Hello and we welcome you to the
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"Behold the Lamb Presents."
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I am Chris Shelton your host,
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and I'm so thankful and grateful
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that you had
chosen to join us today.
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Today's message is the
first of a three part series
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that we have entitled
"Slay Utterly Old and Young."
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The inspiration
for today's message
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is found in the book of
Ezekiel Chapters 8 and 9.
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Here we find Ezekiel
pointing out the great
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wicked abominations
amongst God's people.
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He refers to the
consequence of their choices.
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He lets us know that
judgment will be poured out
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without mixture of mercy
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and it will begin in
the house of God first.
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As I was
preparing for this open,
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I was overcome
with the realization
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that this is a message
that all of us friends,
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all of us, our loved ones,
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our friends, our
neighbors need to hear.
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Yet, it is also a
message that people
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just don't want to listen to.
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It is a message of warning,
a warning that this earth
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is soon to have
full destruction.
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A warning that none will escape,
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yet so few want to listen,
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so if you want to
learn and to yield
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to this warning with
a true change of heart.
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So many of us are
continuing and continuing
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to search for peace
and happiness in this world
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and yet, friends,
the Bible teaches us
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so clearly that this
world will soon pass away.
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And those who
choose this world over God,
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over His commands will
indeed pass away with it.
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So grab your
Bibles, let's send up
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a quick prayer to heaven
and let's begin today's study
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with Pastor Kenny
Shelton, but first as always,
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we're blessed to
listen to a song entitled
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"Eternal Life" as
played by Brother Ron Woolsey.
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[Music].
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Thank you for joining us today
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and we do
appreciate that special music
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and I know it was
a blessing to you.
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Thanks for
joining us because we have
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a real study here
that I believe that will,
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will just cause you to really
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begin to search
your heart and your life.
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To see where our relationship is
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going with God, where it is?
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Or may be some
changes that need to be made.
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We're studying a
very, very important subject
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and it's found in the book of
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Ezekiel Chapter 8 and Chapter 9.
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Now, our focus
gonna be on Chapter 9,
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but you know, in order
to, to get the full picture
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of the study of
Ezekiel 9, we're going to have
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spend some time
in Ezekiel Chapter 8.
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The reason for
that is, we have to see
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the condition of
things that were going on
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at that time in order
for God to make the decision
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that He made
concerning His people.
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So, we're gonna have to
do some real background,
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we're gonna do some real work
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and so we're gonna
pray for the Holy Spirit
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to come into our
hearts and in our lives
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and help us with this
most important subject.
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Would you pray with
me right now, would you?
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Okay, good, let's pray.
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Kind, loving Heavenly Father,
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we thank you for
the privilege of prayer.
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We invite now thy Holy
Spirit to come near our hearts.
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We pray that
you'll open our minds,
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help us to hear Your voice.
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May we be inspired by
the power of thy Holy Spirit
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to understand these
things that pertain to us today
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and, what you
require of your people.
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Thank you for
those who are listening,
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those who will be
watching and we thank you for
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every precious soul
and may our hearts now be
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stayed upon thee,
that we may understand
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the message of the
hour, in Jesus name
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we pray and for His sake, amen.
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Again, it's always good to be
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able to study
together God's word.
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But as we study,
remember we might need
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a pencil, paper and so
on, and I'll bring that to you
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every time because
I want you to jot down
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some things that we will
have to hurriedly go over.
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And that means we're
gonna scratch the surface
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and then you're
gonna spend some time
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in your daily
devotion, I hope, of going back
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and studying these things
to see whether they be so.
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Now, remember, the
message that is given
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misunderstood by many.
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There will be many
who'll just, just blatantly
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just, just discard it
and say, I really don't care.
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But I'm telling you
as I've studied this
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once again, my heart
has just been heavy at times
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and I've just asked God
to help me to understand
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how it applies to
His movement today,
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His people and to me.
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So, as we study Ezekiel 8 and 9,
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I want you to think
with me what kind of themes,
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what kind of
situation, what was going on
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during the time of Ezekiel.
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And Ezekiel 8 and 9,
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something big
had to be going on,
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something that displeased God.
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And it was going to
call God into action,
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judgments were going
to fall and our title is
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"Slay Utterly Young and Old."
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For God to have
that to put into motion
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"Slay Utterly" everybody that,
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you know, that's
not doing His, His will.
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There must have been something
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going on that displeased God.
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Something that existed,
call for such a judgment
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from, from God to
fall upon His people.
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And so in order to understand
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Ezekiel Chapter 9,
we must go over 8 also.
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Now, the judgment, you
know, a judgment that was
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beginning to fall upon
God's people, listen carefully,
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and a judgment that
would not be changed.
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You know, many
times scripture you read
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that God said such and
such was going to happen
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at a time and
the people did what?
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Good, heard
somebody say it, all right.
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They repented and then what?
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The judgment didn't fall.
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But here it was too late.
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God's people had
reached, a time and a place,
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a condition to
where God would not repent
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of what He said was
going to take place.
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So, this is
awesome, now notice it,
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it's going to refer
and we'll mention this way.
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This refers not just to Ezekiel,
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if you closed your mind already,
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you're already
in trouble because
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this pertains to God's last day
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people of how
they will be treated,
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how they will react,
their spiritual condition
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just before the coming of Jesus.
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We have a dual
application I want you to pay
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special attention
as I was studying this.
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Start off with
a, with a comment,
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I love a little book
called "Early Writings"
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and I know some of you have it,
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maybe most of you don't,
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but I'm gonna read this to you.
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You see how much
sense it makes to you.
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Page 279, listen
very carefully to this.
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It said "I saw angels
hurrying to and fro in heaven.
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An angel with a
writer's inkhorn by his side
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and he returned from the earth
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and reported to Jesus
that his work was done,
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that the saints were numbered,"
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and the saints were what?
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"They were sealed and
He, Jesus, raised His hands
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and with a loud voice
He said, 'It is finished."
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As we read a few
moments as some of the chapters,
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some of the verses you'll see
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that there is an
angel that's mentioned.
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You'll see also that one
of the angels had an inkhorn,
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you notice that,
by his, by his side
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and there was
some sealing going on
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and there was
some marking going on.
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And we find here
that the time of the end
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that angels were seen scurrying
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from earth and to heaven
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and then Jesus stands
up and says, "It is Done."
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With this in mind to
realize that the time
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is approaching us
now, that very soon
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Jesus is going to stand
up in the Most Holy Place.
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He is going to raise His
hand and He say "It's Done."
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What does He mean "It's Done?"
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Listen the plan of salvation
"Mercy" it's all over with.
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Every case has been
decided and we want to make that
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clear as we're
studying, certainly will
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want to repeat it a
few times for those who
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may be are not
living up to everything
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that you know
that you should be.
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Every case, how awesome that is,
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every case decided.
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Either for life or for death,
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Jesus says, it's
finished, what happens?
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Let's just go to a
scenario, let's go over.
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When Jesus stands up and says
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it's over or that it's finished.
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It's very clear that darkness,
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spiritual
darkness covers the earth.
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And there will be
people that will be pleading,
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you know, there was a, you know,
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there's a warning to somewhat
know a little bit of life
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but remember, they're
just wanting to escape
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some of the things
that's coming upon this earth.
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So, spiritual darkness
is coming on the earth.
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We realize there was no,
no mediator between what?
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"God and Man."
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Jesus had finished his work,
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no one will ever
come to Him again.
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This is the
awesomeness of the message
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that God's messengers
should be giving today,
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to wake people out
of this ho-hum attitude.
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I don't really, well
we don't really care.
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Well, we're really busy,
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well we're going to ball games.
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Well, we're going over
here, we're busy doing this,
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we're busy
doing that and saying,
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we don't have time for God.
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Friend, we need to
really, really think about it
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at this time and it's
going to happen and what then?
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He that is righteous
will be righteous still,
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he that is filthy,
will be filthy still.
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No mediator between God and man.
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Now, when Jesus moves
out between us and God,
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what's going to happen?
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Satan will have full
control over all the impendent,
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of all those who have
not asked forgiveness,
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all of those who
have not been covered
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by the "Blood of
the Lamb," the devil
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will have
complete control over them.
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And that's pretty
much what? The Earth.
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So a bunch of devils
and demons running around,
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supposedly in control.
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Now think what will
happen if Satan is in control
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those who have
rejected salvation.
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Who have rejected
the blood of Jesus,
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who've been too busy
with the cares of this life.
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Hatred, people who
hate the "Law of God."
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People who hate the truth,
people who hate correction,
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realize there's
people that today,
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listen even those
who're going to church,
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many people are
sitting in the pews,
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and you try to offer
them a "Food for Thought."
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It's almost like they
look like they almost hate you,
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they don't want to
hear anything else,
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you're an
oddball, you're a stranger,
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they don't, they
don't want to hear it.
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And my they come to
the point they don't,
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they don't want to hear truth.
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They think they got enough truth
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to enter the Kingdom of
God, but realize we have to
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understand what all
truth, love of the truth.
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Now they don't want to hear it,
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and too many are
rejecting salvation.
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See the plagues are
falling at this time.
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This is all background
that we're talking about
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as we come in to
get into 8 and to 9
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and if you miss
all that's going on.
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Friend, I'm telling
you, you're gonna miss out
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on a lesson that God wants
to teach you and to teach me.
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There is plagues
the Bible talks about
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and these plagues
are falling after what?
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Jesus completes His
work for us as our mediator.
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And as these
plagues are falling,
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some are cursing God and
others are denouncing God,
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they want the
plagues to be stopped.
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And then you
have, listen carefully?
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You have another group
of people who are, are, are
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begging, listen,
they're begging on
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how to make these plagues stop.
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Well, it seemed like if
they were people begging
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on how to, you
know, how they might
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escape these things that
are going on in the world.
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That it seem like
that maybe God in His,
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listen
carefully, God in His mercy
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might give them another chance.
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Remember, dear
friends, your probationary time
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you have this
opportunity and you prove.
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There comes a time when
you reject and you reject
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and there comes a time
when your probation ends,
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we'll talk more about that.
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Remember this is first of two
parts you don't want to miss.
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And as they, they say,
oh, I want to be able to
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escape these
plagues, will somebody
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teach me, will somebody
help me to understand this?
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Listen, it's too late.
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Oh! Well, people say, I
can't, I can't get that,
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no, it's gonna be,
it's gonna be too late, why?
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Because that sweet
voice of the Holy Spirit,
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the sweet voice, merciful voice
00:16:03.64\00:16:07.66
of the Spirit of God no longer
00:16:07.67\00:16:10.74
invites people to come in,
00:16:10.75\00:16:12.71
that's kind of hard
to understand isn't it,
00:16:12.72\00:16:15.70
when that Holy
Spirit is always working
00:16:15.71\00:16:17.19
and pleading
with you all the time.
00:16:17.20\00:16:18.67
But there comes a
time that that sweet voice
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is no longer
heard, it's too late.
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And these wicked, the
ones who refuse salvation,
00:16:25.84\00:16:29.59
they turn upon the
righteous and they say,
00:16:29.60\00:16:32.83
the saints, but you know what?
00:16:32.84\00:16:34.62
The saints have nothing to give.
00:16:34.63\00:16:36.22
There's nothing that
the saints can do for them,
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there's no more,
there's no more tears
00:16:39.57\00:16:41.60
that we can cry
for them anymore.
00:16:41.61\00:16:44.78
There's no more
prayers that we can
00:16:44.79\00:16:46.51
offer up to God in their behalf.
00:16:46.52\00:16:49.59
There's no more
warnings that can be given.
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Wow, do you mean
there comes a time. Yes.
00:16:54.82\00:16:58.46
When Jesus finally
stands up and says what?
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It is finished,
there's some things
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that still going to go on.
00:17:03.73\00:17:05.35
And you know this,
there's nothing more than
00:17:08.02\00:17:10.02
the saints can do anymore.
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You realize there was
a time when all of heaven
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was interested in these people.
00:17:17.31\00:17:19.72
God's people was
interested in their neighbors,
00:17:22.55\00:17:25.22
their friends, their family and,
00:17:25.23\00:17:26.63
their loved ones and they were
00:17:26.64\00:17:28.72
interested in their salvation.
00:17:28.73\00:17:30.21
And you call them
and you, you text them
00:17:30.22\00:17:33.27
and you beg them,
you pleaded with them,
00:17:33.28\00:17:36.24
you cried about
it, you, you had,
00:17:36.25\00:17:38.56
you don't know it's
almost nightmares over it.
00:17:38.57\00:17:41.25
They were on your
mind all the time because
00:17:41.26\00:17:43.84
you wanted them to
accept Jesus as their Savior,
00:17:43.85\00:17:48.07
but they had no interest.
00:17:48.08\00:17:51.15
These people will
never realize the heart break
00:17:51.16\00:17:55.20
that they cause the
saints or the people
00:17:55.21\00:17:58.03
like you or me when
you're reaching out to family,
00:17:58.04\00:18:00.86
your friends and your children,
00:18:00.87\00:18:02.05
loved ones and, you
know, the extended family,
00:18:02.06\00:18:04.54
when you reach out
say, will you accept Jesus
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as your Lord and Savior?
00:18:06.31\00:18:07.59
And they will say, well, I have
00:18:07.60\00:18:08.64
no interest right now.
00:18:08.65\00:18:10.15
I don't really, I don't really
00:18:10.16\00:18:11.28
care about it right now,
I've got other things to do.
00:18:11.29\00:18:14.47
But the time that
heaven was interested in,
00:18:16.57\00:18:18.51
you were interested in
and that time now has passed.
00:18:18.52\00:18:21.62
Now we realize
these folks now never made
00:18:23.23\00:18:28.82
an effort to obtain their
salvation and it's too late.
00:18:28.83\00:18:33.11
I mean, to me
that's just awesome ring
00:18:34.41\00:18:37.07
to it in my ears to
say, a day is coming
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when it's gonna be too late
00:18:39.96\00:18:41.50
for the majority of the world.
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Probation closed, an then
00:18:45.42\00:18:50.04
the sound comes
in, too late, too late.
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The plan of salvation
has been accomplished.
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Only, oh friend, only
a few compared to the,
00:19:04.66\00:19:11.12
the world population
from beginning to the end,
00:19:11.13\00:19:14.26
only a few has accepted
the great plan of salvation
00:19:14.27\00:19:18.25
the blood of Jesus Christ.
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Oh friend, I know somebody say,
00:19:19.62\00:19:21.67
oh no, I've read in the Bible,
00:19:21.68\00:19:22.93
oh I tell you were, oh
no, I heard somebody said,
00:19:22.94\00:19:25.13
oh everybody is gonna make it,
00:19:25.14\00:19:26.53
you know, everybody's
gonna make to heaven.
00:19:26.54\00:19:28.06
No, everybody is not.
00:19:28.07\00:19:30.22
We might as well
get real, oh that's,
00:19:30.23\00:19:32.16
you know, that's,
that's, that's tasty,
00:19:32.17\00:19:34.46
that sounds good to the ears.
00:19:34.47\00:19:36.52
But that is a lie,
a lie of the devil.
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So, if you put forth no effort,
00:19:40.82\00:19:42.37
only a few of the
vast majority the billions
00:19:43.65\00:19:46.90
that's lived on the face
of the earth, in comparison?
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Let me read you a
passage because somebody say,
00:19:49.51\00:19:51.16
well, he just talk and listen.
00:19:51.17\00:19:52.77
Matthew 7 verse 14,
here's what the Bible says.
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You know, this
because strait is what?
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"Strait is the gate, "good"
00:19:59.88\00:20:01.22
and narrow is the
way," of the what?
00:20:01.23\00:20:03.85
That leads into eternal
life and what's the Bible said?
00:20:03.86\00:20:06.59
"And few there
be, that find it."
00:20:07.62\00:20:10.37
Few there be that
find it, that means
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you got to be looking
for it, isn't that right?
00:20:14.94\00:20:17.24
It's not
something way out there,
00:20:17.25\00:20:18.57
you've got to be
looking for that strait gate.
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You got to be out
there doing something,
00:20:21.57\00:20:23.78
not that you work
your way into heaven
00:20:23.79\00:20:25.29
but you gotta
put forth an effort.
00:20:25.30\00:20:27.33
Too many want to stay
home and do everything
00:20:27.34\00:20:28.80
they want to do and
how they want to do it,
00:20:28.81\00:20:30.37
and except that God's gonna do
00:20:30.38\00:20:31.58
everything for
them, He will not.
00:20:31.59\00:20:33.36
What a time, what a message
00:20:34.91\00:20:36.24
to wake up the
people of God today.
00:20:36.25\00:20:38.66
You know, the book
I just want to read,
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if you've got it,
Early Writings page 282,
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I was gonna bring that book
and read a paragraph of that,
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I don't have it, so
I'm not gonna do it.
00:20:48.81\00:20:50.19
But it's page 282,
because it talks about
00:20:50.20\00:20:53.34
the wicked and some
of the things that are,
00:20:53.35\00:20:55.11
will be going on and
the stress and the strain,
00:20:55.12\00:20:58.50
even among God's
people, after probation closes.
00:21:00.08\00:21:03.51
But I want to emphasize
this, as Ezekiel 8 and 9,
00:21:05.25\00:21:08.42
as we begin to
study we have to realize
00:21:08.43\00:21:10.22
that's referring to a time
00:21:10.23\00:21:11.57
when God's people
have been sealed in.
00:21:11.58\00:21:13.38
He who's righteous be righteous,
00:21:13.39\00:21:14.51
filthy, will be filthy.
00:21:14.52\00:21:15.64
It's a, it's a
probationary time is up.
00:21:15.65\00:21:19.27
No one will ever come
up to Jesus again, nature,
00:21:20.83\00:21:25.20
nations, cities,
when you think about
00:21:25.21\00:21:29.60
all of these things
there, you know, it's, there's a
00:21:29.61\00:21:32.16
probationary time,
we as individually,
00:21:32.17\00:21:35.18
that has been
given to us specifically.
00:21:36.25\00:21:39.04
Now, think about it,
00:21:39.05\00:21:40.02
eve in the world we
live in, God is unchangeable.
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So, if He gave a
certain amount of time to--
00:21:42.51\00:21:45.28
as we say towns or cities
or nations in the time past,
00:21:45.29\00:21:49.83
and then that time
he lapsed and they made
00:21:49.84\00:21:51.76
no changes, they were destroyed.
00:21:51.77\00:21:54.18
All of you realize,
yo talk about Babylon,
00:21:54.19\00:21:56.50
Medo-Persia, Greece and Rome,
00:21:56.51\00:21:58.20
the Bible said
exactly how these nation,
00:21:58.21\00:22:00.17
how long they would last
and how they would go down
00:22:00.18\00:22:03.14
and who would
be next power, why?
00:22:03.15\00:22:05.68
Because their probation end.
00:22:05.69\00:22:06.89
And so God doesn't change.
00:22:08.45\00:22:11.16
So why would He deal
any differently today?
00:22:11.17\00:22:14.51
He's given us
certain amount of time for us
00:22:14.52\00:22:16.84
to get right and some of you
00:22:16.85\00:22:18.55
are messing
around with that time,
00:22:18.56\00:22:21.79
you're fooling around
with, like you're gonna last,
00:22:21.80\00:22:23.65
you know, last forever down here
00:22:23.66\00:22:25.09
or when you get it together,
00:22:25.10\00:22:26.87
then you're gonna
give your life to Christ.
00:22:26.88\00:22:29.17
You're laughing at Him,
you're heck letting Him.
00:22:29.18\00:22:32.23
We're talking about
the God of the Universe,
00:22:32.24\00:22:33.93
and you have the audacity
to stand in His, in His face?
00:22:33.94\00:22:38.26
You have the
audacity, just to realize,
00:22:38.27\00:22:39.83
look at God say, God, I
don't have time for you.
00:22:39.84\00:22:43.34
Oh, surely not. You
say, well, I don't do, yes.
00:22:43.35\00:22:47.09
When the invitation
is given by the sweet
00:22:47.10\00:22:49.11
Holy Spirit and you say
no. What are do you doing?
00:22:49.12\00:22:51.34
You're rejecting God,
you're rejecting life,
00:22:51.35\00:22:53.69
you're rejecting
truth, as though you,
00:22:53.70\00:22:56.57
you have
something within yourself
00:22:56.58\00:22:58.33
that's just gonna last forever.
00:22:58.34\00:23:03.14
Friend, I'm talking about
00:23:03.15\00:23:04.62
something that's
very, very important here.
00:23:04.63\00:23:07.60
Because you don't
know, you may have one year,
00:23:07.61\00:23:10.94
you may have five years,
you may had twenty years,
00:23:10.95\00:23:12.91
some people let's say
70, 80, 90, years older,
00:23:12.92\00:23:15.30
it doesn't mean you will,
your time maybe closing now,
00:23:15.31\00:23:18.46
maybe closed today.
00:23:18.47\00:23:22.04
The judgments will fall,
00:23:22.05\00:23:24.00
nothing can stop
those and this is part of,
00:23:24.01\00:23:26.64
what we're talking
about in our study here.
00:23:26.65\00:23:29.35
In Manuscript 45, 145,
00:23:29.36\00:23:32.00
I want to read this right here,
00:23:32.01\00:23:33.60
says, "God gives
nations" talking about cities
00:23:33.61\00:23:36.90
" a, a certain
time of probation.
00:23:36.91\00:23:39.80
He sends light and evidence,
00:23:39.81\00:23:42.26
that if received will save them.
00:23:42.27\00:23:45.98
But if refused," notice
00:23:45.99\00:23:48.16
"punishment will fall upon them.
00:23:48.17\00:23:51.23
The fact that His judgments
have been long delayed"
00:23:51.24\00:23:54.64
listen carefully,
"doesn't make that punishment
00:23:54.65\00:23:57.59
any less severe
when it does come."
00:23:57.60\00:24:00.98
Did you get it?
Here's part of the problem,
00:24:00.99\00:24:03.72
as people read the Old Testament
00:24:03.73\00:24:05.32
many times God did what?
00:24:05.33\00:24:07.23
Immediately the judgment
came when something went wrong.
00:24:07.24\00:24:10.96
When God didn't
approve the judgment came
00:24:10.97\00:24:13.05
and people saw it
and they, they feared.
00:24:13.06\00:24:16.19
The God in His mercy,
00:24:16.20\00:24:17.44
He's allowing
things to be played out
00:24:17.45\00:24:20.16
and in sometime, you know,
00:24:20.17\00:24:21.32
just He delays
the punishment. Why?
00:24:21.33\00:24:24.31
In mercy, He try to reach
you and some people say huh,
00:24:24.32\00:24:27.56
well, God's not,
he doesn't really mean
00:24:27.57\00:24:29.19
what He says,
00:24:29.20\00:24:30.17
because look nothing
is happening, we're not.
00:24:30.18\00:24:32.74
Friend, if you can't see
00:24:32.75\00:24:33.72
what is happening
today in the world,
00:24:33.73\00:24:35.65
things that are going on.
00:24:35.66\00:24:38.85
The judgments are falling,
00:24:38.86\00:24:40.45
don't say when
they begin to fall,
00:24:40.46\00:24:42.03
they are falling
and they will increase,
00:24:42.04\00:24:45.10
the closer we get
to the coming of Jesus.
00:24:45.11\00:24:47.74
But because He's delayed them,
00:24:47.75\00:24:49.21
because He's had mercy on
you and some people do what?
00:24:49.22\00:24:52.57
You laugh in His face.
00:24:52.58\00:24:55.22
Because He's
given you more time,
00:24:55.23\00:24:57.05
He begging and
pleading to come back
00:24:57.06\00:24:59.21
and then we as the people what?
00:24:59.22\00:25:00.54
We go to and we invite
them to come to church,
00:25:00.55\00:25:02.95
you sent them flyers
you, again we talk about email
00:25:02.96\00:25:05.55
and we text them
and we're on our knees
00:25:05.56\00:25:07.62
and we're praying for
them and we're begging
00:25:07.63\00:25:09.52
and they are just
like, I don't have time.
00:25:09.53\00:25:11.80
My, my wife
doesn't want me to come,
00:25:11.81\00:25:14.52
my husband won't
let me come to church,
00:25:14.53\00:25:16.75
when will you
break those chains?
00:25:16.76\00:25:18.67
When will you put God first?
When will you challenge it?
00:25:18.68\00:25:21.95
When will you say, look
God, here's my situation?
00:25:21.96\00:25:24.43
Husband and wife
says no, may be there's a,
00:25:24.44\00:25:26.08
we'll talk about
a divorce if I do.
00:25:26.09\00:25:28.10
How about trusting
God with the issue?
00:25:28.11\00:25:31.00
He said, you put
these of all first.
00:25:31.01\00:25:33.81
Put Him first and all these
other things will be added.
00:25:33.82\00:25:36.20
Why not trust God to say,
no, the marriage can stay?
00:25:36.21\00:25:39.43
Relationships can stay
but I'm gonna put God first.
00:25:39.44\00:25:42.38
Let me, one of these days
those chains will be broken.
00:25:42.39\00:25:45.86
One of these days
conviction will come upon
00:25:45.87\00:25:47.77
those who say, well I
can't because of my job.
00:25:47.78\00:25:50.65
I can't because, you
know, I want to get along
00:25:50.66\00:25:52.95
with everybody
else in the world.
00:25:52.96\00:25:54.43
I want to get along with
people in the work place.
00:25:54.44\00:25:56.99
Friend, when will
you break those chains,
00:25:57.00\00:25:59.12
when you're more worried about
00:25:59.13\00:26:00.19
what your friends
think than what God thinks.
00:26:00.20\00:26:02.84
When you're more worried
about pleasing others than
00:26:02.85\00:26:04.60
you're pleasing
God, one of these days
00:26:04.61\00:26:06.67
the conviction of the
spirit if you don't turn it off,
00:26:06.68\00:26:08.94
you're gonna say,
I'm breaking those chains
00:26:08.95\00:26:10.73
and I'm gonna
serve God, isn't it time?
00:26:10.74\00:26:13.63
In the pass time that we
do that rather than consulting
00:26:13.64\00:26:16.84
our friends whether we
are to deserve God or not.
00:26:16.85\00:26:20.83
Friend, talk to God about it.
00:26:20.84\00:26:23.27
This is the most important thing
00:26:23.28\00:26:25.03
and decision you'll
ever make in this life
00:26:25.04\00:26:27.91
and I don't know I think
sometime even as the pastors,
00:26:27.92\00:26:30.61
I'm praying to
God, to help me out,
00:26:30.62\00:26:32.05
tell Him I'm
getting frustrated at times.
00:26:32.06\00:26:35.14
And I want to think
it's a righteous frustration,
00:26:35.15\00:26:37.74
the hurt inside
because your family and friends
00:26:37.75\00:26:40.82
that we've been talking
about here they just don't seen
00:26:40.83\00:26:43.24
the necessity of
getting spiritual minded.
00:26:43.25\00:26:49.09
You talk to them it's
like, my dad always says,
00:26:49.10\00:26:51.27
sometimes sons
like, when I talk to you
00:26:51.28\00:26:52.78
is like talking to a
rock, like talking to a tree.
00:26:52.79\00:26:57.82
And that seems that way
00:26:57.83\00:26:58.80
sometime when you talk to people
00:26:58.81\00:27:00.12
that you truly love and,
you know, probation is closed.
00:27:00.13\00:27:02.60
You, listen you know the world,
00:27:02.61\00:27:05.04
it maybe going kind
of smooth right now,
00:27:05.05\00:27:07.46
you're kind of getting along,
00:27:07.47\00:27:08.44
they turn their back on God
but that's God in His mercy.
00:27:08.45\00:27:11.80
He didn't turn on you right
then and right there and say,
00:27:11.81\00:27:14.08
listen this is what.
00:27:14.09\00:27:15.06
No, He gives you time
to get things together,
00:27:15.07\00:27:18.40
time to think it through,
00:27:18.41\00:27:19.74
time to make the right choice.
00:27:19.75\00:27:21.69
You know that as a Christian
00:27:21.70\00:27:23.16
but the other
person should have known
00:27:23.17\00:27:24.66
but they might
have forgotten it.
00:27:24.67\00:27:26.31
And you try to
remind them all the way
00:27:26.32\00:27:28.22
things are going right
now, they're gonna change
00:27:28.23\00:27:29.86
because God's
gonna get your attention.
00:27:29.87\00:27:32.40
God wants to get your attention
00:27:32.41\00:27:34.44
and your heart
aches because you know
00:27:34.45\00:27:36.32
what they're
gonna be going through.
00:27:36.33\00:27:38.34
There's gonna be separation,
there's gonna be division,
00:27:38.35\00:27:40.31
there's gonna be
loss of loved one,
00:27:40.32\00:27:41.89
there's gonna be accidents,
00:27:41.90\00:27:42.87
there will be all kind
of things that would say,
00:27:42.88\00:27:44.56
that never should
have maybe taken place
00:27:44.57\00:27:46.40
but we turned our back
on God, we rejected God,
00:27:46.41\00:27:49.21
we were too busy
building a garage,
00:27:49.22\00:27:51.06
we were too busy
building buildings,
00:27:51.07\00:27:52.92
we were too busy out here
peddling this and doing this,
00:27:52.93\00:27:55.62
and doing all these
other things in life.
00:27:55.63\00:27:57.57
We're too busy
with the ball games,
00:27:57.58\00:27:58.96
and the soccer,
and the basketball,
00:27:58.97\00:28:00.38
and the football but
we had no time for God.
00:28:00.39\00:28:02.68
Oh, friend, can't you see?
00:28:02.69\00:28:05.21
The necessity we're
talking about probation.
00:28:05.22\00:28:09.18
Ezekiel 8, 9,
just stirs my heart.
00:28:09.19\00:28:13.73
My wife
mentioned that beginnings,
00:28:13.74\00:28:15.31
she stirred it up.
00:28:15.32\00:28:17.21
As you read these
things, Ezekiel Chapter 9,
00:28:17.22\00:28:23.78
dear friends, is a
continuation of Chapter 8,
00:28:23.79\00:28:28.40
and the things
that we're going on,
00:28:28.41\00:28:29.87
I hope we have some
time to really get into this
00:28:29.88\00:28:32.56
and set the first part up.
00:28:32.57\00:28:35.46
But sometime I'm,
I'm stirred up inside,
00:28:35.47\00:28:38.83
do you ever get that way?
00:28:38.84\00:28:41.34
When you're
reading the word of God
00:28:41.35\00:28:42.75
sometime you just get--
you get so stirred up inside
00:28:42.76\00:28:47.28
and you see your own life
00:28:47.29\00:28:48.74
and you see the
life of all those around
00:28:48.75\00:28:50.79
you and maybe in the
church where you're going,
00:28:50.80\00:28:52.41
I don't know but you
get stirred up inside
00:28:52.42\00:28:54.66
almost to the
point of frustration,
00:28:54.67\00:28:56.27
you had to say, oh God,
help me not to be frustrated.
00:28:56.28\00:29:01.40
Because who will listen?
00:29:01.41\00:29:03.88
Who will change?
Who's interested?
00:29:03.89\00:29:08.97
So many talkers
in the world today,
00:29:08.98\00:29:11.13
so many make
commitment, that like it's not,
00:29:11.14\00:29:13.33
you know, you make a commitment
00:29:13.34\00:29:14.61
to somebody you're a liar
00:29:14.62\00:29:16.19
if you don't
follow through with that.
00:29:16.20\00:29:18.30
Oh, yeah, we go to church,
yeah, yeah, wait a minute,
00:29:18.31\00:29:20.51
we'll be there,
yeah we'll come to study
00:29:20.52\00:29:21.90
and they never show
up, never apologize,
00:29:21.91\00:29:24.06
never make excuse for it.
00:29:24.07\00:29:26.13
You're just used to lie
00:29:26.14\00:29:27.11
and get people off your back--
listen we gotta straiten up.
00:29:27.12\00:29:32.14
You would miss
all that social stuff
00:29:32.15\00:29:33.98
out there in the world but boy,
00:29:33.99\00:29:35.32
just we get to
spend time with God.
00:29:35.33\00:29:37.88
Something for eternal life.
00:29:37.89\00:29:43.45
Oh, friend, as we study
Ezekiel Chapter 8 and 9.
00:29:43.46\00:29:47.63
Let me say this
and people will say,
00:29:47.64\00:29:48.63
well, I've been studying
that, I've read that before,
00:29:48.64\00:29:51.34
I know you have.
00:29:51.35\00:29:53.23
But the Holy Spirit brings
in other things other than
00:29:53.24\00:29:56.13
just going down the
line and reading and studying
00:29:56.14\00:29:59.08
exactly what it
says, there's references,
00:29:59.09\00:30:00.91
there's things we
need to look at closely
00:30:00.92\00:30:02.75
and time will not
permit all of those things.
00:30:02.76\00:30:05.16
And sometime I'm
overwhelmed with them
00:30:05.17\00:30:07.53
and I may be doing
some work over here,
00:30:07.54\00:30:09.59
but my body and my
mind is overwhelmed
00:30:09.60\00:30:11.57
because I'm
saying, why am I over here
00:30:11.58\00:30:12.99
doing this when
I should be doing,
00:30:13.00\00:30:14.73
giving the world of
God. It's frustrating.
00:30:14.74\00:30:22.04
Maybe that's part
of, you wait it out.
00:30:22.05\00:30:28.57
Maybe that's part
of Ezekiel Chapter 9
00:30:28.58\00:30:34.00
when it says that
we have to be sighing
00:30:34.01\00:30:36.62
and crying for what?
00:30:36.63\00:30:38.48
The abominations that
be done in the church,
00:30:38.49\00:30:43.57
in our family, may
be in our own homes.
00:30:43.58\00:30:48.67
Sighing and
crying, oh God, have mercy.
00:30:48.68\00:30:53.71
But I realize the
first, if I may say,
00:30:53.72\00:30:55.92
the primary
reference, Ezekiel 8 and 9
00:30:55.93\00:31:00.96
refers to the
destruction of Jerusalem.
00:31:00.97\00:31:04.49
I understand that, dear friends,
00:31:04.50\00:31:06.07
but by Nebuchadnezzar,
00:31:06.08\00:31:07.34
but if that was all
that there was to it,
00:31:07.35\00:31:09.85
it would be a good lesson
00:31:09.86\00:31:11.01
but what about for
you and for me today?
00:31:11.02\00:31:15.26
This is where it becomes
so important in this study.
00:31:15.27\00:31:19.00
It's where my mind can be
impressed to go back to this
00:31:19.01\00:31:21.76
and go back to it
and finally get it done,
00:31:21.77\00:31:24.36
do a program,
couple of programs.
00:31:24.37\00:31:29.36
Why? Because it's going
to have another fulfillment,
00:31:29.37\00:31:33.09
just before the
world comes to an end.
00:31:33.10\00:31:35.42
It's going to deal with you
00:31:35.43\00:31:38.04
and it's going to
be dealing with me
00:31:38.05\00:31:39.92
and what took place then
is going to be taking place
00:31:39.93\00:31:42.34
before the coming of Jesus.
00:31:42.35\00:31:45.03
And friend, what
test and what trials
00:31:45.04\00:31:47.63
and a connection that we
need with Jesus right now.
00:31:47.64\00:31:53.44
In fact Ezekiel
Chapter 8 verse 2 it just,
00:31:53.45\00:31:56.73
it tells that, that
God and you've your Bible,
00:31:56.74\00:31:59.75
you can turn there,
just read a little bit,
00:31:59.76\00:32:01.54
but for time sake
we're go boo, boo,
00:32:01.55\00:32:03.37
boom right on
down because again,
00:32:03.38\00:32:05.14
this is the background
to get right in to this
00:32:05.15\00:32:08.16
writer, this one in a
white robe and it's got
00:32:08.17\00:32:11.43
inkhorn and he's
sealing the people of God
00:32:11.44\00:32:14.77
and is he sealing
the people of God,
00:32:14.78\00:32:16.28
he is only going to
seal those who are sighing
00:32:16.29\00:32:18.47
and crying for the
abominations that be done.
00:32:18.48\00:32:20.70
Those who care
about other people.
00:32:20.71\00:32:22.39
The vision of Chapter 8,
00:32:26.78\00:32:31.93
tells that God is
visiting Jerusalem
00:32:31.94\00:32:35.25
or the visions
of God to Jerusalem.
00:32:35.26\00:32:39.50
God is visiting Jerusalem
because things were taking
00:32:39.51\00:32:42.38
place among His
people that He didn't like,
00:32:42.39\00:32:45.61
that He disproved all and then
00:32:45.62\00:32:48.23
He won't gonna remain silent
any longer and I tell you,
00:32:48.24\00:32:50.49
God is on the edge of His seat
00:32:50.50\00:32:52.00
right now as far
as I'm concerned.
00:32:52.01\00:32:54.20
And things that
are going on that,
00:32:54.21\00:32:55.66
He's not going to
continue to deal with.
00:32:55.67\00:32:58.03
And many people
say, well, you know,
00:32:58.04\00:32:59.24
God is God of love
00:32:59.25\00:33:00.38
and he's not gonna,
yes He is, dear friend,
00:33:00.39\00:33:02.82
but He is a God of
justice too, isn't He.
00:33:02.83\00:33:04.81
He's a God of His
word, He's a God when He says
00:33:04.82\00:33:07.78
something He means it.
00:33:07.79\00:33:09.69
And friend, we
have to look today
00:33:09.70\00:33:12.08
that God was
looking at Jerusalem,
00:33:12.09\00:33:14.52
His people and He, listen,
00:33:14.53\00:33:16.45
He was provoked to
jealousy not like you
00:33:16.46\00:33:20.07
and I think about jealousy.
00:33:20.08\00:33:22.21
There was other Gods
that were being worshiped.
00:33:22.22\00:33:27.89
There was a
setting up of false Gods
00:33:27.90\00:33:30.31
everywhere among His people.
00:33:30.32\00:33:32.38
How could it be
when they were acquainted
00:33:32.39\00:33:34.19
with the real God of heaven,
they were taking their false
00:33:34.20\00:33:39.78
Gods into places
that had been dedicated
00:33:39.79\00:33:43.45
to the worship of the true God.
00:33:43.46\00:33:46.45
And let me tell you,
God's not going to remain
00:33:46.46\00:33:48.63
silent for very long.
00:33:48.64\00:33:51.30
Boy, I see it today don't you?
00:33:51.31\00:33:55.50
See our minds are no bigger than
00:33:55.51\00:33:57.20
we're thinking
of statues and idols
00:33:57.21\00:33:59.33
and pictures and things-- oh,
00:33:59.34\00:34:00.63
oh so much deeper
00:34:00.64\00:34:01.61
we've studied that in the
previous lessons about idols
00:34:01.62\00:34:04.07
and things that go on.
00:34:04.08\00:34:06.79
God came to Ezekiel,
he came to him in vision
00:34:06.80\00:34:11.43
and here's what
God said, listen,
00:34:11.44\00:34:12.48
now you read all
eight, he said, listen here.
00:34:12.49\00:34:15.61
I want you to know Ezekiel,
00:34:15.62\00:34:17.07
that I'm aware of
what my people are doing
00:34:17.08\00:34:21.60
and they think
they're doing it in secret,
00:34:21.61\00:34:24.16
but I'm aware of
everything that they're doing.
00:34:24.17\00:34:28.31
And God was saying,
He's not going to remain,
00:34:28.32\00:34:31.07
you know, just
neutral on the issue why?
00:34:31.08\00:34:34.53
Because His people
may not use the word dilly
00:34:34.54\00:34:37.37
dallying around
with idol worship.
00:34:37.38\00:34:39.30
Worshiping of idols
and other Gods and He says,
00:34:42.69\00:34:45.82
He was going to, listen.
00:34:45.83\00:34:47.24
God himself was going to
00:34:47.25\00:34:49.12
search out these abominations.
00:34:49.13\00:34:54.30
You know, as we as
people are to search out sin
00:34:54.31\00:34:57.01
in the church in our
last series if you remember.
00:34:57.02\00:34:59.05
God said, I'm going to
search out, and Ezekiel,
00:34:59.06\00:35:01.66
I want you to be aware of
what I'm talking about here,
00:35:01.67\00:35:03.93
I'm getting ready to visit
00:35:03.94\00:35:04.98
and when I visit it's too late,
00:35:04.99\00:35:06.53
no one out, no
one will be saved,
00:35:06.54\00:35:08.99
if there's not changes
that's going to be made.
00:35:09.00\00:35:13.01
And so Ezekiel then, Ezekiel 8,
00:35:13.02\00:35:15.08
he's taken in vision
into, inside of the court.
00:35:15.09\00:35:20.02
He has taken inside
the court which would be,
00:35:20.03\00:35:22.74
oh wholly
dedicated to the true God
00:35:22.75\00:35:26.48
and he's taken
to the place listen,
00:35:26.49\00:35:27.87
where the priests are at,
00:35:27.88\00:35:30.80
the religious leaders,
I hope somebody hears me.
00:35:30.81\00:35:34.53
But as He goes in to
where the priests are supposedly
00:35:34.54\00:35:37.51
doing work for the true God,
00:35:37.52\00:35:40.04
he finds all kind of
abominations among them. Wow!
00:35:40.05\00:35:47.12
And then he doesn't
stop here and God says,
00:35:47.13\00:35:48.88
now come on, I want
to, I want to show you
00:35:48.89\00:35:50.79
some other things
that are going on.
00:35:50.80\00:35:53.88
And he said, come on
00:35:53.89\00:35:54.86
I want you to go
to the gate with me,
00:35:54.87\00:35:56.64
to the door, I
want you to go there.
00:35:56.65\00:36:00.59
And as Ezekiel
gets there in vision,
00:36:00.60\00:36:02.84
he goes into the
inside to the gate and door,
00:36:02.85\00:36:04.79
he opens it up and he
sees oh, listen, listen,
00:36:04.80\00:36:07.62
he sees all kinds
of different rooms
00:36:07.63\00:36:10.60
and he see a
chambers, but he can't see
00:36:10.61\00:36:15.70
what's going on in
every one of those rooms
00:36:15.71\00:36:17.72
and chambers where
nothing should be going on
00:36:17.73\00:36:19.77
but the things holy unto God.
00:36:19.78\00:36:23.39
There were some
secrecy going on,
00:36:23.40\00:36:25.50
there were some activities
00:36:25.51\00:36:26.48
going on in there, in that room.
00:36:26.49\00:36:29.47
All of those
rooms and you know what?
00:36:29.48\00:36:32.79
But Ezekiel, I can't, I can't,
00:36:32.80\00:36:34.63
I can't see every
things that's going on
00:36:34.64\00:36:38.13
and God told Ezekiel,
He said, Ezekiel, dig,
00:36:38.14\00:36:42.13
I want you to dig
so that you can see.
00:36:42.14\00:36:45.91
I want you to dig and separate,
00:36:45.92\00:36:47.70
get away the rubbish,
you get everything aside it,
00:36:47.71\00:36:49.65
I want you to dig
deep and I what you to see
00:36:49.66\00:36:51.42
what is going on, it
needs to be exposed. Wow!
00:36:51.43\00:36:58.36
That's pretty heavy
duty when you think about it.
00:36:58.37\00:37:02.19
God's people can you think about
00:37:02.20\00:37:04.54
had come to
such a spiritual low.
00:37:04.55\00:37:09.20
Now, listen to me, not
only does it apply then,
00:37:09.21\00:37:14.87
it's going to apply just
before the coming of Jesus.
00:37:14.88\00:37:18.33
See this is the
interest that I have,
00:37:18.34\00:37:20.46
I don't want to see
us come to that point.
00:37:20.47\00:37:23.69
I don't want to
come to that point,
00:37:23.70\00:37:24.78
I don't want you to come
that point but it's a warning
00:37:24.79\00:37:28.15
oh come on,
somebody stay with me?
00:37:28.16\00:37:31.54
Ezekiel 8:12
quickly it says, you know,
00:37:31.55\00:37:35.35
again we're talking about what?
00:37:35.36\00:37:36.46
The house of Israel
here, we're not talking about
00:37:36.47\00:37:38.04
some pagans and
this group over here,
00:37:38.05\00:37:40.02
we're talking about
the house of Israel.
00:37:40.03\00:37:42.80
You know what,
the house the Israel,
00:37:42.81\00:37:43.94
you know what the priest said,
00:37:43.95\00:37:45.17
you know what the
religious leader said?
00:37:45.18\00:37:47.42
May I say, well let's
get it down here, you know,
00:37:47.43\00:37:49.65
what the deacon said?
00:37:49.66\00:37:50.63
You know what the pastor said?
00:37:50.64\00:37:51.74
You know what the
religious leader said,
00:37:51.75\00:37:53.81
the evangelist said?
00:37:53.82\00:37:55.11
Here's what they
said, they came so,
00:37:55.12\00:37:56.99
they were so low
spiritually that they had
00:37:57.00\00:37:59.64
the nerve to say,
the Lord seeth us not.
00:37:59.65\00:38:05.46
Could-- are you that
spiritually low today
00:38:05.47\00:38:11.53
that you think
God doesn't see you
00:38:11.54\00:38:13.87
in the secret chamber?
00:38:13.88\00:38:17.47
That's what these
men who're supposed to be
00:38:17.48\00:38:19.56
close to God said,
well God, sees us not.
00:38:19.57\00:38:24.00
He says that the Lord
had forsaken the Earth.
00:38:24.01\00:38:29.26
What has happened
to the people of God.
00:38:29.27\00:38:32.82
They were trying to bring what?
00:38:32.83\00:38:34.65
Bring God down to a
level of their Gods of stone
00:38:34.66\00:38:40.46
and their Gods of wood.
00:38:40.47\00:38:43.92
You can't bring God
down, you might think you can,
00:38:43.93\00:38:46.56
you can't defeat
God. You might reject Him.
00:38:46.57\00:38:52.42
You might place
Him out of your mind
00:38:52.43\00:38:54.09
and out of your heart,
00:38:54.10\00:38:55.09
but you will never defeat Him.
00:38:55.10\00:38:56.99
You can never bring
Him down to the level.
00:38:57.00\00:39:01.10
Jeremiah even spoke about this.
00:39:01.11\00:39:03.93
In Jeremiah Chapter 23
verse 11, I mean, awesome,
00:39:03.94\00:39:07.97
Jeremiah said this, he said,
00:39:07.98\00:39:09.67
both the prophets and
the priest are profaned.
00:39:09.68\00:39:15.75
Ye, he said, in my house
00:39:15.76\00:39:18.21
I have found their wickedness.
00:39:18.22\00:39:22.81
Jeremiah really
throws some things out here,
00:39:22.82\00:39:24.97
he said, I know
what who's profaned,
00:39:24.98\00:39:26.83
I know who's turned
their back upon God.
00:39:26.84\00:39:29.48
And he said, listen to this,
00:39:29.49\00:39:30.64
in my house I found
out and let me tell you
00:39:30.65\00:39:33.68
Jeremiah was a man
of God when he found out
00:39:33.69\00:39:36.02
something wasn't going right,
00:39:36.03\00:39:37.28
what do you think he
did? He squared it away.
00:39:37.29\00:39:41.13
That's what God expects of us.
00:39:41.14\00:39:45.08
You see, prophet
Ezekiel was to tell the people,
00:39:45.09\00:39:49.58
he was to warn the people
00:39:49.59\00:39:51.16
that because of
their iniquities,
00:39:51.17\00:39:53.44
oh, I want you to see
what I'm talking about here
00:39:53.45\00:39:55.81
because it builds and it builds
00:39:55.82\00:39:57.59
and it builds and
it applies to us today.
00:39:57.60\00:40:00.47
The warning still
comes to us today,
00:40:00.48\00:40:03.79
Ezekiel was to warn
00:40:03.80\00:40:04.79
the people that
their iniquities,
00:40:04.80\00:40:07.65
because of their
iniquities both the city
00:40:07.66\00:40:10.60
and the temple would
be completely destroyed.
00:40:10.61\00:40:13.99
And what do you
think the people?
00:40:14.00\00:40:17.03
Why do you think
they wanted to hear that?
00:40:17.04\00:40:18.40
No, they rejected the prophet.
00:40:18.41\00:40:21.21
They rejected
the message from God
00:40:21.22\00:40:23.32
with all the hooligans
00:40:23.33\00:40:25.27
and all the mess
that was going on.
00:40:25.28\00:40:30.06
They rejected God,
they rejected the prophet.
00:40:30.07\00:40:37.51
You know what, they
had the nerve to say,
00:40:37.52\00:40:40.67
they said, you
know, well, you know,
00:40:40.68\00:40:42.32
God's going to
protect the temple
00:40:42.33\00:40:44.85
and God's going to
protect the, the city, why?
00:40:44.86\00:40:49.07
Well, because we're the chosen,
00:40:49.08\00:40:52.18
hope some of you get that.
00:40:52.19\00:40:54.46
We're the, we're the chosen
00:40:54.47\00:40:56.97
and since we're the chosen God's
00:40:56.98\00:40:58.55
going to
overlook all of this mess
00:40:58.56\00:41:00.89
no He will not.
00:41:00.90\00:41:02.86
You might call yourself,
if you are the chosen of God,
00:41:02.87\00:41:06.09
then you would choose to
serve God in the right way.
00:41:06.10\00:41:11.36
God can't overlook,
God's fair and He's just.
00:41:11.37\00:41:15.66
Wow, see the day
00:41:15.67\00:41:18.73
was fast approaching
for this destruction.
00:41:18.74\00:41:22.56
It was not going to
be delayed much longer.
00:41:22.57\00:41:25.23
God was not going
to delay His judgment.
00:41:25.24\00:41:28.87
In fact, Jeremiah
25:29 tells us "He said,
00:41:28.88\00:41:33.26
ye shall not go unpunished."
00:41:33.27\00:41:38.76
This is what we
need to, you know,
00:41:38.77\00:41:40.92
get people who just,
00:41:40.93\00:41:42.90
I don't want to be
involved with church.
00:41:42.91\00:41:45.68
You know, I'm not
talking about church,
00:41:45.69\00:41:46.94
I'm talking about
commitment with Jesus Christ,
00:41:46.95\00:41:48.21
I'm gonna talking
about some building.
00:41:48.22\00:41:51.49
Well, I, listen my
friend, if you do not accept
00:41:51.50\00:41:54.58
Jesus as your Lord and Savior.
00:41:54.59\00:41:57.27
If you're not covered
by the blood of the lamb,
00:41:57.28\00:41:59.96
may I say to you today
you will not go unpunished.
00:41:59.97\00:42:05.23
Oh, are you gonna be just,
00:42:05.24\00:42:07.00
just like the
people in Ezekiel's time?
00:42:07.01\00:42:09.25
Oh, no it's right, God
is not going to punish us,
00:42:09.26\00:42:12.01
no city's gonna be all right,
00:42:12.02\00:42:13.27
we're gonna be all
right because we're,
00:42:13.28\00:42:14.99
we're pretty good people.
00:42:15.00\00:42:17.15
Listen, dear friend,
00:42:17.16\00:42:19.31
the house of Israel laughed at
00:42:19.32\00:42:22.88
the warnings that
God send because what?
00:42:22.89\00:42:24.97
That didn't fit into
their little daily lifestyle.
00:42:24.98\00:42:28.22
They didn't
really want to change,
00:42:28.23\00:42:29.61
they liked what they were
doing in the secret chambers,
00:42:29.62\00:42:33.12
thinking that it was a secret,
00:42:33.13\00:42:34.24
that God doesn't see us anymore.
00:42:34.25\00:42:35.98
In fact they said basically,
00:42:35.99\00:42:37.11
may I
paraphrase, he's left town.
00:42:37.12\00:42:41.46
God hasn't left town,
00:42:41.47\00:42:43.36
God sees you in
the secret chamber,
00:42:43.37\00:42:45.15
God sees you,
you know in the mind,
00:42:45.16\00:42:46.82
you don't have to
be going anywhere,
00:42:46.83\00:42:48.07
He knows the mind
00:42:48.08\00:42:49.24
and He's recording
every little thought
00:42:49.25\00:42:50.72
and every little
action, dear friends.
00:42:50.73\00:42:52.67
Why? Because He's fair.
00:42:52.68\00:42:54.97
Call yourself a
Christian, your mind's
00:42:54.98\00:42:56.94
where it
shouldn't be all the time,
00:42:56.95\00:42:58.22
you're thinking things
you shouldn't be thinking.
00:42:58.23\00:43:00.17
Let God take
control of that mind.
00:43:00.18\00:43:03.05
Don't laugh at the warnings,
00:43:03.06\00:43:05.86
people will watch or
may be listen to these
00:43:05.87\00:43:07.90
and they will
say, oh man, over done.
00:43:07.91\00:43:10.09
Oh, dear friends,
God will not let us go,
00:43:10.10\00:43:13.64
He will not gonna
let us go unpunished.
00:43:13.65\00:43:17.38
Because the warnings
that were given in scripture
00:43:17.39\00:43:19.63
in the Old Testament
and in the New Testament,
00:43:19.64\00:43:21.77
warning after
warning, after warning,
00:43:21.78\00:43:23.60
till it came down to
Jesus time and he said,
00:43:23.61\00:43:25.62
I sent you
warning after warning,
00:43:25.63\00:43:27.18
after warning and you killed,
and you stoned the prophets.
00:43:27.19\00:43:30.94
Those who gave you
the message of repent
00:43:30.95\00:43:32.84
and get right with God,
00:43:32.85\00:43:33.93
when the judgment
was going to fall,
00:43:33.94\00:43:35.05
you laughed and scorned.
00:43:35.06\00:43:37.74
But it happened just as God said
00:43:37.75\00:43:39.32
it would happen
and it always will.
00:43:39.33\00:43:42.53
Ezekiel 12:22, here's
where their mindset was at
00:43:42.54\00:43:48.75
and I think
there's many people today,
00:43:48.76\00:43:50.47
we talk of New Testament times.
00:43:50.48\00:43:53.39
They've come to the point
00:43:53.40\00:43:54.41
because we mentioned a while ago
00:43:54.42\00:43:55.97
about the judgments
of God we're not just,
00:43:55.98\00:43:57.78
and may be not
immediately falling,
00:43:57.79\00:44:00.22
but He's prolonged
them in mercy, why?
00:44:00.23\00:44:03.59
Because time is short
and it's coming to an end
00:44:03.60\00:44:06.58
and I know some
of you right letters
00:44:06.59\00:44:08.28
bless your heart and say,
00:44:08.29\00:44:09.26
oh you shouldn't
say time is short
00:44:09.27\00:44:10.65
because we
don't know our Father,
00:44:10.66\00:44:12.09
you're just
fulfilling prophecy by,
00:44:12.10\00:44:13.80
by the way or
maybe you just don't,
00:44:13.81\00:44:15.40
may be understand
where I'm coming from here.
00:44:15.41\00:44:18.05
I'm come, trying to
come from scripture,
00:44:18.06\00:44:20.79
that everyday we should say,
00:44:20.80\00:44:22.26
it's one day closer
to the coming of Jesus.
00:44:22.27\00:44:25.69
One day closer to
the coming of Jesus.
00:44:25.70\00:44:28.69
And yeah, is He,
could it close today, yes,
00:44:28.70\00:44:31.15
could it close tomorrow,
00:44:31.16\00:44:32.13
that's pretty soon
isn't it? That's quick.
00:44:32.14\00:44:36.40
But the people begin to
say things like Ezekiel 12:22
00:44:36.41\00:44:40.11
it says, "The days are prolonged
00:44:40.12\00:44:42.62
and every vision faileth."
00:44:42.63\00:44:47.43
I've heard people
say, well, you know,
00:44:47.44\00:44:49.72
you folks talk
about the coming of Jesus
00:44:49.73\00:44:51.81
and He's coming very soon.
00:44:51.82\00:44:54.14
And I heard one
man to say one time,
00:44:54.15\00:44:55.46
been in the
church about 10 year,
00:44:55.47\00:44:56.92
put his hand on his
hip, he said, I, you know,
00:44:56.93\00:45:00.13
I'm a believer in
the coming of Jesus
00:45:00.14\00:45:01.82
and I'm a
Christian, I'm born again--
00:45:01.83\00:45:05.58
My dad, when I was
growing up he always said,
00:45:05.59\00:45:09.07
Jesus is coming soon.
00:45:09.08\00:45:10.53
Well, he didn't
come in my dad's time.
00:45:10.54\00:45:17.33
And then he went on
to say and you know what?
00:45:17.34\00:45:20.07
His dad, my grand,
he said all his life,
00:45:20.08\00:45:24.67
Jesus is coming soon
you need to be ready.
00:45:24.68\00:45:27.20
And he said, you
know kind of the way I,
00:45:27.21\00:45:29.41
He didn't come in
any of their days,
00:45:29.42\00:45:31.22
so it may be a long,
long time before He come.
00:45:31.23\00:45:33.98
You realize when you
die, is all she wrote.
00:45:33.99\00:45:39.81
Accident, health,
it's near even at the door
00:45:39.82\00:45:45.41
that's our message,
the devil is saying, well,
00:45:45.42\00:45:47.61
yeah but we've
heard this before.
00:45:47.62\00:45:49.65
And, you know, what?
00:45:49.66\00:45:50.63
You heard it before
and I've heard it before,
00:45:50.64\00:45:52.07
so we will get it right.
00:45:52.08\00:45:55.04
It's a warning, I am
glad my mother never stopped
00:45:55.05\00:45:58.55
when I was growing up
and just a little child,
00:45:58.56\00:46:00.45
I'm glad she
never came to a point.
00:46:00.46\00:46:02.29
When the stove was
hot, she finally just,
00:46:02.30\00:46:04.65
you know, every time I
got close she said what?
00:46:04.66\00:46:07.40
Good, I heard some, just hot,
00:46:07.41\00:46:09.25
don't touch it, hot, hot, hot.
00:46:09.26\00:46:13.73
She doesn't want me to get hurt,
00:46:13.74\00:46:15.45
she's telling me the truth.
00:46:15.46\00:46:17.98
There's whole world
is a, is a hot place now.
00:46:17.99\00:46:21.86
But friend, you
haven't seen anything
00:46:21.87\00:46:23.53
how hot it's going to get.
00:46:23.54\00:46:27.97
Even to the King
Zedekiah at time supposed to be,
00:46:27.98\00:46:31.31
you know, God's king.
00:46:31.32\00:46:35.14
He was leading a nation to ruin.
00:46:35.15\00:46:39.04
The people saw the king,
they saw what he was doing,
00:46:39.05\00:46:41.18
his activities and
what the king can do it,
00:46:41.19\00:46:43.01
we should be doing
it. Zedekiah the king,
00:46:43.02\00:46:47.66
he rebelled
against the prophets,
00:46:47.67\00:46:49.26
when the prophets of
God came to the king,
00:46:49.27\00:46:50.91
he said, this is
what God has said.
00:46:50.92\00:46:55.37
I'm not a prophet, they
say I'm not a son of prophet,
00:46:55.38\00:46:57.50
but boy when I read the Bible,
00:46:57.51\00:46:59.66
we can take it as a
sure word of prophecy
00:46:59.67\00:47:01.71
that these things
are going to happen.
00:47:01.72\00:47:03.68
Zedekiah, you'll think
he, but he apostatized,
00:47:03.69\00:47:06.77
he rebelled
against the prophets.
00:47:06.78\00:47:08.46
He rebelled against
the covenant that he made
00:47:08.47\00:47:10.32
with God and with man.
00:47:10.33\00:47:11.62
He rebelled against God himself.
00:47:11.63\00:47:14.18
And he will be,
00:47:14.19\00:47:15.16
had the audacity
to team up with Egypt,
00:47:15.17\00:47:17.01
when God said no, don't do that.
00:47:17.02\00:47:20.14
And then the question
came back, people said, well,
00:47:20.15\00:47:22.72
he's rebelled in
all of these areas
00:47:22.73\00:47:24.90
and the Lord asked the
question, shall he prosper?
00:47:24.91\00:47:28.48
Wow! What do you mean?
00:47:28.49\00:47:30.01
Ezekiel 17, read it when
you've time. Will he prosper?
00:47:30.02\00:47:36.14
And here comes back the answer,
00:47:36.15\00:47:38.30
King Zedekiah,
"he shall not escape."
00:47:38.31\00:47:46.17
Friend, I'm
telling you that today
00:47:46.18\00:47:47.80
I'm talking to myself
today, you shall not escape.
00:47:47.81\00:47:54.09
If you've broken your
relationship with God,
00:47:54.10\00:47:56.13
you've broken
that covenant with Him.
00:47:56.14\00:47:58.11
If you're rebelling against
00:47:58.12\00:47:59.57
the call of the
prophet, the word of God.
00:47:59.58\00:48:03.94
Will you
prosper? No, you will not.
00:48:03.95\00:48:09.00
You will not
escape your laugh now.
00:48:09.01\00:48:14.94
You act like around your friends
00:48:14.95\00:48:16.38
that you really don't care
that you're bigger than God
00:48:16.39\00:48:18.77
and you're stronger than
God, you're not afraid of God.
00:48:18.78\00:48:23.60
Talking about in the
right sense, dear friend,
00:48:23.61\00:48:25.21
but He's a God to be
feared my Bible tells me.
00:48:25.22\00:48:29.94
And I think sometimes people,
00:48:29.95\00:48:31.27
you mean you do that
is because, man uses what?
00:48:31.28\00:48:33.66
Because we're ignorant of God.
00:48:33.67\00:48:35.65
If we had any idea
of the Majesty of God
00:48:35.66\00:48:39.69
and the Power of
God, no man would standup
00:48:39.70\00:48:43.04
in the face of God
and just reject Him.
00:48:43.05\00:48:45.41
We would tremble
at the very knees
00:48:45.42\00:48:47.36
and fall down and
fall straight on our face.
00:48:47.37\00:48:52.23
Thank for the God of
the Universe that cares
00:48:52.24\00:48:54.44
about a little piece of
dust, so much to give His son.
00:48:54.45\00:49:01.75
We will not go unpunished,
the king will not escape,
00:49:01.76\00:49:07.70
and you will not
escape and I will not either,
00:49:07.71\00:49:10.18
maybe that's what tears
my heart and maybe tears
00:49:10.19\00:49:12.34
your heart today about
your family and your friends,
00:49:12.35\00:49:15.94
you're just
acting like there is,
00:49:15.95\00:49:17.61
there is no
tomorrow, there is no judgment,
00:49:17.62\00:49:19.89
there is no punishment to come.
00:49:19.90\00:49:21.88
There is no everlasting
life, there is no hellfire.
00:49:21.89\00:49:24.69
Oh, friend, wake up!
00:49:24.70\00:49:29.55
Ezekiel 8 verses 13 through 15,
00:49:29.56\00:49:33.15
as we're making
this trek, this journey,
00:49:33.16\00:49:35.84
we just got a few
minutes left but we're,
00:49:35.85\00:49:37.75
remember Ezekiel
still going through
00:49:37.76\00:49:40.00
and God is opening the doors
00:49:40.01\00:49:41.27
and just looking all
these places and said,
00:49:41.28\00:49:42.76
oh man, this is
why, this all sets up for
00:49:42.77\00:49:45.73
what takes place when God says,
00:49:45.74\00:49:47.34
"Slay Utterly Old and Young."
00:49:47.35\00:49:49.84
No one was to live
00:49:49.85\00:49:51.30
when that destroying
angel went through, why?
00:49:51.31\00:49:54.95
Because God said to
Ezekiel, come Ezekiel,
00:49:54.96\00:49:57.30
I'm not finished yet.
This is among God's people,
00:49:57.31\00:50:01.38
look what's
happening right in here.
00:50:01.39\00:50:03.08
There's a greater abominations
00:50:03.09\00:50:07.05
and he went in and
so called God's people,
00:50:07.06\00:50:09.28
they were worshiping Tammuz,
00:50:09.29\00:50:11.13
you remember that's
what the Bible says.
00:50:11.14\00:50:15.87
A Babylonian deity,
they were worshiping
00:50:15.88\00:50:20.98
and you realize it was
even setup in Palestine.
00:50:20.99\00:50:27.62
They threw out
the "God of Heaven"
00:50:27.63\00:50:30.38
and worshiping
these false deities
00:50:30.39\00:50:32.64
and God said, wow,
it's an abomination.
00:50:32.65\00:50:35.84
And I want you to
see what's happening,
00:50:35.85\00:50:37.28
I want you to warn him.
00:50:37.29\00:50:39.28
I don't want have
to do this strange act
00:50:39.29\00:50:41.58
but I'm going to do
it if they don't change.
00:50:41.59\00:50:44.64
Then He said, I'm gonna show
00:50:44.65\00:50:47.31
you even a greater abomination
00:50:47.32\00:50:49.17
and I will not
tolerate it. What could it be?
00:50:49.18\00:50:54.58
The biggest, worst abomination,
00:50:54.59\00:50:58.55
he took him toward
the, the religious heads,
00:50:58.56\00:51:01.38
the leaders, the
spiritual leaders were,
00:51:01.39\00:51:03.89
the guardians of true religion.
00:51:03.90\00:51:07.93
And these
guardians of true religion
00:51:07.94\00:51:09.53
were standing between
the altar and the temple.
00:51:09.54\00:51:13.02
What were they doing?
00:51:13.03\00:51:14.53
They were standing between what?
00:51:14.54\00:51:16.31
The altar and the
temple. They were what?
00:51:16.32\00:51:19.77
This was the most
sacred place in the court,
00:51:19.78\00:51:23.95
these were supposed to
be God's men, God's chosen,
00:51:23.96\00:51:28.88
the repository of His law,
00:51:28.89\00:51:31.85
the guardians of true religion.
00:51:31.86\00:51:34.42
And if has
application to the God's people
00:51:34.43\00:51:37.51
in the last days, God
have mercy on our souls.
00:51:37.52\00:51:40.97
And if don't have
a real relationship
00:51:42.38\00:51:43.76
for our eyes, they're not open,
00:51:43.77\00:51:44.79
our ears are not
open to the plea of God,
00:51:44.80\00:51:46.65
if we're not
studying the word of God,
00:51:46.66\00:51:48.43
we may be
worshiping these false deities
00:51:48.44\00:51:50.70
maybe who you are now.
00:51:50.71\00:51:53.78
Here these
leaders stood in the court
00:51:53.79\00:51:55.35
and they, they turned,
00:51:55.36\00:51:57.09
they turned their
backs to the temple
00:51:57.10\00:51:59.62
and they worshiped the Sun,
00:51:59.63\00:52:01.11
did you get it?
00:52:01.12\00:52:02.12
Oh, friends, did
you find that today?
00:52:03.98\00:52:05.56
They worship the sun,
00:52:05.57\00:52:06.80
this was the
greatest abomination,
00:52:06.81\00:52:08.54
this was a direct insult to God.
00:52:08.55\00:52:11.17
Second Chronicles
36:15 addresses it,
00:52:14.66\00:52:17.24
it says, "Moreover all
the chief of the priests,
00:52:17.25\00:52:21.26
and the people,
transgressed very much
00:52:21.27\00:52:24.42
of all the
abominations of the heathen."
00:52:24.43\00:52:27.71
After, they followed
after the abominations
00:52:27.72\00:52:30.67
of the heathen,
00:52:30.68\00:52:32.02
they "polluted
the house of the Lord
00:52:32.03\00:52:34.78
which he had
hallowed in Jerusalem."
00:52:34.79\00:52:37.57
Friend, you see it today,
00:52:37.58\00:52:38.72
oh, let me just
step out on the limb.
00:52:38.73\00:52:40.98
Let me just get
so far out there,
00:52:40.99\00:52:42.41
I hope I don't fall
off somebody chop it off.
00:52:42.42\00:52:44.55
God said, the
greatest abomination
00:52:47.58\00:52:49.18
is the worship of the Sun.
00:52:49.19\00:52:50.49
And I just
challenge some of you at least
00:52:52.33\00:52:53.99
to think about it today and oh,
00:52:54.00\00:52:55.15
I just can't be quiet about it.
00:52:55.16\00:52:56.59
I hear people
say, boy, I tell you
00:52:58.84\00:53:00.16
what it's just
wonderful, Easter Sunday,
00:53:00.17\00:53:02.11
Easter sunrise services.
00:53:02.12\00:53:04.65
And they go to
places in Southern Illinois
00:53:04.66\00:53:06.28
like Bald Knob,
the great big old cross
00:53:06.29\00:53:10.60
that are there, but the people
00:53:10.61\00:53:12.54
have the tendency of what?
00:53:12.55\00:53:14.26
To put the cross behind them
00:53:14.27\00:53:16.64
and they face the
rising of the sun.
00:53:16.65\00:53:19.84
These people
here in Ezekiel's time
00:53:21.41\00:53:22.90
put the Cross of
Calvary as it were,
00:53:22.91\00:53:25.09
you know, by faith behind them
00:53:25.10\00:53:27.01
and they worship
the sun and God said,
00:53:27.02\00:53:28.91
that's enough.
00:53:28.92\00:53:29.92
One Testimony
276, my last one before
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we have prayer and an appeal,
00:53:36.19\00:53:39.11
"Those who
profess to be Christians
00:53:39.12\00:53:41.01
amid the perils
of the last days,
00:53:41.02\00:53:44.77
do not imitate,"
00:53:44.78\00:53:46.01
if you do not imitate the humble
00:53:46.02\00:53:48.28
"self-denying
pattern place themselves
00:53:48.29\00:53:52.43
in the enemy's ranks."
00:53:52.44\00:53:55.06
Friend, are you
gonna place yourself
00:53:55.07\00:53:56.23
in the enemy's ranks today?
00:53:56.24\00:53:57.74
God is giving us
warnings, He's pleading,
00:54:00.64\00:54:04.21
we plead with you here today,
you've got to give it right,
00:54:04.22\00:54:07.91
I've got to give it right,
00:54:07.92\00:54:09.69
God has to be a
priority in my life.
00:54:09.70\00:54:11.66
Now, remember
this is the first part
00:54:11.67\00:54:13.49
and this is setting it right up
00:54:13.50\00:54:14.72
for when the
judgments are put into action
00:54:14.73\00:54:17.53
and what takes place
00:54:17.54\00:54:18.56
because of what was going on.
00:54:18.57\00:54:20.14
Could it be some
of those same things
00:54:20.15\00:54:21.46
are going on today?
00:54:21.47\00:54:23.64
And if so, God help us.
00:54:23.65\00:54:26.78
The change must take
place, make that decision,
00:54:26.79\00:54:31.12
make that choice right
now while there's still time,
00:54:31.13\00:54:33.22
why don't you do that?
00:54:33.23\00:54:34.65
Making the priority,
forget about running here,
00:54:34.66\00:54:37.25
forget about going
shopping, forget about this,
00:54:37.26\00:54:39.20
forget about that and make
God a priority in your life,
00:54:39.21\00:54:42.26
things will change.
00:54:42.27\00:54:43.77
For those who are
making that decision right now,
00:54:43.78\00:54:45.46
I want to close with
a quick prayer right now
00:54:45.47\00:54:47.50
that God will help you.
00:54:47.51\00:54:48.87
This is the day
of new beginnings
00:54:48.88\00:54:50.05
for you and for me.
Let's pray, shall we,
00:54:50.06\00:54:51.53
Merciful Father in Heaven,
00:54:51.54\00:54:53.99
thank you for your
precious word today.
00:54:54.00\00:54:55.40
Thank you for the
warnings once again
00:54:55.41\00:54:56.73
that you love us.
00:54:56.74\00:54:58.13
Probation door is still
open, there's time to come in,
00:54:58.14\00:55:00.44
there's time to make changes,
00:55:00.45\00:55:01.69
regardless of how faraway
00:55:01.70\00:55:03.16
we've gone from
you we can come back.
00:55:03.17\00:55:05.11
The day will come
00:55:05.12\00:55:06.09
when that's gonna be impossible.
00:55:06.10\00:55:07.21
Help us, Lord, I pray
those who made that decision
00:55:07.22\00:55:09.30
in the name of Jesus right now.
00:55:09.31\00:55:11.21
Thank you, in
precious name of Jesus, amen.
00:55:11.22\00:55:13.58
Don't forget, some
of you have comments,
00:55:15.31\00:55:17.06
so you have questions and
I'm sure some of you will,
00:55:17.07\00:55:19.56
may about this study.
00:55:19.57\00:55:20.56
This is one of the first part,
00:55:20.57\00:55:21.55
second part is coming up.
00:55:21.56\00:55:22.53
And boy, I tell you,
it gets really heavy duty.
00:55:22.54\00:55:24.93
Comments, questions anything
00:55:24.94\00:55:26.40
that you might want to do,
00:55:26.41\00:55:27.38
you can call us, you
know how to get a hold of us,
00:55:27.39\00:55:28.67
my wife brings
it up there for you.
00:55:28.68\00:55:30.76
Please do, we love
to hear your comments
00:55:30.77\00:55:32.76
and please pray for us
and we appreciate so much,
00:55:32.77\00:55:36.16
those of you who
are praying for us
00:55:36.17\00:55:37.55
and the free will
offerings of God's people,
00:55:37.56\00:55:40.06
to help us to continue
00:55:40.07\00:55:41.21
to get these
programs of truth out to you.
00:55:41.22\00:55:43.89
Jesus is coming, the
world is coming to an end,
00:55:43.90\00:55:46.33
we need to be ready, I love you,
00:55:46.34\00:55:48.13
see you next time.
00:55:48.14\00:55:49.73
Hello, again, this was certainly
00:55:51.49\00:55:53.68
a message from heaven to
stir our hearts into action.
00:55:53.69\00:55:57.66
God is calling His
people to a closer walk with Him
00:55:57.67\00:56:01.00
day by day, moment by moment.
00:56:01.01\00:56:04.97
Yet so often,
friends, we have failed,
00:56:04.98\00:56:07.42
heat is calling,
daily obligations
00:56:07.43\00:56:10.68
and worldly desires
continue to creep in
00:56:10.69\00:56:13.44
and to steal our
time away from God.
00:56:13.45\00:56:17.59
Friends, changes need to be made
00:56:17.60\00:56:19.42
if we are to have a part,
00:56:19.43\00:56:21.46
a part in the
heavenly kingdom to come.
00:56:21.47\00:56:24.54
Our lives must be
reordered to include
00:56:24.55\00:56:27.45
precious time to spend in study,
00:56:27.46\00:56:30.29
precious time
to spend in prayer.
00:56:30.30\00:56:32.72
God will work in our
hearts if we just do this.
00:56:32.73\00:56:36.51
And of course as
always we are here,
00:56:36.52\00:56:38.65
Behold the Lamb
Ministries, to help you.
00:56:38.66\00:56:41.46
We're making
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00:56:41.47\00:56:43.86
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00:57:08.01\00:57:09.73
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00:57:11.57\00:57:14.25
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00:57:14.26\00:57:15.76
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00:57:15.77\00:57:18.94
And as a reminder,
Pastor Kenny and I,
00:57:18.95\00:57:21.21
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00:57:21.22\00:57:23.24
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00:57:23.25\00:57:26.38
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00:57:26.39\00:57:28.96
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00:57:28.97\00:57:31.77
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00:57:31.78\00:57:34.25
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00:57:44.97\00:57:47.20
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00:57:47.21\00:57:50.73
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00:57:50.74\00:57:54.24
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00:57:55.96\00:57:59.41
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00:57:59.42\00:58:05.33
Friends, until next time,
00:58:05.34\00:58:07.26
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00:58:07.27\00:58:08.60
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