Hello, and welcome to
Behold the Lambs Presents.
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A program that is dedicated
to preparing a people to me
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our Lord and
Savior at His soon return.
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And I want to
give you a warm welcome
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for tuning to today.
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I'm Chris Shelton, your host.
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And today's message
is a third in a five,
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four part series, excuse
me, that we have entitled,
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"The Plain, Straight
Testimony Must Live."
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And it is presented by
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my husband,
Pastor Kenny Shelton.
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During this series,
we have been learning
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about our God
given responsibility
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as individuals as
well as the church.
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We've studied
about the sin problem
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and how it
separates us from God.
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I believe that we are
getting a much clearer vision
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of just how important it is
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in our walk with
Christ to get sin
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and all of its
various forms completely out
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of our minds and
out of our lives.
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We realize this is
truly a spiritual battle
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that we cannot, that we
cannot overcome on our own,
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we must have a living
relationship with Christ,
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we must have His spirit living
within us to fight for us,
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and we must constantly be
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in His word claiming
His promises for victory.
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I'd like to
share just one of those
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beautiful promises
and this is found in
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the Book of Psalms Chapter
51 and verses 10 through 12.
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Read along with me, would you?
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It reads.
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"Create in me a
clean heart, O God,
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and renew a
right spirit within me.
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Cast me not away
from thy presence,
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and take not thy
Holy Spirit from me.
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Restore unto me the
joy of thy salvation,
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and uphold me
with thy free spirit."
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You know, brother and sisters,
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we need to learn to
claim verses such as these,
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because there is
truly a transforming power
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in God's word,
and in many cases,
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you know, God is
just simply waiting for us
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to call upon Him
for help, likewise,
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we pray that His
transforming power
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will touch your heart today
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in a very
special way as we present
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"The Plain, Straight Testimony
Must Live," part three,
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but first we are
blessed to listen
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to a song that is
entitled "Learning to Lean"
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as sung by Donna
Shurley and Jack Crosby
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and brought to us from
the 3ABN Worship Center.
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Learning to
lean, Learning to lean,
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I'm learning to lean on
Jesus Finding more power
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than I've ever dreamed
I'm learning to lean on Jesus.
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A joy I can't
explain is filling my soul,
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Since the day I met
Jesus, my King His blessed
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Holy Spirit is leading my way,
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He's teaching and
I'm learning to lean.
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Learning to
lean, Learning to lean,
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I'm learning to lean on
Jesus Finding more power
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than I've ever dreamed
I'm learning to lean on Jesus.
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There's glorious
victory each day now for me,
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As I dwell in
His peace so serene,
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He helps me with
each task if only I ask,
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Every day now, I
am learning to lean.
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Learning to
lean, Learning to lean,
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I'm learning to lean on
Jesus Finding more power
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than I've ever dreamed
I'm learning to lean on Jesus,
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I'm learning to lean on Jesus.
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Welcome, praise the Lord.
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We're glad you joined us today.
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We have an exciting study
and as you've already heard,
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you know, this is the third
part of a four part series,
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talking about the
plain, dealing with
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"The Plain Straight Testimony."
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Where? In the
church, among God's people.
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So, you know, this is an
issue that we have to deal with
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as God's people.
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Because, you know,
the hour in which we live.
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The Lord is
what? Purging a people.
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He's cleansing a
church, He wants to use you,
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He wants to use me, and
while sin is running ramped
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in the church and
we are allowing it to,
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God cannot bless us.
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Why don't we pray ask the power
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of the Holy
Spirit now to be with us?
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This is very, very important
for those you maybe who are
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new in the faith
that you always pray
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and ask the Holy
Spirit for guidance
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before you get into the word.
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That's what we're going to do.
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I'm going to kneel right
here and where it's possible.
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Why don't some of you
kneel with me and if not
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send up a prayer right
quick that the Holy Spirit
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will help us as we study
the word of God together.
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Kind loving heavenly
Father, once again as we come
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before thee, we
sense our need of a Savior,
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we invite the Holy Spirit
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to come near to our
hearts, to our minds.
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How desperately we need
the understanding of scripture.
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We do not want to be deceived,
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we live in an hour where
the enemy is working overtime
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and the only safe guard
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that we have are the scriptures,
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help us to hide them deep
in our heart and in our mind,
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help us to
understand what truth is,
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and then help us
in our understanding
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of the
responsibility that we have
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as a child of God
belonging to the remnant church.
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Give You praise, give
You honor, give You glory,
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open up the ears,
eyes, and the minds
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of every individual
who hears this message
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that we maybe convicted
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and converted in
Jesus' name, amen.
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Again, we always
invite you to be sure
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and take a pencil and paper
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and you will
hear this all the time
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because I know that we
cover things rather quickly,
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we have just a
certain amount of time,
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lot of material.
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So in this series,
please, keep this in mind,
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we're only, we're
only scratching the surface
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of the material that is
available for your study
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and for mine on this
subject and it's vital.
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So we're trying to pick
out the vital important topic
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in this, in the series
that we're doing right now
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because it's
vital to the church.
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And so I just encourage
you to make sure you right down
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what you can and then study
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to show yourself
approved unto God.
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Recap, you know,
on this series here
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we've been trying to recap
in case you missed last week.
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And here's a recap.
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Here's, here's what
we learned and this is
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also a lot in a matter of,
you know, 45 or 50 minutes,
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but we're gonna recap it.
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And number one, the
names of those who sinned,
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notice this, and
refuse to repent should not
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be retained on
the church books."
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Oh, that's big
and that will stir up
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a little group over
here that are gonna have
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their heads and
their mouth talking to,
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hey, listen, we
prove that from God's word
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and from the Spirit of Prophecy.
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Names of those
who refuse to do what?
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To repent should not be
retained on the church books.
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Number two, destruction of
Jerusalem, you know, 70 A.D.
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that's that stands as a
warning to Modern Israel,
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that's us Modern Israel
is a warning right here,
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that the correction
through His chosen instruments.
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Remember, God chose us
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to deal with the
sin issue in the church.
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And failure to go along
with His chosen instruments
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cannot be
disregarded without punishment.
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So, if we
disregard what the messenger
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of God is telling us today,
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there's going to be punishment,
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and there is going to be loss.
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God will allow it to happen.
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Number three, because
of neglect of the father.
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You remember, Eli the priest,
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because he did not
fulfill his parental duty
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and responsibility, to
reprove and you know it says,
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"We learn to restrain
his two sons that it caused
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disaster to come
up on all of Israel."
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Keep that in mind
because we're studying here
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about "Plain Straight Testimony"
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must exist in
God's church, must live.
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Now remember, because
of Eli not doing his job
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as a father, as a priest,
and because of his two sons,
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Israel suffered,
so that shows what,
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if there's sin existing
in and around God's people
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and you don't deal with it,
everyone is going to suffer.
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Number three, number
four, those who profess
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to be entrusted
with the safe keeping
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of God's Ten Commandments."
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Who is that?
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Those who say,
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''We're guarding
the Ten Commandments."
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You know, we, God has
given to us right here.
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Notice this, "Must
not flatter themselves,
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and I've heard
people say this a lot,
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that "God will preserve
them from divine judgment."
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We've learned this, why?
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If they refuse
to correct wrongs.
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They say, well, because
we, the Ten Commandments
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and we're advocating
the Ten Commandments,
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God is not going to reprove us.
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Oh, friends, you
remember what we've read there
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in Jeremiah Chapter 7.
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What did they, God's
people say back then?
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The temple, the
temple, the temple like that
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was going to
protect them and keep them.
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We have to and God reproves us,
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we have to correct those things.
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Number five, we must
be sighing and crying
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for all the
abomination that be done.
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Notice, sighing and
crying for the abomination
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that be done as
they're affecting
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us spiritually, and that,
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we're talking sighing
and crying, dear friends,
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I don't know how
many is doing that today,
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but we need to pray that God
will help us along that line.
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Seven, if we
develop a pure love for God,
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think about this,
and we become jealous
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for His honor and for His glory,
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and we're lifting up His name.
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The Holy Spirit, listen to this,
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the Holy Spirit will
give you and will give me
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clear insight to
sin in the church,
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sin in our own life.
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But we have to love
him with all of our heart,
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He'll give us a clear view
of wrongs and sin among us.
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See, some
people can't understand
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that there's sin among us,
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they don't understand
because we're so, what?
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Clouded by the old enemy
and things of this world,
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but if we put God
first and we love Him,
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He will make those things clear.
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We also studied something
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that was very,
maybe shocking to some.
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Number nine, eight, idolatry.
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What is idol?
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Idol can be anything
that that we put before God,
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anything that we won't give up.
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Now think about
that just for a second.
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And we even covered
some of these things
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about idols, you remember?
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Demon worship,
part of, was what?
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Trying to have
communication with the dead.
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We talked about needless
ornaments of gold and silver
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and jewelry, think
about it, image making,
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false doctrine,
gambling, horse racing.
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You remember all these
things, tobacco, alcohol,
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drugs, appetite,
lust of the flesh,
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we talked about theater
going, human talent, oh,
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how we lift up human
beings rather than the name
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of Jesus,
selfishness, idolizing of what?
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idolizing of men,
too much important
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to placed upon holidays.
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All of these
things deal with idolatry
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or the
abomination, sighing and crying
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for the abomination
done within the church.
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Number nine, last
one, we're going over.
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It says, "When trouble arises
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between church members?
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And I'll tell you, I don't know,
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I've been in the
movement a longtime,
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I don't think I've ever
seen or maybe even heard of this
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being implemented,
that when trouble rises
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between church
members and we're kind of
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going back and
forth, notice those,
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the church members are to be,
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notice the word,
suspended from the church
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until the issues
are worked out, why?
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Because it causes
all kinds of division,
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people start taking
sides, gossiping and backbiting.
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But you know, if
we just simply follow
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God's word and it's tough.
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Oh, we don't want to, somebody,
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we're interested in what
God thinks about us, aren't we?
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And some people,
they're not calling sin
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by the right name,
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found a quote I
want to share with you.
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And I'm doing
quickly here today,
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there's so much to cover, but.
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In Four
Testimonies 185, notice this,
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"Those who seek to cloak
sin and make it appear less
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aggravating to the mind
of the offender are doing
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the work of the false
prophet and may expect
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the retributive wrath of
God to follow such a course."
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What does that mean?
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In other words, you
know, somebody into something
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they shouldn't be into
and it's just dead wrong
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and you try to make light of it.
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Or pat him on the
back and say, yeah, well,
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God knows it's
gonna be all right.
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Friend, you cannot do that.
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You make it appear less
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aggravating to
the, to the offender.
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We have to let the offender
know that it's offensive to God
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and that God wants us to
give us victory in those areas.
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You know, no man
can be forced to sin.
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We've been, we've been
going through these issues.
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And I hear people
saying, "Well, he force me
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"into the
corner, he made me do it,
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situation dictated
that I do these things."
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No man can be forced to sin.
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First of all, he must consent,
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the act is first
played out where?
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Good, in the mind and then,
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you know, when this is done
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then it affects
man's reasoning, his power,
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his moral powers,
and then he's subject
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to the enemy, he's weaken.
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Friend, we don't want
to be weaken, temptation.
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However strong, when I
read this, it just jarred me.
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Temptation,
regardless of how strong
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is never an excuse for sin.
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Wow! See, God
knows the natural heart.
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He knows what you're
going through right now.
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See, some of you're saying,
boy, we receive some letters
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and, boy, when we just
read an email the other night,
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it just, it made you
weep when you got done,
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what this individual had
been through and going through.
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And just the heart cry
was there is no hope for me
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because I'm so vile,
I'm so dirty, I'm an abuser,
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I've hurt my children,
I've hurt my grandchildren,
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hurt everybody that
come in contact with.
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Friend, let me encourage you,
there is hope for you today,
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there is hope for me
today, we've got to get beyond
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looking at ourself, we've got,
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we've got to get to
the point of looking
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to the promises of
God and how good He is
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and how much He
loves you and loves me.
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There is hope for you today,
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regardless of how
low maybe you have sunk.
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God's willing to
reach down in the mud
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and drag you and
me up, praise God,
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dust us off, clean us off.
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God can pull us out
of these situations.
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We can count on God.
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Oh, I tell you, I get encouraged
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when I read the word
in Psalms 34 verse 15,
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notice this, it says,
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"The eyes of the Lord
are over the righteous."
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Somebody didn't get that.
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The eyes of the
Lord are over what?
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Are over the, oh,
over the righteous
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and His ears are
open to their cry.
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Interesting, He
chooses the word here
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and He's writing here
under inspiration, He said,
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"The Lord's eyes
are over the righteous."
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Those who are trying
to do the right thing,
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God hears their cry.
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And I said, cry,
what does that really mean
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in original language?
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It says, help,
they're needing some,
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they're needing some
help, they want to be freed
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from the trouble that
they're in and God hears them,
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isn't that wonderful?
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Somebody said sometime, I
just can't seem to help it,
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sin is just there, we don't know
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how to deal with the sin issue.
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And you're
saying, how can sin just,
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how could it be
eradicated from my life?
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Let me just give you a one line
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and I'm telling
it's very interesting.
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Five Testimonies, 177,
makes this powerful statement.
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"If we would not commit
sin." Where are you at today?
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Where am I at today?
Think about it with me.
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If I would not
commit sin, otherwise,
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I don't want to
commit sin, and Lord,
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I don't want to commit it,
so if I would not commit sin,
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notice this, here's the key.
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"I must shun its
very beginnings."
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If I would not sin, what?
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I must shun its very beginnings,
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sin has a beginning.
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Oh dear, friend, sin has what?
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It has a beginning.
And then it goes on.
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"Every unholy thought
must be instantly repelled."
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Instantly repelled,
you can't think on it,
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you can't meditate on
something that's evil,
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something you
know it's not right,
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the devil will have
you in just a moment.
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You're not that big
that you can fight him,
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you need help, and I need help.
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Friend, this is James 1:15.
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If we don't
instantly cry out for help,
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if we would not
sin, if we're gonna, say,
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well, we can't shun it
from the very beginning,
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we're gonna have to
dilly dally around with it.
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Look, what the results will be?
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James 1:15, it said,
when lust hath, what?
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Has conceived, it
bringeth forth, what?
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Sin. And then the
Bible says, and sin,
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when it is finished,
bringeth forth, what?
00:19:14.83\00:19:18.16
Death. Oh, we don't know that.
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Question, if you ever fallen
in the sin, have you ever?
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Oh, don't say, no, no, I have.
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Yes, you have.
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Bible said, "All have sinned
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and come short of
the glory of God."
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So let's be realistic, shall we,
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let's put it on the line,
we're all worthy of death,
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we've all sinned come
short to the glory of God,
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but we're looking in God's word,
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what, to gain the victory,
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what, in the church and
among God's remnant people
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that we may be what
He would have us to be.
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And so the question
that you fallen in sin?
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If so, here's what to do.
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Now notice here,
without delay, without delay,
00:19:49.67\00:19:52.80
if you've fallen,
without delay go to God
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and beg and plead
for pardon and for mercy.
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And, you know,
what? He's a merciful God.
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Don't delay, don't put
it off, do it right now.
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Well, God said in Jeremiah 3:22,
00:20:04.42\00:20:06.89
He said, "Return, ye
backsliding children,
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and I, and I will
heal your backsliding."
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See, that's just,
that's just such wonderful,
00:20:15.99\00:20:18.29
wonderful good news.
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He's talking to the backslider,
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He's talking to you
today if you're a backslider.
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He is saying, all you
have to do is just no matter,
00:20:25.55\00:20:27.32
didn't matter what you've done,
00:20:27.33\00:20:29.23
didn't matter how vile you are.
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He just wants you to put aside,
00:20:31.26\00:20:32.55
return to me and I'll
heal your backsliding.
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Oh, friend, that's
such good news today,
00:20:35.48\00:20:38.17
that ought to make
your day a good day,
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I pray that it does.
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You know, the Bible
says, we need to be sanctified.
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You read that
scripture, John 17:17,
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sanctify them through, what?
00:20:47.81\00:20:50.07
Good, Thy truth,
Thy word is truth.
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So we're sanctified by knowing
00:20:53.80\00:20:54.77
what truth is
by the word of God.
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See, there's an
obligation as we do this plain
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straight testimony must live.
00:21:00.71\00:21:03.36
There's an obligation concerning
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God's people to search out sin.
00:21:05.13\00:21:07.79
We've been talking about
searching sin out, and what?
00:21:07.80\00:21:11.86
Bringing it to the
point to where we can ask God
00:21:11.87\00:21:14.02
to get us victory over that
or we have God's displeasure.
00:21:14.03\00:21:18.74
Any sin that's in the church,
00:21:18.75\00:21:21.69
you can't just can't
blindly close your eyes,
00:21:21.70\00:21:23.92
put on a pair
of shade, you know,
00:21:23.93\00:21:25.35
the rose colored
glasses and just like,
00:21:25.36\00:21:27.63
well, we're just going to see.
00:21:27.64\00:21:29.43
God said, there
are certain people
00:21:29.44\00:21:31.08
in the church, not everybody.
00:21:31.09\00:21:32.55
We're gonna get
to that in a moment.
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God has people that He
designates to deal with sin
00:21:34.33\00:21:38.79
because they know how to deal,
00:21:38.80\00:21:40.84
because He gives
them wisdom on how to deal
00:21:40.85\00:21:43.45
with the issue,
not everybody has that,
00:21:43.46\00:21:46.12
it's a gift that God gives
to the power of the Holy Spirit.
00:21:46.13\00:21:49.74
Now we've read this many times,
00:21:49.75\00:21:51.57
but I'm gonna do like the
old radio person longtime,
00:21:51.58\00:21:54.33
he used to say,
"Here's the rest of the story."
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So the first part
you've heard many times,
00:21:57.02\00:21:58.48
but I'm gonna read
it every chance I get.
00:21:58.49\00:22:01.36
Three Testimonies 269 says,
"The plain, straight testimony
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must live in the church," what?
00:22:05.65\00:22:07.98
It must live in the church
00:22:07.99\00:22:09.78
or the curse of
God will do, what?
00:22:09.79\00:22:13.19
Will live in the church.
00:22:13.20\00:22:14.32
You want the curse of
God to live in the church,
00:22:14.33\00:22:16.30
because you don't
want to deal with issues.
00:22:16.31\00:22:19.76
Well, I don't know, I
want the blessings of God.
00:22:19.77\00:22:22.56
Notice, it says, "Oh,
surely, surely as it did
00:22:22.57\00:22:25.46
in ancient Israel
because of their sins."
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Now, here's the rest of the
story of that quote, listen.
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"God holds His people as a body,
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responsible for
the sins existing
00:22:37.32\00:22:40.44
in individuals among them."
00:22:40.45\00:22:42.54
Did you get it?
Somebody didn't get it.
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Listen, God holds His people,
that's all of us, as a body,
00:22:49.95\00:22:56.22
the body of believers,
responsible for the sins
00:22:56.23\00:23:01.07
existing in
individuals among them.
00:23:01.08\00:23:05.78
I'm responsible to
you, you responsible to me,
00:23:05.79\00:23:08.79
I'm robbing you of a blessing,
00:23:08.80\00:23:10.00
you're robbing me of a blessing,
00:23:10.01\00:23:11.12
we can't afford that.
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Wow! How about the
overseer of the flock,
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overseer the flock
has to keep a watchful eye
00:23:19.67\00:23:22.30
and how difficult that
is, because the enemy of souls
00:23:22.31\00:23:25.95
realizes every member.
00:23:25.96\00:23:27.51
Listen carefully, every
member with hurt feelings.
00:23:27.52\00:23:31.20
Oh, we've all been
there. Yes, you have.
00:23:31.21\00:23:34.40
Every person that's been
slided or every disagreement,
00:23:34.41\00:23:39.06
differences of,
you know, opinion,
00:23:39.07\00:23:41.33
causes little
friction in the church,
00:23:41.34\00:23:43.68
the enemy is very
well aware of that,
00:23:43.69\00:23:46.48
and it will
sidetrack us from doing
00:23:46.49\00:23:48.19
what we need to be doing.
00:23:48.20\00:23:50.69
You don't have so much
time, so much, so much energy,
00:23:50.70\00:23:52.95
and if you keep the pastor,
and the elders, the deacon,
00:23:52.96\00:23:54.60
everybody busy just
trying to pad everybody,
00:23:54.61\00:23:56.99
oil them a little
bit, grease them up,
00:23:57.00\00:23:58.94
somebody is not with me.
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Keep them from
squeaking, then we're neglecting
00:24:01.10\00:24:03.77
the cause of Christ
and what we should be doing
00:24:03.78\00:24:05.71
by giving this
message to the world.
00:24:05.72\00:24:08.70
The overseer of the flock.
00:24:08.71\00:24:09.70
Now let me read a
quote, very interesting,
00:24:09.71\00:24:11.40
Five Testimonies 237 says this,
00:24:11.41\00:24:14.29
"The work of Christ's servants
00:24:14.30\00:24:16.63
is not merely to
preach the truths."
00:24:16.64\00:24:20.58
So talking about leaders here
and those who maybe preaching,
00:24:20.59\00:24:22.74
or those who are
teaching, listen, notice,
00:24:22.75\00:24:24.38
it's not just really
merely to preach the truths.
00:24:24.39\00:24:27.93
"They are to watch."
Oh, friend, Lord help us.
00:24:27.94\00:24:31.08
"They are to
watch for souls for whom
00:24:31.09\00:24:33.90
they must give an account."
00:24:33.91\00:24:38.93
Everybody comes
through that door one day.
00:24:38.94\00:24:42.27
One day, I'm gonna have
to give an account to God,
00:24:42.28\00:24:48.32
for what I did or didn't
do maybe to help them up.
00:24:48.33\00:24:51.09
Bottom-line, people
make decisions on their own,
00:24:51.10\00:24:52.99
but, you know, what?
00:24:53.00\00:24:53.97
You have better
than everything you can,
00:24:53.98\00:24:56.00
I need to do everything
that I possibly know to do
00:24:56.01\00:24:58.21
to win them and to keep
them in the cause of truth, why?
00:24:58.22\00:25:01.02
Because I'm gonna have
to give an account to God.
00:25:01.03\00:25:04.88
It says the pastor, the leader,
00:25:04.89\00:25:06.41
the servant, the preacher.
00:25:06.42\00:25:08.35
Now notice this,
"He is to reprove."
00:25:08.36\00:25:11.25
Some people say,
well, now you can,
00:25:11.26\00:25:12.48
in other words, pros reprove,
that's sensor, that's correct.
00:25:12.49\00:25:16.96
Can go up to
Audrey, and I can say,
00:25:16.97\00:25:18.60
"Audrey, now here's
what God's word says here."
00:25:18.61\00:25:21.37
I can go to Brother Jim say,
00:25:21.38\00:25:22.42
"Brother Jim, this
is what the word says.''
00:25:22.43\00:25:25.72
That's what the
pastor suppose to do,
00:25:25.73\00:25:28.13
the shepherd to watch the sheep,
00:25:28.14\00:25:30.84
so they don't get in trouble,
so they don't hurt themselves
00:25:30.85\00:25:32.96
and hurt other people and
cause the displeasure of God
00:25:32.97\00:25:36.03
to come upon the
body of the leaders.
00:25:36.04\00:25:37.89
That's why I think
we're not seeing miracles
00:25:37.90\00:25:39.94
to take place in the
church, a lot of things
00:25:39.95\00:25:42.62
are not
happening out of the power,
00:25:42.63\00:25:43.95
because all power, oh friend,
00:25:43.96\00:25:45.62
we haven't seen
anything what God wants
00:25:45.63\00:25:47.68
to do for His people.
00:25:47.69\00:25:50.10
I want to be involved
now, I want to see things
00:25:50.11\00:25:52.10
happen for the cause of Christ,
00:25:52.11\00:25:53.39
I want to see
souls comeback to God.
00:25:53.40\00:25:55.75
Notice, the pastor here
he's suppose to reprove,
00:25:55.76\00:25:58.27
that's correct, he's
suppose to rebuke people,
00:25:58.28\00:26:00.52
don't want to be rebuked,
00:26:00.53\00:26:02.13
that's
admonish, that's charging.
00:26:02.14\00:26:03.98
This is what
God's word has said.
00:26:03.99\00:26:06.93
He's to exhort, you know what?
00:26:06.94\00:26:08.84
Second Timothy 4:2, tells
you exactly the same thing.
00:26:08.85\00:26:11.25
He's to exhort.
Notice the exhorting.
00:26:11.26\00:26:13.97
Exhorting simply means is here,
00:26:13.98\00:26:15.72
I'm going to, I'm going to
invite, I'm going to invite.
00:26:15.73\00:26:21.89
I'm going to, I'm
going to have an interest in
00:26:21.90\00:26:25.29
and I'm going to be praying for.
00:26:25.30\00:26:29.28
And I'm going to do
with all longsuffering,
00:26:29.29\00:26:32.59
not gonna be
difficult to deal with,
00:26:32.60\00:26:36.64
but what if the
leaders neglect to do
00:26:36.65\00:26:38.44
what God has asked them to do?
00:26:38.45\00:26:40.66
What if we
neglect to search out sin
00:26:40.67\00:26:43.14
that's existing among them?
00:26:43.15\00:26:45.33
Listen to what
Three Testimonies 269,
00:26:45.34\00:26:47.30
see somebody you're not
going to get away with it,
00:26:47.31\00:26:49.10
some of the
ministers and, you know,
00:26:49.11\00:26:50.37
pastors and so on,
don't by myself too.
00:26:50.38\00:26:53.26
We're just, you're just
not gonna get away with it,
00:26:53.27\00:26:55.60
you think you can
lay back, you know,
00:26:55.61\00:26:57.08
because I've talk to many.
00:26:57.09\00:26:59.14
Many have say
sometime, boy, I wished I had
00:26:59.15\00:27:00.81
the courageto do
what I need to do.
00:27:00.82\00:27:02.15
Listen, courage
comes from knowing God,
00:27:02.16\00:27:04.20
courage comes from the
very throne room of God,
00:27:04.21\00:27:06.67
courage is simply doing
what God has asked you to do,
00:27:06.68\00:27:11.73
and He's ask you
to do deal with issues
00:27:11.74\00:27:13.24
that are in the
church, problems.
00:27:13.25\00:27:15.91
What if we neglect to do it?
00:27:15.92\00:27:18.50
Let's consider a couple
of things here quickly first.
00:27:18.51\00:27:21.36
Of course, if we don't
do what we're suppose to do
00:27:21.37\00:27:23.19
Matthew 15 verses 13 and 14
00:27:23.20\00:27:25.80
talks about blind
leaders what, doing what?
00:27:25.81\00:27:28.35
You know, leading the blind,
00:27:28.36\00:27:29.33
what happens to them?
00:27:29.34\00:27:30.58
They'll fall in the ditch.
00:27:30.59\00:27:33.00
They're blind
leaders, and you know,
00:27:33.01\00:27:34.14
this is talking about
whether it's a vphysically
00:27:34.15\00:27:35.14
or whether it's mentally.
00:27:37.11\00:27:39.30
Because mentally,
you know, to be blind,
00:27:39.31\00:27:42.10
is sometime that we are
just inflated with pride.
00:27:42.11\00:27:45.90
We want to just be-- you
know, we're going to be careful,
00:27:45.91\00:27:47.86
we've got too much pride here,
00:27:47.87\00:27:50.13
and so that
causes us to be blind,
00:27:50.14\00:27:52.31
that causes us to not have
a living connection with God.
00:27:52.32\00:27:56.90
Self conceit,
we consider ourself
00:27:56.91\00:28:00.09
a little more high minded.
00:28:00.10\00:28:03.28
Oh, yeah there are
people in the pulpit,
00:28:03.29\00:28:04.81
you better believe
it, we just need to look
00:28:04.82\00:28:06.23
at it in such and
say, "God, help us."
00:28:06.24\00:28:11.02
This quote 3:269 says,
"If the leaders of the church
00:28:11.03\00:28:14.76
"neglect to
diligently search out the sins
00:28:14.77\00:28:18.53
"which bring the displeasure
of God upon the body.
00:28:18.54\00:28:22.66
They become
responsible for that sin."
00:28:22.67\00:28:25.90
Now, brother, we've got,
we've got a problem here,
00:28:25.91\00:28:27.67
sister, we've
got a problem here,
00:28:27.68\00:28:30.50
if we know that it's going on
and we refuse to deal with it,
00:28:30.51\00:28:34.27
then it's what?
00:28:34.28\00:28:35.70
We become
responsible for that sin,
00:28:35.71\00:28:37.77
and I've always said,
Lord, have mercy on me,
00:28:37.78\00:28:39.41
I can't stand somebody else.
00:28:39.42\00:28:42.16
I'm dealing for
eternal life with myself here
00:28:42.17\00:28:45.17
and I know you are too.
00:28:45.18\00:28:47.03
But you can't, we
can't just be indifferent,
00:28:47.04\00:28:49.27
we can't be non
shellacked about it.
00:28:49.28\00:28:51.40
We can't turn our
heads and say, it's them,
00:28:51.41\00:28:54.46
that's their business,
so that, it's your business,
00:28:54.47\00:28:58.46
they're in your body,
they're in your church,
00:28:58.47\00:29:00.24
it's your
business, it's my business.
00:29:00.25\00:29:03.69
The leadership
has something to do,
00:29:03.70\00:29:06.83
but, you know, this work, oh,
00:29:06.84\00:29:09.11
it must be done in love.
00:29:09.12\00:29:11.84
Bible says, we
have to have compassion.
00:29:11.85\00:29:15.10
You realize this, that's why
everybody is not up to saying,
00:29:15.11\00:29:18.30
they need to go to this
person and talk with them
00:29:18.31\00:29:20.10
because they don't,
they have grace and they,
00:29:20.11\00:29:23.08
they're timid maybe and
they're a little bit backward
00:29:23.09\00:29:26.18
and they're a little bit shy.
00:29:26.19\00:29:27.44
Well, God maybe
hasn't called you to do it,
00:29:27.45\00:29:29.53
but be careful, be careful here,
00:29:29.54\00:29:32.13
many really, they don't
have the love to correct lesson.
00:29:32.14\00:29:36.82
To correct and win a
brother at the same time,
00:29:36.83\00:29:41.40
correct and what?
00:29:41.41\00:29:42.65
And to win, not correct and lose
00:29:42.66\00:29:44.37
or doing such a way
that you're heartless
00:29:44.38\00:29:46.15
and they run out the
door, you boot them out.
00:29:46.16\00:29:49.08
There's a difference here.
00:29:49.09\00:29:52.06
This is not an easy
task, we all know how they need
00:29:52.07\00:29:54.31
the spirit of the living God.
00:29:54.32\00:29:56.29
In Proverbs 18:19, it says,
00:29:56.30\00:29:58.13
"A brother that is offended."
00:29:58.14\00:30:00.12
Notice this, "Is harder
to win than a strong city."
00:30:00.13\00:30:04.87
Wow, of what?
00:30:04.88\00:30:07.06
A brother that is offended
is more difficult than to what?
00:30:07.07\00:30:11.10
Conquer a strong city.
00:30:11.11\00:30:15.33
But James 5 says, 19 and
20, if you do this in love
00:30:15.34\00:30:18.79
and you work with him,
and you plead with him,
00:30:18.80\00:30:21.26
it says, "If any err from
the truth, and one convert him."
00:30:21.27\00:30:26.84
Now I'm gonna go for time sake,
00:30:26.85\00:30:27.82
you read it all here, it said,
00:30:27.83\00:30:28.88
He shall save a soul, what?
00:30:28.89\00:30:30.85
From death, and shall
hide a multitude of sin.
00:30:30.86\00:30:34.59
This is what it's all about.
00:30:34.60\00:30:36.45
It's not just say, Well,
we're gonna throw people out.
00:30:36.46\00:30:38.40
No, we want to
bring the attention.
00:30:38.41\00:30:40.16
This is what God's word says,
00:30:40.17\00:30:41.91
For them to repent
and come back to God,
00:30:41.92\00:30:43.73
let His smile be
upon on the church,
00:30:43.74\00:30:45.69
let His Spirit to be operating,
00:30:45.70\00:30:47.27
working in the
church, let the Spirit of God
00:30:47.28\00:30:49.54
do some things that need to
be done in your life and mine.
00:30:49.55\00:30:52.43
Let the Holy Spirit,
bring conviction upon you
00:30:52.44\00:30:54.80
and conviction upon me
that I find it necessary
00:30:54.81\00:30:57.64
to make some changes,
that I need these changes,
00:30:57.65\00:31:00.34
I want these changes,
I want God's blessing.
00:31:00.35\00:31:02.98
Oh, friend, are
you following it today?
00:31:02.99\00:31:04.68
This is what God
wants from you and from me,
00:31:04.69\00:31:07.99
but we must follow the counsel,
00:31:08.00\00:31:10.54
just a beautiful
little passage there in Jude
00:31:10.55\00:31:12.85
that just before
Revelation, verses 22 and 23,
00:31:12.86\00:31:16.87
one Chapter there.
00:31:16.88\00:31:18.10
Here's the difference, it says,
00:31:18.11\00:31:20.38
"And some have compassion,
making a difference."
00:31:20.39\00:31:23.81
We're talking about
dealing now with sin
00:31:23.82\00:31:25.32
and the church
and maybe who is doing
00:31:25.33\00:31:27.09
or has God called
certain ones to do it.
00:31:27.10\00:31:29.37
Notice, it says,
"Some here have compassion,
00:31:29.38\00:31:32.37
"making a difference, notice,
and others saved with fear,
00:31:32.38\00:31:37.35
pulling them out of the fire."
00:31:37.36\00:31:40.61
What does that mean?
00:31:40.62\00:31:42.70
It said, there are
some who they have pity
00:31:42.71\00:31:46.13
and they have
mercy and, but they,
00:31:46.14\00:31:48.84
they weren't kind of
separate from the issue.
00:31:48.85\00:31:51.58
See they said,
making a difference,
00:31:51.59\00:31:53.43
in other words, they
can't just stand up and say,
00:31:53.44\00:31:55.59
oh boy, there is, you know,
God's word says such and such.
00:31:55.60\00:31:59.28
They want to with,
they want to withdraw,
00:31:59.29\00:32:01.58
that's what that word means.
00:32:01.59\00:32:02.56
They want, they hesitate to go
00:32:02.57\00:32:06.38
and talk to that person,
but instead there is others
00:32:06.39\00:32:09.79
in the church, notice this,
00:32:09.80\00:32:11.58
they'll say
with fear, realizing,
00:32:11.59\00:32:14.02
they need to be careful
'cause they're gonna fall,
00:32:14.03\00:32:15.94
be careful if they
take their eyes off of Jesus
00:32:15.95\00:32:18.09
and they pull
them out of the fire.
00:32:18.10\00:32:22.14
Man, there is a,
there is a difference.
00:32:22.15\00:32:25.14
Here's where we can see
that God has laid the burden
00:32:25.15\00:32:27.74
on some to correct
and to search out wrongs.
00:32:27.75\00:32:35.21
And those who maybe don't
feel compelled to get involved,
00:32:35.22\00:32:37.93
God hasn't
called you, but listen,
00:32:37.94\00:32:39.75
I wanted to be just,
00:32:39.76\00:32:40.77
we need to get
real straight with this.
00:32:40.78\00:32:44.58
If God hasn't
called you to do it,
00:32:44.59\00:32:46.57
do not get in the way
of those whom God calls.
00:32:46.58\00:32:52.85
I hope that's really clear
because sometimes people say,
00:32:52.86\00:32:55.72
well, I just don't
feel that way at all.
00:32:55.73\00:32:57.19
Well, God has
let, you realize that
00:32:57.20\00:32:58.36
God doesn't lay
every burden on you
00:32:58.37\00:33:00.18
or every burden on me
that He lays on somebody else.
00:33:00.19\00:33:03.22
We just have to match it up,
is this what God's word says,
00:33:03.23\00:33:06.26
then God may have told this
individual to deal this way,
00:33:06.27\00:33:09.59
but He hasn't
laid it on my heart,
00:33:09.60\00:33:12.74
doesn't mean it's
wrong, just simply me,
00:33:12.75\00:33:14.15
has He laid on
your heart and my heart.
00:33:14.16\00:33:16.03
Now let me just read
something here to help you
00:33:16.04\00:33:17.89
understand it, to
help me understand it.
00:33:17.90\00:33:19.92
Three Testimonies 270,
says, "Some make it a point,
00:33:19.93\00:33:23.89
"you've got in
church, to question and doubt
00:33:23.90\00:33:27.02
"and find fault
because others do the work
00:33:27.03\00:33:31.34
that God has not
laid on their hearts."
00:33:31.35\00:33:34.98
Did you get it?
Not laid on them.
00:33:34.99\00:33:38.05
"They stand directly in
the way and hinder those
00:33:38.06\00:33:41.41
"whom God has laid the burden
of reproving and correcting,
00:33:41.42\00:33:46.88
"prevailing sins in
order that His frown
00:33:46.89\00:33:50.85
may be turned
away from His people."
00:33:50.86\00:33:53.57
So when there is sin
prevailing and throngs in
00:33:53.58\00:33:55.87
the church not dealt with,
dealt with the frown of God,
00:33:55.88\00:33:58.61
that means there is no blessing,
00:33:58.62\00:33:59.86
there is no Holy say,
"Well, we have the Holy Spirit."
00:33:59.87\00:34:01.68
No, you don't. You
can't have the Holy Spirit
00:34:01.69\00:34:04.03
if the frown as it
were or disapproval of God
00:34:04.04\00:34:06.74
is upon the congregation. Why?
00:34:06.75\00:34:09.65
Because you and I
are not doing our job.
00:34:09.66\00:34:12.21
But don't get into the way
of those whom God lays it on.
00:34:12.22\00:34:15.60
Did you get that?
00:34:15.61\00:34:17.25
There are those who
find fault with those
00:34:17.26\00:34:18.60
who are dealing with
the sin issue right here,
00:34:18.61\00:34:21.52
but God hasn't laid it on them
00:34:21.53\00:34:22.59
so they don't want to, you know,
00:34:22.60\00:34:24.47
surely you guys are
not suppose to do this.
00:34:24.48\00:34:28.72
There are people
that God chooses to do it.
00:34:28.73\00:34:31.55
Question, what, why is
God laid this on some people,
00:34:31.56\00:34:36.23
maybe not others?
00:34:36.24\00:34:39.83
You think that God
made us individuals wants us
00:34:39.84\00:34:43.01
to stand free from
the wrongs and sins
00:34:43.02\00:34:47.92
that are prevailing
in and around in the mud.
00:34:47.93\00:34:50.38
Does God wants
to be free in him?
00:34:50.39\00:34:52.09
Oh, I think so.
00:34:52.10\00:34:53.71
Does he want you to rejoice
00:34:53.72\00:34:54.86
and be
exceedingly glad? I think so.
00:34:54.87\00:34:58.02
But, let me tell
you, those who stand
00:34:58.03\00:34:59.85
for what is right
00:34:59.86\00:35:01.25
among the people of
God, oh, dear friend,
00:35:01.26\00:35:04.52
they're going
to meet opposition,
00:35:04.53\00:35:06.60
they always have and
they always will, and note,
00:35:06.61\00:35:09.81
I must tell, I'm gonna
be frank with you right now
00:35:09.82\00:35:11.60
and you maybe dealing with this
00:35:11.61\00:35:12.62
in your church right now.
00:35:12.63\00:35:13.80
You're going to meet opposition
00:35:13.81\00:35:15.24
only you know what?
00:35:15.25\00:35:16.22
They maybe
members of the church,
00:35:16.23\00:35:17.65
but you're meeting
opposition from the unconverted,
00:35:17.66\00:35:20.95
not the converted,
the converted understand
00:35:20.96\00:35:23.35
the necessity of having a smile
00:35:23.36\00:35:26.40
as it were of
God upon His church.
00:35:26.41\00:35:30.14
The unconsecrated is the one
00:35:30.15\00:35:31.47
that's gonna cause you trouble.
00:35:31.48\00:35:32.49
So, well, we don't
have go that far now.
00:35:32.50\00:35:34.41
Oh, but this is a
work that must be done.
00:35:36.00\00:35:41.09
We have to see
the malignancy of sin
00:35:41.10\00:35:44.47
and we have to come to the point
00:35:44.48\00:35:45.89
where we hate sin.
00:35:45.90\00:35:49.49
Friend, if you come to the point
00:35:49.50\00:35:50.47
where you hate sin,
if you come to the point
00:35:50.48\00:35:52.49
where you rather
die than knowingly sin.
00:35:52.50\00:35:55.85
Friend, if we haven't,
we need some more help.
00:35:55.86\00:35:59.20
This is not trying
to, trying to judge you,
00:35:59.21\00:36:01.30
this is not trying to
hammer you over the head,
00:36:01.31\00:36:03.38
this is trying to make
you really look in the mirror
00:36:03.39\00:36:05.15
and seeing yourself
for what you really are,
00:36:05.16\00:36:06.76
what I really am.
00:36:06.77\00:36:07.92
I am saying no, I don't know
00:36:07.93\00:36:08.94
if I am come to the
point where I hate sin,
00:36:08.95\00:36:11.30
'cause if you really hate sin,
00:36:11.31\00:36:12.51
you will stay away from
it, you'll run if you have to.
00:36:12.52\00:36:15.81
You'll go the opposite direction
00:36:15.82\00:36:16.97
if you have to, you'll go
the 1,000 miles as it were.
00:36:16.98\00:36:20.85
Stay well, just a
little book that I read.
00:36:20.86\00:36:23.74
And I hope, if
you don't have it,
00:36:23.75\00:36:25.16
you need to give us a call.
00:36:25.17\00:36:26.14
It's called
'Steps to Christ' oh,
00:36:26.15\00:36:28.04
it's a beautiful little
book about the life of Christ.
00:36:28.05\00:36:31.02
Here's what it says page 54,
00:36:31.03\00:36:32.89
it says, He God hates sin.
00:36:32.90\00:36:35.62
Does God hate sin yes,
but he loves the sinner,
00:36:35.63\00:36:40.67
you heard that
all your life noticed,
00:36:40.68\00:36:43.28
God He gave Himself
in the person of Christ,
00:36:43.29\00:36:47.90
that all who
would might be saved.
00:36:47.91\00:36:51.27
How beautiful
that is, He hates sin
00:36:51.28\00:36:54.27
but loves the
sinner, and He gave,
00:36:54.28\00:36:55.83
Jesus Christ to redeem us.
00:36:55.84\00:36:57.74
From the curse of the
law, that we might be saved.
00:36:57.75\00:37:02.14
Oh, friend, God wants
his church to be pure,
00:37:02.15\00:37:07.81
see none but the
glorified, none but the sinless
00:37:07.82\00:37:10.98
will enter the kingdom of God.
00:37:10.99\00:37:14.41
I want his
blessing, I want the privilege
00:37:14.42\00:37:16.42
of being in the presence of God.
00:37:16.43\00:37:18.30
I want to know
when I come to church
00:37:18.31\00:37:20.10
that I'm gonna be
standing on Holy ground,
00:37:20.11\00:37:22.10
not because I'm
there, not because
00:37:22.11\00:37:23.84
you're there some
people think it's Holy ground
00:37:23.85\00:37:25.31
because you come in
00:37:25.32\00:37:26.35
and you're so
Holy and so righteous.
00:37:26.36\00:37:27.78
No, friend, you're
not, you're filthy rages,
00:37:27.79\00:37:29.56
but the Bible says, need
to get off our high horse.
00:37:29.57\00:37:34.04
Realize we come in,
00:37:34.05\00:37:35.02
because of the
presence of the Holy Spirit
00:37:35.03\00:37:38.14
people don't get
up on Sabbath morning,
00:37:38.15\00:37:39.90
they sleep and
when they come in late
00:37:39.91\00:37:41.95
and all burned up
00:37:41.96\00:37:42.93
and I don't
know what's going on.
00:37:42.94\00:37:44.39
Friend, need to get up early,
need to prepare the heart,
00:37:44.40\00:37:46.95
the mind and the soul.
00:37:46.96\00:37:48.20
Because the ground on
which you walk is Holy,
00:37:48.21\00:37:50.29
the presence of God is there.
00:37:50.30\00:37:51.85
If you want it
there, if you believe it
00:37:51.86\00:37:53.54
and you're praying for
it, it's a special time,
00:37:53.55\00:37:55.81
it's a time you can't
hardly wait to get there.
00:37:55.82\00:37:57.94
You won't see
how late you can come
00:37:57.95\00:37:59.87
and just get in a
few minutes of service,
00:37:59.88\00:38:01.49
you can see how
early you can come
00:38:01.50\00:38:02.76
and get more in
the presence of God,
00:38:02.77\00:38:04.15
that's how I feel about it.
00:38:04.16\00:38:05.53
How would it, where
would it be for us today
00:38:08.59\00:38:11.06
if we just spend
simply follow the counsel
00:38:12.44\00:38:16.70
given in God's Holy word.
00:38:16.71\00:38:17.89
The counsel of the Holy Spirit,
00:38:17.90\00:38:20.97
now let me just go
into a few of the problems
00:38:20.98\00:38:22.80
that might arise in the church
00:38:22.81\00:38:24.09
and how we must deal with it.
00:38:24.10\00:38:25.74
The counsel of
scripture not men,
00:38:25.75\00:38:28.11
but how scripture tells
us we're to deal with it.
00:38:28.12\00:38:31.11
You remember the
New Testament Church,
00:38:31.12\00:38:32.58
oh, we can learn so much.
00:38:32.59\00:38:35.25
The New Testament
Church is an example
00:38:35.26\00:38:36.98
of how we should
pattern our church today.
00:38:36.99\00:38:40.52
Jesus set it up.
00:38:40.53\00:38:42.32
Now notice when the
problem arose in a local church,
00:38:42.33\00:38:47.24
notice the Bible
gives what I'm talking about
00:38:47.25\00:38:49.65
in Antioch and of
course other churches.
00:38:49.66\00:38:52.95
When dissension
arose in a local church,
00:38:52.96\00:38:56.51
you know what, and the people
00:38:56.52\00:38:57.81
could not come in agreement.
00:38:57.82\00:38:59.65
They sat down and
they had business meetings
00:38:59.66\00:39:01.42
but they couldn't
come to grips with it.
00:39:01.43\00:39:03.01
All of a sudden
there's going to be
00:39:03.02\00:39:03.99
some real problems
there, you know what they did.
00:39:04.00\00:39:06.78
The matter was, Oh, I love it,
00:39:06.79\00:39:08.57
the matter was not
allowed to cause division
00:39:08.58\00:39:12.66
in God's church,
what did they do.
00:39:12.67\00:39:15.83
The problem was
referred to a general counsel
00:39:15.84\00:39:18.97
of the local churches.
00:39:18.98\00:39:21.12
Of maybe the
pastor, and the elders,
00:39:21.13\00:39:22.94
pastor and
elder, pastor and elder
00:39:22.95\00:39:24.53
and maybe deacons,
and they come together
00:39:24.54\00:39:26.03
and they sat down
and they began to discuss
00:39:26.04\00:39:28.84
the issue and to
find a resolution.
00:39:28.85\00:39:33.50
Well, friend think about it,
00:39:33.51\00:39:34.48
we're gonna
resolve this, this problem.
00:39:34.49\00:39:37.00
and it's very, very clear
00:39:39.27\00:39:40.24
as you read the
spirit of prophecy it says,
00:39:40.25\00:39:41.64
the pastors, the
elders, the leader,
00:39:41.65\00:39:43.41
the apostles lead out in
the responsibility with this.
00:39:43.42\00:39:48.38
And if we followed this counsel,
00:39:48.39\00:39:50.42
there would never be
division in the church,
00:39:50.43\00:39:52.69
oh, somebody may leave
because they're offended.
00:39:52.70\00:39:55.91
But they would not be
any problems in the church
00:39:55.92\00:39:57.87
and to cause
any kind of division
00:39:57.88\00:39:59.81
because we'd have confidence
00:39:59.82\00:40:01.01
that the Holy Spirit was leading
00:40:01.02\00:40:02.22
and guiding in that church.
00:40:02.23\00:40:04.58
It was so
simple if we follow it,
00:40:04.59\00:40:06.44
actually Apostles
96 makes this comment,
00:40:06.45\00:40:08.62
listen carefully to it, it says,
00:40:08.63\00:40:10.25
the efforts of
Satan to attack the church
00:40:10.26\00:40:13.11
in isolated places
where met by concerted action
00:40:13.12\00:40:17.68
on the part of all.
00:40:17.69\00:40:19.54
The plan of the
enemy was to disrupt
00:40:19.55\00:40:22.41
and to destroy were thwarted.
00:40:22.42\00:40:25.26
Or was defeated
or was frustrated.
00:40:25.27\00:40:28.72
Why, because the
congregation said what?
00:40:28.73\00:40:31.91
We'll not going to
let this be anything
00:40:31.92\00:40:33.73
that would divide
us and separate us.
00:40:33.74\00:40:35.83
Would need a
little more counsel,
00:40:35.84\00:40:36.84
we're gonna get men right,
00:40:36.85\00:40:37.86
that love Jesus,
we're gonna sit down,
00:40:37.87\00:40:39.51
we're gonna discuss the issues
00:40:39.52\00:40:41.54
and then we're going to.
00:40:41.55\00:40:42.52
Well, whatever the answer
might be is the end result,
00:40:42.53\00:40:44.95
that's what
we're going to follow.
00:40:44.96\00:40:47.74
And it says here that
the enemy was defeated,
00:40:47.75\00:40:50.41
that means he was run out.
00:40:50.42\00:40:51.80
It was frustrated
because he wants division
00:40:51.81\00:40:54.07
to cause separation.
00:40:54.08\00:40:55.57
We are strong in the movement,
00:40:55.58\00:40:57.78
when we put our
shoulders together,
00:40:57.79\00:40:59.21
we're strong when we
believe the truth of God's word.
00:40:59.22\00:41:02.47
You see this is what
the Holy Spirit wants to do
00:41:02.48\00:41:04.38
as we stand together,
the devil is afraid of that.
00:41:04.39\00:41:07.58
This Bible passage
gives some qualifications
00:41:07.59\00:41:10.31
for a man who
would make a wise leader.
00:41:10.32\00:41:13.23
And I want you
to just jot it down
00:41:13.24\00:41:14.76
when you have time,
our time is running out.
00:41:14.77\00:41:16.59
Deuteronomy Chapter
1, verses 16 and 17,
00:41:16.60\00:41:20.04
but it just talks
about we're looking for men
00:41:20.05\00:41:22.32
who love God
with all their heart,
00:41:22.33\00:41:23.84
their soul and mind.
00:41:23.85\00:41:24.86
And because of the
Spirit of God in them,
00:41:24.87\00:41:26.64
they're able to
judge righteously.
00:41:26.65\00:41:29.70
This is what God's looking for,
00:41:29.71\00:41:31.75
not look at each individual
and feel sorry for this
00:41:31.76\00:41:34.24
and oh, this situation.
00:41:34.25\00:41:35.49
Well, this just came to
me, and this is over here,
00:41:35.50\00:41:37.50
look at the situation as it is
00:41:37.51\00:41:39.11
and deal based upon God's word
00:41:39.12\00:41:41.29
and that's the final rule.
00:41:41.30\00:41:43.87
Wow! I've never forgotten this,
00:41:43.88\00:41:47.58
and I don't want you to forget
00:41:47.59\00:41:48.56
that God is leading a people.
00:41:48.57\00:41:51.96
He's leading you if
you want to be lead,
00:41:51.97\00:41:54.40
he's leading me
if I want to be lead.
00:41:54.41\00:41:57.07
He's dealing
with us, time is so,
00:41:57.08\00:41:59.35
so very short and He
gives us instructions
00:41:59.36\00:42:02.75
as we need
instructions to guide us.
00:42:02.76\00:42:07.02
And you know what,
he uses visible leaders,
00:42:07.03\00:42:12.04
he uses what?
00:42:12.05\00:42:13.02
He uses visible leaders,
00:42:13.03\00:42:16.60
but they always must
receive their instructions
00:42:16.61\00:42:22.25
from the invisible leader.
00:42:22.26\00:42:25.10
See you say,
well, he's the leader
00:42:25.11\00:42:26.49
or he's this, he's that.
00:42:26.50\00:42:27.84
He needs to
harmonize with scripture
00:42:27.85\00:42:29.40
or he's not what
God wants him to be.
00:42:29.41\00:42:32.31
God chooses
visible leaders, but what?
00:42:32.32\00:42:34.82
They must listen to
the invisible leader,
00:42:34.83\00:42:37.31
are you getting that?
00:42:37.32\00:42:38.91
We must choose the
right and follow the right.
00:42:38.92\00:42:41.76
We must be obedient and
obedience brings prosperity
00:42:41.77\00:42:45.82
and disobedience brings death.
00:42:45.83\00:42:47.79
The scripture's very,
very clear about that.
00:42:47.80\00:42:50.44
Have you ever wondered
00:42:50.45\00:42:52.32
why God doesn't bring
new souls into church.
00:42:52.33\00:42:55.98
Oh, you've heard
some of this before,
00:42:55.99\00:42:57.10
but this is, we're dealing with
00:42:57.11\00:42:58.70
the plain straight testimony.
00:42:58.71\00:43:01.11
You know, we've
dealt with, you know,
00:43:01.12\00:43:02.72
we talk theater going,
we're talking about jewelry,
00:43:02.73\00:43:04.64
we're talking about
all these horse racing
00:43:04.65\00:43:06.24
and gambling and appetite.
00:43:06.25\00:43:07.84
And all these other
tests, it runs some people out,
00:43:07.85\00:43:10.26
they can't take it.
00:43:10.27\00:43:11.93
It causes a
shaking among God's people.
00:43:11.94\00:43:16.16
But you wonder why
there's not people coming in,
00:43:16.17\00:43:18.75
there's got to
be people coming in.
00:43:18.76\00:43:20.81
Because God said, He would bless
00:43:20.82\00:43:22.20
and if there's not what's wrong.
00:43:22.21\00:43:24.95
Book of Evangelism
page 110, says this,
00:43:24.96\00:43:28.76
"The Lord does
not now, notice this,
00:43:28.77\00:43:31.24
work to bring many
souls into the truth.
00:43:31.25\00:43:33.40
Oh, it breaks
your heart, why? Why?
00:43:33.41\00:43:39.91
The next line says,
because of the church members.
00:43:41.13\00:43:46.65
How sad, God does
not now work to bring
00:43:46.66\00:43:53.57
souls into the truth
because of the church members,
00:43:53.58\00:43:59.25
who have never been converted,
00:43:59.26\00:44:03.55
and those who were
converted but have backslidden.
00:44:03.56\00:44:09.16
See, if they're backslidden
00:44:10.82\00:44:12.63
we need to deal
with that, don't we.
00:44:12.64\00:44:15.19
If they're not converted,
we need to be having classes
00:44:15.20\00:44:17.56
and point them to Jesus Christ,
00:44:17.57\00:44:20.23
he can't work
with the unconverted,
00:44:20.24\00:44:24.14
he doesn't bring them in,
00:44:24.15\00:44:25.20
because we're
allowing it to continue on.
00:44:25.21\00:44:27.71
Because we want numbers,
00:44:27.72\00:44:29.41
numbers are
everything, and it's not.
00:44:31.59\00:44:33.64
Jesus never used numbers.
00:44:33.65\00:44:35.43
We're in such a--
work needs to be done
00:44:37.78\00:44:41.32
before God can bless
and bring in a people in.
00:44:41.33\00:44:44.89
Our work's got to be
done and it has to be,
00:44:44.90\00:44:47.43
we have to bring it to
the people's attention to say,
00:44:47.44\00:44:49.75
there is a work,
we've not arrived yet.
00:44:49.76\00:44:52.14
He's not here yet.
00:44:52.15\00:44:53.94
There are some
changes that need to be made.
00:44:53.95\00:44:57.95
Once again, why does the
church still need to make,
00:44:57.96\00:44:59.97
keep a watchful eye of
all the things that are,
00:44:59.98\00:45:02.42
that are going on?
00:45:02.43\00:45:04.60
Dealing with the sin issue.
00:45:04.61\00:45:06.92
Why do we have to, as
we're truly out of faith
00:45:06.93\00:45:09.27
'cause church,
some churches seem happy
00:45:09.28\00:45:10.94
and they're just having socials.
00:45:10.95\00:45:12.36
And they're just having picnics,
00:45:12.37\00:45:13.66
and fellowship, not
anything wrong with that,
00:45:13.67\00:45:15.35
but if you follow me here,
00:45:15.36\00:45:16.38
they're doing all
these other things right here
00:45:16.39\00:45:17.97
and nothing going on.
00:45:17.98\00:45:20.06
The sin issue, more
important fellowship launch,
00:45:20.07\00:45:25.04
more and more important, friend,
00:45:25.05\00:45:26.19
than all these
other things put together,
00:45:26.20\00:45:27.89
maybe you can combine
them and work it all out.
00:45:27.90\00:45:29.83
But, friends, you
can't substitute it
00:45:29.84\00:45:32.18
where you lack
spirituality sometime,
00:45:32.19\00:45:34.00
when we lack the
power of the Holy Spirit,
00:45:34.01\00:45:35.74
we make it up by having
00:45:35.75\00:45:36.80
all kinds of
socials and everything else.
00:45:36.81\00:45:38.35
Let me just lay it out,
Straight Testimony divides,
00:45:38.36\00:45:40.70
that's right, it
does, it separates.
00:45:40.71\00:45:42.85
It's the church's duty
to deal with the erring.
00:45:46.61\00:45:50.03
Now we just have
10 minutes or so less,
00:45:50.04\00:45:51.68
so don't anybody get
sleepy on me there at home,
00:45:51.69\00:45:53.72
no it's not gonna happen.
00:45:53.73\00:45:56.06
We need to, we
need to be wide awake
00:45:56.07\00:45:57.48
to this because what?
00:45:57.49\00:45:58.56
Church is
responsible. Are you the church?
00:45:58.57\00:46:00.40
People of the church,
that's you, that's me.
00:46:00.41\00:46:03.72
You want God's
blessing or don't you?
00:46:03.73\00:46:06.09
And once you finally
know there's an issue.
00:46:06.10\00:46:07.32
Do you want to
know how to handle it,
00:46:07.33\00:46:08.73
based upon God's word that we do
00:46:08.74\00:46:10.60
the right thing and not what?
00:46:10.61\00:46:12.07
Throw somebody out for eternity.
00:46:12.08\00:46:14.96
Oh, it's heavy
duty, oh, I know it is.
00:46:14.97\00:46:16.79
But it has to be done.
00:46:16.80\00:46:18.38
I'm talking about my own life.
00:46:18.39\00:46:20.99
Beautiful book, Desire of Ages,
00:46:21.00\00:46:23.06
805 and 806 says
this, "On the church."
00:46:23.07\00:46:26.92
That's God's people.
00:46:26.93\00:46:27.95
"In its organized capacity,
00:46:27.96\00:46:29.94
He places the responsibility
for individual members."
00:46:29.95\00:46:33.22
Where? On the body here.
00:46:33.23\00:46:34.89
He places, what?
00:46:34.90\00:46:36.68
Responsibility for
individual members.
00:46:36.69\00:46:40.17
Now listen, toward
those who fall into sin,
00:46:40.18\00:46:43.06
listen, the church has a duty,
00:46:43.07\00:46:45.83
to warn, to instruct,
and to if possible to, what?
00:46:45.84\00:46:50.84
Restore. It's our duty to warn,
00:46:50.85\00:46:55.47
it's our duty to
instruct, and it's our duty,
00:46:55.48\00:46:58.37
if possible to restore.
00:46:58.38\00:47:00.33
Every time you go to brothers,
00:47:00.34\00:47:01.84
now, oh, it's with the what,
00:47:01.85\00:47:03.71
you want to winning
back to the cause of Christ,
00:47:03.72\00:47:06.02
you want to see Him on the fire.
00:47:06.03\00:47:07.29
Maybe the way He used to be.
00:47:07.30\00:47:09.48
You want to see the power of God
00:47:09.49\00:47:10.93
working inside of
Him, it's not condemning,
00:47:10.94\00:47:12.96
it's not, oh, you're
this, oh, you're that,
00:47:12.97\00:47:14.61
it's because you care.
00:47:14.62\00:47:16.17
The Bible, we're talking
about sighing and crying,
00:47:16.18\00:47:19.20
it hurts you when you see
00:47:19.21\00:47:20.37
somebody leave
the cause of truth.
00:47:20.38\00:47:22.20
It should be hurtful.
00:47:25.02\00:47:26.26
We read all this
in the scripture.
00:47:29.22\00:47:32.41
We have to deal faithfully
with the wrong doings,
00:47:32.42\00:47:36.50
we have to warn every
soul that's in danger.
00:47:36.51\00:47:39.00
And, of course, we
leave the decision up to them,
00:47:41.01\00:47:43.78
but we need to call sin
right now by its right name,
00:47:43.79\00:47:46.57
there's no doubt about it,
00:47:46.58\00:47:48.31
declare what God-- listen,
declare what God has said,
00:47:48.32\00:47:52.88
dear friends, about
lying, about Sabbath breaking,
00:47:52.89\00:47:56.38
about stealing, about idolatry,
00:47:56.39\00:47:58.92
and every other evil.
00:47:58.93\00:48:01.67
This is what
we're supposed to do.
00:48:01.68\00:48:03.11
Look Galatians
5:21, what does it say,
00:48:03.12\00:48:05.29
it tells us here,
''They which do such things
00:48:06.74\00:48:10.58
shall not inherit
the kingdom of God."
00:48:10.59\00:48:13.90
Oh, friend, doesn't
it weigh heavy on you?
00:48:13.91\00:48:16.22
Isn't it a little
bit of maybe, you say,
00:48:16.23\00:48:18.19
a very little bit emotional,
you get real excited about,
00:48:18.20\00:48:20.37
yes, it does
because I'm talking life
00:48:20.38\00:48:21.87
and death issues here.
00:48:21.88\00:48:23.24
We have to, Desire
of Ages, read all that,
00:48:26.42\00:48:29.43
805 and 806, it says,
00:48:29.44\00:48:31.04
"We have to deal
faithfully with what?"
00:48:31.05\00:48:33.72
With lying and Sabbath breaking
00:48:33.73\00:48:35.30
and all these
evils in the church,
00:48:35.31\00:48:37.06
you've got to deal
faithfully with the members.
00:48:37.07\00:48:39.90
Oh, friend, how we've
neglected that time with,
00:48:39.91\00:48:41.72
will it work it's way out.
00:48:41.73\00:48:43.77
Two years later, it's
still in the same shape
00:48:43.78\00:48:45.64
and there's nobody coming
to the church 'cause what?
00:48:45.65\00:48:47.37
We haven't dealt
with the sin issue,
00:48:47.38\00:48:49.72
we have to
deal, God wants us to.
00:48:49.73\00:48:52.46
See, God is particularly
when I read my Bible,
00:48:52.47\00:48:54.64
that's what I find out here.
00:48:54.65\00:48:57.32
He deal, He's
particular with those
00:48:57.33\00:48:58.80
who claim to be
members of the remnant church.
00:48:58.81\00:49:01.39
He's particular
with his ministers,
00:49:03.55\00:49:07.41
and we have to be
taught that the Holy Spirit.
00:49:07.42\00:49:09.51
The Holy Spirit is
walking up and down the isles,
00:49:12.42\00:49:17.74
and it's
watching, it's recording,
00:49:17.75\00:49:19.74
Holy Spirit is recording.
00:49:19.75\00:49:21.42
What's going through your
mind and what you're doing?
00:49:21.43\00:49:23.10
Whether, yeah, that's right,
00:49:23.11\00:49:25.26
whether it's candy
wrappers or chewing gum
00:49:25.27\00:49:27.38
or you're writing your
boyfriend or girlfriend
00:49:27.39\00:49:29.70
a little note.
00:49:29.71\00:49:32.19
You're fooling
around with the phone
00:49:32.20\00:49:33.43
or you're doing something else
00:49:33.44\00:49:34.81
that you shouldn't
be, be doing there,
00:49:34.82\00:49:36.33
or you're day dreaming,
combing somebody's hair.
00:49:36.34\00:49:39.52
You know what you know
I'm talking about here.
00:49:39.53\00:49:41.34
You're
distracting somebody else.
00:49:41.35\00:49:43.31
Did you know that?
You think maybe not.
00:49:43.32\00:49:45.54
You're distracting somebody.
00:49:45.55\00:49:46.86
Every little hand that's raised,
00:49:46.87\00:49:48.00
every head that's
turned, somebody sees you,
00:49:48.01\00:49:50.22
somebody is distracted
and devil will use that,
00:49:50.23\00:49:52.47
dear friend,
against you and against me.
00:49:52.48\00:49:55.02
God's ministers
ought to be men of action,
00:49:58.33\00:50:01.53
not sit idly by, doing nothing,
00:50:01.54\00:50:03.07
men of action and
men of righteousness.
00:50:03.08\00:50:05.62
They need to be Christ centered,
00:50:05.63\00:50:08.09
in words, and in action.
00:50:08.10\00:50:11.50
That's the only way
a person can qualify
00:50:11.51\00:50:13.42
to be soul winner for Jesus
00:50:13.43\00:50:14.60
and a minister in
the church of God.
00:50:14.61\00:50:16.53
So as the body
believers, it says here,
00:50:18.57\00:50:20.23
we've been reading the church
in its organized capacity,
00:50:20.24\00:50:23.06
as it come to bear
together with the church
00:50:23.07\00:50:24.57
and we're all
discussing, you see,
00:50:24.58\00:50:25.94
when it comes
to that point time.
00:50:25.95\00:50:29.15
They're gonna deal
with some tough issues here.
00:50:29.16\00:50:34.02
And these tough
issues are the ones that,
00:50:34.03\00:50:35.60
you know, the devil is
trying to tear apart the,
00:50:35.61\00:50:37.96
the peace and
the prosperity and,
00:50:37.97\00:50:40.14
you know, the
church, the togetherness
00:50:40.15\00:50:43.37
that we have many times,
he's trying to tear us apart,
00:50:43.38\00:50:45.69
he can't stand that.
00:50:45.70\00:50:48.13
There's no unity
with the devils of hell,
00:50:48.14\00:50:50.34
you know that.
00:50:50.35\00:50:53.39
We have to remember
that God has given His people
00:50:53.40\00:50:56.41
authority on this earth,
authority to deal with sin,
00:50:56.42\00:51:01.28
inside the church.
00:51:01.29\00:51:03.02
Oh, heavy duty, huh!
00:51:03.03\00:51:04.50
Jesus said this in John 20:23,
00:51:04.51\00:51:08.33
He said,
"Whosesoever sins ye remit."
00:51:08.34\00:51:11.67
That's talking about
forgiveness and lay it aside.
00:51:11.68\00:51:14.20
Remember, the
church can't forgive sin,
00:51:14.21\00:51:15.88
don't anybody
get the wrong idea.
00:51:15.89\00:51:18.50
We're talking
about organized capacity
00:51:18.51\00:51:19.93
dealing with that,
we take them to God,
00:51:19.94\00:51:21.34
you know that.
00:51:21.35\00:51:24.08
It says that,
"They are remitted."
00:51:24.09\00:51:25.98
That means they're
separated unto them.
00:51:25.99\00:51:28.96
"Whosoever sins ye
retain, they are retained."
00:51:28.97\00:51:32.70
Now this is the
passage, I don't think,
00:51:32.71\00:51:34.08
we don't have
time today to go into,
00:51:34.09\00:51:35.76
but, boy, this caused
controversy among many,
00:51:35.77\00:51:38.26
many people and it should not.
00:51:38.27\00:51:40.41
Remember, individual little
church doesn't forgive sin,
00:51:40.42\00:51:42.82
only the blood of
Jesus Christ can do that,
00:51:42.83\00:51:45.00
dear friends.
00:51:45.01\00:51:47.61
Matthew 18:18 says,
"Verily I say unto you,
00:51:47.62\00:51:49.99
Whatsoever ye shall what?
00:51:50.00\00:51:51.09
Bind on earth
shall be bound, where?
00:51:51.10\00:51:53.31
In heaven, whatsoever
you shall loose on earth
00:51:53.32\00:51:55.44
shall be loosed in heaven."
00:51:55.45\00:51:58.81
Here we see the
binding and the loosening
00:51:58.82\00:52:02.02
that's committed to the church,
00:52:02.03\00:52:04.43
so the church does what?
00:52:04.44\00:52:05.84
Have a responsibility,
deal with these issues.
00:52:05.85\00:52:08.87
Matthew 18:17
says, keep this in mind,
00:52:08.88\00:52:11.65
The decision that
the people of the church
00:52:11.66\00:52:13.56
make can only be, what?
00:52:13.57\00:52:16.69
Ratified by
heaven. And that says what?
00:52:16.70\00:52:20.58
If they follow the
principles of heaven.
00:52:20.59\00:52:23.42
So don't go anywhere,
00:52:23.43\00:52:24.40
if we follow the
principles of heaven
00:52:24.41\00:52:25.97
written down in God's word
00:52:25.98\00:52:27.40
and we follow
those then God says,
00:52:27.41\00:52:29.41
this is okay and that's
the right way to deal with it.
00:52:29.42\00:52:33.08
If not, God is not
going to ratify it,
00:52:33.09\00:52:34.45
He's not going to
say, well, that's okay.
00:52:34.46\00:52:35.90
If the church says it, and
they're still living in sin.
00:52:35.91\00:52:37.59
No, He's not going to
do that, you know that.
00:52:37.60\00:52:40.14
So what if the
church deal with, you know,
00:52:40.15\00:52:42.49
it opens sin there, let's
say in the church and remember,
00:52:42.50\00:52:45.11
what are the steps
that we should do, you know,
00:52:45.12\00:52:48.17
according to
scripture? What shall we do?
00:52:48.18\00:52:49.55
Matthew 18, you
know, the step, right?
00:52:49.56\00:52:51.00
Matthew 18:15 says,
00:52:51.01\00:52:52.30
"Moreover if thy
brother shall transgress,
00:52:52.31\00:52:55.74
or you know,
trespass against thee,
00:52:55.75\00:52:58.00
go tell it to him
and his fault between he
00:52:58.01\00:53:00.60
and thee alone and
if he shall hear thee,
00:53:00.61\00:53:02.96
thou has gained a brother."
00:53:02.97\00:53:04.63
Wow! Don't go do what?
00:53:04.64\00:53:07.35
Tell it between he
and thee, what? Alone.
00:53:07.36\00:53:10.58
Oh, so many of you can't
wait to tell to everybody else
00:53:10.59\00:53:12.95
except the guilty party
where you think is guilty.
00:53:12.96\00:53:16.71
You're doing the
work of the devil,
00:53:16.72\00:53:17.77
there's no doubt about it.
00:53:17.78\00:53:19.77
Jesus makes it plain,
00:53:19.78\00:53:21.61
how a Christian is to
deal with a fellow believer,
00:53:21.62\00:53:25.84
who has maybe
wronged him personally,
00:53:25.85\00:53:28.35
who's heard him,
who's sinned against him,
00:53:28.36\00:53:31.25
happens in the church,
00:53:31.26\00:53:32.23
we're dealing with issues now.
00:53:32.24\00:53:33.58
There's close connection here
00:53:35.61\00:53:36.68
in Matthew 18
and 2:12 through 14,
00:53:36.69\00:53:40.03
now we don't
have time to get into,
00:53:40.04\00:53:41.29
got a couple of
minutes left here.
00:53:41.30\00:53:42.81
But it talks about the
sheep. You just have to read it.
00:53:42.82\00:53:44.89
The sheep who went
astray, you remember those?
00:53:44.90\00:53:47.54
And how we must
deal with them in order
00:53:47.55\00:53:49.77
to what for the
church to be a pure people,
00:53:49.78\00:53:52.94
to be what God wants him to be,
00:53:52.95\00:53:55.18
fit for the use of the master.
00:53:55.19\00:53:58.08
Friend, are we fitting
in there? Are we studying?
00:53:58.09\00:54:00.15
Are we saying that
we're doing the right thing
00:54:00.16\00:54:01.72
that God would have us to do?
00:54:01.73\00:54:04.36
So, when a brother
sins or a brother's in air,
00:54:04.37\00:54:06.68
he's doing
wrong, he's gone astray.
00:54:06.69\00:54:08.51
We have an obligation
then to try to win him, what?
00:54:08.52\00:54:11.77
As a brother back to Christ.
00:54:11.78\00:54:13.11
We have an
obligation and so often we,
00:54:13.12\00:54:16.86
somebody leads, we
never talk to them,
00:54:16.87\00:54:18.43
we never do anything
to try to win him back.
00:54:18.44\00:54:21.41
Is God's gonna
holds us accountable.
00:54:21.42\00:54:23.01
Friend, I believe that God is.
00:54:25.25\00:54:27.43
You see that the
Straight Testimony,
00:54:27.44\00:54:30.83
the point in testimony
must live in the church.
00:54:30.84\00:54:34.30
So that God can
live in our hearts
00:54:34.31\00:54:35.96
and in our minds,
and be the kind of people
00:54:35.97\00:54:37.40
we need to be, to
be the soul winners,
00:54:37.41\00:54:39.49
time's running out, we
need to get real with God,
00:54:39.50\00:54:42.56
gonna be talking more
about this in part four,
00:54:42.57\00:54:44.33
you won't want to miss that.
00:54:44.34\00:54:45.31
But, I want to
pray with you right now,
00:54:45.32\00:54:46.67
those of you have a heavy heart,
00:54:46.68\00:54:48.18
those of you, you
need special prayer,
00:54:48.19\00:54:51.17
something really
troubling you today
00:54:51.18\00:54:52.46
and you need special prayer.
00:54:52.47\00:54:53.77
I want to pray
for you right now.
00:54:53.78\00:54:55.81
Let's do it
together, shall we as I kneel.
00:54:55.82\00:54:57.42
Loving, heavenly, Father,
00:54:58.86\00:55:00.06
we thank You for
Your precious word today,
00:55:00.07\00:55:01.84
we realize
sometimes it's pointed like a,
00:55:01.85\00:55:03.52
it's like a
sword, two-edged sword.
00:55:03.53\00:55:05.26
But, Father, I pray
for those who are in need,
00:55:05.27\00:55:07.24
those who are lifting
their heart right now to You.
00:55:07.25\00:55:09.03
They're crying
out, oh God, save me.
00:55:09.04\00:55:10.97
There needs to
changes in my church,
00:55:10.98\00:55:12.56
there needs to be
changes in my life,
00:55:12.57\00:55:14.35
please invite the Holy
Spirit to come in right now,
00:55:14.36\00:55:16.88
I pray that will
do that right now.
00:55:16.89\00:55:18.53
And the spirit will
come in and we'll express
00:55:18.54\00:55:20.89
what needs to take place
00:55:20.90\00:55:22.05
so that You can abide with them.
00:55:22.06\00:55:24.51
Thank You for hearing
and for answering prayer
00:55:24.52\00:55:26.41
for every viewer in
the precious name of Jesus,
00:55:26.42\00:55:28.61
we thank You, amen.
00:55:28.62\00:55:31.14
Now don't forget
we, you know, we do,
00:55:31.15\00:55:33.99
we like your
comments, we like your thoughts,
00:55:34.00\00:55:36.75
your phone calls, your emails,
00:55:36.76\00:55:38.05
all that you, you
know, you have questions,
00:55:38.06\00:55:39.71
please feel free to do that.
00:55:39.72\00:55:41.44
It's very
important that you do so.
00:55:41.45\00:55:43.18
We know that we're
reaching God's people,
00:55:43.19\00:55:45.24
true and the honest are
gonna respond to the call.
00:55:45.25\00:55:48.48
And as, you know,
this program is gonna be
00:55:48.49\00:55:51.26
brought by the freewill
offerings of God's people
00:55:51.27\00:55:53.92
and that's how Behold
the Lamb is supported,
00:55:53.93\00:55:56.43
by the
offerings of God's people.
00:55:56.44\00:55:57.96
So continue to, you
know, pray about it,
00:55:57.97\00:56:00.45
do what you can do
to help this ministry,
00:56:00.46\00:56:01.66
we'll continue to
bring these programs to you.
00:56:01.67\00:56:03.75
And if we can be of
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00:56:03.76\00:56:05.35
or in a service for you,
be sure and give us a call,
00:56:05.36\00:56:07.58
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and, numbers on the screen.
00:56:07.59\00:56:09.81
Until then, we love you,
00:56:09.82\00:56:10.90
God loves you, and
I'll see you next time.
00:56:10.91\00:56:13.49
Hello, once again.
00:56:16.59\00:56:17.88
And what a blessing it was to be
00:56:17.89\00:56:20.06
in the presence of the Lord
00:56:20.07\00:56:21.50
and to learn
from His word today.
00:56:21.51\00:56:23.92
He's leading and guiding
us back unto His image, why?
00:56:23.93\00:56:28.68
Friends, it's
because He loves you
00:56:28.69\00:56:30.96
and He loves me so very much,
00:56:30.97\00:56:33.18
and He is doing all
that He could do to give us
00:56:33.19\00:56:37.15
the heavenly life
that He intended for us
00:56:37.16\00:56:39.79
to have before sin
entered the picture.
00:56:39.80\00:56:43.06
And isn't it time
that you listened,
00:56:43.07\00:56:45.71
isn't it time that
you heeded His calling?
00:56:45.72\00:56:49.41
And as always we
want to help you in anyway
00:56:49.42\00:56:51.87
we possibly can in
your walk with the Lord.
00:56:51.88\00:56:54.62
We want you to have
this series of four sermons
00:56:54.63\00:56:58.42
that we have entitled
00:56:58.43\00:56:59.71
"The Plain Straight
Testimony Must Live,"
00:56:59.72\00:57:02.61
and it's available to you
00:57:02.62\00:57:03.95
for just a small
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00:57:03.96\00:57:07.85
And for those of you
who are not aware of it,
00:57:07.86\00:57:10.45
Pastor Kenny and I,
00:57:10.46\00:57:11.75
we do travel to various churches
00:57:11.76\00:57:13.71
for weekend meetings
or evangelistic crusades.
00:57:13.72\00:57:16.97
So, if your congregation
would appreciate having us
00:57:16.98\00:57:20.37
attend your
special event in person.
00:57:20.38\00:57:23.05
The contact information
is the same and here it is.
00:57:23.06\00:57:26.40
You may call us at 618-942-5044,
00:57:26.41\00:57:31.72
that's Central Standard
Time in the United States
00:57:31.73\00:57:34.85
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00:57:34.86\00:57:37.80
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00:57:37.81\00:57:42.79
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00:57:42.80\00:57:45.85
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00:57:45.86\00:57:48.83
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00:57:48.84\00:57:52.39
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00:57:52.40\00:57:57.38
And as always,
until next time, friends,
00:57:57.39\00:57:59.81
may our precious Lord
00:57:59.82\00:58:01.50
continue to richly
bless you and yours.
00:58:01.51\00:58:05.15