Hello and welcome to
Behold the Lamb Presents.
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I'm Chris Shelton, your
host and I wanna welcome
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each and every one of
you to today's program that
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we have entitled our
characters must reach
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full maturity
before probation closes.
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This program is the
fourth in a five part
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series that we have
called, are you qualified
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to receive the latter
rain? To begin today's
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message let's look
at this word probation.
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Dictionary.com defines
this word as the testing
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or trial of a
person's conduct, character,
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qualifications, or the like.
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This definition
certainly makes good sense in
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regards to our
walk of sanctification.
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We know that the
decisions we make
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in this life will
determine where we are to spend
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eternity? If our
hearts are controlled by the
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love and follies of
this world brothers and
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sisters, we're gonna
perish with this world.
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On the other hand, if
we choose to give our whole
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heart to our Lord and
Savior Jesus Christ to
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mold and to fashion
as he rose then our home
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will be an
eternal heavenly home.
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The choice is
ours, always ours but the
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gift is free. Our
daily walk of sanctification
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is our probation
time. It's our test
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of character, all of
heaven is viewing our
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conduct of life.
Our thoughts, motives
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of the heart,
everything about us that makes
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us us, is written in
the courts of heaven.
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The question will
some day be asked,
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do we have the Christ
like qualifications to
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live in the kingdom
of heaven, in the very
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presence of the most high God.
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The question will come
at the end of our personal
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probation, we know not
if our probation will close
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with our death or if
we're living close enough to
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Christ's second
coming for it to close during
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our lifetime. In
any case what will our
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probationary time
reveal of our true character?
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Will we have reached
that full maturity in Christ
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or will our books
close showing us clinging to
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something that we hold
dear in this world that
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is enmity towards God.
Remember as the message
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is being presented
today the choice is ours
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but the gift is
free. And as Christ,
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Christ is always
willing to do whatever takes
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in his power to assist
us in attaining this free
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gift of eternal
life. Thus the title of
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today's message again is,
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Our Characters
Must Reach Full Maturity
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Before Probation
Closes. But before join Pastor
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Kenny for today's
message let's visit
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the 3ABN worship
center and listen to a song
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entitled "Someone
is praying for you."
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Have the clouds round you
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Gathered in the midst of a storm
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Is your ship tossed and battered
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Are you weary and worn?
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Don't lose hope someone's
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praying for you this very day
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And peace be still
is already on the way
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Someone is praying for you
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Someone is praying for you
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So when it seems
you're all alone,
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And your heart
would break in two
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Remember someone
is praying for you.
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When it seems that you prayed
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'til your strength is all gone,
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And your tears fall like
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raindrops all the day long
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Jesus cares and He knows just
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how much that you bear
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He'll speak your
name to someone in prayer
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Someone is praying for you
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Someone is praying for you
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So when it seems
you're all alone,
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And your heart would break
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in two, break in two
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Remember someone is praying
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for you, praying for you.
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Hello thank you for
joining us today here
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in Behold the Lamb and
why don't you appreciate
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that special music.
We're gonna get ready to
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study the Bible
most important subject
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and I ask that you
would now, you know pray
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with me as we start
this program we always
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do that because we
need the power of the
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Holy Spirit. We were
talking about a subject
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today that you know
our characters must reach
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full maturity
before Jesus comes.
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What does all of
that mean, does God really
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require that of
us, why don't we pray
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about it first and
then we're going to get into
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our study. I look
forward to it, don't you?
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Let's pray together.
Merciful Father in heaven,
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first of all we
ask that you forgive us
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of any sin, anything in
our hearts and life that
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need not be there, or
we want to stand righteous
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before thee not
because of any good thing that
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we've done or ever
will but because of Jesus
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Christ our Lord and our Savior.
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Help us to stand
behind the cross of Calvary
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today you said in your
word if you be lifted up,
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if I be lifted up
would draw all men unto me.
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May the power of the
Holy Spirit now consume each
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and every one of us as
we study the word of God
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together, may it
be clear in our hearts
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and our minds, may
it compel us to make the
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necessary changes
that we maybe like Jesus,
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thank you for those
of you those who listen,
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those who share the
gospel of Jesus Christ,
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his precious name we
pray and for his sake, amen.
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As always we're very
grateful and thankful
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that you spend some
time with us, pencil
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paper Bible, let's
begin our study shall we?
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First thing I would
like to do is you know
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I love the book
the Great Controversy,
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some of you are familiar
with it, others are not.
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I found just a little
one line there on page 490
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it says every one of
us must be tested and
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found without spot or
wrinkle or any such thing.
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Oh yeah, you say well
that's taken from the Bible,
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certainly that it
is Ephesians 5:27,
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what is the key,
everyone of us must be tested
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when we are tested then
we must be found without
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what spot, wrinkle,
stain any such thing that
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means the
characters need to be pure and
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holy and like Jesus.
How is this accomplished,
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must it be accomplished.
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This is part of
the questions that you
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may have today as we
study the word of God.
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I'm sure of this, we
are living at the very end
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of earth's history; we
are in the Day of Atonement.
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And as we look
around the world and what is
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happening in the
world, you know I'm, it's very
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clear to me that
the judgments of God
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are falling in the
land. I know, you say well
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I've heard it yes we
need to take special note
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because these are
warnings for God's people
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who are studying
and who are praying.
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See God's warning this
world that he is getting
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ready to come and
to visit us once again.
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You wanna be
visited by him, you know in
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Luke 19 verse 44 in
your Bible be should
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and jot these things
down, we have to move
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quickly, a lot of
material, but Jesus was
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talking about the,
Jesus weeps over Jerusalem
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and the destruction
and here's what he said
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bottom lime was
this, here in the last line
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or so of that path,
he says because thou
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knewest not the
time of thy visitation.
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What does that mean?
Not one stone would be
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left upon the other
people were going to die by
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the thousands why,
because they didn't know
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the time of his visitation,
they could have known
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they didn't study,
they were not preparing
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so my God help us
that we are studying now
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and preparing for
what, for the coming of
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Jesus Christ. Now when
I just mentioned a while
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ago that we live in the
hour of judgments of God,
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these judgments are
what, they're warnings,
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well what you say in
what? The things that
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are happening in the
land. Well everyday in
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newspaper
floods, fire, earthquake,
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we see wars, we see
bloodshed, we're seeing
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labor disputes, we're
seeing economic unrest,
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we're seeing all of
these things that are
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taking place and
you know what these are?
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These are warning
signs, nations rising
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against nations, nations
threatening other nations.
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It tells of the
coming of Jesus Christ.
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Please remember
this, these judgments are a
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wake up call, wake
up call for what? Who?
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A wake up call for
those who have not had the
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opportunity to hear
the truth or to know what
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truth is all
about into accept it.
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These are wake up
calls but on the other hand
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you know God's merciful
and so He still reaching
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out to save those who
have had an opportunity
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but listen carefully,
but the door of probation is
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going to close on those
who have had opportunity
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and they have refused
it. There's many in the
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moment today that
understand the truth
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and maybe the things
are happening in prophecy
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but they're not
doing anything about,
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they're not
preparing. The door is going to
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be closed and we
will not be able to enter.
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Think about the five
wise and the five foolish.
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So it's very
evident probation is closing
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on those who have had
an opportunity to hear
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this last message of
warning. We're talking
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to Three Angels
Message; we're talking about a
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message called
righteousness by faith.
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You know spirit of
prophecy calls it most
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precious message
that was given to us.
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Righteous by faith, we
talk about glory of God,
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oh these are things
that must sound again
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because as they began
to sound the people didn't
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want to hear them and
rejected it as it first
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came to us. Oh
friend we live in an awesome
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time of the
history of this world.
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You realize that
many people who believe
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present truth, if I ask
you today do you believe
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present truth.
What would be your aim?
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Would your hand go
up say I, I'm a present
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truth believer, let me
just challenge you with this
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thought if you say
that. Many who claim to be
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present truth
believers are going to fail,
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they're going to come
up short of the glory of
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God heaven's not
going to be their home, why?
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Simple. Because
they do not understand
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the essential, the
vital aspect of the early
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and the latter rain,
and what it is to accomplish
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in our life. Take that
note if what it is to what?
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Accomplish in our
life. Therefore what,
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they failed to
prepare. See, there's something
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special about the
early and latter rain and
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if we're not
paying attention to it,
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we're not really preparing.
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We think all is
well, all is good.
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In our previous
lesson, let's go with this very
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quickly for those
who were not, maybe not
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been watching that
this is very, very important
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and we do have and
I wanna bring this to
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you right now. We have
some; I would like to call
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them just a time
line prophecy of prophetic
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events that hopefully
will come up on your screen
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and you will be able
to see this will just help
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you to follow what
we've been talking about
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on this five part
series. If you have them as
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we're preaching
this message you will be
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able to look and you'll
be able to relate to these
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terms that we are
using. So please you're gonna
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have to call, you're
gonna have to get somehow
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get here with us, so we
can get these out to you,
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so you can have the
whole five part series.
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Previous lessons
we learned some thing,
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we learned the work
of the Holy Spirit is
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represented by the
early and what good,
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the later rain, it's
vital to all Christians plus the
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church. Very seldom,
here it is, it's vital to
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the church now
remember the early rain fell on
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what, on the
Christian church and it fell on
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the day of
what? Good, Pentecost.
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The early rain
then continues to fall
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through history. Now
till the end of the world,
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to the probation
closes, to prepare the church
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for what, to be
prepared for the latter rain
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and then to go on to
the time of the harvest.
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See the church is involved here,
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we as God's people
and then what about the
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latter rain, we've
been learning about how that
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falls upon the
church. See the Holy Spirit
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then in the latter
rain is poured out.
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The Bible says on
the what, we're talking
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about the remnant
church, it's poured out
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without measure,
it's much more than
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you know then it
was in the early rain,
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a great abundance and
then what, at the close
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of it's, the work of
the history of this world
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that rain is poured
out and what, it helps to
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wrap up that you
know and when does it
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poured out. Often a lot
of people make suggestions
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on how it's poured out
and what's going to take
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place in time frames.
But I believe that after the
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National Sunday Law,
after the National Sunday
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Law then we're going
to see the latter rain
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that falls on the
church and equips us.
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Now the lock can be
said, you say I'll never
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heard it read
Revelation 13 not be able to buy
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yourselves say we have the mark.
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Legislative action is
going to be involved here.
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Now how about this
early rain on individual,
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we talk about the
church, an early rain,
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the later rain on
the church, how about as
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individuals, they
say we've been studying.
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You know it's given,
the early rain was given
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in what, in
moderation to us as individuals.
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But remember as the
early rain or the time
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that you accept Jesus
Christ that rain is given
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you the power is
given so that you may what,
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you may gain
victory of what, good.
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Overseen in your life
that you maybe what like
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Jesus overcome all
sin, reflect Jesus fully
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and then you know what
it continues on through
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the Christian
experience and then we find that
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we receive the latter
rain, as we receive the
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latter rain, listen
carefully it helps to,
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it helps to prepare
us, it helps to that
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we maybe mature
and that we may go on
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to live with Jesus.
Friend, that's an interesting
00:16:02.18\00:16:04.95
thought, full
maturity. How is our character
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gonna reach full
maturity, there's a
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difference here we
need to think about it.
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How about the latter
rain in all individuals,
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is it important? Absolutely.
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Latter rains poured
out what, in abundance once
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again and we believe
that I believe in the study
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that the latter rain in
abundance falls after the
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National Sunday Law.
It empowers God's people
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to give the loud cry
and then we reach what?
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Full maturity, that
means what? Gain victory over
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sin in our life and
then we are ready notice then
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we are ready for the harvest.
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There's a difference,
I want you to pay special
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attention to that.
We must reach what?
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Full maturity
before probation closes.
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Now the question, you
know when is this work
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going to be done?
Let me read from two
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testimonies of
355. This is interesting
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when he comes, see
there's contention in
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the movement. Many
people have different
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thoughts but why
not get in the Bible the
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spirit of prophecy,
and see what it has to say
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and then follow it,
and then, you simply
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believe it.
Here's what says 355,
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when He comes, He is not
to cleanse us of our sins.
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People say when
Jesus comes He is going to,
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He is going to finish
the work, He is going to,
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when He comes, He is
not going to cleanse us
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from our sins. He is
not going to, notice this,
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to remove from us the
defects of our character.
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Now how many of us can
say I want if any of us
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can say today that
stand and say I have no
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defects in character.
Probably everyone of us
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who are honest in
heart, so you know I have
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some defects of
character in so mentioning that
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and so owning up to
that, that means what we
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need some
changes, because of we have
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defects of character,
heaven is not going to
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be our home. This is
our time of probation,
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listen as I read on.
It says, to remove from us
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the defects of our
characters, or to cure
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us from
infirmities of our tempers, our
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dispositions.
Reading on, if wrought for us
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at all, this work
will be accomplished before
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that time. Before
the what, the coming
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of Jesus. No work
will then be done for them
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through remove their
defects and give them
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holy character. This
will all be done in these
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hours of probation, it
is what, listen, it is now
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that this work is to
be accomplished for us.
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This shall remove all
doubt. This is the time
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that what, right now
is the time that we are
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to gain victory.
It's the time to cleanse
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ourselves from sin,
to remove defects of
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characters our
infirmities saying that you know
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evil tempers, and bad
habits, and eyes and ears
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and things that we
take into our it's now that
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we commit them to Jesus Christ.
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Now it's the time
that we gain the victory.
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Like the Great Controversy
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once again as I
referred to page 620,
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makes this
statement. Those who delay in
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preparation of the
great day of God cannot
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obtain it in the
time of trouble or any
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subsequent time.
Listen, the case of all
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are hopeless. This
should jar us to the
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very quick, if we
don't what, get the victory
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right now through
the power and blood of
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Jesus Christ when he
comes you know it's going
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to be too late,
our cause is hopeless.
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I feel you're living
life that Jesus wants
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you to live. See we
must see the importance of
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preparation to
receive. See it's more than
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just praying for
it's more than just I'm
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hoping for it. It's
more than just what believing
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that it's going to
happen. Oh friend as we read
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you know I've read
several last lesson,
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several passages of
scripture I'm gonna read
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several more today. A
some may overlap oh friend
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I want you to see the
importance of what I'm
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talking about God
means what he says,
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because we're talking
about complete victory,
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we're talking
about living without sin.
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But we're also
talking about being ready
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for the harvest.
Is there a difference,
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oh listen, this is
what the Bible says in
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Colossians 4:12, it
says that ye may stand what,
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good perfect and
complete in the will of God.
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What's the word
perfect and complete in the
00:20:19.24\00:20:20.84
will of God? Second
Timothy 3:17 makes this
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powerful statement
that the man of God might
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be what is it, good, perfect.
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The man of God may be perfect.
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How about Hebrews
chapter 6 verse 1.
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I want you to
notice the different,
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you know the
scripture here and what they
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are saying. It either
is possible or to not.
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God is either telling
the truth or he is not
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telling us truth. I
tend to believe that he is
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telling the truth
don't you? Oh absolutely.
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Hebrews 6 verse 1 it
says, let us go on into
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perfection. Notice
the word. In fact to back,
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even in the Old
Testament, Moses wrote this down
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in Deuteronomy 18:13,
you know what he said?
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He said, thou shalt
be perfect. Is that word
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some kind that we
can't understand even in the
00:21:07.31\00:21:09.33
English language? Now
I must say this, you know
00:21:09.34\00:21:12.95
I'm getting on, some
people say well it's like
00:21:12.96\00:21:14.73
you're getting unto
us, oh dear friend no,
00:21:14.74\00:21:16.41
I want to stir you up
to the point where you're
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listening and that
you will make a decision
00:21:19.08\00:21:20.91
for Jesus Christ. This
is an urgent vital message,
00:21:20.92\00:21:24.27
it is not to be
presented and some thane
00:21:24.28\00:21:26.68
lifeless theory, this
is a fact of those who are
00:21:26.69\00:21:29.97
going to spend
eternity with Jesus.
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And then we look at
Moses and Paul's writing God
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said this in the
beginning Genesis 17 verse 1.
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He made this
said be thou perfect.
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Does he mean what he
says? Jesus in Matthew 5
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we realize verse 48, he
says but be ye therefore
00:21:46.35\00:21:50.54
perfect as a father
what, which is in heaven
00:21:50.55\00:21:52.89
is perfect. Paul wrote
in Colossians 1 verse 28
00:21:52.90\00:21:56.98
that we may present
everyman perfect where,
00:21:56.99\00:22:00.27
in Jesus Christ.
There's too much there,
00:22:00.28\00:22:03.91
and I'm just touching the edges,
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I'm just scratching
scripture a little bit
00:22:05.71\00:22:07.74
and trying to provoke
you to get the Bible in turn.
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Paul wrote more
in Romans 6 verse 3,
00:22:10.44\00:22:12.28
you know what he said
there, this is interesting,
00:22:12.29\00:22:15.17
he said we should not
serve sin. If you're not
00:22:15.18\00:22:19.67
serving sin then you
gain victory, is that right?
00:22:19.68\00:22:22.16
So we should not serve sin.
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That's our
transgression of God's law.
00:22:24.14\00:22:27.00
In Romans 6 verse 12 it goes on,
00:22:27.01\00:22:29.12
it says let not sin
therefore reign in your
00:22:29.13\00:22:32.31
mortal body. So sin
is not to what inhabit,
00:22:32.32\00:22:35.74
we get our life
over to Jesus Christ,
00:22:35.75\00:22:37.91
sin is not to
continue to reign there
00:22:37.92\00:22:40.08
but we find it over
and over and over, we sin,
00:22:40.09\00:22:42.89
we pray, we ask
forgiveness, we sin,
00:22:42.90\00:22:44.57
we go back, that's not
the plan that God has for.
00:22:44.58\00:22:47.21
Lets reign in this
body by the grace of God,
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Romans 6:14, For sin
shall not have dominion
00:22:49.85\00:22:54.45
over you. So it sounds
like that we would have
00:22:54.46\00:22:56.45
victory over sin and
over the devil in our life.
00:22:56.46\00:22:59.97
James wrote about
it in James 1 verse 4,
00:22:59.98\00:23:02.85
he said that ye may
be perfect and entire,
00:23:02.86\00:23:07.17
wanting nothing.
So may I say this one,
00:23:07.18\00:23:10.55
when I say perfect,
perfection that we've
00:23:10.56\00:23:15.18
been studying it's
used in the sense of living,
00:23:15.19\00:23:18.91
listen carefully
living without sin. Good.
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Living without sin,
that's what perfect,
00:23:22.51\00:23:25.23
perfection is all
about. Now this statement's
00:23:25.24\00:23:27.39
heavy duty I know I'm
moving fast but I have to,
00:23:27.40\00:23:30.25
oh there's lot of
material I don't want to miss
00:23:30.26\00:23:31.65
anything, I know
you don't either.
00:23:31.66\00:23:33.17
I call it some
things sometime maybe jar
00:23:33.18\00:23:35.79
you to the very
quick; I call sometimes
00:23:35.80\00:23:37.68
its heavy duty. But
you know as we read it
00:23:37.69\00:23:40.11
I want you to
contemplate by the power of the
00:23:40.12\00:23:42.35
Holy Spirit. It's
found in the beautiful book
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Desire of Ages page
311 notice, the tempter's
00:23:44.35\00:23:48.69
agency is not to
be accounted an excuse
00:23:48.70\00:23:53.18
for one wrong act.
You remember years ago
00:23:53.19\00:23:56.30
people laughed about
you know all the time
00:23:56.31\00:23:58.15
they said, the
devil made me do it,
00:23:58.16\00:24:00.29
have you heard
that one? The devil made
00:24:00.30\00:24:02.40
me do it. you
realize the devil had a hand,
00:24:02.41\00:24:05.62
in this, he want us to
think what he made us do,
00:24:05.63\00:24:08.35
listen that is an
excuse for doing anything wrong
00:24:08.36\00:24:11.72
saying the devil made me do it.
00:24:11.73\00:24:13.19
Notice not for one
wrong act Satan is jubilant
00:24:14.38\00:24:18.22
that means he is
ecstatic, he is beside
00:24:18.23\00:24:20.25
himself when he hears
the professed followers
00:24:20.26\00:24:24.10
of Christ making
excuses for their deformity
00:24:24.11\00:24:27.61
of character. How
many of you today say,
00:24:27.62\00:24:29.58
I know I've got bad
days, I know this is
00:24:29.59\00:24:31.55
not right but
there's can be no but, after
00:24:31.56\00:24:34.70
we make that
statement we have a deformity
00:24:34.71\00:24:36.72
of character. Notice
this; it is their excuses
00:24:36.73\00:24:41.27
that leads to sin.
Is that makes sense?
00:24:41.28\00:24:44.39
We make excuses why
we sin, why we don't
00:24:44.40\00:24:46.60
live the victorious
life and then those excuses
00:24:46.61\00:24:49.13
lead us to what
continue on to sin.
00:24:49.14\00:24:51.30
We're justifying
it. Desire of Ages says
00:24:51.31\00:24:56.13
there is no excuse for sinning.
00:24:56.14\00:24:59.27
A holy temper,
a Christlike life,
00:24:59.28\00:25:03.59
is accessible to
every repenting, believing
00:25:03.60\00:25:07.26
child of God. Oh
listen to this, listen the
00:25:07.27\00:25:11.29
Son of man was
perfect in His life.
00:25:11.30\00:25:13.82
Praise God but
notice. So his followers are
00:25:13.83\00:25:18.89
to be perfect in
their life. He was the,
00:25:18.90\00:25:23.18
who Jesus was the
blameless Son of God.
00:25:23.19\00:25:26.10
He was God in the
flesh. His character is
00:25:26.11\00:25:32.17
to be ours. His
character, Jesus is to be what,
00:25:32.18\00:25:38.04
is to be our
character, will that be living,
00:25:38.05\00:25:40.17
will that gain
victory over sin? Absolutely.
00:25:40.18\00:25:42.92
That's what he
wants to impart to us,
00:25:42.93\00:25:44.57
he wants to give it
us. Now we can see as
00:25:44.58\00:25:49.02
you know that the
plan of redemption,
00:25:49.03\00:25:51.20
in the plan of
redemption we must
00:25:51.21\00:25:52.76
at least consider this,
I want to consider this,
00:25:52.77\00:25:55.03
heavy duty now
that we must have,
00:25:55.04\00:25:58.04
since we're sinners,
since we've fallen short
00:25:58.05\00:26:00.42
and you know one
of the death penalty
00:26:00.43\00:26:02.48
that we're gonna have to have
00:26:02.49\00:26:03.57
complete recovery.
God wants to win us
00:26:03.58\00:26:06.99
back and give us
complete recovery from what,
00:26:07.00\00:26:09.21
the power of enemy.
Because when you sin
00:26:09.22\00:26:11.73
you fall into the
grasp of who, the devil.
00:26:11.74\00:26:14.94
How many of you
may be have fallen into
00:26:16.81\00:26:18.96
the hands of miracle,
when you see new things
00:26:18.97\00:26:20.86
that are wrong the
devil has you by the neck
00:26:20.87\00:26:23.28
of the neck. And he is
not about to let you go
00:26:23.29\00:26:25.93
to claim the
blood of Jesus Christ.
00:26:25.94\00:26:28.30
Complete recovery.
Now what does that mean
00:26:28.31\00:26:32.52
complete? Oh
somebody says well I know what
00:26:32.53\00:26:34.64
is complete means
entire recovery, it means,
00:26:34.65\00:26:38.29
that it comes to
an end, it's finished,
00:26:38.30\00:26:41.18
it lacks no
parts, complete recovery.
00:26:41.19\00:26:45.45
Please remember
this, Testimonies 506 that
00:26:45.46\00:26:47.84
we've read before
in another program
00:26:47.85\00:26:49.72
but it says the
latter rain falling near the
00:26:49.73\00:26:52.25
close of the season,
when's the latter rain
00:26:52.26\00:26:55.12
going to fall near
the close of the season,
00:26:55.13\00:26:57.72
as what near the
close of the end of this
00:26:57.73\00:27:00.16
world's history,
empowers men to go out
00:27:00.17\00:27:02.75
and do the work for
Jesus. Of the season it
00:27:02.76\00:27:06.02
ripens the grain and
prepares for the sickle,
00:27:06.03\00:27:09.99
there are some
heavy duty statements that
00:27:10.00\00:27:12.26
we really must
consider and let me just insert
00:27:12.27\00:27:15.68
this thought if
you allow me to do it.
00:27:15.69\00:27:18.37
Even though, even
though a person reaches by the
00:27:18.38\00:27:22.73
grace of God the
sinlessness, sinless state
00:27:22.74\00:27:25.91
there is still a work
of growth, there is still
00:27:25.92\00:27:30.79
a work of development
that continues on through
00:27:30.80\00:27:34.41
the latter rain and
even, this is heavy and even
00:27:34.42\00:27:38.30
after probation
closes, there is an individual
00:27:38.31\00:27:42.39
work to be done
for God's people.
00:27:42.40\00:27:45.56
During time let me
make this so you will get,
00:27:45.57\00:27:48.40
during the time
of Jacob's trouble,
00:27:48.41\00:27:51.40
God's people are
gonna have to go through the
00:27:51.41\00:27:53.36
time of Jacob's trouble.
You say well I don't know
00:27:53.37\00:27:56.23
about that, we're
talking about here that
00:27:56.24\00:27:57.97
we gain sin but you
know there's gonna be growth
00:27:57.98\00:28:00.50
and there's gonna be
development and listen
00:28:00.51\00:28:01.99
hey, your example
and my example was
00:28:02.00\00:28:04.44
Jesus Christ, is that
right. Yes. You remember
00:28:04.45\00:28:07.35
I said the child
Jesus he became to,
00:28:07.36\00:28:09.30
he continued to do
what, continued to grow in
00:28:09.31\00:28:12.28
grace and in
knowledge. The angels of heaven
00:28:12.29\00:28:15.02
continue to grow in
knowledge and wisdom
00:28:15.03\00:28:16.90
and strength and
more of what, acquainted
00:28:16.91\00:28:19.52
with their creator
and their redeemer.
00:28:19.53\00:28:21.78
Adam continued to
grow in grace, he is so,
00:28:21.79\00:28:24.81
growing even while he
before sin entered in.
00:28:24.82\00:28:27.44
We're going to
continue to grow through the
00:28:27.45\00:28:29.24
ceaseless ages.
There's never, there never
00:28:29.25\00:28:33.81
become a time that we
are not advancing in the
00:28:33.82\00:28:37.43
knowledge and the
grace, and the strength
00:28:37.44\00:28:39.08
of Jesus Christ. Oh
yeah that's heavy duty.
00:28:39.09\00:28:41.99
Because sometimes
think well we have attained,
00:28:42.00\00:28:43.71
oh friend we are ever
in the school of learning
00:28:43.72\00:28:45.92
of Christ. Living
without sinning, please pay
00:28:45.93\00:28:50.37
special attention
to this. Even be living
00:28:50.38\00:28:53.59
without sinning and
being fully mature ready
00:28:53.60\00:28:58.30
for what, oh yeah
the translation are two
00:28:58.31\00:29:02.57
different things.
Living without sin in our life
00:29:02.58\00:29:07.46
and then what,
being fully mature are two
00:29:07.47\00:29:11.87
different thing,
ready for translation.
00:29:11.88\00:29:14.39
And hopefully we'll
get those things when
00:29:14.40\00:29:16.74
we get straight in our
minds. Unless we receive
00:29:16.75\00:29:20.02
the early rain and
then rain has done each job,
00:29:20.03\00:29:23.97
the latter rain can
bring no seed to perfection.
00:29:23.98\00:29:28.14
That's what the
early rain is about,
00:29:28.15\00:29:29.51
is that right? To
get moisture and get the
00:29:29.52\00:29:31.06
seed planted that's
us. The word of God in our
00:29:31.07\00:29:33.48
heart in our mind and
then right at the end of
00:29:33.49\00:29:35.31
season here comes
that latter rain, then what
00:29:35.32\00:29:37.50
gives power to that
seed right and it sprouts up.
00:29:37.51\00:29:40.33
The Bible says first
the blade then the ear
00:29:40.34\00:29:43.35
and then what, the
corn and the ear of,
00:29:43.36\00:29:45.79
Mark 4:28 tells us
we need that experience,
00:29:45.80\00:29:49.99
we must have it, our
characters must reach
00:29:50.00\00:29:52.50
full maturity
before probation closes.
00:29:52.51\00:29:57.64
There will be oh my,
there will be no character
00:29:57.65\00:30:01.38
changes when Jesus
comes. In this movement
00:30:01.39\00:30:05.77
friend, we need
this truth. It's a truth
00:30:05.78\00:30:08.31
that's been overlooked,
it's a truth that people
00:30:08.32\00:30:11.01
will try to argue over
for that, listen we need
00:30:11.02\00:30:13.72
to focus on God
operating inside of us that
00:30:13.73\00:30:16.74
we may reach this full maturity.
00:30:16.75\00:30:18.66
Not just saying
sinless in Jesus Christ but
00:30:18.67\00:30:22.03
there is a
difference in being mature,
00:30:22.04\00:30:23.88
ready for harvest
and what, be translated
00:30:23.89\00:30:27.27
into heaven. That's mature.
00:30:27.28\00:30:28.66
Friend, the latter
rain, oh so important
00:30:31.01\00:30:33.05
in our life. Five
Testimonies 166 says
00:30:33.06\00:30:36.73
the coming of Jesus
listen, the coming of Jesus
00:30:36.74\00:30:39.74
does not change our
characters; listen it only
00:30:39.75\00:30:44.54
fixes them
forever beyond all change.
00:30:44.55\00:30:48.27
Remember when Jesus
comes if your character
00:30:49.33\00:30:52.49
is what it needs to be,
it's fixed for eternity.
00:30:52.50\00:30:55.46
It will never change
and that stands for those
00:30:55.47\00:30:58.03
whose character is
what, is not right.
00:30:58.04\00:31:00.74
It's not been, not
washed the robes in the
00:31:00.75\00:31:03.54
blood of Jesus Christ.
Forever it will be fixed,
00:31:03.55\00:31:07.33
it's all over, see we
even have to guard our
00:31:07.34\00:31:11.56
thought pattern.
Listen to me very carefully
00:31:11.57\00:31:14.67
the devil is to, the
devil is gonna use our
00:31:14.68\00:31:16.86
minds listen, if
we give it to him.
00:31:16.87\00:31:20.08
He's gonna do what?
He's gonna use our minds
00:31:20.09\00:31:22.46
if we give it to him.
Now remember the enemy
00:31:22.47\00:31:24.77
souls cannot touch,
the enemy souls cannot
00:31:24.78\00:31:28.42
occupy the mind unless
you what, give it to him.
00:31:28.43\00:31:33.32
But people are giving
him their minds, loaning
00:31:33.33\00:31:36.87
him their mind. You
can't loan the devil nothing
00:31:36.88\00:31:39.23
because he is gonna
take it permanently.
00:31:39.24\00:31:42.15
And it can only be
won back by Jesus Christ
00:31:42.16\00:31:45.04
and his blood.
The Bible says the
00:31:45.05\00:31:47.49
Second Corinthians
10:5 listen, bring into
00:31:47.50\00:31:52.32
captivity every
thought to the obedience
00:31:52.33\00:31:57.41
of Christ. Man, that's powerful.
00:31:57.42\00:31:59.52
How often we've
read that and we just,
00:31:59.53\00:32:02.20
yeah that's right,
that's what we need to do,
00:32:02.21\00:32:05.95
oh friend, every
thought has to be brought
00:32:05.96\00:32:08.42
into captivity of Jesus Christ.
00:32:08.43\00:32:11.14
Medical missionary
says Satan acts through
00:32:11.15\00:32:16.50
the mind, possessed by
him. See if your mind is
00:32:16.51\00:32:23.24
not possessed by the
Holy Spirit, it's possessed
00:32:23.25\00:32:25.52
by the devil. It's one
of the other, you can't
00:32:25.53\00:32:27.88
have it both ways. He
said he who is not with me
00:32:27.89\00:32:31.79
is what, is against me.
You say well I'm not out
00:32:31.80\00:32:35.48
doing all those bad
things, oh dear friend
00:32:35.49\00:32:37.48
all you have to do to
be lost is just not accept
00:32:37.49\00:32:39.81
Jesus Christ. Not
accept that sacrifice and
00:32:39.82\00:32:42.83
that blood. Devil is
happy if you seen something
00:32:42.84\00:32:46.60
like a good person or good job.
00:32:46.61\00:32:48.58
Oh friend God help us to see.
00:32:48.59\00:32:50.50
Desire of Ages want
you to think with me
00:32:50.51\00:32:53.02
page 310, it says, He,
talking about Jesus here,
00:32:53.03\00:32:57.31
He declares that by
listen, an evil thought,
00:32:57.32\00:33:01.36
a lustful look, the
law of God is transgressed.
00:33:01.37\00:33:07.39
Some people say well I
didn't go out and do this,
00:33:07.40\00:33:09.47
I didn't, you
don't have to go out and
00:33:09.48\00:33:11.77
do anything. A
lustful look, an evil thought,
00:33:11.78\00:33:21.97
oh God help us,
that's what we just read that
00:33:21.98\00:33:24.43
we what, we have to everything,
00:33:24.44\00:33:25.97
our thoughts has
to be in captivity of
00:33:25.98\00:33:27.95
Jesus Christ, if you
don't the devil is gonna
00:33:27.96\00:33:29.42
win it over here. Let
me give you an example,
00:33:29.43\00:33:31.85
he say well how does that work.
00:33:31.86\00:33:32.94
For instance a
murderer, every time
00:33:32.95\00:33:36.35
if we go question and
what will they tell they
00:33:36.36\00:33:38.04
will say this right
listen, I thought about it for
00:33:38.05\00:33:40.53
a longtime. I contemplated
for a while; I planned
00:33:40.54\00:33:44.76
it for a while. It takes
time but it went through,
00:33:44.77\00:33:48.43
goes through the mind
first before it becomes
00:33:48.44\00:33:50.71
an action Jesus said
when it's in the mind
00:33:50.72\00:33:53.20
oh friend, that it
becomes what transgression
00:33:53.21\00:33:57.37
of God's love the
sin already there,
00:33:57.38\00:33:59.09
you don't have to commit it.
00:33:59.10\00:34:00.18
There's people
sometime you don't commit sin
00:34:00.19\00:34:01.99
because you know
things of this world,
00:34:02.00\00:34:03.42
things they would
like to do that they think
00:34:03.43\00:34:05.41
about that you
don't know anything about
00:34:05.42\00:34:07.16
because they don't
want to get caught,
00:34:07.17\00:34:08.75
they don't want
anybody say, oh that, they say,
00:34:08.76\00:34:11.42
or maybe they don't
have the opportunity
00:34:11.43\00:34:13.34
but if they would
they would do it, God knows
00:34:13.35\00:34:14.95
these things.
Some of you doing that,
00:34:14.96\00:34:17.40
pleasant to be a
Christian, you're
00:34:17.41\00:34:18.52
hiding behind other
things and behind the
00:34:18.53\00:34:20.03
walls God help us to
get our life right with him.
00:34:20.04\00:34:23.79
In fact Jesus said
in Matthew 5:28, you may
00:34:23.80\00:34:28.49
wanna say this, I'm
just gonna get couple of
00:34:28.50\00:34:31.09
lines here, he said
whosoever looketh upon
00:34:31.10\00:34:33.90
a woman to lust,
didn't say he had to commit
00:34:33.91\00:34:36.88
any act, he said if
you just look upon her
00:34:36.89\00:34:39.08
and lust,
that's transgression of
00:34:39.09\00:34:40.74
God's law. You know
the devil wants what,
00:34:40.75\00:34:44.22
he wants the mind.
Matthew 15 verse 18,
00:34:44.23\00:34:47.59
he says the things
that talking about things
00:34:47.60\00:34:50.01
that come out of
person's mouth is not that
00:34:50.02\00:34:52.39
which defileth, he
said the things that come
00:34:52.40\00:34:54.95
what from the heart
that defileth the man.
00:34:54.96\00:34:58.16
The words come out by
what, it's a heart first
00:34:58.17\00:35:00.60
and then it comes
out that defiles a man.
00:35:00.61\00:35:03.49
Friend, are you
defiled what's our point?
00:35:03.50\00:35:06.67
We not even by
thought, let alone an action,
00:35:06.68\00:35:10.80
are we to commit a
transgression against
00:35:10.81\00:35:12.62
God and the
principles of heaven.
00:35:12.63\00:35:15.41
Proverbs makes it
very clear and I know
00:35:15.42\00:35:17.78
you familiar with
this, Proverbs 23 verse 7
00:35:17.79\00:35:20.61
it says for as, for as
he thinketh in where, good,
00:35:20.62\00:35:25.56
as he thinketh in
his heart so is he.
00:35:25.57\00:35:29.34
So you don't know
what a man's thinking
00:35:29.35\00:35:31.23
in his heart. You
may pat him on the back,
00:35:31.24\00:35:33.02
he's a godly man,
he is a good person
00:35:33.03\00:35:35.33
but you know,
Kerry maybe a deviant
00:35:35.34\00:35:37.79
down deep. You don't know.
00:35:37.80\00:35:40.25
He maybe thinking bad things,
00:35:40.26\00:35:42.55
it's just not come
out why because it's not
00:35:42.56\00:35:44.41
opportune time, he
may not get away with it.
00:35:44.42\00:35:46.84
We try to be
judgmental, I want you to think
00:35:49.22\00:35:50.50
about the Bible says
man think in the heart
00:35:50.51\00:35:52.26
so is he. Desire of
Ages 161 says, the temple
00:35:52.27\00:35:55.85
of the heart, is
defiled, now what the temple
00:35:55.86\00:35:59.57
of the heart is
defiled by sensual passion
00:35:59.58\00:36:03.99
and unholy
thoughts. So as remembers,
00:36:04.00\00:36:06.93
not just the action
we're talking about,
00:36:06.94\00:36:08.26
we're gonna gain
victory, complete victory
00:36:08.27\00:36:10.34
through Jesus
Christ. It's the what,
00:36:10.35\00:36:12.85
talking about their
unholy thoughts contaminate
00:36:12.86\00:36:17.38
the temple of
God. You know what they
00:36:17.39\00:36:19.69
simply mean,
sensual passions, that means
00:36:19.70\00:36:21.96
lustful, that means,
listen, and that means
00:36:21.97\00:36:25.54
if you look it up, it
say, it's dealing with
00:36:25.55\00:36:28.32
the body, the human body.
00:36:28.33\00:36:30.33
Too much yet foolishness
going on in the world
00:36:33.07\00:36:35.34
today as we see. Oh
friend, sensual passions
00:36:35.35\00:36:41.68
and unholy thoughts.
In fact the Bible brings
00:36:41.69\00:36:44.18
it clear home in First
Corinthians 10 verse 37
00:36:44.19\00:36:46.81
or 17. It says, if
any man defile the temple
00:36:46.82\00:36:50.16
of who, good, of God,
him shall God destroy;
00:36:50.17\00:36:55.18
for the temple of God
is, good, Bible says what,
00:36:55.19\00:36:58.42
it's, it's holy
which temple ye are.
00:36:58.43\00:37:02.01
If you're destroying the temple,
00:37:02.02\00:37:03.42
you can destroy
the temple of God,
00:37:03.43\00:37:04.92
you destroy this
body, you can destroy
00:37:04.93\00:37:06.55
what goes through
the mind it doesn't have
00:37:06.56\00:37:08.51
to just be actions.
It's the way that we think.
00:37:08.52\00:37:11.94
I won't even go in
this, I'm the, the test
00:37:14.68\00:37:17.48
I have been given to
individuals and things
00:37:17.49\00:37:19.68
that go through
their mind as sometimes
00:37:19.69\00:37:21.76
seconds apart. God
help us, we must submit
00:37:21.77\00:37:28.29
everything what, to
control our thoughts unto
00:37:28.30\00:37:30.76
Jesus Christ,
because we cannot control
00:37:30.77\00:37:33.17
them on our own if
heaven's going to be our home.
00:37:33.18\00:37:35.95
Now how does Satan
control the thoughts
00:37:35.96\00:37:38.13
oh let me just, Four
Testimonies 566 says this.
00:37:38.14\00:37:41.46
This is real simple,
how does Satan get in to
00:37:41.47\00:37:44.40
control your
thoughts or my thoughts.
00:37:44.41\00:37:46.54
When they allow
the mind, when we allow
00:37:46.55\00:37:50.00
our mind notice, to
be diverted from God.
00:37:50.01\00:37:54.92
When what, when we
allow our mind to be
00:37:54.93\00:37:57.69
diverted from God,
come on somebody pay
00:37:57.70\00:38:00.52
special attention,
when our mind's diverted
00:38:00.53\00:38:02.91
from God what does
that mean diverted,
00:38:02.92\00:38:05.25
now here this a
lot. When your mind is
00:38:05.26\00:38:07.06
turned aside from
God listen to this,
00:38:07.07\00:38:09.32
when the mind is
sidetracked, when the
00:38:09.33\00:38:14.09
mind is sidetracked,
when the mind is entertained
00:38:14.10\00:38:18.40
that's what it means
from God, Satan comes
00:38:18.41\00:38:22.56
in to control
the thoughts and to
00:38:22.57\00:38:26.28
pervert the
judgment. I can't say it in,
00:38:26.29\00:38:31.03
when as soon as the
mind is turned away from
00:38:31.04\00:38:34.41
God what happens?
The devil comes in.
00:38:34.42\00:38:37.26
the devil comes in
and what does he do?
00:38:38.49\00:38:40.57
He perverts, that
means he does what,
00:38:40.58\00:38:43.35
he corrupts the judgment.
00:38:43.36\00:38:45.40
You can't make a good decision,
00:38:45.41\00:38:46.86
you are gonna
make the wrong choice,
00:38:46.87\00:38:48.27
if we take our mind
off of who, off of God.
00:38:48.28\00:38:50.82
Friend, our mind be,
that's why when I read
00:38:50.83\00:38:52.66
years ago and this
is child I could get it,
00:38:52.67\00:38:54.84
I couldn't get it, he
said pray without ceasing.
00:38:54.85\00:38:58.34
What do you mean
pray without ceasing?
00:38:59.49\00:39:01.09
That means we be
meditating on the
00:39:01.10\00:39:02.97
goodness of God and
counting our blessings
00:39:02.98\00:39:05.22
and just going about
doing our work but what,
00:39:05.23\00:39:07.12
our mind can be stayed
upon God, because is what,
00:39:07.13\00:39:09.61
he is gonna sidetrack
us. You're been sidetrack?
00:39:09.62\00:39:12.30
Well I have. If
you've had something else
00:39:12.31\00:39:14.54
to take your place,
something else that,
00:39:14.55\00:39:15.87
it entertains you
and you got your mind
00:39:15.88\00:39:17.52
off of God, have you
ever been turned aside,
00:39:17.53\00:39:20.38
this is how the
devil comes in and notice,
00:39:20.39\00:39:22.74
he controls the
thoughts, perverts
00:39:22.75\00:39:27.37
the judgment. First
John 3:3 says this and
00:39:27.38\00:39:31.97
every man that
hath the hope in him,
00:39:31.98\00:39:35.05
do you have hope
in God, I know you do.
00:39:35.06\00:39:37.06
Or if you have this
hope the Bible said he
00:39:37.07\00:39:40.06
purifieth himself,
even as he is pure.
00:39:40.07\00:39:45.15
Now what does that
mean? Does that mean
00:39:45.16\00:39:47.10
that we can, you
know purify ourselves,
00:39:47.11\00:39:50.13
is that what it means,
it says every man to have
00:39:50.14\00:39:53.14
this hope on
him, I've got hope in
00:39:53.15\00:39:54.79
Jesus Christ today.
That's my only hope.
00:39:54.80\00:39:57.60
They're saying
purify himself, what does
00:39:57.61\00:40:00.63
that mean? No you
can't purify yourself,
00:40:00.64\00:40:02.74
that's impossible
but we must look to God,
00:40:02.75\00:40:05.89
we must look to
the moral law of God.
00:40:05.90\00:40:07.71
This is the
standard of righteousness.
00:40:07.72\00:40:10.88
A lot of people are
throwing out the window,
00:40:10.89\00:40:12.62
oh friend, don't do
that and then through faith
00:40:12.63\00:40:15.34
in Jesus Christ.
Then through faith in him
00:40:15.35\00:40:20.02
and his truth, as we
accept him into our hearts,
00:40:20.03\00:40:24.36
we become
purified and what? Good.
00:40:24.37\00:40:27.46
And cleansed as Jesus comes in.
00:40:27.47\00:40:30.19
Listen, the heart
must be purified from
00:40:30.20\00:40:34.12
all notice, moral defilement.
00:40:34.13\00:40:38.20
Friend, is your
heart purified from all
00:40:38.21\00:40:41.34
moral defilement. Oh God help us
00:40:41.35\00:40:43.87
as a people. See if
it's not, heaven's not
00:40:43.88\00:40:47.32
going to be our home.
You know the mind of God,
00:40:47.33\00:40:52.22
the mind of Jesus
Christ must become the mind
00:40:52.23\00:40:56.21
of man and you
know you read that in
00:40:56.22\00:40:59.15
Philippians 2:5 and it
says let this mind be in
00:40:59.16\00:41:01.42
you which was also
in what Christ Jesus.
00:41:01.43\00:41:03.61
First John 3:6, whosoever
abideth in him, listen,
00:41:03.62\00:41:08.93
whosoever abideth
in him sinneth not.
00:41:08.94\00:41:13.52
How many times did you
read that as a Christian
00:41:13.53\00:41:15.39
and you say, yeah,
and it's not it mean what
00:41:15.40\00:41:17.46
it says if we
abideth, if we keep our mind
00:41:17.47\00:41:20.19
upon God, if we
keep upon salvation,
00:41:20.20\00:41:22.40
you know the
goodness of God then what the
00:41:22.41\00:41:24.34
devil cannot get in. If
we keep it upon God then
00:41:24.35\00:41:27.87
we sinneth not. You
will only go where you know
00:41:27.88\00:41:30.87
the Jesus would
approve, you will only say then
00:41:30.88\00:41:32.56
what it's no
longer your words right,
00:41:32.57\00:41:34.24
no longer mine,
that's the thoughts of God.
00:41:34.25\00:41:36.42
Let's had a
close communion that we
00:41:36.43\00:41:38.53
need to have with
him. You can't have close
00:41:38.54\00:41:40.59
communion if you're not spending
00:41:40.60\00:41:41.85
anytime with Him. If
you're hurrying it up
00:41:41.86\00:41:45.31
and just a few
minutes day, oh God help me
00:41:45.32\00:41:47.18
to be good today, oh praise God
00:41:47.19\00:41:48.48
it's a start dear friend
00:41:48.49\00:41:49.47
we need to commune with Him.
00:41:49.48\00:41:50.90
If you ever
abideth him sinneth not,
00:41:50.91\00:41:54.13
so we see God has the power then
00:41:54.14\00:41:56.15
to keep us from
sinning, isn't that right?
00:41:56.16\00:41:59.14
It's inside of us.
00:41:59.15\00:42:00.52
When the temptations come,
00:42:00.53\00:42:03.63
we invite the spirit of God in.
00:42:03.64\00:42:05.19
You see it's gonna
take a whole lot more
00:42:05.20\00:42:08.22
and some of us need
to get this word away.
00:42:08.23\00:42:09.98
It's gonna take a
whole lot more than
00:42:09.99\00:42:11.86
just cleansing or cleaning
00:42:11.87\00:42:13.57
the outside of
what, outside of the cup
00:42:13.58\00:42:16.67
to make the vessel clean.
00:42:16.68\00:42:18.07
Read more about
that in Matthew 23:25.
00:42:18.08\00:42:21.76
There's gonna be a cleansing
00:42:21.77\00:42:23.20
take place
inside and automatically
00:42:23.21\00:42:25.55
it cleanses on the outside.
00:42:25.56\00:42:26.84
This is important question.
00:42:26.85\00:42:28.39
I think one that
can be, can answer,
00:42:28.40\00:42:31.57
talking about prophecy here.
00:42:31.58\00:42:33.65
And remember we're
talking about prophecy
00:42:33.66\00:42:36.32
here and I want
to mention once again
00:42:36.33\00:42:37.97
too that the line of prophecy,
00:42:37.98\00:42:40.58
in the prophetic
advents charts that we have
00:42:40.59\00:42:42.78
here that you
probably need to get
00:42:42.79\00:42:44.86
a hold of this, so
as we're talking about
00:42:44.87\00:42:47.00
these certain things
that you can relate to them
00:42:47.01\00:42:49.62
and I hope it
comes up on the screen.
00:42:49.63\00:42:51.06
So you take a
moment to look at this,
00:42:51.07\00:42:53.10
it will help
you understand about
00:42:53.11\00:42:55.46
closer probation. Second Coming,
00:42:55.47\00:42:57.40
National Sunday Law, 1888, 1844.
00:42:57.41\00:43:00.85
We're talking latter rain,
00:43:00.86\00:43:02.16
early rain and some
of the events that come,
00:43:02.17\00:43:04.07
Armageddon, the
seven last plagues,
00:43:04.08\00:43:06.01
image of the
beast, mark of the beast,
00:43:06.02\00:43:07.40
blotting out sin,
judgment of the living,
00:43:07.41\00:43:09.81
oh friend it's heavy duty.
00:43:09.82\00:43:11.20
It's important question.
00:43:11.21\00:43:16.12
I think we can, we can answer it
00:43:16.13\00:43:17.38
by the grace of God.
00:43:17.39\00:43:18.36
When the time when
the latter rain will fall,
00:43:18.37\00:43:22.77
oh lot of people
say oh boy it's gonna,
00:43:22.78\00:43:24.15
when is it going to fall?
00:43:24.16\00:43:26.33
Remember the Great
Controversy page 594
00:43:26.34\00:43:29.26
says this, you
think well we really can't
00:43:29.27\00:43:31.76
really know it, listen in the
00:43:31.77\00:43:33.65
prophecies of the
future is opened before us
00:43:33.66\00:43:37.67
as plainly as it was
opened to the disciples
00:43:37.68\00:43:41.21
by the words of Christ.
00:43:41.22\00:43:42.90
Can we know? Absolutely,
00:43:42.91\00:43:45.36
it's plain but we
need to be studying
00:43:45.37\00:43:47.56
to show ourselves what?
00:43:47.57\00:43:48.54
Approved unto God.
00:43:48.55\00:43:50.08
Are we studying to show yourself
00:43:50.09\00:43:51.63
approved unto God?
00:43:51.64\00:43:52.61
See there are
several words here,
00:43:52.62\00:43:53.93
phrases that
need to be mentioned,
00:43:53.94\00:43:55.75
so I do it quickly,
00:43:55.76\00:43:56.93
our time is really going here.
00:43:56.94\00:43:58.38
I want you to
become familiar with them
00:43:58.39\00:44:00.10
but maybe too much but
where there again you can,
00:44:00.11\00:44:02.48
you know if you get
the DVDs or if you can
00:44:02.49\00:44:04.25
go back and rerun these things.
00:44:04.26\00:44:06.41
But familiar
with, we must be able to
00:44:06.42\00:44:09.36
understand them and
we have to be able to
00:44:09.37\00:44:11.07
connect them together,
00:44:11.08\00:44:12.36
it's vital; it has to
do with your salvation.
00:44:12.37\00:44:15.20
For instance when I
say you know the loud cry.
00:44:15.21\00:44:18.37
Oh some people say I heard it,
00:44:18.38\00:44:20.09
how about the final loud cry?
00:44:20.10\00:44:22.04
How about the time
of the latter rain?
00:44:22.05\00:44:24.81
We always hear
about the latter rain.
00:44:24.82\00:44:26.40
Have you heard about the power
00:44:26.41\00:44:27.85
of the latter rain?
Have you heard about
00:44:27.86\00:44:30.95
the final sealing time?
The national Sunday Law.
00:44:30.96\00:44:34.99
The little time of trouble,
00:44:35.00\00:44:36.67
the big time of the trouble,
00:44:36.68\00:44:38.22
close of
probation, these phrases,
00:44:38.23\00:44:40.50
these are things that
we need to get familiar
00:44:40.51\00:44:42.64
in our hearts and in our minds.
00:44:42.65\00:44:44.42
Little background
maybe will help us little bit
00:44:44.43\00:44:47.21
about the latter
rain and the loud cry
00:44:47.22\00:44:49.22
and then we'll say, yeah,
00:44:49.23\00:44:50.50
but the power
of the latter rain.
00:44:50.51\00:44:52.27
See God's people
need more power right now.
00:44:52.28\00:44:54.34
The power of the latter rain
00:44:54.35\00:44:56.49
and the final loud cry.
00:44:56.50\00:44:58.75
Friend, a little
background here quick,
00:44:58.76\00:45:00.81
the latter rain and the loud cry
00:45:00.82\00:45:03.28
are long overdue.
They're long overdue,
00:45:03.29\00:45:08.06
they were
started many years ago.
00:45:08.07\00:45:11.49
1888 dear friends,
00:45:11.50\00:45:13.08
but they were
basically rejected,
00:45:13.09\00:45:15.12
message was
intended to bring about
00:45:15.13\00:45:18.57
these events that
we're talking about.
00:45:18.58\00:45:20.38
I know that's pretty heavy duty,
00:45:20.39\00:45:23.00
the loud cry, the
latter rain should have fallen.
00:45:23.01\00:45:26.05
The loud cry should have
been given following 1888.
00:45:26.06\00:45:30.75
It's overdue. Notice Testimonies
00:45:30.76\00:45:33.47
to Ministers page 512 in 1897.
00:45:33.48\00:45:36.91
Now, in the time
of the latter rain,
00:45:36.92\00:45:42.22
the showers of
grace may fall upon us.
00:45:42.23\00:45:45.80
In the time of what,
00:45:45.81\00:45:46.93
in the time of the latter rain.
00:45:46.94\00:45:48.56
Almost say
something here some people
00:45:48.57\00:45:51.32
may fight this
little, please don't it.
00:45:51.33\00:45:53.15
you know we've
been geared to say,
00:45:53.16\00:45:54.94
we were preaching
the Three Angels Message
00:45:54.95\00:45:56.83
of Revelation 14.
We've been preaching
00:45:56.84\00:45:59.27
about that
mighty angel coming down
00:45:59.28\00:46:00.86
in Revelation
18:1-4, we're preaching
00:46:00.87\00:46:03.72
that but let me
just, thaw this out to you
00:46:03.73\00:46:06.04
and you chew on this
for just a little bit.
00:46:06.05\00:46:08.26
Today we are not giving
00:46:08.27\00:46:11.75
the final loud cry,
00:46:11.76\00:46:13.67
you say oh I don't know,
00:46:13.68\00:46:15.29
we're giving the message
00:46:15.30\00:46:17.38
and we're
preaching the message listen.
00:46:17.39\00:46:18.75
But not in the
power of the latter rain.
00:46:18.76\00:46:22.59
They were stifled that
is going to be given again.
00:46:22.60\00:46:25.66
Friend, we need the
power of that rain experience.
00:46:25.67\00:46:30.38
Early writings 86 says this,
00:46:30.39\00:46:32.19
at the time of
the "latter rain,"
00:46:32.20\00:46:34.54
or the refreshing from
the presence of the Lord,
00:46:34.55\00:46:37.52
will come, to give
power to the loud voice
00:46:37.53\00:46:41.81
of the third angel.
Do we need that power?
00:46:41.82\00:46:44.29
Absolutely. So the latter rain,
00:46:44.30\00:46:46.64
the what? Is the
power of the final loud cry?
00:46:46.65\00:46:50.49
Oh I know that's a
little bit confusing but stay,
00:46:50.50\00:46:52.07
stay with me. What is included
00:46:52.08\00:46:54.49
in this final loud
cry? The second angel's
00:46:54.50\00:46:57.67
message namely,
three angels message
00:46:57.68\00:46:59.49
but second what,
Babylon is fallen.
00:46:59.50\00:47:02.32
Have you read
that, Revelation 14,
00:47:02.33\00:47:04.88
Revelation 18, when
is Babylon really fallen?
00:47:04.89\00:47:07.40
I've heard people say
well it's already fallen.
00:47:07.41\00:47:08.94
Friend when does it really fall?
00:47:08.95\00:47:10.13
Oh it's in pro,
the fall is in progress
00:47:10.14\00:47:14.41
right now, it's
not completely fallen.
00:47:14.42\00:47:16.17
But it happens where,
00:47:16.18\00:47:17.65
first in United
States of America
00:47:17.66\00:47:19.40
and then other nations,
00:47:19.41\00:47:20.76
when it becomes the
habitations of what,
00:47:20.77\00:47:23.37
of devils and
every false spirit.
00:47:23.38\00:47:26.14
Babylon falls completely,
00:47:26.15\00:47:28.69
listen, when the
National Sunday Law is passed.
00:47:28.70\00:47:32.14
So the final loud
cry cannot be given
00:47:32.15\00:47:35.43
before the Sunday Law.
00:47:35.44\00:47:37.82
But that's gonna
blow some of you right
00:47:37.83\00:47:39.50
off your seats.
00:47:39.51\00:47:40.56
See while no
date is really given,
00:47:44.06\00:47:46.83
time period, remember that Jesus
00:47:46.84\00:47:49.36
said about the coming he said
00:47:49.37\00:47:50.67
no man knows what
the day of the hour
00:47:50.68\00:47:52.52
but what you're
gonna know it's near
00:47:52.53\00:47:53.76
where even at the door.
00:47:53.77\00:47:55.37
Read that in Matthew 25:13.
00:47:55.38\00:47:57.06
You're gonna know that's near,
00:47:57.07\00:47:58.63
so no exact date
but a time period.
00:47:58.64\00:48:01.91
So then the latter
rain then falls between
00:48:01.92\00:48:04.50
what the National Sunday Law
00:48:04.51\00:48:06.43
and the close up probation,
00:48:06.44\00:48:08.29
not trying to set a date for
00:48:08.30\00:48:09.27
but in that time
frame, in that period,
00:48:09.28\00:48:11.13
that's what these
charts now I've been talking
00:48:11.14\00:48:12.72
about will help us to understand
00:48:12.73\00:48:14.33
what I'm talking about here.
00:48:14.34\00:48:15.36
The final loud cry
cannot be given what,
00:48:15.37\00:48:18.87
with power of the
latter rain until the
00:48:18.88\00:48:22.24
National Sunday Law is passed.
00:48:22.25\00:48:24.66
It's gonna challenge
God's last day people
00:48:24.67\00:48:27.54
to take a stand, it's
gonna be a great test.
00:48:27.55\00:48:29.77
But God's people
must receive the latter
00:48:29.78\00:48:32.93
rain before they can
give the final loud cry
00:48:32.94\00:48:37.61
or be a part of
final sealing process.
00:48:37.62\00:48:41.45
Early Writings page
271 makes a statement here.
00:48:41.46\00:48:45.38
It is the latter rain, listen,
00:48:45.39\00:48:48.02
the refreshing from
the presence of the Lord,
00:48:48.03\00:48:51.59
the loud cry of
what, of the third angel.
00:48:51.60\00:48:55.14
What? The latter rain,
00:48:55.15\00:48:56.26
that is the
refreshing that we need from
00:48:56.27\00:48:58.60
the presence of the Lord.
00:48:58.61\00:48:59.63
It's a loud cry
of the third angel.
00:48:59.64\00:49:02.20
Friend, that's, you know these,
00:49:02.21\00:49:05.10
some are teaching that,
00:49:05.11\00:49:06.37
we're in the
final sealing right now.
00:49:06.38\00:49:08.89
The final sealing stage,
00:49:08.90\00:49:10.66
listen in this
chart it shows there,
00:49:10.67\00:49:12.51
the sealing process
is an ongoing process
00:49:12.52\00:49:15.13
are you still with me,
00:49:15.14\00:49:16.11
a sealing for ongoing process.
00:49:16.12\00:49:18.00
We're talking
about the final sealing,
00:49:18.01\00:49:20.73
now the test is
given with the Sunday
00:49:20.74\00:49:22.96
law for God's people.
00:49:22.97\00:49:24.13
I want you to listen
this statement though,
00:49:24.14\00:49:25.96
they're saying oh,
00:49:25.97\00:49:26.94
it's happening right now.
00:49:26.95\00:49:27.92
Be warned, dear
friend that cannot be now,
00:49:27.93\00:49:30.32
why listen to this
statement letter 11,
00:49:30.33\00:49:33.23
1890 for God's people
just before He comes back.
00:49:33.24\00:49:37.04
I want you to listen to this.
00:49:37.05\00:49:38.02
Letter 11, 1890,
the Lord has shown me
00:49:38.03\00:49:41.42
clearly that the
image of the beast
00:49:41.43\00:49:44.07
will be formed
before probation closes;
00:49:44.08\00:49:47.23
for it is to be the
great test for the people
00:49:47.24\00:49:50.84
of God, by which, listen,
00:49:50.85\00:49:52.98
their eternal
destiny will be decided.
00:49:52.99\00:49:55.60
But what does that mean?
00:49:55.61\00:49:56.79
This is the test
that the people of God
00:49:56.80\00:50:01.44
must have
before they are sealed.
00:50:01.45\00:50:05.07
I want that to be
clear. Is that clear?
00:50:05.08\00:50:08.44
It's a test,
before probation close,
00:50:08.45\00:50:12.33
for it is to be the
great test of the what,
00:50:12.34\00:50:14.15
the people of God.
Their eternal destiny
00:50:14.16\00:50:17.01
will be decided by
it. This is the test
00:50:17.02\00:50:19.70
that the people
of God must all have,
00:50:19.71\00:50:21.80
before they are sealed.
00:50:21.81\00:50:24.69
Oh friend, great
controversy page 640,
00:50:24.70\00:50:29.33
it says, talking
about the judgment,
00:50:29.34\00:50:30.94
it says from,
we're talking about
00:50:30.95\00:50:32.81
the judgment that you know
00:50:32.82\00:50:34.28
professed by the dead,
00:50:34.29\00:50:35.86
and then going to the living.
00:50:35.87\00:50:37.11
It says soon none know how soon,
00:50:37.12\00:50:41.54
it will pass to the
cases of the living.
00:50:41.55\00:50:45.12
Once again, why,
why hasn't the latter
00:50:45.13\00:50:49.30
rain fallen? Remember as it fall
00:50:49.31\00:50:54.91
the rain does not change what?
00:50:54.92\00:50:56.66
We've been
learning the character.
00:50:56.67\00:50:58.69
It fixes it forever.
00:50:58.70\00:51:02.17
You know what the Bible says
00:51:02.18\00:51:03.95
when Jesus said,
He come and He says
00:51:03.96\00:51:05.35
what, either righteous
will be righteous still,
00:51:05.36\00:51:07.42
either filthy
would be filthy still.
00:51:07.43\00:51:09.02
What kind of
character do you have today?
00:51:09.03\00:51:11.74
See. How is your thought?
00:51:11.75\00:51:13.94
Have you brought
all your thoughts
00:51:13.95\00:51:15.77
and suggestion of Jesus Christ?
00:51:15.78\00:51:17.79
Your actions and
your words and your deeds,
00:51:17.80\00:51:20.16
are they the words
and deeds of Jesus Christ?
00:51:20.17\00:51:22.06
Are you
expressing Him to the world?
00:51:22.07\00:51:26.01
Is he living through you,
00:51:26.02\00:51:28.20
is His image
fully reproduced in you?
00:51:28.21\00:51:31.77
If it's yes, He
is going to come.
00:51:31.78\00:51:33.59
God wants to take you to heaven.
00:51:33.60\00:51:36.68
Little book, devotional book
00:51:37.94\00:51:39.98
the faith that I
lived by makes a just good,
00:51:39.99\00:51:42.14
nice comment page 287,
00:51:42.15\00:51:44.41
it says listen,
for some people say
00:51:44.42\00:51:47.23
I don't
understand what it is about
00:51:47.24\00:51:49.03
the seal of God
listen, the seal of God is,
00:51:49.04\00:51:51.64
the seal of God is
a settling into what,
00:51:51.65\00:51:55.65
into the truth
both intellectually
00:51:55.66\00:51:59.52
and spiritually
what? So they cannot,
00:51:59.53\00:52:03.07
so we cannot be moved.
00:52:03.08\00:52:04.42
There comes a
time that we have to
00:52:04.43\00:52:06.63
settle into the truth,
00:52:06.64\00:52:08.14
you can't be moved by
every wind of doctrine,
00:52:08.15\00:52:10.30
you can't say I believe it today
00:52:10.31\00:52:11.72
and I don't believe it tomorrow.
00:52:11.73\00:52:12.70
We have to have it
set in our frontal lobes
00:52:12.71\00:52:14.54
of our mind that
we know what truth is
00:52:14.55\00:52:16.33
and we're gonna stand
for that truth intellectually
00:52:16.34\00:52:19.37
and spiritually that we know
00:52:19.38\00:52:20.91
so that we cannot be moved.
00:52:20.92\00:52:22.88
God's looking for
those who I shall not be,
00:52:22.89\00:52:25.49
I shall not be moved,
00:52:25.50\00:52:27.13
the song said just
like the tree that planted
00:52:27.14\00:52:29.26
by the water, God help us,
00:52:29.27\00:52:30.66
be spiritually minded.
00:52:30.67\00:52:32.39
Please remember the
purpose of the early rain.
00:52:32.40\00:52:36.84
December of 1908
this was written,
00:52:36.85\00:52:39.68
it says we are, we are right now
00:52:39.69\00:52:41.43
to empty our
hearts of all selfishness,
00:52:41.44\00:52:47.04
cleansing them,
preparatory to receiving
00:52:47.05\00:52:51.93
the latter rain from heaven.
00:52:51.94\00:52:54.57
Christ's character
is to be our character.
00:52:54.58\00:52:59.25
Those are the ones
that's gonna repopulate heaven.
00:52:59.26\00:53:02.69
Have you gained
all of the victories
00:53:02.70\00:53:06.25
that you need
to, to be like Jesus?
00:53:06.26\00:53:08.06
You might say you know,
00:53:08.07\00:53:09.48
I don't know
how. I don't know how.
00:53:09.49\00:53:13.77
Our next lesson,
we're gonna talk about
00:53:13.78\00:53:16.52
how to remedy the
defects of character.
00:53:16.53\00:53:20.17
See you have to
know well I don't know,
00:53:20.18\00:53:21.69
I don't know if
I have the power,
00:53:21.70\00:53:22.83
I don't know what to do.
00:53:22.84\00:53:23.81
Next time next
lesson we're gonna have how,
00:53:23.82\00:53:26.74
how we, how God is
going to help us to remedy
00:53:26.75\00:53:28.87
these defects of character.
00:53:28.88\00:53:30.24
Friend, we realized
now that we must reach
00:53:30.25\00:53:34.05
full maturity
before probation closes.
00:53:34.06\00:53:37.63
Is this is a
desire of your heart
00:53:37.64\00:53:39.55
if you've been studying,
00:53:39.56\00:53:40.58
if you've been
praying like never before
00:53:40.59\00:53:42.44
that the God of
heaven will help us
00:53:42.45\00:53:45.00
to be prepared in our soul,
00:53:45.01\00:53:46.39
our body and our mind.
00:53:46.40\00:53:47.74
Why don't we pray about it today
00:53:47.75\00:53:49.78
before we close.
00:53:49.79\00:53:50.88
Oh friend don't
forget the chart,
00:53:50.89\00:53:52.90
you don't need to call for that,
00:53:52.91\00:53:54.03
you're gonna have to have them,
00:53:54.04\00:53:55.01
it's gonna help
put the study together.
00:53:55.02\00:53:56.33
It becomes very,
very clear before
00:53:56.34\00:53:59.04
the Holy Spirit and the loud cry
00:53:59.05\00:54:00.54
and the final loud
cry and the final sealing
00:54:00.55\00:54:02.02
all these things take place,
00:54:02.03\00:54:03.14
why? Because we
were retarded before,
00:54:03.15\00:54:04.77
it shouldn't have been given
00:54:04.78\00:54:05.78
and we rejected
and now we've got
00:54:05.79\00:54:07.43
to go back and
say God forgive us
00:54:07.44\00:54:08.78
and pour that rain upon us now.
00:54:08.79\00:54:11.26
But our hearts have to be ready,
00:54:11.27\00:54:12.74
latter rain can't fall
if anybody has unconfessed
00:54:12.75\00:54:15.61
sins in your life,
let's pray about it right now,
00:54:15.62\00:54:17.60
shall we? Let's pray together.
00:54:17.61\00:54:18.58
Merciful Father in heaven,
00:54:18.59\00:54:22.06
we thank you for
your precious word today,
00:54:22.07\00:54:23.71
we pray that the
Holy Spirit of God
00:54:23.72\00:54:26.32
will be poured out upon us,
00:54:26.33\00:54:27.46
give us victory we
pray wherever besetting,
00:54:27.47\00:54:29.59
of every sin that we
may become like Jesus
00:54:29.60\00:54:32.09
and represent Jesus in our life,
00:54:32.10\00:54:33.65
thought, action indeed,
00:54:33.66\00:54:35.13
his character is
to be our character
00:54:35.14\00:54:38.16
that's not to
pretend that's reality
00:54:38.17\00:54:40.45
only through
Jesus Christ our Lord
00:54:40.46\00:54:42.31
and our savior, protect our mind
00:54:42.32\00:54:43.71
and our heart and cleanse us now
00:54:43.72\00:54:45.50
that we can be
ready for the latter rain
00:54:45.51\00:54:46.88
and we can be
ready for the harvest,
00:54:46.89\00:54:48.02
in Jesus name, amen.
00:54:48.03\00:54:49.84
It's been so good to
be able to spend this time
00:54:49.85\00:54:52.51
with you but you
know we would like to hear
00:54:52.52\00:54:53.96
from you, you have thoughts,
00:54:53.97\00:54:55.57
comments maybe even disagree,
00:54:55.58\00:54:57.80
how about giving me just call
00:54:57.81\00:54:59.49
or just sending a letter,
00:54:59.50\00:55:00.78
we'd be glad to hear from you.
00:55:00.79\00:55:02.18
You know may
God richly bless you
00:55:02.19\00:55:03.70
and yours we are
gonna be praying for you,
00:55:03.71\00:55:05.50
you pray for us here.
00:55:05.51\00:55:06.96
Remember, you know if you have
00:55:06.97\00:55:08.44
little extra you want
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00:55:08.45\00:55:10.02
Praise God helps to
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00:55:10.03\00:55:11.62
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00:55:11.63\00:55:12.94
for the station that
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00:55:12.95\00:55:14.21
God bless you,
see you next time.
00:55:14.22\00:55:15.95
Welcome back. It's messages
00:55:17.41\00:55:19.72
such as this that reminds us,
00:55:19.73\00:55:21.71
that the biggest
battle we will ever fight
00:55:21.72\00:55:24.46
is the battle self.
00:55:24.47\00:55:26.25
Self likes to hold onto things
00:55:26.26\00:55:28.68
that it shouldn't.
00:55:28.69\00:55:29.66
Self is spiritually
weak and has a tendency
00:55:29.67\00:55:32.24
to give up when
the battle of right
00:55:32.25\00:55:34.30
and wrong begins to heat up.
00:55:34.31\00:55:35.93
Self has a very difficult time
00:55:35.94\00:55:39.15
changing lazy habits into Godly
00:55:39.16\00:55:41.54
motivated in active goals.
00:55:41.55\00:55:44.06
This is precisely
why we must let go
00:55:44.07\00:55:47.62
completely of self.
00:55:47.63\00:55:49.30
And learn to
depend fully and totally
00:55:49.31\00:55:53.08
upon God.
00:55:53.09\00:55:54.06
We must let go
and let God takeover.
00:55:54.07\00:55:57.26
Life in general is
too much for us to deal
00:55:57.27\00:56:00.49
with on our
very own and you know
00:56:00.50\00:56:02.52
God knows this, this is why
00:56:02.53\00:56:05.26
he has promised us strength
00:56:05.27\00:56:07.00
and every
decision of righteousness
00:56:07.01\00:56:08.95
through the gift
of his Holy Spirit.
00:56:08.96\00:56:10.94
Yes it is up to us
to decide that we want
00:56:10.95\00:56:14.87
these various changes
to take place in our hearts
00:56:14.88\00:56:17.68
and in our minds and to make us
00:56:17.69\00:56:19.91
into the image of Christ,
00:56:19.92\00:56:21.20
but we are never left alone to
00:56:21.21\00:56:23.91
complete these changes.
00:56:23.92\00:56:25.33
It is our desire
and prayer here at
00:56:25.34\00:56:28.80
Behold The Lamb Ministries
00:56:28.81\00:56:30.05
that this series will aid you
00:56:30.06\00:56:33.52
and making the
decisions that you need
00:56:33.53\00:56:35.42
to make for heaven.
00:56:35.43\00:56:36.40
Therefore we encourage you to
00:56:36.41\00:56:38.38
contact us in
order this five part
00:56:38.39\00:56:40.87
series today
that we've entitled,
00:56:40.88\00:56:42.32
Are you qualified to receive
00:56:42.33\00:56:44.84
the latter rain?
00:56:44.85\00:56:45.96
In this series you'll
receive today's message,
00:56:45.97\00:56:48.80
"Our characters
must reach full maturity
00:56:48.81\00:56:51.42
before probation closes"
00:56:51.43\00:56:52.84
along with four
other vital messages
00:56:52.85\00:56:55.84
that aren't
entitled "Living in a Time
00:56:55.85\00:56:58.76
of a Spiritual Emergency,"
00:56:58.77\00:57:00.42
"Fit to live in the
Sight of a Holy God,"
00:57:00.43\00:57:03.04
"Those Living Up
to the Light that They
00:57:03.05\00:57:05.45
Have Will Receive Greater Light"
00:57:05.46\00:57:07.73
and finally, "How to Remedy
00:57:07.74\00:57:09.92
the Defects of Our Characters."
00:57:09.93\00:57:11.91
This is a set of
messages that we truly,
00:57:11.92\00:57:15.39
truly believe that we
need to be spending time
00:57:15.40\00:57:18.44
and studying them
over and over again.
00:57:18.45\00:57:20.75
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00:57:26.75\00:57:27.82
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00:57:30.34\00:57:35.89
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00:57:36.89\00:57:38.31
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00:57:38.32\00:57:43.57
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00:57:48.40\00:57:50.97
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00:57:54.77\00:57:57.69
Until we study again next time
00:57:57.70\00:58:00.40
may our precious Lord continue
00:58:00.41\00:58:02.60
to richly bless you and yours.
00:58:02.61\00:58:05.31