Hello, and welcome to
"Behold the Lamb Presents."
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I'm Chris Shelton your host,
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and I want to
thank you for tuning in
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to what is a
third and final portion
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of a three part
series that we have entitled
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"Slay Utterly Old and Young."
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Our three part series
has been inspired from
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the study of the Book of
Ezekiel Chapters 8 and 9.
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We've been learning how
this book so amply applies
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to our time, the time
that we're living in right now
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during this time
of great judgment.
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You know, we often
quote Proverbs 9 and verse 10
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where we read,
"The fear of the Lord
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is the beginning of wisdom."
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But seldom do we
hear quoted Proverbs 8:13,
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where we see that "The fear
of the Lord is to hate evil."
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Did you hear it?
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"The fear of the
Lord is to hate evil."
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Ezekiel Chapters 8 and
9, let's us know the results
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of those who are
choosing evil over righteousness
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and it's not the
result that most of us
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would conscientiously make.
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However the enemy
has so venomed us,
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that what is truly
right and what is truly wrong
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that we're so confused
that daily we're making
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choices with
little or no thought
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of the resulting consequences.
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And here it is,
it's found in one,
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just one place in
the Book of Revelation
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Chapter 20 and verse 10.
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We read there, it says that,
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"The devil who
deceived them was cast
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into the lake of
fire and brimstone,
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where the beast and
the false prophet are,
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and they shall be tormented
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day and night
for ever and ever."
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Friends, friends,
isn't it time that we wake up
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out of our spiritual
sleep and realize that there are
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consequences to
every choice that we make.
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We pray that you
will hear God's voice
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speaking to your heart today.
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And that you will
choose to allow God to come in
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and take full
control of your heart.
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But before Pastor
Kenny Shelton presents
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today's message,
we are so blessed
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to listen to Brother
Ron Woolsey as he plays
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"Cleanse Me and
I Will Serve Thee"
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from the 3ABN Worship Center.
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[Music]
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Thank you for
joining us today, praise God.
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I know you are blessed
with that beautiful song
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by Brother Ron, and what
a talent God has given him,
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he's using it for God's
honor and for His glory.
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And we're glad
that you joined us today
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and as always as we
bring the word of God
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into your home or wherever
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it's at that
you're receiving today.
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I pray that you will be in the,
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the attitude of
prayer because this is
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the third part, the
last part of this series,
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"Slay Utterly Old and Young."
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Discussing Ezekiel Chapter 8, 9,
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and how it pertains
to God's last day people,
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oh it's such an important
message and I can't say
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this is more
important than the first or the
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second but oh,
don't miss this part.
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We pray the Holy Spirit of God
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will be in our
hearts and in our minds.
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Let's pray right now, shall we.
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Always remember before
you study the word of God,
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get down on your knees
and ask the Holy Spirit
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to come, just like
we're gonna do right now
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and I know the Holy
Spirit will honor that request.
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Let's pray together.
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Merciful Father in heaven,
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we pray for the
annoying of Thy Holy Spirit,
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and pray for the
forgiveness of sin,
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we ask that You would
cover us by the blood of Jesus.
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May we hear from
heaven, may we understand
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the importance of this message
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and how it pertains to
us as God's last day people.
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Lord, help us we
pray in the name of Jesus,
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as You bless each
and everyone who hears,
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who sees, has somehow
access to this message,
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that the Holy Spirit
will just convince them
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the time is near even at
the door, in Jesus name, amen.
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Again as always I
say, keep your Bible,
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pencil, and paper
as we, we cover some
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very, very important things now.
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Again if you
missed the second part,
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you say well I've got
the first and I missed
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the second and, you know,
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we're just now doing the third.
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But remember we have
these things available
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so you're gonna
have to give us a call,
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you have comments or
questions always do it.
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There's a lot of people
sending a lot of stuff in,
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they're giving me
so much information,
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it's gonna take me
months to try to go over.
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So don't get
discouraged if you send things
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that takes a little while
for the response to come back.
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Please don't get
discouraged 'cause,
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you know, you're not
the only one that's sending
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and that's good,
we want comments,
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we want questions
and we will be answering
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those things by the word of God.
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Now we're gonna go over part two
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that we covered
and I've got all about
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I think eight points,
I've jotted down here.
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So in case you miss
part two, here's kind of the,
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what it is, the
total package here.
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Number one, a line
is being drawn between
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those who serve God and
those who serve themselves.
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Very simple, two
classes of people.
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Line is being drawn,
you're gonna be serving God
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or you're gonna
be serving yourself.
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Point number two,
we made in our study,
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the law of God right now
is becoming more and more
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disrespected and
rejected than ever before
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in the history of this world.
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Number three,
justice is going to strike,
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you can count on it, for
God has a hatred for sin.
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It is intense, we found out,
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and it's what,
it's overwhelming.
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Point number four,
God's angels are at work,
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His judgments are in the land
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and they will
continue to increase
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until Jesus shall come.
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So all the stuff
that's going on in the world,
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please use the mind that
God has given you and say,
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Oh, yes, these are
signs that He's coming back,
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He's trying to
get our attention.
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Point number
five, inequity is found
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among those who claim, listen,
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inequity is found among those
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who claim to have
all of heaven's light.
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This is part of the
message of Ezekiel Chapter 9,
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those who claim to
know what truth is,
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there is inequity that is found
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and God is going to sort it out.
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God's gonna say, dig deep
and find out what's going on
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and changes are
going to have to be made.
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Number six, things,
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we found this out,
people anything that is
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dedicated to God becomes what?
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Holy, we're going
to be a holy people.
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Things that you
had, whether you know
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in ministries whatever
God has allowed you to have
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is holy unto God and
there is a difference between
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that which is holy
and that which is common,
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please don't try to
mix the two together
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you're gonna have problems.
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Remember we discussed
Belshazzar, you remember,
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sure you do, in
the book of Daniel
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and the judgments fell upon him.
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Number seven, men, and just say,
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just the human race right here,
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is going to receive
the condemnation of God,
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notice these three things.
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If they have
neglected the opportunity
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to know what truth is,
you say well they did this,
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they were out doing.
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If you just
neglect the opportunity
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to know what truth
is, we're going to be
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condemned in the judgment.
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Point number two, we learned.
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Because we, we will
be condemned because
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we did not use what
God placed around us
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to help make us
Christians, you know,
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people touching
people, literature,
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invitations to accept
Jesus, come to church.
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And number three, we will
be weighed in the balances
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of the sanctuary and we
will be found wanting if,
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please listen to
this very carefully.
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We're going to be
weighed in the balances,
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we're going to be found
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wanting if we are
living in known sin.
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Weighed in the
balances, you know what happens
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when we're
weighed in the balances
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and we're found wanting,
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we found as we study Belshazzar.
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Will you hear these words today?
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Will you hear,
will you understand
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that we're going to be weighed,
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everyone of us,
whether we want to
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or whether we don't,
we're going to be weighed.
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Please keep that
in your, in your mind.
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And will it be
pronounced you're found wanting,
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that means you're
not gonna go to heaven.
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Friend, there is really
no reason for us to be found
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wanting when Jesus
wants to be on our side.
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He wants us to be
part of the family of God.
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He's made preparations
for us to go to heaven.
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Now I want you to
listen very, very carefully
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this statement and again I,
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I read this little
book called Testimonies
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to Ministers, you know,
Spirit of Prophecy book,
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some of you are
not familiar with it,
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with the
terminology and different thing.
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But listen, it
is a beautiful book
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and gives councils to ministers
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or really anyone
who wants to read it.
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And I read this
here and I thought,
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man how it makes
it, it's a warning
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to not to be deceived, why?
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Because we talked to
people day in and day out
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and they're always
saying, Oh, I'm a Christian,
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I love Jesus with
all of my heart and boy,
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I tell you, you
know, whatever Jesus,
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whatever He
wants we're gonna do,
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we're gonna about.
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Except when you
say, well how about
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let's keep the
commandments of God.
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We need to be obedient to Him.
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All of a sudden you
hear all kind of things
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come out of their mouth.
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You know, Lord, help us here
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and not just when we're out
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on the street
doing all kind of things.
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But I want you to
listen to these things
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I'm getting ready to read.
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It starts out like
this, let no one deceive
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His soul in this matter.
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This, what we're
getting ready to read, it says,
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whether you are a child of God
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or you're a child of the devil.
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And I believe we
need to get down to it.
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Notice what it says,
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"No one deceive his
soul in this matter.
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If you harbor pride."
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If there is anyone
that's harboring pride today,
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if there is
anyone was self-esteem.
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You ever meet anybody like that.
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"If you have a
love even in your heart
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for supremacy,
you're gonna say now
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you're thinking of
running around adultery,
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you're thinking
about killing, and stealing
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and you know
drugging and but listen here,
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all you have to have is
you harbor pride in your heart.
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Nobody else may know it,
but you know God knows it.
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Self-esteem, oh, you're
just sustaining yourself
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higher than everybody else.
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If you have a
love for supremacy,
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you remember all these
things we're talking about
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the disciples had the
problems Love for what?
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Supremacy, vain glory,
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had you thought
about this vain glory.
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Listen, listen,
somebody listen carefully.
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It, that means
excessive, excessive vanity.
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See sometime you can
take 30 minutes to get dressed
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and other times you
can take three hours,
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I think you're doing a
little excessive vanity, no.
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Lord, help me right
out here about this one.
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Unholy ambition, do
you have unholy ambition,
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where it's ambition
that's not, you know,
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really goes along
with the word of God,
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it's all about self, it's all,
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it doesn't
matter who you step on
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and what you do in order
to make a name for yourself.
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If you're a
murmur, think about this.
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Have you murmured?
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What happened to
children of Israel?
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They murmured against
God, they murmured against
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those who were
in-charge and you know what?
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They didn't go to the
land of milk and honey.
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God's telling us, if we're
murmurs, if we're discontent.
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If we have
bitterness in our hearts,
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are you bitter against someone?
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Oh, they've done you wrong,
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no doubt about it,
but you can't be bitter.
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We've got to
have the forgiveness
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and only Jesus can
do that through us,
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He can live in our
hearts and He can make us
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where we can, we
can love that person.
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How about evil speaking?
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Now there's
still on this article
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I'm talking about here.
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Testimonies to Ministers, 441,
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evil, have you been
evil speaking about someone.
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Have you been
lying, how about deception,
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slandering, spreading what?
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False thoughts, falsehoods,
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hurting someone's reputation,
that's what slandering is.
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Listen if you have these things
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that we've talked about
here, article says notice,
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and you have not
Christ abiding in your heart.
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And the evidence
shows that you have the mind
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and the character of Satan.
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You have the mind and
the character of Satan,
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if you're lying and
if you're deception,
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you're slandering,
vain glory, unholy ambition.
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You got pride in your heart,
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that's not the
character of Jesus Christ.
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So it's time for
self examination,
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if we had just one
of these many things
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that was mentioned here
just quickly many, many more.
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But if you had just
one of those things,
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it's not the mind of Christ,
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you don't have the
spirit of Christ, it say,
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not Christ who was
meek and lowly of heart.
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You see we have, we either have
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the enemy's
character or we have what?
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Good, Christ's character.
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No, there is no in between,
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we must have a
Christian character that is
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developed and that
will stand the test.
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Whatever test comes your way,
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we've got to have that
true character of Jesus Christ.
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And I say this to you
today and I say it to myself.
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I say it to the movement.
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There must be a
thorough conversion
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among each one who
claims to believe the truth.
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There's got to be some
changes or they're going to,
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they will fall in
the day of God. Why?
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Because we're going to
be weighed in the balances,
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we're going to have to
have fire proof robes on.
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The robe of His righteousness,
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dear friends, or if we've
got these material that's,
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you know, a little
bit of heat put on it
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and it burst into
flames, we're in trouble.
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We've got to have a
character, dear friends,
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that when we're
thrown into the furnace
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of affliction, notice
that, we're going to be consumed
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if we do not have the robe
of Christ righteousness on.
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And so
desperately do we need that.
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We're going to be identified
as a counterfeit Christian.
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You may be fooling people today,
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but you're not fooling God.
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God says, you know, in the
Book of Isaiah 48 verse 10,
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He says, "I've chosen you,
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I've chosen you through
the furnace of affliction."
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How does He chooses,
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through the
furnace of affliction,
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we're going to have
to go through those fires
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and through those
trials and through those tests?
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You see as we look
today the God's people,
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God's people must
reach a, a higher standard
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than ever before,
what does that really mean,
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to reach a higher standard?
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You know Jeremiah 51,
the Bible says in verse 27,
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"The council is to
set up a standard,"
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think with me, "Set
up standard in the land,"
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and then when you set the
standard up, what do you do?
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Bible says, "Blow a trumpet."
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So there's to be a
standard in the land.
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What standard has to be
God's law, you know that,
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we're all gonna
be judged by that
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perfect law of
liberty, we're to set it up
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and then we're to
call attention to it.
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So God's people,
they are challenged
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to reach a higher
standard than ever before. Why?
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Because we are
called to be a holy nation,
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we are called to be holy people,
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we're called to
be a peculiar people,
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a chosen generation,
the Bible talks about.
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A people who lift up
the commandments of God
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and that people who
are zealous of good works.
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As a child of God,
you're not just anybody.
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You're part of
the family of God,
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He's chosen you,
you are a vessel to Him,
00:20:19.78\00:20:22.75
and you're holy unto the Lord.
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And He requires
that of us if heaven
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is going to be our home.
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Now have you noticed,
have you noticed this?
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It's pretty difficult,
this isn't my opinion,
00:20:30.95\00:20:34.48
you throw it out if you want to,
00:20:34.49\00:20:36.42
this is my opinion,
it's very difficult to,
00:20:36.43\00:20:39.09
to see the difference
between those who serve God
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and those who
serve the world today.
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Have you noticed that?
00:20:44.82\00:20:46.66
You can hardly really
tell, a Christian walking down
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the street and a
worldly walking down the street,
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they kind of dress alike,
and they kind of look alike,
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and they talk alike, and,
oh, dear friends, why is that?
00:20:52.46\00:20:56.29
There must be a
golf between the two,
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such a separation
between those who serve God
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and the world today and
there is not, you know, why?
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Because the characters of each
class are close to the same.
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Listen, our characters
have to be -- we just talked to,
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my wife and I last night,
to a man who was headed down
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the wrong path, he said himself,
00:21:22.07\00:21:24.25
I'm going to hell, had
no intention to serving God,
00:21:24.26\00:21:28.19
he had been in his back of
his mind and he wanted to serve
00:21:28.20\00:21:30.41
and he wanted to do
but he's just going down
00:21:30.42\00:21:32.22
the wrong path and
boy, he was going fast.
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And he was working
for about Central Illinois
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or northern part
there, anyway he was,
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I think a UPS man and delivering
00:21:38.97\00:21:40.71
a package to a door.
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Had no intention
to change in his life.
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He goes, he knocks on the door.
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And a lady comes
and opens a door,
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he looks to that
lady and he said,
00:21:48.88\00:21:51.43
there was a glow on her
face, there was something about,
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never met her before,
didn't know who she was,
00:21:54.72\00:21:56.91
she was a kind of a
clean nice neat lady,
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but there was something
glowing out of her, her face.
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And he said, I
looked upon that and I said,
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I want whatever she has.
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There was something
about the love of Jesus
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that was coming through.
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That changed that man's life
forever many, many years ago.
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Just testimony, a
look, he went directly home
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he told his wife, honey,
00:22:19.82\00:22:21.64
we're going to go
to church next week,
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she likely passed out. What?
00:22:23.52\00:22:26.16
We're going to go to
church, I've seen something that
00:22:26.17\00:22:29.21
I want that's different.
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Oh, do you see what
I'm talking about here.
00:22:32.40\00:22:34.46
The world has to see something
different in you and in me.
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If not why, why would
they want togo to church?
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Why would they
want to make a change?
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Let Jesus come
through and I tell you
00:22:42.07\00:22:43.88
it's gonna change your life.
00:22:43.89\00:22:45.77
I tell you know,
there's a powerful
00:22:45.78\00:22:49.06
convincing
evidence, let's just say this.
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If you're, if you're
weighing it out and you say
00:22:51.43\00:22:52.77
am I really a child
of God and you know,
00:22:52.78\00:22:54.87
I need to weigh it out.
00:22:54.88\00:22:56.28
Here's some convincing evidence
00:22:56.29\00:22:58.84
that you are a child of God.
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Now, I've called it
this, and I need to move,
00:23:00.45\00:23:02.03
oh, there's so
much material today.
00:23:02.04\00:23:03.47
But I've called
it and listen, CCDL.
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CCDL, where do you find that?
00:23:08.08\00:23:10.55
Well, conversation,
00:23:10.56\00:23:15.30
compassion, now think
about desire, and love.
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Think about just
these four things.
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Where is your conversation?
00:23:23.80\00:23:26.25
The Bible says it
needs to be what? In heaven.
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How is your
compassion for others?
00:23:28.92\00:23:32.44
Do you have any compassion,
00:23:32.45\00:23:33.47
just thinking about
yourself all the time.
00:23:33.48\00:23:36.22
What kind of
desires do you have?
00:23:36.23\00:23:40.73
And what kind of love
do you show to others.
00:23:40.74\00:23:44.67
See most people to be
honest even as Christians
00:23:44.68\00:23:46.43
all you think about is yourself.
00:23:46.44\00:23:48.78
You don't have time to
do anything for anybody else
00:23:48.79\00:23:50.71
because you're too
busy doing it for yourself.
00:23:50.72\00:23:54.50
Also somebody said, oh,
the pastor's rebuking us today.
00:23:54.51\00:23:57.23
Well, all right, take it
that way 'cause I think I am.
00:23:57.24\00:24:00.64
But, you know, we
dealt with love because what,
00:24:00.65\00:24:02.16
that's what this
motivating factor is about.
00:24:02.17\00:24:04.72
What I'm talking about is
not popular, never will be.
00:24:04.73\00:24:07.22
People's not
gonna wanna hear it,
00:24:07.23\00:24:08.50
unless you are
a converted person
00:24:08.51\00:24:11.20
and it will ring true in
your ears and you'll say,
00:24:11.21\00:24:12.41
oh, thank you, Lord, for that.
00:24:12.42\00:24:15.37
talks about our,
00:24:15.38\00:24:17.68
our conversation
must be in heaven.
00:24:17.69\00:24:20.63
So think about it.
00:24:20.64\00:24:22.80
Is the things that you talk
about is it heavenly things,
00:24:22.81\00:24:25.70
is it desire of
heavenly desires?
00:24:25.71\00:24:28.30
The compassion
you have come straight
00:24:28.31\00:24:29.71
from the throne room of God,
00:24:29.72\00:24:30.81
that's you have
for other people,
00:24:30.82\00:24:31.93
your love for
evangelism, your love for souls.
00:24:31.94\00:24:37.07
That's such a
contrast to that of the wicked
00:24:37.08\00:24:40.17
that we were
talking about a while ago.
00:24:40.18\00:24:42.69
In fact Second Peter
2:17 makes this comment,
00:24:42.70\00:24:45.67
it just, you know, take time
and look all these things up,
00:24:45.68\00:24:48.10
we can't go into
detail on everything.
00:24:48.11\00:24:50.18
But it talks about here,
00:24:50.19\00:24:51.41
"The filthy
conversation of the wicked."
00:24:51.42\00:24:54.81
So the conversation of what?
A Christian should be holy.
00:24:54.82\00:24:59.09
It can be tapped into at anytime
00:24:59.10\00:25:01.12
and you won't be embarrassed,
are you still with me?
00:25:01.13\00:25:03.52
You have somebody
getting on your computer
00:25:03.53\00:25:04.99
and they're not gonna, oh,
boy, yeah I'm meddling now.
00:25:05.00\00:25:09.00
And you're not
going to be embarrassed
00:25:09.01\00:25:10.29
your conservation is godly.
00:25:10.30\00:25:14.29
But the Bible says,
00:25:14.30\00:25:15.27
"You have the filthy
conversation of the wicked."
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Now we come down to where I
say the rubber meets the road,
00:25:17.83\00:25:20.38
I'm kind of guy when I get
00:25:20.39\00:25:21.53
into the car,
I'm gonna take off.
00:25:21.54\00:25:23.35
There comes a time when you just
00:25:23.36\00:25:24.46
kind of spin in your tires, no.
00:25:24.47\00:25:26.33
I say, rubber
needs to meet the road
00:25:26.34\00:25:27.86
we need to get down to it.
00:25:27.87\00:25:29.33
And that means
comparing spiritual things
00:25:29.34\00:25:31.32
with the spiritual.
00:25:31.33\00:25:33.78
That's what we need to do,
spiritual things with what?
00:25:33.79\00:25:36.05
Spiritual. In this
vision we've been talking about,
00:25:36.06\00:25:39.02
this is our third
part remember of Ezekiel 8
00:25:39.03\00:25:41.30
and basically focusing on 9.
00:25:41.31\00:25:44.23
Everyone is going to
die, destroying angel
00:25:44.24\00:25:47.70
had the weapon in their
hand, is that right? Sure.
00:25:47.71\00:25:50.65
And ready to destroy what?
00:25:50.66\00:25:52.66
Old and the
young, everything except
00:25:52.67\00:25:56.51
one little group of people.
00:25:56.52\00:25:58.20
Well, you know what,
this pertains to the day
00:25:58.21\00:26:01.32
in which we live just
before Jesus comes and it does.
00:26:01.33\00:26:04.74
Primary application is what?
00:26:04.75\00:26:06.35
Sure, Babylon
and so on, so forth.
00:26:06.36\00:26:08.04
The secondary application
just fits right like a glove
00:26:08.05\00:26:11.47
to the people of God just before
00:26:11.48\00:26:13.41
He comes back to this earth.
00:26:13.42\00:26:15.78
So as God's people
then, He's going through
00:26:15.79\00:26:17.80
and He's going to mark
them and He's going to seal them
00:26:17.81\00:26:22.26
to go through
the time of trouble.
00:26:22.27\00:26:24.16
And He's claiming who is
His, you know, this is mine.
00:26:24.17\00:26:27.23
Well, lo and, then poor
illustration if you will,
00:26:27.24\00:26:30.25
but you remember in
the old Wild, Wild West,
00:26:30.26\00:26:32.71
if you had cattle and
horses, what did you do?
00:26:32.72\00:26:36.58
Some of you are
chuckling, I know,
00:26:36.59\00:26:37.86
they were brand,
they were marked.
00:26:37.87\00:26:39.75
So that they
would, so they would know
00:26:39.76\00:26:42.14
what belonged to them.
00:26:42.15\00:26:43.26
God is marking
what belongs to Him.
00:26:43.27\00:26:46.41
He is marking
his territory today.
00:26:46.42\00:26:48.36
And friend, I'm telling,
we need to be on God's side.
00:26:48.37\00:26:51.45
This is what
it's all about today.
00:26:51.46\00:26:55.45
We need Christ reigning in the
heart as never, never before.
00:26:55.46\00:27:00.28
You know, except if
we don't have that mark,
00:27:00.29\00:27:04.68
if we don't
have the seal of God.
00:27:04.69\00:27:08.23
And you know somebody would say,
00:27:08.24\00:27:09.67
I don't know what it
is, that's all right.
00:27:09.68\00:27:12.39
I don't know what the mark is,
I don't know what the seal is,
00:27:12.40\00:27:14.58
what does all this stand for?
00:27:14.59\00:27:17.41
Friend, that's
what we're discussing,
00:27:17.42\00:27:18.85
we want to finish it
before this hour's up.
00:27:18.86\00:27:22.25
Now, remember Ezekiel Chapter 9,
00:27:22.26\00:27:23.89
we've established
there was a man in what?
00:27:23.90\00:27:26.08
Clothed in linen.
00:27:26.09\00:27:28.08
He had a inkhorn, in
other words he had a,
00:27:28.09\00:27:30.02
you know, some ink
and so he was marking
00:27:30.03\00:27:32.21
certain things here.
00:27:32.22\00:27:34.08
He was from heaven,
so allow me to do this,
00:27:34.09\00:27:36.84
said he had linen also,
I'm saying what kind of linen
00:27:36.85\00:27:39.02
did he have on,
was it colorful linen?
00:27:39.03\00:27:41.03
What does it represent?
00:27:41.04\00:27:43.38
And we looked if it's
from heaven it must be pure,
00:27:43.39\00:27:45.55
it must be what?
00:27:45.56\00:27:46.56
It must be white linen, you say,
00:27:46.57\00:27:48.88
well, I don't know why?
00:27:48.89\00:27:50.54
Because white is
the symbol of holiness,
00:27:50.55\00:27:54.39
Ecclesiastes 9:8 says this,
00:27:54.40\00:27:56.25
"Let thy
garments be always white."
00:27:56.26\00:28:00.78
The robe of what,
Christ's righteousness
00:28:00.79\00:28:02.89
and that word
there in the Greek,
00:28:02.90\00:28:04.51
what is it talking
about, or in the Hebrew,
00:28:04.52\00:28:06.70
it talks about here that
is a, it's dazzling bright,
00:28:06.71\00:28:10.46
it has a sheen to it.
00:28:10.47\00:28:12.74
Is that the kind of
garment that you have on today
00:28:12.75\00:28:14.73
or you have the
world's garment on?
00:28:14.74\00:28:17.94
In Revelation 3 verse 4,
00:28:17.95\00:28:19.33
you're jotting
these things down.
00:28:19.34\00:28:20.94
Jesus said,
notice this, Jesus said,
00:28:20.95\00:28:22.76
"For they shall
walk with me in white,"
00:28:22.77\00:28:25.46
those who walk with
Jesus through eternity
00:28:25.47\00:28:27.72
He is going to be
walking what? In white.
00:28:27.73\00:28:29.79
Revelation 7:14,
the Bible brings out.
00:28:30.87\00:28:34.61
He says this,
please listen carefully,
00:28:34.62\00:28:36.72
He said that we, Brother Jim,
00:28:36.73\00:28:39.74
"we are made white in
the blood of the Lamb."
00:28:39.75\00:28:44.84
You see, we need to
put our own name in there,
00:28:44.85\00:28:47.22
you're made white by what?
00:28:47.23\00:28:48.53
By the Blood of the
Lamb and so they gets clear
00:28:48.54\00:28:51.49
Revelation 19 verse 8 says,
00:28:51.50\00:28:53.51
"And there was granted
that she should be arrayed,"
00:28:53.52\00:28:56.06
God's people
the church, in what?
00:28:56.07\00:28:58.28
"In fine linen, clean and white
00:28:58.29\00:29:01.43
the Bible says for the
fine linen," is the what?
00:29:01.44\00:29:05.41
"The
righteousness of the saints."
00:29:05.42\00:29:08.56
Wow! That's makes it
pretty clear doesn't it?
00:29:08.57\00:29:12.22
So, this man in
fine linen, he had a,
00:29:12.23\00:29:14.88
he had a marker indelibly
put, an inkhorn on his side.
00:29:14.89\00:29:20.27
But notice he was
commissioned to go
00:29:20.28\00:29:22.46
and to mark that which
was God's by their sighing
00:29:22.47\00:29:26.10
and their crying
for the abominations
00:29:26.11\00:29:28.44
that be done in the
land, in the church.
00:29:28.45\00:29:32.04
You willing to stand up
and call sin by its right name,
00:29:32.05\00:29:34.76
God requires it of you.
00:29:34.77\00:29:38.81
He's going to be
marking those who are,
00:29:38.82\00:29:41.00
who'd gained victory over sin
in their life by Jesus Christ.
00:29:41.01\00:29:46.16
Heaven can only be our
home as we've gained victory.
00:29:46.17\00:29:48.62
Sin will not inherit, you know,
00:29:48.63\00:29:50.22
the Kingdom of God again.
00:29:50.23\00:29:52.02
And so he's gonna be marking
those who've gained victory
00:29:52.03\00:29:54.05
through His power, through His
strength and through His life.
00:29:54.06\00:29:58.88
And those who
are willing to say,
00:29:58.89\00:30:00.48
this is wrong
in the church, why?
00:30:00.49\00:30:02.51
Because God says so, not because
00:30:02.52\00:30:04.27
a committee says so, not because
00:30:04.28\00:30:06.00
so and so says so, because
the word of God says it is.
00:30:06.01\00:30:10.22
Will people get
angry, you better believe it,
00:30:10.23\00:30:12.09
you either have
somebody angry with you,
00:30:12.10\00:30:13.55
a man down here or God?
00:30:13.56\00:30:14.85
You make a choice.
00:30:14.86\00:30:16.59
Now a book called
Three Testimonies 266,
00:30:16.60\00:30:18.81
I want you notice
this, "In the closing work
00:30:18.82\00:30:20.96
of the church we
realize that the work is coming
00:30:20.97\00:30:23.74
to a close right
now, in the sealing timev
00:30:23.75\00:30:26.66
or the markings
time, stamping time,
00:30:26.67\00:30:28.76
are you putting it together
of the 144,000 who will stand
00:30:28.77\00:30:33.64
without fault
before the throne of God."
00:30:33.65\00:30:36.75
Notice this, "They
will feel most deeply
00:30:36.76\00:30:39.50
the wrongs of
God's professed people."
00:30:39.51\00:30:43.31
The 144,000, those who are
living in the side of a God,
00:30:43.32\00:30:46.28
you said Holy God
without a mediator,
00:30:46.29\00:30:48.40
they're going to
be feeling the what?
00:30:48.41\00:30:49.97
Sins in the
church, it's got to go,
00:30:49.98\00:30:52.58
it's insulting to God
and we need that victory.
00:30:52.59\00:30:56.21
But I can tell you
this, dear friends,
00:30:56.22\00:30:57.46
the ones who will not
receive the mark of God,
00:30:57.47\00:30:59.72
remember if you
don't have the mark of God,
00:30:59.73\00:31:01.07
you don't know
what-- how you know,
00:31:01.08\00:31:02.65
how you're gonna go?
00:31:02.66\00:31:05.61
How are you gonna make it?
00:31:05.62\00:31:06.59
Ones who's not going to receive,
00:31:06.60\00:31:08.07
I can tell this dear
friends, are the ones
00:31:08.08\00:31:10.04
who are excusing
wrongs in the church today.
00:31:10.05\00:31:12.81
They're not going to
receive the Seal of God,
00:31:12.82\00:31:14.29
God can't approve of that.
00:31:14.30\00:31:17.26
And, you know,
ones who are not going
00:31:17.27\00:31:18.38
to be sealed of
God are those who--
00:31:18.39\00:31:19.89
I want you to
just think about this
00:31:19.90\00:31:21.55
just for a moment with me.
00:31:21.56\00:31:22.98
Are the ones that try
to hinder the ones that God
00:31:22.99\00:31:26.42
has called to
rebuke wrong in the church?
00:31:26.43\00:31:29.86
There's people who try to
stand in the way and stop it.
00:31:29.87\00:31:32.26
God's not gonna
approve of that, why?
00:31:32.27\00:31:33.83
Because He's
called them to do it,
00:31:33.84\00:31:35.18
they don't want
to do it necessarily.
00:31:35.19\00:31:37.70
They know it's not popular,
it's heavy on their heart
00:31:37.71\00:31:41.79
but God demands if they do it,
00:31:41.80\00:31:43.82
He's given His people a chance.
00:31:43.83\00:31:45.28
And I tell you some of
us are not going to receive
00:31:46.30\00:31:47.59
the seal of the living
God if you are a sympathizer
00:31:47.60\00:31:50.58
with those who commit wrongs
and you know that they do,
00:31:50.59\00:31:53.18
and you're patting
them on the heads say,
00:31:53.19\00:31:54.83
well, you know, God loves you
00:31:54.84\00:31:55.98
and God's gonna save,
he's not gonna save us
00:31:55.99\00:31:57.79
in that mess and in sin.
00:31:57.80\00:31:59.27
We cannot sympathize,
we can have pity for them
00:31:59.28\00:32:02.15
just like Jesus, dear friends,
00:32:02.16\00:32:03.43
but we need to encourage
them to do the right thing.
00:32:03.44\00:32:07.05
This is heavy duty that
we're talking about here,
00:32:07.06\00:32:10.58
and the statement in Ezekiel
9 just starts coming alive to me
00:32:10.59\00:32:14.34
as we see this man in
the linen and we see the,
00:32:14.35\00:32:17.60
with these slaughtering
weapons in their hand,
00:32:17.61\00:32:19.51
they're raising it
up and it just like huh!
00:32:19.52\00:32:21.66
God wouldn't do that, he said
00:32:21.67\00:32:23.26
"Slay Utterly the Old
and the Young and Children
00:32:23.27\00:32:26.47
and Everybody who
doesn't have the mark on them."
00:32:26.48\00:32:30.92
You see Christ's
blood as we studied for,
00:32:30.93\00:32:32.73
Christ's blood must be
upon the door post of the heart,
00:32:32.74\00:32:37.09
you studied when it
was put over the door post,
00:32:37.10\00:32:38.91
you know, of the homes,
00:32:38.92\00:32:40.45
destroying angel had to pass by.
00:32:40.46\00:32:41.95
The blood of Jesus Christ
on the door post of our hearts,
00:32:41.96\00:32:45.29
dear friends, but these people
were crying and what, sighing.
00:32:45.30\00:32:50.57
For the abominations
that were done, why?
00:32:50.58\00:32:52.92
Because they have
a love for purity,
00:32:52.93\00:32:54.56
God's last day people are
gonna have a love for purity.
00:32:54.57\00:32:57.16
They're jealous
for the sake of God,
00:32:57.17\00:33:00.74
they're not gonna
stand for the cause of Christ
00:33:00.75\00:33:04.08
and they will be hated I
can tell you in the world today,
00:33:04.09\00:33:06.41
look at Jesus,
look at disciples,
00:33:06.42\00:33:07.83
look at, you
know, the reformers,
00:33:07.84\00:33:09.26
look at what happened to
the people that love Jesus--and,
00:33:09.27\00:33:12.06
not saying they're nice, is
jealous a righteous jealous.
00:33:12.07\00:33:17.06
So we have a couple of
groups as you well know,
00:33:17.07\00:33:18.68
just two groups.
00:33:18.69\00:33:20.02
Those who don't see
the difference between
00:33:20.03\00:33:22.77
sin and righteousness,
00:33:22.78\00:33:25.01
they don't see the difference
between sin and righteousness,
00:33:25.02\00:33:27.11
it's like they
mingle all together
00:33:27.12\00:33:28.51
and they have no
idea and they said,
00:33:28.52\00:33:30.34
oh that seems right,
well this is not too bad,
00:33:30.35\00:33:32.77
you know, what do mean too bad?
00:33:32.78\00:33:33.75
Sin is sin,
minute little detail,
00:33:33.76\00:33:37.12
if it's not right you don't say,
00:33:37.13\00:33:38.10
it's like a white
lie, there's no such thing.
00:33:38.11\00:33:41.13
We deceive someone it's a lie,
00:33:41.14\00:33:42.37
the liar is gonna
be outside the world,
00:33:42.38\00:33:43.72
we need to learn to
start telling the truth.
00:33:43.73\00:33:47.44
People of God
today, dear friend,
00:33:47.45\00:33:49.00
had to love purity, they
have a clear understanding
00:33:49.01\00:33:52.43
of what the sinfulness
of sin and what it's cost.
00:33:52.44\00:33:57.27
Oh, friend, when
you realize what sin
00:33:57.28\00:33:59.48
had caused to this world,
oh, every death disease all,
00:33:59.49\00:34:03.99
all this contributed to sin.
00:34:04.00\00:34:08.18
God understands it
better than all of us,
00:34:08.19\00:34:10.32
but He wants His
people to understand that
00:34:10.33\00:34:12.22
He nailed His son
to the cross, why?
00:34:12.23\00:34:15.99
Because His law
was unchangeable,
00:34:16.00\00:34:18.40
Calvary proves that
because He had to go what?
00:34:18.41\00:34:21.01
And die because he
couldn't change His laws.
00:34:21.02\00:34:25.01
Although people saying
it's changed, that is not so.
00:34:25.02\00:34:28.14
Cross of Calvary
is the best defense,
00:34:28.15\00:34:30.55
an argument that they
could ever be put forward,
00:34:30.56\00:34:33.57
that God's word
stands fast and sure.
00:34:33.58\00:34:38.56
Talks about
receiving a mark and a seal.
00:34:38.57\00:34:41.83
Now remember, this is signifying
00:34:41.84\00:34:43.18
if you have the
mark or the seal,
00:34:43.19\00:34:44.57
it's signifying approval of
God and I tell you right now
00:34:44.58\00:34:47.34
I want the approval
of God, how about you?
00:34:47.35\00:34:49.39
I need the approval
of God, I desire that,
00:34:49.40\00:34:52.90
my conversation
then has to be such,
00:34:52.91\00:34:54.67
my life has to be such,
00:34:54.68\00:34:56.09
it's not what you
are around people,
00:34:57.24\00:34:58.92
who are you at home by yourself.
00:34:58.93\00:35:01.44
Who are you when
no one knows you?
00:35:01.45\00:35:05.00
See Revelation Chapter 7, we
have time to read all of that,
00:35:05.01\00:35:07.82
we can because there is
a sealing, you remember?
00:35:07.83\00:35:10.49
God said, "Hold back
the winds of strive."
00:35:10.50\00:35:12.30
Listen, until I have what?
00:35:12.31\00:35:14.11
"Until I have sealed my
servants in their forehead."
00:35:14.12\00:35:17.45
That's gonna be ownership.
00:35:17.46\00:35:20.72
Can He put this seal,
His approval on you right now
00:35:20.73\00:35:23.43
as He looks at
you, if not, why not?
00:35:23.44\00:35:25.40
What is it that would
stop God from putting His
00:35:25.41\00:35:27.58
hand of approval
upon you right now or me?
00:35:27.59\00:35:31.61
You probably know
what it is and it needs
00:35:31.62\00:35:33.20
to be changed if it's
wrong, whatever it is.
00:35:33.21\00:35:37.28
But this mark, this
seal, these words are,
00:35:37.29\00:35:41.20
are used
interchangeably in scripture,
00:35:41.21\00:35:43.82
please remember that.
00:35:43.83\00:35:45.47
But it goes much deeper than
what many, many people think.
00:35:45.48\00:35:49.23
They want to make, the
devil wants to get us off
00:35:49.24\00:35:51.08
of this subject
that I'm talking about,
00:35:51.09\00:35:52.52
approval for the
kingdom of God for eternity
00:35:52.53\00:35:55.17
and other people want
to say, well, oh, you know,
00:35:55.18\00:35:56.75
I understand about
the sealing message,
00:35:56.76\00:35:58.72
they'll say something like this,
00:35:58.73\00:36:00.27
I'm sealed and I've been
marked by the Holy Spirit.
00:36:00.28\00:36:04.15
Well, praise God, that's
good but there is much more.
00:36:04.16\00:36:07.28
Much more than that,
I'll just say a few words
00:36:07.29\00:36:09.97
about that, maybe it will
help, hopefully that will.
00:36:09.98\00:36:13.22
The word seal here
we're talking about there in
00:36:13.23\00:36:16.17
Ephesians 1 verse
13, where it says,
00:36:16.18\00:36:18.74
"Sealed with the
Holy Spirit of promise."
00:36:18.75\00:36:20.64
Oh, that's good,
oh, we need that.
00:36:20.65\00:36:22.76
But remember
we've got to dig deep,
00:36:22.77\00:36:26.01
the devil get--carefully
you understand that part of it,
00:36:26.02\00:36:28.13
he didn't want you to understand
00:36:28.14\00:36:29.11
what I'm getting
ready talk about here.
00:36:29.12\00:36:31.23
So the word
sealed here in the Greek
00:36:31.24\00:36:33.38
means to stamp a private mark,
00:36:33.39\00:36:37.76
stay with me,
for security reasons,
00:36:37.77\00:36:40.96
for preservation, to
protect, say that's good.
00:36:43.40\00:36:47.93
So we see then what the
Holy Spirit is necessary
00:36:47.94\00:36:50.71
so that we might receive what?
00:36:50.72\00:36:52.59
Might receive of the truth
in John 16:13, you remember,
00:36:52.60\00:36:56.29
"What is the
function of the Holy Spirit?"
00:36:56.30\00:36:57.98
He said, I will
lead and guide you what?
00:36:57.99\00:36:59.82
Into good, all
truth, truth sanctifies,
00:36:59.83\00:37:04.16
truth sets your apart,
truth changes your life.
00:37:04.17\00:37:07.82
Not an error, not a
lie, you think the devil,
00:37:07.83\00:37:10.12
he's interested in the scripture
00:37:10.13\00:37:12.03
and he's trying to lead
people away from the truth
00:37:12.04\00:37:13.77
that will change
your heart and change you
00:37:13.78\00:37:15.50
into the image of Jesus Christ.
00:37:15.51\00:37:16.99
What is it talking
about here in Ephesians 1:13
00:37:18.69\00:37:21.63
where people say
this is what it means
00:37:21.64\00:37:23.25
and I'm not worried about
the seal of the living God?
00:37:23.26\00:37:26.40
They think that
it's the Holy Spirit,
00:37:26.41\00:37:27.42
which we desperately need.
00:37:27.43\00:37:29.30
It's talking
about our salvation,
00:37:29.31\00:37:31.57
you read that in
Romans 1 verse 16,
00:37:31.58\00:37:34.96
it talks about the
truth of the gospel,
00:37:34.97\00:37:37.36
it's talking about
our, is our salvation.
00:37:37.37\00:37:40.24
And Jesus is the
way, the Bible says,
00:37:40.25\00:37:42.86
the truth and the
live in John 14 verse 6,
00:37:42.87\00:37:46.70
you say, man,
that's good we need it,
00:37:46.71\00:37:48.81
we need conversion, we
need changes in our life.
00:37:48.82\00:37:52.07
You see it is the Spirit,
the Holy Spirit that seals us,
00:37:52.08\00:37:56.64
who identifies
those who are His.
00:37:56.65\00:38:00.71
Who, who, who identifies?
00:38:00.72\00:38:02.13
The Holy Spirit identifies
if you are a child of God today.
00:38:02.14\00:38:06.33
The Holy Spirit
knows if you are a child,
00:38:06.34\00:38:07.89
if you're not a child of God
00:38:07.90\00:38:09.26
and you want to
be a child of God,
00:38:09.27\00:38:10.73
you've got to commit.
00:38:10.74\00:38:12.62
And that's a whole being,
friend, it's not just part,
00:38:12.63\00:38:15.00
it's not part
time, it's not just on,
00:38:15.01\00:38:17.25
you know, when I go to
church and I want to be,
00:38:17.26\00:38:19.28
it's all the time,
it's all or nothing.
00:38:19.29\00:38:21.92
God's calling His
children, His people today.
00:38:21.93\00:38:23.80
You say, well, I don't--
the spirit does the sealing
00:38:25.34\00:38:27.41
so there is a sealing process
00:38:27.42\00:38:28.98
and it's more than just
accepting Jesus, isn't it?
00:38:28.99\00:38:31.66
I'm going to point
that out notice what is--
00:38:31.67\00:38:33.33
Second Timothy
2:19 it says, listen,
00:38:33.34\00:38:35.82
the foundation of God
standeth sure, the what?
00:38:35.83\00:38:40.87
Foundation of God
standeth sure, having this seal.
00:38:40.88\00:38:46.11
Foundation of God standeth sure,
00:38:46.12\00:38:47.73
it has what this
seal and it says,
00:38:47.74\00:38:50.44
the Lord,
somebody is not with me,
00:38:50.45\00:38:53.00
"And the Lord
knoweth who are his."
00:38:53.01\00:38:56.13
So if the Lord knows who's
his by power of the Spirit,
00:38:56.14\00:38:58.48
the Spirit is sealing.
00:38:58.49\00:38:59.50
Notice this and it
says, let everyone that nameth
00:38:59.51\00:39:03.02
the name of Christ depart,
from what? From iniquity.
00:39:03.03\00:39:06.78
The ones who will be
sealed are those who what?
00:39:08.61\00:39:10.71
By the grace
and the power of God
00:39:10.72\00:39:12.51
had departed from what?
00:39:12.52\00:39:14.52
From iniquity, from sin,
00:39:14.53\00:39:16.56
they can't be sealed
with it in their life,
00:39:16.57\00:39:18.28
I can't be sealed with it.
00:39:18.29\00:39:20.67
See the passage of Ephesians 1,
00:39:20.68\00:39:22.31
people say, well,
sealed by the Holy Spirit
00:39:22.32\00:39:23.60
that's all there is to know.
00:39:23.61\00:39:24.58
This passage deals with
the sealing of the Holy Spirit
00:39:24.59\00:39:28.31
in connection with
conversion and baptism,
00:39:28.32\00:39:31.39
it's good, but that's
not all there is you see.
00:39:31.40\00:39:34.63
The devil doesn't
want us to dig deep.
00:39:34.64\00:39:37.23
You remember what he
said to, remember what he said
00:39:37.24\00:39:39.14
to Ezekiel in vision,
when he saw all of these
00:39:39.15\00:39:42.74
abominations are
going on in the temple.
00:39:42.75\00:39:44.71
He said, dig deep and see,
00:39:44.72\00:39:48.82
we've got to dig
deep in the word of God.
00:39:48.83\00:39:51.60
Good foundation, a good
start here, but oh, friends,
00:39:51.61\00:39:54.60
you want to do some more
study, parallel in the Bible,
00:39:54.61\00:39:57.75
study Revelation Chapter
7, Revelation Chapter 15,
00:39:57.76\00:40:01.64
Revelation Chapter 16
you'll see close parallels
00:40:01.65\00:40:04.60
to what I'm talking about it.
00:40:04.61\00:40:05.73
We can't go into all that today.
00:40:05.74\00:40:07.36
What is the seal?
00:40:07.37\00:40:08.44
What is the mark
of God based upon?
00:40:08.45\00:40:12.37
Because we need
the Holy Spirit inside,
00:40:12.38\00:40:14.01
we need to be
sealed by Spirit of God.
00:40:14.02\00:40:15.46
But what is, what is the mark?
00:40:15.47\00:40:17.77
What would be the
stamp that God puts upon that
00:40:17.78\00:40:20.75
which is His and He's
stamping them for eternity?
00:40:20.76\00:40:25.65
Well, remember in
Book of Revelation
00:40:25.66\00:40:27.63
and also in Ezekiel.
00:40:27.64\00:40:29.66
Listen, the seal of God, listen,
00:40:29.67\00:40:32.52
this will frighten some,
you, you're not going to get it,
00:40:32.53\00:40:34.44
but I'm gonna say it
again, again until we get it,
00:40:34.45\00:40:36.99
the seal, Revelation
and Ezekiel, the seal
00:40:37.00\00:40:40.86
and the mark is based
upon character qualifications,
00:40:40.87\00:40:46.35
who you are, is that make sense?
00:40:46.36\00:40:49.17
It's our characters,
they must be like what?
00:40:49.18\00:40:52.11
Like Jesus before He comes.
00:40:52.12\00:40:55.76
He's not gonna take
the sinful to heaven,
00:40:55.77\00:40:57.12
He can't do it, we
have the mess up there,
00:40:57.13\00:40:58.50
we got, we have down here now.
00:40:58.51\00:41:00.48
And so victory is assured
to us, so it deals with what?
00:41:00.49\00:41:04.30
Good, character qualifications,
00:41:04.31\00:41:06.57
that's clear in
Ezekiel 9 verse 4,
00:41:06.58\00:41:08.51
that's clear in
Second Timothy 2:19,
00:41:08.52\00:41:10.56
He knows who is His, as
what the Bible says, why?
00:41:10.57\00:41:13.91
And those who are His,
they depart from iniquity,
00:41:13.92\00:41:16.78
it's what the Bible says.
00:41:16.79\00:41:19.11
We need to quit
this excuse business.
00:41:19.12\00:41:21.82
Well, I know, it says
it but, there is no but.
00:41:21.83\00:41:25.89
Think about it, that's
the devil, we'll do it,
00:41:25.90\00:41:28.69
but, those who
follow Jesus, their lamb
00:41:28.70\00:41:32.57
and may hear his
voice, they just, they follow.
00:41:32.58\00:41:35.31
So what is the seal?
What is the mark based upon?
00:41:35.32\00:41:38.46
This mark can only be
put upon those who, remember
00:41:40.77\00:41:42.85
who've through the
power of the Holy Spirit
00:41:42.86\00:41:45.98
reflect the image of Christ.
00:41:45.99\00:41:49.91
Oh, Lord, I need some
help, how do you feel about it?
00:41:49.92\00:41:53.52
Oh, need some
help, that's the only way
00:41:53.53\00:41:56.07
it can be put on,
heaven be our home.
00:41:56.08\00:41:58.49
And this mark, He
puts on reflects what?
00:41:58.50\00:42:01.05
His ownership, His
kingdom, His name, His address,
00:42:01.06\00:42:07.32
as in ancient times
you remember the seal,
00:42:07.33\00:42:10.72
it was an object
that testified to what?
00:42:10.73\00:42:12.80
To the ownership, the
seal of the King, He owned it.
00:42:12.81\00:42:17.16
He told what He own, who He was?
00:42:17.17\00:42:20.34
So here we have God,
He is the creator of what?
00:42:20.35\00:42:24.43
Of heaven and Earth,
00:42:24.44\00:42:25.43
oh friends, we're
directed to go back
00:42:25.44\00:42:27.92
to the God of creation
just before Jesus comes.
00:42:27.93\00:42:31.79
One of the
messages of Revelation 14,
00:42:31.80\00:42:33.98
a few people will be
giving before Jesus comes
00:42:33.99\00:42:36.60
go back and worship the
one who made heaven and Earth
00:42:36.61\00:42:38.92
and the sea and the
fountains and waters.
00:42:38.93\00:42:41.75
There are a group of
people that are doing it now,
00:42:41.76\00:42:44.16
because they realize
the urgency of the hour,
00:42:44.17\00:42:46.22
they realize
their sin in the church,
00:42:46.23\00:42:47.82
realize sin in individual's life
00:42:47.83\00:42:49.39
and it's going to have to go.
00:42:49.40\00:42:52.25
A group of
people give this warning
00:42:52.26\00:42:53.82
oh, if you haven't
read, bless your heart,
00:42:53.83\00:42:55.51
Revelation 14,
read just verse 6 and 7.
00:42:55.52\00:42:59.56
It said, "We're to fear
God and give glory to him
00:42:59.57\00:43:01.84
for the hour of
His judgment is come.
00:43:01.85\00:43:03.96
Worship him that
made heaven and earth,
00:43:03.97\00:43:05.72
and the sea, and the fountains."
00:43:05.73\00:43:06.87
What? Go back to creation,
00:43:06.88\00:43:08.71
we go back to the
God, who's the creator.
00:43:08.72\00:43:12.61
He's begging us, and
he's apleading us to go back.
00:43:12.62\00:43:17.54
He said why, because we're
in the hour of God's judgment,
00:43:17.55\00:43:21.88
the world doesn't know
we're in the judgment hour,
00:43:21.89\00:43:24.45
they didn't know it
at the time of the flood
00:43:24.46\00:43:26.09
that they have a
certain amount of time
00:43:26.10\00:43:27.36
and that
probation was gonna close
00:43:27.37\00:43:28.90
and that was it for the world,
00:43:28.91\00:43:30.22
it's gonna happen again,
00:43:30.23\00:43:31.20
oh, it's just so
near even the door.
00:43:31.21\00:43:33.57
So we must conclude
just quickly try to run over
00:43:33.58\00:43:35.80
some high points here of
the seal, or the mark of God.
00:43:35.81\00:43:39.74
The one that the
destroying angel must,
00:43:39.75\00:43:42.60
must not do anything to
because they belong to God.
00:43:42.61\00:43:46.35
It's a mark,
remember on the forehead
00:43:46.36\00:43:48.42
which only angels
can see, not human eyes.
00:43:48.43\00:43:54.26
It is a mark of
redemption, it's a remark
00:43:54.27\00:43:58.42
that have been covered
by the blood of the Lamb.
00:43:58.43\00:44:00.22
Have you been covered
by the Lamb, by His blood.
00:44:00.23\00:44:04.24
Number two, important part,
00:44:04.25\00:44:06.34
this mark can only
be put upon, once again,
00:44:06.35\00:44:09.11
those who separate from what?
00:44:09.12\00:44:11.08
Sin and sinners, we're
not willing in the world,
00:44:11.09\00:44:15.10
we've spend too
much time in the world,
00:44:15.11\00:44:16.67
too much time
with sin and sinners
00:44:16.68\00:44:18.18
and we become like them
00:44:18.19\00:44:19.27
and we can't tell
a difference anymore.
00:44:19.28\00:44:21.18
God's saying don't do that.
00:44:21.19\00:44:24.02
"Come apart and be separate,
and touch not the unclean,"
00:44:24.03\00:44:26.66
is what the Bible says.
00:44:26.67\00:44:27.67
Oh, it's difficult I know it,
00:44:27.68\00:44:29.98
when you have family
and people that you love.
00:44:29.99\00:44:31.74
But dear friends, if
heavens are gonna be our home,
00:44:31.75\00:44:33.58
we have to make some
choices and they're tough ones.
00:44:33.59\00:44:36.31
And only God can help us.
00:44:36.32\00:44:38.16
The seal of God, dear friend,
00:44:38.17\00:44:39.40
is a settling into the
truth or a love for the truth,
00:44:39.41\00:44:43.62
that Second Thessalonians
2 verse 10 talks about.
00:44:43.63\00:44:47.25
Those who are going to be
sanctified and go to heaven
00:44:47.26\00:44:49.19
or those who love the
truth not just know the truth.
00:44:49.20\00:44:53.34
They're settling into the truth
00:44:53.35\00:44:54.50
that you cannot be
moved, though the heavens fall.
00:44:54.51\00:44:58.55
It's an intellectual,
it's a spiritual settling
00:44:58.56\00:45:01.77
into the truth that
you will not be swayed
00:45:01.78\00:45:04.25
by every wind of
doctrine that's blowing
00:45:04.26\00:45:06.19
everywhere
today, Ephesians 4:14.
00:45:06.20\00:45:09.60
Are you one of those who
come and you hear something,
00:45:09.61\00:45:10.92
oh, that's new,
I'm gonna follow it,
00:45:10.93\00:45:12.31
oh that's new I'm
gonna follow this over here,
00:45:12.32\00:45:13.95
you don't know
what position you have.
00:45:13.96\00:45:17.26
Friend, you're gonna
have to know the truth
00:45:17.27\00:45:18.74
and that truth
will set you free.
00:45:18.75\00:45:20.72
The mark is not
something visibly then,
00:45:23.24\00:45:26.46
because it's-- in the forehead,
00:45:26.47\00:45:28.08
frontal lobes, decision
making part of the brain
00:45:28.09\00:45:30.30
you're gonna follow
Jesus though the heavens fall,
00:45:30.31\00:45:32.20
you're gonna die for Him
if that's what is necessary.
00:45:32.21\00:45:35.08
But there has to be some
kind of a visible sign outside
00:45:35.09\00:45:38.94
so that people can
know, so the world can know.
00:45:38.95\00:45:42.58
What might that
be? Outward sign.
00:45:42.59\00:45:47.19
You say, well, I
don't know, I don't know
00:45:47.20\00:45:49.01
what that might be you just,
you remember the 10 virgins,
00:45:49.02\00:45:53.30
they all looked alike,
they all carried their Bibles,
00:45:53.31\00:45:55.10
you remember all
and you couldn't tell
00:45:55.11\00:45:56.17
who was and who
wasn't until the test came,
00:45:56.18\00:45:59.18
and then the true ones you
see would stand tall for Jesus.
00:45:59.19\00:46:04.23
And so God said, there
will be an outward sign
00:46:04.24\00:46:06.26
of the seal of the living
God that I will put on them.
00:46:06.27\00:46:09.82
So it's more than just
saying I love Jesus like --
00:46:09.83\00:46:12.36
you know, Christians say today.
00:46:12.37\00:46:14.26
It's more than just you
know, the action and obedience,
00:46:14.27\00:46:17.89
it's faith and works, doing,
but there is a visible sign
00:46:17.90\00:46:23.28
and you know what that sign is?
00:46:23.29\00:46:24.26
It's very simple
it's the observance
00:46:24.27\00:46:26.34
of the true
Sabbath of the Bible, why?
00:46:26.35\00:46:28.80
Because it tells,
goes back to worship who?
00:46:28.81\00:46:30.57
God, the creator
of heaven and earth.
00:46:30.58\00:46:33.63
Revelation 12:17, he
was angry with the church,
00:46:33.64\00:46:36.29
who kept the
commandments of God,
00:46:36.30\00:46:37.80
keep them and have the faith
and testimony of Jesus Christ.
00:46:37.81\00:46:41.44
Through the
observance of the true Sabbath,
00:46:41.45\00:46:43.60
the seventh day of
the week will be the mark,
00:46:43.61\00:46:46.57
I've noticed the mark
of the true worshipers
00:46:46.58\00:46:49.39
of God in the last days, why?
00:46:49.40\00:46:50.80
Because the enemy has
set up a spurious day.
00:46:50.81\00:46:53.70
Yeah, a lot of
people squirm in their seat,
00:46:53.71\00:46:55.21
a lot of people say, I
can't take this, dear friends,
00:46:55.22\00:46:57.18
prove it wrong, please
prove it wrong if you can.
00:46:57.19\00:47:00.30
This is the great controversy,
you either worship God
00:47:00.31\00:47:02.90
who is the creator or you don't
00:47:02.91\00:47:05.20
and you will worship the enemy.
00:47:05.21\00:47:08.22
Seventh day has always
been God's appointed day
00:47:08.23\00:47:10.48
of rest and worship,
it was established when?
00:47:10.49\00:47:13.69
At creation, but do
you know, some of us
00:47:13.70\00:47:15.03
have the nerves to say, well,
yeah but things have changed,
00:47:15.04\00:47:16.87
we're not in the old
testament, who are you?
00:47:16.88\00:47:19.13
Who am I to say that I
can tear out any portions,
00:47:19.14\00:47:22.21
that's right, I get a
little excitement about it.
00:47:22.22\00:47:24.31
You think you can
just pull it, tear it out,
00:47:24.32\00:47:25.56
part of the scripture and say,
00:47:25.57\00:47:26.54
well that don't
pertain to us anymore.
00:47:26.55\00:47:28.96
But my Bible says all scripture
is given by inspiration of God.
00:47:28.97\00:47:32.67
Well, it doesn't pertain to us,
00:47:32.68\00:47:33.74
now who said it doesn't pertain.
00:47:33.75\00:47:36.24
Friend, this is what
we, the devil is trying
00:47:36.25\00:47:38.39
to blithe our mind when we
can't see the simple truth.
00:47:38.40\00:47:41.77
God said that it's a
perpetual obligation,
00:47:41.78\00:47:44.54
it's found in the heart
of the moral law of God.
00:47:44.55\00:47:48.39
How can anybody
say that we believe
00:47:48.40\00:47:50.29
in keeping the
commandments of God
00:47:50.30\00:47:51.97
and then when
they're questioned say, yeah,
00:47:51.98\00:47:53.53
but nine of them
is all that we keep.
00:47:53.54\00:47:55.75
Who has the audacity to
do that today, dear friends.
00:47:55.76\00:48:00.20
I do this with a
urgency, not trying to judge
00:48:00.21\00:48:03.34
or condemn anybody, but
my heart just says how can,
00:48:03.35\00:48:06.12
how can we do this.
00:48:06.13\00:48:08.56
How can we take God
out of the commandments,
00:48:08.57\00:48:12.02
how can we take the Creator out,
00:48:12.03\00:48:15.27
and put in
something that is false.
00:48:15.28\00:48:17.80
You see why this is only
after the death of Christ,
00:48:17.81\00:48:20.83
after the death of the disciples
00:48:20.84\00:48:22.72
that a great apostasy come in,
00:48:22.73\00:48:24.08
I just have a few
minutes now I'm gonna go fast.
00:48:24.09\00:48:27.48
That a great apostasy
come in and took place.
00:48:27.49\00:48:30.11
And may I just be bold
about all those information
00:48:30.12\00:48:32.52
I'll tell you that
keep you for days and weeks.
00:48:32.53\00:48:36.23
But after disciples
retired to the grave
00:48:36.24\00:48:38.10
and Jesus you
know had passed away.
00:48:38.11\00:48:40.27
Of course He rose and
went, praise God for that.
00:48:40.28\00:48:42.85
But listen, the
old devil had a scheme.
00:48:42.86\00:48:46.12
The first day of the
week was placed, right, right,
00:48:46.13\00:48:49.62
just took the place, they said
00:48:49.63\00:48:51.00
of the seventh-day Sabbath why?
00:48:51.01\00:48:53.18
Man substituted it
not God, God's word tells
00:48:53.19\00:48:57.43
that there is a great
work of importance here
00:48:57.44\00:48:59.70
in the last days
there's gonna be a real revival
00:48:59.71\00:49:03.10
of true
godliness among His people.
00:49:03.11\00:49:06.58
There's gonna be a great work,
00:49:06.59\00:49:08.35
the real seventh-day
Sabbath is gonna be brought
00:49:08.36\00:49:10.46
to the
forefront, the seventh day
00:49:10.47\00:49:12.33
of the week before Jesus comes.
00:49:12.34\00:49:14.09
You say, oh,
I'm not really sure,
00:49:14.10\00:49:15.38
read Isaiah Chapter
58, 12 and 13 read Isaiah--
00:49:15.39\00:49:18.93
Revelation Chapter 14 and
read 6 through 12 if you will,
00:49:18.94\00:49:22.54
read Isaiah 56
verses 1, 2, 6 through 8.
00:49:22.55\00:49:26.63
Great Controversy
page 451 and onward to 460.
00:49:26.64\00:49:30.43
Friend, I'm telling you
this is the great point,
00:49:30.44\00:49:33.44
sticky point is
going to come down
00:49:33.45\00:49:34.83
to who will we
worship in the last days.
00:49:34.84\00:49:36.92
There is no doubt about
it, seventh-day is the Sabbath
00:49:36.93\00:49:39.03
of the Lord thy God,
first day of the week
00:49:39.04\00:49:41.02
the what, the
enemy has a substitute.
00:49:41.03\00:49:43.64
God never blessed,
He never sanctified,
00:49:43.65\00:49:45.57
He never set it apart.
00:49:45.58\00:49:49.18
Does God have good people, yeah,
00:49:49.19\00:49:50.71
absolutely, He
does, but you know what?
00:49:50.72\00:49:52.20
He's calling in the
Three Angels Message,
00:49:52.21\00:49:54.00
he's calling
people out of Babylon,
00:49:54.01\00:49:55.99
and he said I'm calling what?
00:49:56.00\00:49:56.97
My people who hear my voice
00:49:56.98\00:49:59.36
and they will
respond to that call.
00:49:59.37\00:50:01.29
And, dear friend, if
you're hearing the voice
00:50:01.30\00:50:02.72
of God today, God saying
through the word of the God
00:50:02.73\00:50:04.73
right now we need to come apart.
00:50:04.74\00:50:07.61
The enemy's going to exalt
his day and may I just be bold.
00:50:07.62\00:50:10.98
It said, the false day,
Sunday as the day of worship.
00:50:10.99\00:50:15.12
You say, well, I'm not sure.
00:50:15.13\00:50:16.38
Revelation Chapter 13,
00:50:16.39\00:50:18.47
Revelation Chapter
14:9 through 12, Daniel 7:25
00:50:18.48\00:50:22.32
when you study
the book of Daniel
00:50:22.33\00:50:23.58
and the book of
Revelation, you will see,
00:50:23.59\00:50:25.50
it's said that, you
know, the little horn power
00:50:25.51\00:50:27.38
he would think to change
times and laws, oh stay with me.
00:50:27.39\00:50:32.13
He would think to
change times and law,
00:50:32.14\00:50:33.73
how successful will Satan be
oh, he's gonna unite, it seems
00:50:33.74\00:50:37.60
he unite the whole world
together in his movement.
00:50:37.61\00:50:40.16
And the center
piece that he has is what?
00:50:40.17\00:50:43.06
The teaching of Sunday,
exalting Sunday as God's day,
00:50:43.07\00:50:47.42
read Revelation
13 verse 8 it says,
00:50:47.43\00:50:49.25
"All the world wondered after
the beast and they are those
00:50:49.26\00:50:51.70
whose names are not written
in the Lamb's Book of Life."
00:50:51.71\00:50:54.66
Revelation 14 verse 8,
Revelation 16 verse 14,
00:50:54.67\00:50:57.76
"Those who worship
the beast and his image,"
00:50:57.77\00:50:59.65
Revelation 18 verse 3
goes on and on and on.
00:50:59.66\00:51:02.55
This is going to divide
the world into two groups,
00:51:02.56\00:51:06.12
those who love
Jesus and those who are
00:51:06.13\00:51:08.29
true and faithful to
the commandments of God
00:51:08.30\00:51:11.75
including the
seventh-day Sabbath.
00:51:11.76\00:51:13.85
You cannot take one
of the commandments out
00:51:13.86\00:51:16.97
and you cannot change them.
00:51:16.98\00:51:20.30
Do you think
that you're God? Man.
00:51:20.31\00:51:23.93
Listen, God wrote
them with His own finger
00:51:23.94\00:51:28.47
and we think
that we can change it
00:51:28.48\00:51:31.41
because he say,
well, he rose on Sunday.
00:51:31.42\00:51:33.77
Baptism is a
memorial to his resurrection,
00:51:33.78\00:51:37.57
going down in the watery
grave and coming back up again,
00:51:37.58\00:51:40.04
nothing to do with
the change of the Sabbath.
00:51:40.05\00:51:43.05
You can't give one
text, I'm just saying,
00:51:43.06\00:51:44.86
friends, if we can,
what is our religion?
00:51:44.87\00:51:47.33
What is our
foundation right here?
00:51:47.34\00:51:49.88
Number two, those who accept
00:51:49.89\00:51:51.39
the false
Sabbath, a counterfeit.
00:51:51.40\00:51:53.93
Oh, this outward
example, the seal of God is
00:51:53.94\00:51:57.19
they will be observing
the seventh-day of the week
00:51:57.20\00:51:59.37
and it's still more than that,
00:51:59.38\00:52:00.62
it's character qualification,
how is your character today?
00:52:00.63\00:52:03.93
Just have about
three minutes left
00:52:03.94\00:52:05.53
and how's your
character qualification today?
00:52:05.54\00:52:07.92
Do you love Jesus
with all your heart,
00:52:07.93\00:52:09.35
your soul, and your mind?
00:52:09.36\00:52:10.99
Then why aren't we
willing to obey him? Why?
00:52:11.00\00:52:14.39
Are you afraid to be different?
00:52:14.40\00:52:15.37
You're afraid of your pay check,
00:52:15.38\00:52:16.37
afraid of your job,
what are you afraid of?
00:52:16.38\00:52:19.50
If you really loved
Him with all your heart,
00:52:19.51\00:52:20.86
what are you, are
you afraid of truth, why?
00:52:20.87\00:52:23.81
The truth will set you free,
you'll have peace in the world
00:52:23.82\00:52:26.56
when there is no peace
but He can give it to you.
00:52:26.57\00:52:30.86
And I understand many Sabbath
keepers are going to abondon
00:52:30.87\00:52:33.39
their faith when the
pressure is really applied.
00:52:33.40\00:52:38.49
But let me tell you when
the pressure is really applied,
00:52:38.50\00:52:40.57
then you're gonna
see the real truth,
00:52:40.58\00:52:42.72
the real genuine
is going to remain
00:52:42.73\00:52:44.91
and they will stand
and defend God's holy law.
00:52:44.92\00:52:48.77
Which all of us
should do in the world today?
00:52:48.78\00:52:52.71
Many people are going
to join all over the world
00:52:52.72\00:52:54.75
and different
churches are going to come out
00:52:54.76\00:52:56.23
and they're gonna
say, oh, yes, this is what
00:52:56.24\00:52:57.77
God wants to do, no one
told me, we didn't know,
00:52:57.78\00:52:59.92
let me tell you God's
raising a movement now
00:52:59.93\00:53:02.17
that's going to warn the world.
00:53:02.18\00:53:04.01
Judgment begins at the house
of God and let me tell you,
00:53:04.02\00:53:07.18
those who've had great light,
00:53:07.19\00:53:08.22
I'm talking you
pastors and evangelist,
00:53:08.23\00:53:10.17
and now you've had great light.
00:53:10.18\00:53:11.37
Oh, dear friend, you've
stood as guardians of the truth,
00:53:11.38\00:53:14.56
the spiritual
leaders of the truth
00:53:14.57\00:53:16.38
but you haven't
given them the truth, why?
00:53:16.39\00:53:18.42
Because you wanted
your job, I've had people
00:53:18.43\00:53:20.52
tell me that out of the pastors.
00:53:20.53\00:53:22.42
They want their retirement,
00:53:22.43\00:53:23.51
they don't want to create ways,
00:53:23.52\00:53:24.66
they just want
to get through, oh,
00:53:24.67\00:53:25.86
you've got to be dedicated
by the blood of the Lamb.
00:53:25.87\00:53:29.53
It wasn't popular for them?
00:53:29.54\00:53:31.08
They couldn't stand the pressure
00:53:31.09\00:53:32.11
with family and
friends and pride.
00:53:32.12\00:53:35.56
They were spiritual
cowards, unfaithful shepherds,
00:53:35.57\00:53:41.00
and they're gonna suffer,
they're gonna suffer 10 times
00:53:41.01\00:53:42.84
the amount of a
normal person who's lost,
00:53:42.85\00:53:46.54
oh, friend, today,
the great controversy.
00:53:46.55\00:53:50.51
It's sinners
around the worship of who,
00:53:50.52\00:53:53.44
the Creator or
the worship of what?
00:53:53.45\00:53:56.31
Of man, what will it be for you?
00:53:56.32\00:54:00.80
Why not take an
open position right now,
00:54:00.81\00:54:03.04
say I'm gonna follow God.
00:54:03.05\00:54:05.59
If you don't, you have to
realize that a man in linen,
00:54:05.60\00:54:09.20
Ezekiel 9, he's standing
there with a slaughter weapon
00:54:09.21\00:54:12.56
in his hand and you have to have
00:54:12.57\00:54:14.29
that seal of the
living God, you've to,
00:54:14.30\00:54:16.76
there's based on what,
sailing into the truth, yeah,
00:54:16.77\00:54:18.96
will you not be
moved but also what?
00:54:18.97\00:54:20.63
Is there outward
evidence of that,
00:54:20.64\00:54:22.34
you keep the
commandments of God.
00:54:22.35\00:54:23.94
Blessed are they
that do His commandments
00:54:23.95\00:54:25.60
that they may have a
right to the tree of life
00:54:25.61\00:54:27.47
and enter in the
gates of the city.
00:54:27.48\00:54:29.17
Friend, let's pray
about it, I know so much more
00:54:29.18\00:54:31.01
but we need to pray right now.
00:54:31.02\00:54:32.61
Pray as the Holy
Spirit's convicting you,
00:54:32.62\00:54:34.87
convicting me of what we need
to do here in this last days,
00:54:34.88\00:54:37.33
God help us, have mercy on us
00:54:37.34\00:54:39.05
and let's pray
together, shall we?
00:54:39.06\00:54:40.56
Merciful God in
heaven, we thank you
00:54:40.57\00:54:42.18
for Your precious word today.
00:54:42.19\00:54:43.29
Oh, it maybe tough for many.
00:54:43.30\00:54:45.03
But I pray that it will somehow
00:54:45.04\00:54:46.78
awaken their senses,
their spiritual senses.
00:54:46.79\00:54:49.10
And to be able to
question of what's going on
00:54:49.11\00:54:51.83
in their spiritual life
and if they're following
00:54:51.84\00:54:53.52
Jesus all the way, help
us all to see what truth is,
00:54:53.53\00:54:56.18
thank you for
hearing, answering prayer,
00:54:56.19\00:54:57.64
in Jesus name, amen.
00:54:57.65\00:55:00.12
The last few seconds we have,
we encourage each one of you
00:55:00.13\00:55:03.77
to be studying your
Bible each and everyday.
00:55:03.78\00:55:05.77
You know, don't
forget to pray for us,
00:55:05.78\00:55:07.16
we need it desperately here.
00:55:07.17\00:55:08.84
And remember, the means
of, he only means of support
00:55:08.85\00:55:11.02
that we have is the free
will offerings of God's people,
00:55:11.03\00:55:13.35
we can continue to
bring you these programs,
00:55:13.36\00:55:15.18
we love you, thank you
for setting aside this time,
00:55:15.19\00:55:17.40
we'll see you next time.
00:55:17.41\00:55:19.30
Hello and we welcome back.
00:55:21.36\00:55:23.34
You know, in closing of what
has been a very serious series
00:55:23.35\00:55:27.46
of messages from the book
of Ezekiel Chapters 8 or 9,
00:55:27.47\00:55:30.71
I want to share this
one encouraging in hopefully
00:55:30.72\00:55:34.52
hopeful statement
found in another book
00:55:34.53\00:55:37.27
called The Desire of
Ages, page 26 it reads.
00:55:37.28\00:55:41.44
"Our little world,
under the curse of sin
00:55:41.45\00:55:44.64
the one dark blot in
His glorious creation,
00:55:44.65\00:55:48.48
will be honored
above all other worlds
00:55:48.49\00:55:50.95
in the universe of God.
00:55:50.96\00:55:52.91
Here where the Son of
God tabernacled in humanity,
00:55:52.92\00:55:56.86
where the King of glory
lived and suffered and died,
00:55:56.87\00:56:00.78
here when He shall
make all things new."
00:56:00.79\00:56:04.30
Praise the Lord.
00:56:04.31\00:56:05.28
"The tabernacle of
God shall be with men,
00:56:05.29\00:56:08.42
and He will dwell with them,
and they shall be His people,
00:56:08.43\00:56:11.86
and God himself shall be
with them, and be their God."
00:56:11.87\00:56:16.17
We have so very much,
friends, to look forward to,
00:56:16.95\00:56:20.51
if we just hold on to
God just a little bit longer.
00:56:20.52\00:56:24.36
And as always, friends,
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00:56:24.37\00:56:27.34
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00:56:57.01\00:56:59.80
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