25:52.50
of hits,
ministries have taken a lot of
00:25:52.51\00:25:55.04
hits, we've taken a lot of hits.
00:25:55.05\00:25:56.86
God said I'll fight
those battles for you out
00:25:58.36\00:26:00.22
faith will be tested
to the, to the up most.
00:26:00.23\00:26:03.29
It's going to be
tested to the very point
00:26:04.26\00:26:06.01
that we think that
we're just about to fall,
00:26:06.02\00:26:08.26
we've been hit, we're dazed,
00:26:08.51\00:26:10.23
we're are going
down. But God says you will
00:26:10.24\00:26:13.09
not go down, you
have a love for the souls,
00:26:13.10\00:26:18.03
God said I'm going
to, I'm going to sustain
00:26:19.60\00:26:21.37
you, I'm going to
revive you and he said
00:26:21.38\00:26:23.93
the last days the
people will be revived.
00:26:23.94\00:26:26.83
The gospel is going to
revived, it's like God's
00:26:27.62\00:26:29.96
in the work, we
need a revival or true
00:26:29.97\00:26:33.83
godliness among us as a people.
00:26:33.84\00:26:37.03
Do, you feel
like you need a little
00:26:39.07\00:26:40.04
reformation, little
change in your life,
00:26:40.05\00:26:41.95
the things are just
kind a going to same
00:26:41.96\00:26:43.70
you know all of
the time and. You want
00:26:43.71\00:26:46.20
something to happened, you maybe
00:26:46.21\00:26:48.21
staggering around
the blows that the,
00:26:48.22\00:26:50.57
oh enemy is
throwing against you right
00:26:50.58\00:26:52.15
now. And our human
reasoning is saying,
00:26:52.16\00:26:55.12
oh boy I've got
headed I don't know if
00:26:55.13\00:26:58.06
I can keep going.
But God has promised,
00:26:58.07\00:27:02.34
he said I will not, I
will not let this happen,
00:27:03.18\00:27:09.29
I will fight the battle for you.
00:27:09.30\00:27:11.51
Contrary to what,
some may want or some
00:27:12.61\00:27:15.49
maybe trying to do against you,
00:27:15.50\00:27:17.89
God said his work will prevail.
00:27:18.12\00:27:20.38
In fact he says this,
this is real promise in
00:27:20.48\00:27:22.78
Acts chapter 5 you
jotting it down I hope,
00:27:22.79\00:27:26.04
Acts chapter 5
verse 39: If it be of God,
00:27:26.05\00:27:31.84
ye cannot overthrow
it; if it be of God,
00:27:32.28\00:27:38.85
ye cannot
overthrow it. Now, he's, he's
00:27:38.86\00:27:43.02
not just saying
this little group,
00:27:43.03\00:27:44.41
he's talking
about anything, anybody,
00:27:44.63\00:27:46.43
any power, any
things thrown against it.
00:27:46.44\00:27:48.66
Doesn't matter what
it is, he says if God be
00:27:48.83\00:27:51.74
in it, here's the
word if God is in it,
00:27:51.75\00:27:53.97
you cannot
overthrow it. A lot of times
00:27:54.09\00:27:56.60
people say, well
we're gonna try to overthrow
00:27:56.61\00:27:58.26
this, you know you
don't need to be doing
00:27:58.27\00:27:59.59
this, you should
not be doing this.
00:27:59.60\00:28:00.91
If let it just run
it's course God let
00:28:01.11\00:28:03.62
you know the enemy in Heaven.
00:28:04.20\00:28:05.39
When he chose to
go the wrong way,
00:28:05.86\00:28:07.89
he let them play out
for a while so others
00:28:08.57\00:28:10.81
may see. But
eventually what happened
00:28:10.82\00:28:13.50
was he's cast out of Heaven,
00:28:13.51\00:28:14.76
if God's not in it,
it's gonna fall apart,
00:28:15.32\00:28:19.15
if God is in nobody
can over, overthrow why?
00:28:19.50\00:28:22.17
It continues on why
you said well why then?
00:28:23.95\00:28:26.00
Why, it says: Ye
be found even when you
00:28:26.16\00:28:29.40
fight, that you're
fighting against God.
00:28:29.41\00:28:32.79
That's why you cannot
win, for those who are
00:28:33.31\00:28:35.44
trying they
shut down the gospel,
00:28:35.45\00:28:37.22
trying to shut
down getting the gospel
00:28:37.42\00:28:39.04
preaching to the world,
doing your little thing,
00:28:39.05\00:28:41.28
wherever you're at,
to needle and to talk
00:28:41.29\00:28:43.75
and to gossip and
try to criticize and get
00:28:43.76\00:28:45.90
people not to
support. You fighting against
00:28:45.91\00:28:49.87
God and you
will lose the battle,
00:28:49.88\00:28:52.29
there is no doubt
about it, no one has ever
00:28:52.30\00:28:54.57
won against God,
no one ever will,
00:28:54.58\00:28:56.81
no power. Again in
Acts chapter 5 verse 39,
00:28:57.57\00:29:02.92
Acts chapter 23
verse 9 I'm sorry,
00:29:04.28\00:29:06.26
just checking out,
right now I want to you
00:29:06.27\00:29:07.81
to make sure you
read it, the last part it
00:29:07.82\00:29:10.05
said: Let us not
fight against God.
00:29:10.06\00:29:13.99
So, many times in
the book of Acts as his
00:29:14.69\00:29:17.16
spirits being poured
out, people are moving
00:29:17.17\00:29:19.81
forward, winning
souls for Jesus Christ.
00:29:19.96\00:29:22.29
They realized
there was a, there was a
00:29:22.59\00:29:25.05
battle and but you
always had the enemy
00:29:25.06\00:29:26.98
going against and
there will always being
00:29:26.99\00:29:28.78
reminded here. Let us
not fight against God,
00:29:28.96\00:29:32.22
because if he's for it
good, who can be against
00:29:32.23\00:29:35.48
it. So, that
commission to go into,
00:29:35.49\00:29:37.86
to all the world
and preach the gospel,
00:29:38.05\00:29:40.01
the good news, the
power of salvation.
00:29:40.23\00:29:43.07
Do you know where
that was first given, that
00:29:43.93\00:29:46.71
commission was first
given to the disciples
00:29:46.72\00:29:49.46
to, the 12 and then
it was expanded in the
00:29:49.47\00:29:53.42
upper room but now
it's been expanded to
00:29:53.43\00:29:55.41
a larger number in
fact to the whole world,
00:29:55.42\00:29:57.85
to all of us, every
person that claims to
00:29:57.86\00:30:00.43
be a child of God.
That we are to go in to
00:30:00.44\00:30:03.64
the world and tell
them about a savior,
00:30:03.65\00:30:06.03
a crucified, risen
savior, that offers
00:30:06.74\00:30:09.89
forgiveness of sins
and new a life in Him.
00:30:09.90\00:30:13.05
That was
exciting news for a day,
00:30:13.32\00:30:15.16
one of my favorite
books that I like to
00:30:16.54\00:30:19.26
read in it's
called Desire of Ages.
00:30:19.27\00:30:21.48
Well, if you
don't have that book,
00:30:22.54\00:30:23.63
you ought to,
you ought to get one.
00:30:23.64\00:30:25.18
I'm think it's one
of the best books I've
00:30:25.25\00:30:26.51
ever read on the life of Christ.
00:30:26.52\00:30:28.21
And in this book
there's a little paragraph
00:30:29.25\00:30:30.78
and I wanna
read that to you and,
00:30:30.79\00:30:32.02
I want to make sense to you.
00:30:32.21\00:30:33.86
Desire of Ages page 822 it says:
00:30:34.75\00:30:38.41
Christ gave His
disciples their commission.
00:30:38.42\00:30:41.45
Do we agree with
that, that's what the Bible
00:30:41.46\00:30:42.70
says? Yes: He made
full provision for the
00:30:42.71\00:30:46.32
prosecution of the
work. Now, if we've
00:30:46.65\00:30:49.55
read that, we've
talked about that building
00:30:49.56\00:30:51.42
up to this point.
So, God calls right,
00:30:51.43\00:30:53.86
he commissions us
to go, he gives us
00:30:54.86\00:30:56.85
what we need to
fulfill the work.
00:30:56.86\00:30:58.98
And then he
took upon himself the
00:31:00.11\00:31:02.21
responsibility for its success.
00:31:02.22\00:31:04.62
Do you think God's
work, work is gonna be
00:31:05.15\00:31:06.91
a success? Yes it
is. He said will succeed,
00:31:06.92\00:31:10.17
you try to fight
against him, your fighting
00:31:10.50\00:31:11.81
against God's
losing battle. But here is
00:31:11.82\00:31:14.42
the key, people love
to read the first part,
00:31:14.43\00:31:17.07
we love to read
the promises of God,
00:31:17.08\00:31:19.08
but we do not like
maybe the last line
00:31:19.29\00:31:22.31
or two. He takes
responsibility for success
00:31:22.32\00:31:25.60
of the work and
reading on it says:
00:31:25.61\00:31:27.70
So long as they obey His word,
00:31:27.71\00:31:31.62
and work in connection with Him,
00:31:33.33\00:31:35.56
they cannot fail.
As long as we what?
00:31:36.00\00:31:41.51
Obey his word, as
long as we work in
00:31:41.52\00:31:44.81
connection with him,
divinity and humanity,
00:31:44.82\00:31:47.35
working together
they cannot fail.
00:31:47.36\00:31:51.06
Wow, that's good,
we just read those in
00:31:51.72\00:31:53.35
the Bible, these
are Bible promises.
00:31:53.36\00:31:55.13
Desire of Ages 822
God calls us to ministry,
00:31:55.86\00:32:01.04
maybe God's
called you to ministry,
00:32:02.04\00:32:03.95
maybe some said
you do on a, we call on
00:32:04.39\00:32:06.04
the side a little
bit or something just for
00:32:06.05\00:32:07.73
the working of
salvation or soul.
00:32:07.74\00:32:09.59
But I every time I
hear people say well God's
00:32:10.79\00:32:12.66
called me into
ministry, God, God's called me,
00:32:12.67\00:32:14.70
God's called me to
preach, God's called me
00:32:14.99\00:32:16.57
to preach. You
realize there is much more
00:32:16.58\00:32:18.41
in ministry when you
say ministry it's more
00:32:18.42\00:32:20.72
than preaching.
There's good preachers
00:32:20.73\00:32:23.77
everywhere,
preaching, it consist more than
00:32:23.78\00:32:29.21
just that, it's
talking about you must deal
00:32:29.22\00:32:31.90
with the sick, you've
got to deal with suffering,
00:32:31.91\00:32:34.13
you have to deal with the needy,
00:32:34.87\00:32:36.33
that those who are depressed,
00:32:36.80\00:32:38.47
those who out of
source. Everyday problems
00:32:38.57\00:32:41.96
and attacks of the
enemy, you have to deal
00:32:41.97\00:32:46.26
with people,
sometime of just little faith.
00:32:46.27\00:32:49.31
I'm talking about a
little bit of faith and it
00:32:50.75\00:32:52.46
seems so simple what
God has said in his work,
00:32:52.47\00:32:54.82
but to them it's a
mountain they're trying
00:32:54.83\00:32:56.59
to climb and it
seems impossible to them.
00:32:56.60\00:32:58.93
More than just
preaching and you have
00:32:59.33\00:33:02.55
to deal, when
called to the ministry,
00:33:02.56\00:33:05.52
you've got to deal
with those who are,
00:33:05.73\00:33:07.12
are crushed by
guilt. So, you maybe,
00:33:07.13\00:33:11.71
you maybe one of
those but you've not just
00:33:12.26\00:33:15.56
been knocked down
but you, you've been
00:33:15.57\00:33:17.50
crushed and when
you talk about being
00:33:17.51\00:33:19.29
crushed that means
the pressure is so heavy
00:33:19.30\00:33:21.05
upon your chest.
It's very hard to believe
00:33:21.55\00:33:24.65
that's, that's how
real this pressure of guilt
00:33:24.66\00:33:27.29
that can be and
shame, you're too ashamed
00:33:27.62\00:33:31.14
to get out of the
house, you're too shamed
00:33:31.15\00:33:32.93
to go to church
for what has happen.
00:33:32.94\00:33:35.32
Guilt, wrong doing,
it just brings unrest to
00:33:37.79\00:33:45.04
the soul and we find
that we live in a world
00:33:45.05\00:33:47.73
of unrest,
unrest, people that are so
00:33:47.74\00:33:52.14
unhappy. It seem
to be happy when it go
00:33:52.36\00:33:55.09
down to street and
they wave me smile,
00:33:55.10\00:33:56.45
but if you sat
down and talked to them,
00:33:56.46\00:33:57.83
they're unhappy.
They're being crushed,
00:33:58.07\00:34:01.21
the very life has
being crushed out of them,
00:34:01.22\00:34:03.35
and they're
dissatisfied. You ever meet
00:34:03.95\00:34:06.28
somebody is
dissatisfied, it's unhappy.
00:34:06.29\00:34:09.21
Everything that
you talk about they're
00:34:10.56\00:34:12.96
unhappy with,
they're not satisfied with,
00:34:12.97\00:34:15.85
it never pleases
them, they can't find
00:34:16.31\00:34:18.25
anything to be
happy about. We have to
00:34:18.26\00:34:21.55
really pray because
I've tell you they're
00:34:21.56\00:34:22.94
gonna get you down
if you're not careful,
00:34:22.95\00:34:24.85
you're not
connected with the source of
00:34:25.00\00:34:26.43
power. They'll drag
you down, we need to
00:34:26.44\00:34:29.76
be able to lift them
up by the grace of God
00:34:29.77\00:34:32.11
and when these
people are dissatisfied and
00:34:33.02\00:34:34.73
they're unhappy,
remember it's not just
00:34:34.74\00:34:36.91
with you. It's what their self,
00:34:36.92\00:34:40.53
they're very
unhappy with their self,
00:34:40.71\00:34:42.51
just probably nothing
more maybe misery that
00:34:43.38\00:34:46.27
can be man can suffer
as part of his unhappy
00:34:46.28\00:34:49.69
with yourself,
everything that you do,
00:34:49.70\00:34:51.17
everything that you stand for,
00:34:51.18\00:34:52.21
you just don't like
it. The weight it just
00:34:52.50\00:34:56.98
too much for
them, the pain is just,
00:34:57.21\00:34:59.20
is just too keen
everyday of their life.
00:34:59.68\00:35:02.22
So, every person,
everyone that's called
00:35:03.99\00:35:06.05
into, to ministry is
called to minister to sin
00:35:06.06\00:35:10.67
sick souls. Oh,
that's difficult yes,
00:35:10.95\00:35:15.05
very difficult
because very few will listen
00:35:15.68\00:35:18.64
to call. And you
keep giving the call,
00:35:18.65\00:35:21.34
yeah people come,
they visit the church.
00:35:21.35\00:35:23.13
Oh, we're gonna
get in, we're gonna
00:35:24.47\00:35:25.68
takes studies, we're
gonna come every week,
00:35:25.69\00:35:27.36
you don't see him for a month.
00:35:27.37\00:35:28.57
You can't find
him, they moved off,
00:35:28.75\00:35:30.49
they've lost all
hope, one minute they're
00:35:30.50\00:35:32.59
hot and the next
minute they're cold.
00:35:32.60\00:35:34.31
So, the devil likes
that, we've got to work
00:35:35.62\00:35:38.76
for these sin sick
souls. And let us do the
00:35:38.77\00:35:43.69
work faithfully, see
God's looking for faithful
00:35:43.70\00:35:48.99
men and women
today, trust God in your
00:35:49.00\00:35:53.07
work for him. You
see, it appears that
00:35:53.08\00:35:55.65
sometime we're
restricted do you ever
00:35:57.03\00:35:58.44
feel like you're
restricted even in the
00:35:58.45\00:35:59.75
calls of Christ. We
restricted in ministry,
00:35:59.76\00:36:02.22
restricted the
harmony, restricted in your job,
00:36:02.23\00:36:04.43
every time you
turn around there is,
00:36:04.44\00:36:05.86
there is new
restriction going on.
00:36:06.07\00:36:07.90
Some time in the
work, we will just,
00:36:09.87\00:36:10.94
we're
restricted because you had,
00:36:10.95\00:36:12.17
you've got to line
up with certain things.
00:36:13.51\00:36:15.49
The cuffs put on, in
order to do something
00:36:17.53\00:36:20.50
else, you know the
enemy is good about put
00:36:20.51\00:36:23.94
restrictions on
things to hamper the calls of
00:36:23.95\00:36:26.33
Christ. Put us in a chock-hole,
00:36:26.34\00:36:27.97
what about these
restrictions you may,
00:36:31.03\00:36:35.14
you say well I'm restricted by
00:36:35.30\00:36:36.43
circumstances.
Don't let circumstances
00:36:36.44\00:36:40.06
control you, you
control circumstances by
00:36:40.07\00:36:42.24
the grace of
God. Then we say well
00:36:42.25\00:36:45.37
circumstances
prohibits me from doing it.
00:36:45.38\00:36:47.61
Get about, get on
your knees and ask God
00:36:48.32\00:36:50.27
to change those
circumstances and then
00:36:50.28\00:36:52.37
get up and do
something about it.
00:36:52.38\00:36:54.02
Well I don't know
where to go, just get up
00:36:54.48\00:36:55.98
and just do
something. Or said so much,
00:36:55.99\00:37:00.16
get up and do
something if it's wrong,
00:37:00.17\00:37:01.72
if you have a
honest heart just get up
00:37:01.73\00:37:03.37
and do something
and God will direct your
00:37:03.38\00:37:05.43
steps if you true of heart.
00:37:05.44\00:37:07.48
So, sit back waiting
for God to do something,
00:37:09.46\00:37:11.45
you get up and
you start to move,
00:37:12.20\00:37:13.35
be faithful, keep
moving forward is what God
00:37:13.36\00:37:16.52
says today. And I've
notice this God often
00:37:16.53\00:37:20.17
uses the simplest
means to accomplish the
00:37:20.18\00:37:24.48
greatest results.
Have you, have you ever
00:37:24.49\00:37:27.80
seen that maybe in a
ministry or in home or
00:37:27.81\00:37:30.11
some connection
with God in work.
00:37:30.72\00:37:32.65
Many times we're
thinking what's got be
00:37:33.74\00:37:35.64
this way or it's
got to be that way,
00:37:35.65\00:37:36.99
it's gonna take a
great manifestation;
00:37:37.00\00:37:38.30
he uses the
simplest means sometime to
00:37:38.48\00:37:41.33
accomplish the
greatest results, why?
00:37:41.34\00:37:44.02
Because God is in
the work, see this
00:37:44.03\00:37:47.44
encouragement to me
I can't say it enough.
00:37:47.45\00:37:49.45
I like standing
here about 15 minutes say
00:37:49.46\00:37:50.98
God's in the
work, God's in the work,
00:37:50.99\00:37:52.75
God's in the
work and you know how
00:37:53.08\00:37:54.95
encouragement that
is, I can say that over
00:37:54.96\00:37:56.90
and over and over
and you say it over and
00:37:56.91\00:37:59.30
over and over and
you know what you're
00:37:59.31\00:38:00.86
gonna believe it. It's
about time God's people
00:38:00.87\00:38:03.36
stood up and
said, God's in the work,
00:38:03.37\00:38:04.73
God's in the
ministry, God's in the movement.
00:38:05.81\00:38:08.29
And he's gonna work, oh what a
00:38:09.58\00:38:12.57
encouragement
that will give you,
00:38:12.58\00:38:13.92
then you have one
stand up here say well
00:38:14.08\00:38:15.31
I don't believe
God's in the work.
00:38:15.32\00:38:16.85
Put him outside and
go out and for him till
00:38:17.51\00:38:19.23
they have a change
of heart and bring him
00:38:19.24\00:38:20.45
back in and let him
chant it along with you
00:38:20.46\00:38:22.76
God's in the work.
Satan assaults it always
00:38:22.77\00:38:31.08
been directed for
those who sought to advance
00:38:31.09\00:38:34.98
to the truth. You know
this but just keep it in
00:38:34.99\00:38:39.02
your mind when you
purpose in your heart,
00:38:39.03\00:38:41.18
you want to advance
the truth of God's word.
00:38:41.19\00:38:43.60
The assaults are
going to come, he's gonna
00:38:44.25\00:38:48.63
work on you, gonna
work on your family,
00:38:48.64\00:38:49.99
he's gonna work on your friends,
00:38:50.00\00:38:51.23
he's gonna work on
the church where you go,
00:38:51.24\00:38:52.86
he's gonna, he
just wherever he can,
00:38:52.87\00:38:54.43
he's going to work
to try to cause these
00:38:54.44\00:38:55.85
confusion. Now, Satan use this,
00:38:55.86\00:38:57.93
I'm just gonna
oh, oh thousands and
00:38:58.22\00:38:59.94
thousands of
methods, let me just use two.
00:38:59.95\00:39:02.67
Oh, you probably know them,
00:39:03.93\00:39:04.99
but let me just
allow me to do this,
00:39:05.00\00:39:06.77
and I may get on
the soap box little bit
00:39:07.36\00:39:08.79
here, when I do, I'll
just, I'm gonna stay on
00:39:08.80\00:39:10.56
for while you know
maybe I'll get off,
00:39:10.57\00:39:12.74
two methods that
the devil uses you know
00:39:14.28\00:39:15.75
why because it's so
real and I've seen it
00:39:15.76\00:39:18.48
in operation I've
seen the devil work,
00:39:18.85\00:39:22.41
I've been involved.
You say well it must be
00:39:23.54\00:39:26.93
something big, no it's
real simple here but we
00:39:26.94\00:39:29.01
don't really sometime we just,
00:39:29.02\00:39:30.45
we don't discern
it, you have number 1,
00:39:30.84\00:39:33.46
you have what we
called the open opposers
00:39:33.47\00:39:36.84
to the truth, have
you ever met those?
00:39:36.85\00:39:39.03
Now, open
oppossers and number 2,
00:39:40.28\00:39:43.55
we're gonna talk about
a little bit, number 2,
00:39:43.56\00:39:45.42
you have the secret opposers.
00:39:45.61\00:39:48.44
So, you have one
group here that's open a
00:39:49.65\00:39:51.57
about it, you
have the little sneaks,
00:39:51.58\00:39:53.77
little snake in the
grass, the little secret
00:39:54.80\00:39:57.36
opposers to the work of Christ,
00:39:57.37\00:39:59.64
they can't stop
us, because we have
00:39:59.78\00:40:01.33
read the
scripture you can't stop it.
00:40:01.34\00:40:02.92
But boy they'll
try to slow it down.
00:40:03.19\00:40:04.92
Now, let me ask you
a question, you say oh
00:40:08.74\00:40:10.38
boy here we go that's right.
00:40:10.39\00:40:11.58
Let me ask you a
question, who's the most
00:40:11.59\00:40:13.77
dangerous? Who's
the most dangerous
00:40:13.78\00:40:19.31
the open opposer,
or the secret opposer?
00:40:19.32\00:40:22.93
See the, the open
opposer just says what
00:40:24.22\00:40:27.25
he has on his mind.
He doesn't really care,
00:40:27.26\00:40:30.93
this is the way I see
it, this is the way that
00:40:31.64\00:40:34.67
it is, he
doesn't try to hide it.
00:40:34.68\00:40:37.49
It maybe hurtful he
doesn't rest too bad
00:40:38.39\00:40:40.73
he says it may even
be untrue he doesn't
00:40:40.74\00:40:43.26
care. This is
what he has on his mind
00:40:43.27\00:40:45.30
you know where he
stands, you know what
00:40:46.11\00:40:48.07
he's up to, at
least you know where he's
00:40:48.08\00:40:51.50
coming from. And then
you can deal with that
00:40:51.51\00:40:55.33
but how about that
secret opposer to the
00:40:55.34\00:40:57.86
gospel and the
truth, they maybe,
00:40:57.87\00:41:00.20
they maybe sitting
beside you in the church.
00:41:01.74\00:41:03.74
And you don't even
know it, do you realize
00:41:05.04\00:41:08.72
people they, they
carry around hurt feelings,
00:41:08.73\00:41:11.53
hard feelings, evil
surmising, hatred all kind
00:41:12.64\00:41:18.76
of things of the
enemy. And when they see
00:41:18.77\00:41:23.06
you look at that,
when they see you they
00:41:23.07\00:41:26.11
might even put
their arms around you and
00:41:26.12\00:41:27.54
hug you and as Judas
might give a little kiss
00:41:27.55\00:41:31.80
on cheek. That
kind of hard to discern,
00:41:31.81\00:41:36.76
but boy behind the
scenes they're just
00:41:37.85\00:41:39.91
planning little
seeds of doubt and what if
00:41:40.22\00:41:42.74
and it seems like
and I heard and I.
00:41:42.75\00:41:45.37
But they're, they're
supposed to be Christian.
00:41:46.39\00:41:49.14
That secret opposer,
he usually pretends to
00:41:50.73\00:41:53.78
be your, your
friend that way he can get
00:41:53.79\00:41:56.46
information about
you. Maybe it's not really
00:41:56.47\00:41:59.48
on purpose but
they've been heard about
00:41:59.49\00:42:01.09
something and they
figure it's their job
00:42:01.10\00:42:03.25
to even things up. A
Christian will not act
00:42:03.26\00:42:05.77
that way, you call
yourself a Christian and
00:42:05.78\00:42:08.22
you act that, you
will not a Christian
00:42:08.23\00:42:10.06
because that's not Christ like.
00:42:10.07\00:42:11.86
Too many in the
church get away with it,
00:42:13.03\00:42:14.47
well I know I
shouldn't but I did it,
00:42:14.48\00:42:16.34
that's not Christ
like you wanna go to
00:42:16.35\00:42:18.80
Heaven that's got
to go God can give you
00:42:18.81\00:42:20.32
a victory over
that. And as they pretend
00:42:20.33\00:42:24.94
to be your friend,
maybe working in the
00:42:24.95\00:42:26.87
ministry, they had
the privilege of learning
00:42:26.88\00:42:30.53
things about you
maybe. Things about the
00:42:30.54\00:42:33.54
ministry and they
interpret them the way
00:42:33.55\00:42:35.96
they want to,
something happens they live a
00:42:35.97\00:42:38.85
little bit later on,
they have their own little
00:42:38.86\00:42:40.48
tongue of how
those things happened and
00:42:40.49\00:42:43.07
they think that this
went on and they think
00:42:43.08\00:42:44.96
that. Haven't you got
something better to do?
00:42:44.97\00:42:47.21
We should be able to
distinguish that secret
00:42:48.25\00:42:50.91
opposer of the gospel
and getting the message
00:42:50.92\00:42:53.47
to the world.
Actually they're opposing much
00:42:53.48\00:42:56.92
more than you,
they're opposing Jesus Christ.
00:42:56.93\00:42:59.29
And the devil is
working through them.
00:42:59.98\00:43:01.88
Now why don't you
just think with me,
00:43:06.73\00:43:09.41
we need to be
spreading the good news
00:43:11.06\00:43:13.16
of Jesus Christ. We
need to be busy doing
00:43:13.17\00:43:15.57
something positive for Jesus.
00:43:15.58\00:43:17.54
Every minute
that you spend tearing
00:43:18.13\00:43:19.88
somebody down or
tearing the movement
00:43:19.89\00:43:21.56
down or tearing this
person or that person
00:43:21.57\00:43:23.49
down. You're doing
the work of the devil,
00:43:23.50\00:43:25.14
how can the devil
operate in you sometime
00:43:25.38\00:43:27.35
and you say God
operates in you another time.
00:43:27.36\00:43:29.63
Can bitter and sweet
water come forth in the
00:43:29.76\00:43:31.50
same, no he was not
with me is against me,
00:43:31.51\00:43:35.11
it's either one
spirit or the other,
00:43:35.30\00:43:37.59
it's never
combination. When Jesus Christ
00:43:38.06\00:43:40.90
comes into the body,
the enemy cannot stay
00:43:40.91\00:43:44.97
he has, somebody
say he has to flee.
00:43:44.98\00:43:47.89
Now, I think the
enemy has to flee when God
00:43:49.78\00:43:51.42
comes in, when the
spirit of God comes inside
00:43:51.43\00:43:53.46
the enemy has to
leave, you see then you're
00:43:53.71\00:43:55.53
walking in the newness of life,
00:43:55.54\00:43:56.91
you're walking with
God, you're walking in power,
00:43:57.13\00:43:59.73
you're walking in
strength, all of those
00:43:59.87\00:44:01.82
promises that God
gives us are therefore us if
00:44:01.83\00:44:04.98
we what? If we're
be obedient and if we
00:44:04.99\00:44:07.43
have close communion with him.
00:44:07.44\00:44:08.96
We shall not fail, but
there is too much failing
00:44:08.97\00:44:12.30
going on because we do
not have that connection,
00:44:12.31\00:44:14.29
where a good,
lot of good talkers.
00:44:14.30\00:44:16.03
People, I see a lot of
people get sidetracked,
00:44:18.09\00:44:20.13
these secret
opposers try to sick track you
00:44:21.86\00:44:24.12
from doing what
we need to be doing.
00:44:24.13\00:44:26.54
Sidetracking our
issues, in the movement
00:44:27.23\00:44:31.21
today in Christianity
there is so many people
00:44:31.37\00:44:34.79
that are always
introducing side issue;
00:44:35.35\00:44:37.96
you had nothing
to do with salvation.
00:44:37.97\00:44:39.76
But they understand
that, so they turn around
00:44:40.01\00:44:41.95
said, now this is
the salvation issue.
00:44:41.96\00:44:44.03
God has presenting
clearly in his word those
00:44:45.26\00:44:47.68
things that pertain,
pertaining to my salvation,
00:44:47.69\00:44:51.68
they're clear about
what it takes to repopulate
00:44:52.63\00:44:55.40
Heaven. It doesn't
have to be some kind of a
00:44:55.41\00:44:57.61
side issue that you
have to twist and turn and
00:44:57.62\00:44:59.98
make it seen that
you, you've got to accept
00:44:59.99\00:45:01.97
this, you've got to
do, the Bible said do you
00:45:01.98\00:45:03.72
accept Jesus Christ
as your Lord and Savior.
00:45:03.73\00:45:06.00
You confess your
sins, he's faithful and just
00:45:06.13\00:45:08.23
to forgive us our
sins and cleans us from
00:45:08.43\00:45:10.48
all unrighteousness.
God is in the work dear
00:45:10.49\00:45:13.81
friends, is he
in your heart today,
00:45:13.82\00:45:16.05
is he in your life? I
heard people say sometime
00:45:16.06\00:45:19.99
well we need to,
we need to slow down,
00:45:20.00\00:45:21.46
we're moving a
little bit too fast here.
00:45:21.47\00:45:22.86
We need to have a,
we need have another
00:45:22.87\00:45:24.35
meeting and, and some will say,
00:45:24.36\00:45:26.33
well let's make
sure now we're not going
00:45:26.51\00:45:27.60
to offend someone.
Wow, that's impossible
00:45:27.61\00:45:32.78
if you're doing the
right thing people are going
00:45:33.89\00:45:35.81
to be offended by
and by. People what,
00:45:35.82\00:45:39.54
you say no listen when
Jesus walked this earth,
00:45:39.97\00:45:43.37
there were many
people that were offended
00:45:43.38\00:45:45.67
because of him. Now,
did he do offensive things?
00:45:46.18\00:45:48.17
No, but they took
offense because he exposed
00:45:48.18\00:45:51.28
some things in their
life. Some people might
00:45:51.29\00:45:55.75
say something like
these secret opposers,
00:45:55.76\00:45:57.53
now look if you
wanna, if you wanna do some
00:45:58.16\00:46:00.24
work in the future.
We need to kind of line
00:46:00.25\00:46:03.89
up over here a
little bit. You need to slow
00:46:03.90\00:46:05.37
down a little bit,
if you wanna work in the
00:46:05.38\00:46:07.48
future. Do you
wanna work for God?
00:46:07.49\00:46:11.79
I'm not working for
man, you not working for
00:46:11.80\00:46:14.16
man, you're
working for God, you're
00:46:14.17\00:46:15.29
accountable to God.
Some will say you need
00:46:15.30\00:46:18.86
to consider the, the
issues I'm considering
00:46:18.87\00:46:21.19
the issues, I'm
considering eternal life,
00:46:21.20\00:46:23.60
I'm considering what
I'm commissioned to do,
00:46:23.77\00:46:25.37
going into the world
and encouraging people
00:46:25.51\00:46:27.51
to take a stand on
the side of Christ.
00:46:27.70\00:46:29.49
Regardless of their
life, regardless of what's
00:46:29.72\00:46:31.73
happened in their
life, that God can forgive
00:46:31.74\00:46:33.63
and bring them
into the family of God.
00:46:33.64\00:46:35.35
And can repopulate
heaven. Jesus made a
00:46:35.49\00:46:38.34
very strong point on
this issue and talking about
00:46:38.35\00:46:42.46
you know those who
are not doing what he's
00:46:42.47\00:46:46.06
already
commissioned us to do. And, and
00:46:46.07\00:46:51.11
some are not
gonna like it, because
00:46:51.12\00:46:52.56
they've been
offended. In Matthew 13:21
00:46:52.57\00:46:57.31
the Bible says this:
Yet hath he not root in
00:46:57.32\00:47:00.69
himself, but dureth
for a while: for when
00:47:00.70\00:47:05.25
tribulation or
persecution ariseth because of
00:47:05.26\00:47:09.96
the what?
Tribulation and persecution
00:47:09.97\00:47:12.96
ariseth because of
the word, by and by he
00:47:12.97\00:47:17.28
is offended.
Offended mean here by and by
00:47:17.29\00:47:21.16
he's going to have
cause for displeasure.
00:47:21.17\00:47:23.17
Have you ever made a Christian,
00:47:23.94\00:47:25.01
well we have
calls we're unhappy.
00:47:26.30\00:47:28.05
But it says because of the word,
00:47:29.15\00:47:31.07
otherwise when they
have to take a stand
00:47:31.91\00:47:33.17
to certain time in
their life and maybe it's
00:47:33.18\00:47:35.56
going to cost them a
little bit to follow Jesus
00:47:35.57\00:47:37.68
Christ. They
became unhappy with that,
00:47:37.69\00:47:39.55
they're just
displeased with that.
00:47:39.83\00:47:41.35
Offended that
means they're, they get,
00:47:42.79\00:47:45.07
they get tripped
up. Are you one of those
00:47:45.26\00:47:48.88
who's maybe got
offended, you got tripped
00:47:48.89\00:47:50.62
up you, you're in
apostasy, you're in
00:47:50.63\00:47:52.43
enticing sin here,
that's what it means,
00:47:52.44\00:47:54.58
one who stumbles.
Jesus said concerning
00:47:54.75\00:47:58.53
the last days
Matthew 24:10 he said this:
00:47:58.54\00:48:01.53
And then shall many be offended,
00:48:02.70\00:48:05.07
and shall betray one
another, and shall what?
00:48:05.85\00:48:08.20
And shall hate one
another. Jesus said many
00:48:08.33\00:48:11.87
people is going to
be what? Offended why?
00:48:11.88\00:48:15.06
Because of the truth,
the straight testimony
00:48:15.07\00:48:18.21
that we are to be
giving in the church,
00:48:18.22\00:48:20.69
in the last day
movement, a straight testimony
00:48:20.75\00:48:23.87
lifting up a
standard and people become
00:48:24.14\00:48:26.65
offended by when
you start talking about
00:48:26.66\00:48:28.74
things that we put in our body,
00:48:28.94\00:48:30.24
things that we put on our body.
00:48:30.25\00:48:31.83
How do we need to
gain victory over sin in
00:48:32.17\00:48:33.83
our life, people
become offended with that,
00:48:33.84\00:48:36.22
why? It's the
truth, straight testimony.
00:48:36.96\00:48:39.51
The world
becomes offended by it,
00:48:42.62\00:48:44.53
we must endeavor
to defeat the enemy by
00:48:47.64\00:48:54.38
God's grace, and
we need to do it with
00:48:54.39\00:48:57.33
where we can with,
with tact and good and
00:48:57.34\00:48:59.73
good conduct and through what?
00:48:59.74\00:49:02.15
Power of prayer. But
the enemy can and will
00:49:02.16\00:49:05.70
be defeated the battle is what,
00:49:05.71\00:49:07.76
it's not ours but
it's what? Its God's battle
00:49:07.91\00:49:10.79
why? Because God is in the work,
00:49:10.99\00:49:13.45
I'm assured he is
in, the battle ranges on
00:49:13.85\00:49:16.74
between good and
evil. And, and I've heard
00:49:16.75\00:49:20.87
said, and I'm sure
that you've probably heard,
00:49:20.88\00:49:22.97
have heard it said
forth, the battle seems
00:49:24.17\00:49:25.92
to indicate that
there is a warfare,
00:49:26.60\00:49:29.33
I talked to myself
and I say there is a
00:49:29.34\00:49:30.65
battle and he said
that's warfare you mean
00:49:30.66\00:49:33.20
there is real
struggle that's going on.
00:49:33.21\00:49:35.00
I wanna make this
point I don't want you to
00:49:35.27\00:49:37.09
miss it, you
may have missed some
00:49:37.10\00:49:38.50
other things,
please don't miss this.
00:49:38.51\00:49:39.96
When you're talking
about a battle and God
00:49:44.35\00:49:45.94
said I'm gonna
fight the battle for you,
00:49:45.95\00:49:47.71
I want you to listen
how real that battle is?
00:49:47.72\00:49:51.48
It might melt your heart today,
00:49:52.69\00:49:54.25
to think that God
is fighting for us,
00:49:55.46\00:50:00.24
who are so
unworthy. And it's not,
00:50:00.52\00:50:04.02
it's not a make believe battle.
00:50:04.45\00:50:06.20
It's a real battle
that's going on between
00:50:07.20\00:50:10.23
good and evil and
evil is determined not to
00:50:10.31\00:50:14.50
lose any ground and
they will do anything
00:50:14.51\00:50:16.62
and everything within
their power to maintain
00:50:16.63\00:50:19.23
and God only can push them back.
00:50:19.24\00:50:21.33
I say today the
battle is real and if our,
00:50:26.93\00:50:31.09
our spiritual vision
somehow could be opened
00:50:31.53\00:50:34.27
up today, I would
relax, I mean we could take
00:50:34.28\00:50:37.08
it, we'd open up our
eyes and we could see
00:50:37.09\00:50:40.29
this battle that's
going on, we would see angels
00:50:40.30\00:50:43.67
by the millions
flying around in our,
00:50:43.78\00:50:46.12
our behalf. Quickly
to help those who are in
00:50:46.30\00:50:49.61
need and those who
are being tempted and
00:50:49.62\00:50:51.38
those who are being
tried, the sky would be
00:50:51.39\00:50:55.12
full of them.
They're coming to our ad,
00:50:55.13\00:50:58.52
to the tempted
ones are coming and say
00:50:59.38\00:51:01.19
oh I'm going to help
you gain the victory do
00:51:01.20\00:51:02.97
you want that
victory? Because these people
00:51:02.98\00:51:07.06
are ready to give up
they are grief stricken,
00:51:07.07\00:51:11.80
they've been opposed
and they, they've been
00:51:12.88\00:51:16.09
burdened with the
weight of sin and even
00:51:16.47\00:51:20.31
by brothers and
sisters as they were in the,
00:51:20.32\00:51:22.56
in the movement they
about crushed the life
00:51:22.57\00:51:24.55
out of them. Now,
but God said there is,
00:51:24.56\00:51:29.35
there is gonna, there
is relief that's on the
00:51:29.57\00:51:31.21
way. I'm in the
work, there's relief that's
00:51:31.22\00:51:35.58
on the way. And if
you cry out to God,
00:51:35.59\00:51:39.32
you know what God
said, this is found in
00:51:39.33\00:51:40.97
Prophets and Kings,
what a book if you don't
00:51:41.06\00:51:43.71
have that, you need
to be reading the book.
00:51:43.72\00:51:45.46
Prophets and
Kings 176 said this:
00:51:47.09\00:51:49.93
The battles raging
between the two armies
00:51:50.40\00:51:54.22
are as real as those
fought by the armies of
00:51:54.64\00:51:59.03
this world,
somebody didn't get it.
00:51:59.04\00:52:01.45
The battles that are
raging on and the battles
00:52:03.10\00:52:05.50
are everyday, they do not stop.
00:52:05.51\00:52:08.01
The battles are
being fought between good
00:52:09.51\00:52:11.78
and evil,
between Christ and Satan,
00:52:11.79\00:52:13.92
are as real as those
fought in the armies of
00:52:14.13\00:52:17.39
this world, and
they're on the issue of
00:52:17.40\00:52:20.69
spiritual conflict
eternal destinies depend.
00:52:20.70\00:52:26.18
The battles that
are being fought,
00:52:27.45\00:52:28.95
that I'm talking
about here deals with out
00:52:28.96\00:52:32.30
destiny, whether
we go to heaven or not
00:52:32.31\00:52:35.95
and God's put forth
every energy that he can,
00:52:35.96\00:52:38.33
but he can't do
it unless you ask.
00:52:38.50\00:52:40.02
He can't do it unless
you cry out God's is in
00:52:41.04\00:52:43.63
the work, he's
fighting for us and when I think
00:52:43.64\00:52:48.46
about those battles
are real that are raging
00:52:48.47\00:52:52.23
around the world,
they're real and he's doing
00:52:53.26\00:52:57.41
it for you and
he's doing it for me.
00:52:57.42\00:52:59.41
Do you remember
quickly the vision of the
00:53:00.87\00:53:02.79
Ezekiel our time is about gone.
00:53:02.98\00:53:04.53
The appearance of
a, there is a real and
00:53:05.24\00:53:07.57
beneath you know the
winds and all things are
00:53:07.85\00:53:09.40
all going and turning
and it seem to be all out
00:53:09.41\00:53:11.56
of whack and couldn't
tell what it was all about,
00:53:11.57\00:53:13.96
the wings of the
cherub, that's Ezekiel 10 just
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read that it when
you have the opportunity.
00:53:16.28\00:53:17.61
He saw a number of
wheels and they all
00:53:18.22\00:53:20.08
intersecting with,
with one another their
00:53:20.09\00:53:22.50
and they were
move by the four living
00:53:22.61\00:53:24.10
creatures high above
and lightness was the
00:53:24.11\00:53:26.57
throne of God, do
you remember and the
00:53:26.63\00:53:28.31
lightness of the
son of man sat up on it.
00:53:28.32\00:53:30.61
The everything is
moving it seem like to
00:53:31.26\00:53:32.64
mankind it was just
so out of whack wheels
00:53:32.65\00:53:35.53
moving and here
complicated things that
00:53:35.54\00:53:37.59
were going on, confusing
at first and at the next
00:53:37.60\00:53:40.25
glance. He saw they
were moving in perfect
00:53:40.26\00:53:43.27
harmony, Heaven
was being powered by,
00:53:43.46\00:53:47.83
impaled by these
wheels and when Ezekiel
00:53:48.06\00:53:52.80
notice that God sees
the intercede things of
00:53:52.81\00:53:55.54
life, he knows you
like there is no one else
00:53:55.55\00:53:57.54
on the face of the
earth. He knows everything
00:53:57.55\00:53:59.42
about you and
everything seems to be
00:53:59.43\00:54:01.42
in confusion but
it's not. Ezekiel was so
00:54:01.43\00:54:04.87
impressed and so he
say oh how great God
00:54:04.88\00:54:07.01
is, he said, Bible said
he fall on his face wow.
00:54:07.02\00:54:11.14
God made it plan to
him, the world seems my
00:54:12.67\00:54:16.36
friend to be in a
chaotic state, everything
00:54:16.37\00:54:18.06
moving in different
direction. But God is in
00:54:18.07\00:54:20.51
the work, God's
going to bring what?
00:54:20.52\00:54:22.18
He's gathered
all this confusion,
00:54:22.59\00:54:23.89
he's going to
bring it all together,
00:54:23.90\00:54:25.77
he's going to bring
good to God's people why?
00:54:26.14\00:54:28.29
Because God's in
the work, friend, do you
00:54:28.42\00:54:31.26
believe God's in the
work today, we need to
00:54:31.27\00:54:32.63
pray about it. Do
you believe that you're
00:54:32.64\00:54:35.31
gonna be more in
the conference through
00:54:35.32\00:54:36.54
Jesus Christ. Do you
believe that, that you
00:54:36.55\00:54:39.32
shall not fail if we
just simply obey God we
00:54:39.33\00:54:43.83
have Humanity and
divinity working together,
00:54:43.84\00:54:45.96
we're plugged
into the power source.
00:54:45.97\00:54:47.70
We shall not
fail, isn't God great,
00:54:47.94\00:54:51.86
he's done so much
for you what you're gonna
00:54:53.19\00:54:54.48
do for him today,
let's pray about it right
00:54:54.49\00:54:56.03
now it's always we
close with, with the
00:54:56.04\00:54:57.77
prayer of
dedication, let's pray together.
00:54:57.78\00:54:59.55
Merciful Father in
Heaven, we thank you for
00:55:01.00\00:55:02.74
your love today, we
thank you for your word,
00:55:02.75\00:55:04.50
what an encouragement
to realize this world
00:55:04.51\00:55:07.43
so darken by sin, we
see through it glass darkly,
00:55:07.60\00:55:11.33
sometime it's
almost like why go on,
00:55:12.49\00:55:13.95
why continue to do
what we're doing but
00:55:13.96\00:55:15.55
I'm thankful that
you're, you're in the work.
00:55:15.90\00:55:17.70
And you're gonna
finish this work,
00:55:18.49\00:55:19.84
it's gonna bring
it to completion.
00:55:20.49\00:55:21.82
You're gonna make
sense out of all these
00:55:22.63\00:55:23.89
things that we
can't make sense out of,
00:55:23.90\00:55:25.26
you're gonna bring
it together I gave you
00:55:25.27\00:55:26.43
praise honor and
glory for those who have
00:55:26.44\00:55:27.85
chosen now to be on
your side in Jesus name amen.
00:55:27.86\00:55:32.20
It's always a
pleasure to be able to spend
00:55:34.45\00:55:36.11
some time with you,
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00:55:36.12\00:55:38.61
have question be
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00:55:38.62\00:55:40.31
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00:55:40.32\00:55:42.60
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00:55:42.96\00:55:44.46
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00:55:49.62\00:55:51.28
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Welcome back, I
hope you are more excited
00:55:55.77\00:55:59.46
than ever to be a
part of God special work
00:55:59.47\00:56:02.52
that he has for
each of us after having
00:56:02.71\00:56:04.99
listened to that
message. You know,
00:56:05.00\00:56:07.33
my brother-in-law
Danny Shelton he's often
00:56:07.34\00:56:09.63
been heard on this
station saying the blessing
00:56:09.64\00:56:12.24
is on the go, the
blessing is on the go.
00:56:12.25\00:56:15.05
And I must agree
we are so blessed when
00:56:15.06\00:56:18.30
we take action and
became a part of this
00:56:18.31\00:56:20.71
work. We are to be
doers of the word and
00:56:20.72\00:56:23.49
not here is only and
what is work began right
00:56:23.50\00:56:27.89
where you are right
now. First it begins in
00:56:27.90\00:56:31.10
your heart and as
the love of God begins to
00:56:31.11\00:56:34.33
feel and motivate
you to action your first
00:56:34.34\00:56:37.47
missionary work is
in home. The rest is
00:56:37.48\00:56:40.78
endless as you
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00:56:40.89\00:56:44.07
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00:56:44.10\00:56:46.89
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