Hello, and welcome to
"Behold The Lamb" presents.
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I'm Chris Shelton, your
host, and I want to welcome you
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to the second
message in a two part series
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that we have
entitled "Here I Stand."
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In part one of this
series, we began to study
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the life and
character of Martin Luther.
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And we began to compare
his being zealous, ardent,
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and devoted to God
while basing his love
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and devotion to
his Heavenly Father
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solely upon the scriptures
and the scriptures alone,
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and how this is a
beautiful picture of just
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how God's last day
church of His people are to be.
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We touched on the
persecution, also.
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And the rejection
that Martin Luther endured
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as a result of these beautiful
truths that he believed in
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and was beginning
to share with others.
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You know, one would think
as Luther did that his church,
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the Catholic Church,
would have been blessed
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as he was to learn and accept
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these precious
truths of God's word.
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But sadly that
was just not the case.
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He was labeled as a
heretic, a protestant,
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and was
excommunicated from his church.
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As in our day, many
profess the name of the Lord,
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but few actually love
Him enough to follow Him,
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wheresoever He may lead.
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It is our prayer that you
will take the time to listen
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to this God given message
Pastor Kenny is about to present
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and desire in your heart
to become a modern day Luther
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as reflecting
his godly character.
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A child of God who was
solely devoted to the Lord
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and whom will
follow Him wheresoever
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he leads you through His word.
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But before we join Pastor Kenny,
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we are blessed to
visit the 3ABN Worship Center
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and listen to a song entitled
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"With a Made Up Mind"
by Angela Bryant-Brown.
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With a made up mind
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With a made up mind
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I am willing to go
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All the way through
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Though it cost my life
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I'm willing to pay the price
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I've got heaven in my view
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Though it means
that I have to walk alone
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Or that my
friends they may be few
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Well I'm not gonna worry about
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What others may say or do
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See I've got heaven in my view
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With a made up mind
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With a made up mind
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There's no problem that He
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He will not see me through
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And if I live my life right
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All of my battles He promised
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He'd fight
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That's why I've
got heaven in my view.
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Oh, with a made up mind you see
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It's gonna take a made up mind
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And every day I can say
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Hallelu, Hallelu,
Hallelu, Hallelu, Hallelu
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And all of my burdens
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They may weigh me down, me down
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Still I've got
heaven, I've got heaven
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I've got heaven in my view
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Thanks for joining us once
again at "Behold the Lamb."
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As you heard my wife talk about,
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this is a very,
very important subject
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for God's last day people.
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We are talking--this subject
matter is "Here I Stand."
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We've been comparing, it's
just a second part, remember.
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The first part and we'll be
doing some comparing today, too
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about Martin
Luther, great reformer,
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Jesus Christ our
Lord and our Savior,
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and God's last day people.
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You're going to fit
somewhere in that group.
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And as we look at
these comparisons,
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there are things that people,
God's people have gone through,
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they're gonna go
through in the near future.
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We need to be ready for that.
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It's such an important topic
that we want to offer a book,
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the book called
"The Great Controversy."
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Now many of you may
have that book already.
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You do praise
God, you know, but--
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we have a limited
supply, so we want to give them
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in the hands of those
who-- maybe don't have one.
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It's the full book of
700 or some odd pages.
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It goes through
all the reformation
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and so on and so forth.
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You will love
it, you will love it,
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but you gonna have to
call our supplies last,
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we'll give it to you free.
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As you read that
book, you will be blessed.
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I believe your heart
and life will be changed.
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It's not a cut down
version. It's the full version.
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I believe you
will love that book.
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Give us a call.
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Appreciate the
cards and letters,
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appreciate your phone calls.
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You can call us
and you have questions
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by send an email,
whatever you want to do.
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We will do our best
to get back with you.
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So as we study our
lesson today once again,
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we need to pray as always.
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So I'm gonna
kneel and have prayer,
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well, you can,
why don't you kneel
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and have prayer with me
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that the Holy
Spirit will help us,
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give us power that we
may understand His word.
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Let's pray, shall we?
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Loving Father in
Heaven, we truly thank you,
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for the privilege
we have with prayer.
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Now we ask through the
power of thy Holy Spirit
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that you will take this vessel,
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we realize that
this vessel is nothing,
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without the power
of thy Holy Spirit.
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Consume each
one of us, Oh, Lord.
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My heart, my mind,
my soul that I may be
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what you would have me to be.
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Speak the words that you
would have me speak today.
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Lord, may there be a light.
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May there be communication
between heaven and earth today
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by Jesus Christ and
the power of thy Spirit.
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Bless the hearers we pray
and those who view may hearts
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and lives be changed not only
for the day, but for eternity.
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In Jesus name we pray. Amen.
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Again the
importance of this subject,
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I don't want
you underestimate it
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because I said the last program,
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this is not for
the faint or the weak,
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so we need to
really stay with me.
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Lot of material to cover today,
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only by the grace of
God can we get through it.
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May it help us to
get the high points,
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but again that book you need
to be calling for that book.
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I'd like for you,
if you have your Bible,
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you just turn it
quickly in the book,
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the New Testament, the
Book of Luke 19:47, 48.
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As we compare the
lives that we were talk about
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Luther and Jesus and
God's last day people.
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Remember Luther had
been stirring up the people
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with a new message
they hadn't heard before?
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It upset the church.
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They were, "oh, oh, my--"
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it wasn't approved by them
and so they were tied about it.
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And so they
wanted to stop his voice.
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And nothing new, as we look
in Scripture, as we read this,
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listen, and make a comparison.
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Talking about He,
Jesus in Luke 19:47, 48.
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Said, "He Jesus taught
them daily in the temple,
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but the chief
priest and the scribes,
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and the chief of the
people sought to destroy Him."
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Verse 48, "And could
not find what they might do,
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for all the people were
very attentive to hear Him."
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Here's Jesus, Lord
and Savior in the Temple.
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But here's the chief
priest and the scribes.
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Think with me.
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These were the ones that said,
"We need to get rid of Jesus."
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Why? He hadn't
done anything wrong.
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He was teaching
something that was new to them.
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They didn't want to hear it
and they wanted to put Him out.
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But interesting, the
people were listening.
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Sound familiar?
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God's last day people
same thing will be happening.
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Luther's day, the reformers
what people were listening,
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said, "We want to
hear what's going on."
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But the religious leader said,
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"Man, we need to
quite this guy up."
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Interesting "The
Great Controversy"
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the book I just told you about,
page 605 makes this quote.
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Listen carefully.
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"In every
generation--" You know what,
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when I make this right now,
I'm going to tell you upfront
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some people who will get tight.
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But why?
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If it's the truth, we should
say thank you Lord for it.
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Help us to adjust our life.
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"In every generation God has
sent His servants to rebuke sin"
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notice "both in the
world and in the church."
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Many of us like
rebuke sin in the world,
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but we don't want to
hear about in the church.
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Friend, this is something
we need to contemplate here.
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God in every
generation has sent servants.
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Are you this servant?
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You, man, woman, God today,
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well, you want to know
the message, don't you?
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Here's something interesting,
when you as an individual,
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as an individual we find
this, no man can serve God,
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notice this, without enlisting
Himself--opposite of the enemy.
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The enemy, other
words he comes in.
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Enemy's going to oppose
you, once you enlist yourself
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in the service of
God, then you what?
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The enemy says I'm
gonna go against you.
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You can expect these things
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that we're talking
about will take place.
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They've taken place
in the beginning of time,
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they will continue on.
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So when the Spirit of
God comes upon His people.
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When they've
enlisted themselves,
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and I like that--enlisted
themselves in His service
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proclaiming this last day
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warning message
of Revelation 14.
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You're familiar
with that message.
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You should be but a lot of you,
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want to scratch out a
point or two you don't like.
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The whole three angels
message take nothing out,
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add nothing to it,
just present it as God said.
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These last day
people cannot refrain
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from speaking those things--
plain teachings of Scripture.
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Why? They are consumed by
the power of the Holy Spirit.
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They just can't
keep quiet anymore.
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They speak the
words just like Luther.
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He said, he spoke
words that God gave him.
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We last day people will speak
words that God has given us.
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We'll do it fearlessly,
regardless of the consequences.
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And, you know the good
news? People will hear it.
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They're going to listen,
why? Spirit of God's working.
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As the Spirit of God works upon
the hearts and lives of people,
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we have to realize
He's going to be opening
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ears, hearts, and
minds to hear this message.
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Do you realize this is the way
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that the third angel's
message will be proclaimed?
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Once again I like to read from
"The Great Controversy" 606.
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Listen, how it says, it says
"Men of faith and men of prayer"
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notice "will be constrained
to go forth with a holy zeal,"
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notice "and they
are going to declare
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the words that God gives them."
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God said, this last day
people are gonna go forward
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with the real zeal, and they're
going to proclaim exactly
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what God puts in their
hearts, and their minds.
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Interesting notice,
they go forth where?
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In faith.
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And notice this, "The sins
of Babylon will be laid open.
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The fearful results of enforcing
the observance of the church
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by civil
authority," listen carefully
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"the inroads of
spiritualism, the stealthy
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but rapid progress of the papal
power-all will be unmasked.
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But these solemn messages
will be--will stir the people."
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I pray that you
are, you'd be stirred up
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when you hear these messages
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or when God compels
you to give these messages
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warning of what's taking place.
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As the message, go forth,
God's people with holy zeal,
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as we see the
observance of the, you know,
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the church by civil authority.
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You know, making a Sunday law.
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When we see
spiritualism on the rise
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and when we see
the papacy on the rise.
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These are all the things
that we can look and say, okay,
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now we realize what
is soon to take place.
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You realize Luther--you know,
he was hated and he was rejected
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because of the message
that he was giving regardless,
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of whether it was truth or not.
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It was the truth,
but people didn't care
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whether it was truth.
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They just didn't want it.
We say, upset the applecart.
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Even went so far that
they plotted to kill him.
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Interesting,
plotted to kill Jesus,
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plotted to kill the
reformers, and plotted to kill
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the last day people for
the message that they give.
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How interesting.
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See we find that many openly,
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such as the Catholic
Universities in Luther's day,
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it was interesting,
you know, what they said.
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The man that kills
Luther, he would be without sin.
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These are universities.
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These were people
who are supposed to go,
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you know, and to
learn about Jesus
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and give Jesus to the world.
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But they were upset
with what was going on.
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Because he was telling something
they did not want to hear.
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The man that kills
him, he will be without sin.
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Don't worry about that.
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Now why would
they say such a thing?
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Why did these universities
hate and wanted to silence him?
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The history, "The
Reformation D'Aubigne"
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in the book, a six in Chapter 3,
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I'm gonna read
from this, it's a quote.
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Notice what it
says, it tells us this.
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Luther said this "I am much
afraid that the universities
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will prove to be
the great gates of hell"
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Wow, where he was
a part of and he was,
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been in there
mingling and teaching
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and now he is looking at
the universities and say,
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"Oh, they could be
the great gates of hell."
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Then he goes on he said,
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"Unless they
diligently labor in explaining
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the Holy
Scriptures and engraving
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them upon the
hearts of the youth."
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You know, as we
talk about engraving,
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we're talking
writing them in the heart.
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Remember, reading the Bible
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where he wants to put His law
in our hearts and in our minds.
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Then he goes on and he said
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"I advise no one
to place his child
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where the Scriptures
do not reign paramount."
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He goes on to say
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"Every institution in
which men are unceasingly
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occupied with the word of God"
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if it's not "It
must be corrupt."
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So every university,
every institution regardless,
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unless their mind is
occupied by the word of God,
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it must be corrupt.
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Can you think of the corruptions
that's in the world today,
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of universities and schools?
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And so on, that you know,
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God, you're not even able
to mention the name of God.
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You can't really
have your prayer.
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You can't have your worship.
You can't even talk about Him.
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What would Luther
say about that today?
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It's no different than
Proverbs 3:3 tells us, it says,
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"Let not mercy and truth forsake
thee, bind them about thy neck,
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write them upon the
tables of thine heart."
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Every institution needs
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what Revelation
22:19 talks about,
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things that are
written in the book.
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What good is an institution?
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What good is a
place of learning,
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if we're not learning about God?
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We're not learning about how
to win souls for the kingdom?
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Another little
book, I like to read from
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"Second Selected
Messages" page 183.
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Say what? What was
really the purpose?
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What is the
purpose of institutions--
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some of these
religious institutions
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today of training, teaching?
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Notice what this paragraph says,
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says "Our
institutions were established
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to serve as an
effectual means of advancing
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the work of soul saving."
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My, have we
gotten away from that?
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It goes on to say, "Those
connected with them are to study
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how they can
help the institution,
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and not how they can take
the most out of the treasury."
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See many people go to
schools and they teach what?
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Because they want a good living,
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they want
finances, they want money?
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It said, our institution
they were established to serve,
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to produce soul winners.
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Now, opposite,
how that has changed.
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Also in that book
"Second Selected Messages" 182.
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It says "there can never
be prosperity for any man,
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for any family, any institution,
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any firm unless the
wisdom of God presides."
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Unless the wisdom of God
provides in that in the home
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and in the family
and the institutions,
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there's never
going to be prosperity.
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And yet we're
throwing God out of everything
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and we still want prosperity.
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It's not going to work that way.
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We need just to
keep God in our hearts,
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in our thoughts and
then in our prayers.
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See, there were many in Luther's
day, as well as in our day,
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understood the need of reform.
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Most of us today,
I believe would say
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if we have an honest heart,
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we just don't have our heads
stuck in the sand somewhere.
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We'd say we need to reform.
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There's some things
that need to be changed.
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But, you know, it's
kind of interesting,
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when we understand this subject
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and then we begin
to act on this subject,
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great changes will take part.
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Now listen, think problem
is, is we say, we need a reform,
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but we'll never
act on the reform.
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It upsets, too many people
because it stirs people up.
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And as Luther begin
to stir the people up
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with what he was preaching
and what he was teaching.
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They grew angry.
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They wanted him to be quiet.
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He wouldn't be
quiet, so they said
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we'd have to find ways in
which to make him, be quiet.
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They demanded that he withdraw
his teachings and his doctrines
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or he'd have to
pay a price for it.
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My wife
mentioned in the beginning
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about excommunication.
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He was excommunicated.
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What is that really
need to talk about here?
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What was the real thrust
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and what was the problem
in the church at that time,
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when Luther when they threaten
the people with excommunication?
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If you don't do right,
we're gonna excommunicate you.
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Maybe much more
severe in their teaching,
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at least in the
minds of the people
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than maybe for us today.
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So today in our
language when we say,
00:19:13.77\00:19:15.71
so and so was
excommunicated, we'd say,
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so and so was
disfellowshipped, wouldn't we?
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Sure. Interesting.
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Excommunication
in the days of Luther
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was feared even to the kings.
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To the mightiest ruler,
there was fear like, oh, no,
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it was
regarded-- like a deathblow.
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They did not want
that to take place.
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Interesting, if you
were excommunicated,
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you could no longer talk to
your family or your friends.
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Well, we feared that.
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Well, mean, I can't talk to my
children, my family, my friend.
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Excommunicated,
you couldn't do it.
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They couldn't talk to you.
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And then it
went to the point to,
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you would be
treated as an outlaw
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if you were
excommunicated and you would be,
00:19:59.73\00:20:01.69
listen, hunted
it down and killed.
00:20:01.72\00:20:04.99
Wow, surely it's
not that bad today.
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And of course, the
Catholic Church said,
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if you are excommunicated,
you can have no salvation.
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Doesn't matter what you
do, what you say, where you go,
00:20:15.38\00:20:17.28
you can't have-- you
can't have eternal life.
00:20:17.31\00:20:20.50
But it's interesting today
00:20:20.53\00:20:23.40
if a person gets
himself a little bit in trouble,
00:20:23.43\00:20:26.82
maybe in--all won't be
nice about it, but, you know,
00:20:26.85\00:20:29.45
a lot of people make a trouble
whether church or where they go.
00:20:29.48\00:20:31.83
People don't want to
talk to them anymore.
00:20:31.86\00:20:33.86
Sometime their
family doesn't want to talk.
00:20:33.89\00:20:35.41
Their friends don't
want to talk to them
00:20:35.44\00:20:36.81
because they've got
themselves in trouble.
00:20:36.84\00:20:38.21
And you say yeah, but,
you know, number two it said
00:20:38.24\00:20:40.09
they would hunt
him down and kill him.
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Or they may not hunt them
down physically and kill them,
00:20:41.52\00:20:43.51
but, you know what, we
kill people with our tongue.
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That's still going on.
00:20:47.00\00:20:49.73
And salvation, some people say
well, there can't be salvation.
00:20:49.76\00:20:53.50
If something happens
that you don't belong,
00:20:53.53\00:20:54.98
there can be no salvation.
00:20:55.01\00:20:58.13
Could that be similar to
maybe some of our thinking?
00:20:58.16\00:21:01.05
I hope not, but could it be?
00:21:01.08\00:21:03.52
Wouldn't there have
been some good news?
00:21:03.55\00:21:06.26
People would stand up
like Luther tried to do
00:21:06.29\00:21:09.51
and tell them truths that
maybe they'd never heard before
00:21:09.54\00:21:12.43
or understanding of
scriptures that would help them.
00:21:12.46\00:21:15.44
That would give them comfort
when they were approached
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with this--you're
going to be excommunicated.
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It affects
God's last day people,
00:21:21.95\00:21:24.00
there's no doubt about it.
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But my Bible says to me
00:21:25.97\00:21:27.36
that our names must be written
in the Lamb's Book of Life,
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Revelation
21:27, did you get that?
00:21:30.84\00:21:32.96
Our names must be written where?
00:21:32.99\00:21:34.59
In the Lamb's Book of
Life. That is paramount.
00:21:34.62\00:21:38.58
I know you, now some of you
getting a little bit hasty now.
00:21:38.61\00:21:41.61
I know somebody is
gonna be already--off the cuff
00:21:41.64\00:21:43.71
Let's not do that because
we're looking at what just,
00:21:43.74\00:21:45.81
we're not saying
what man has said.
00:21:45.84\00:21:47.52
We're saying what God has said.
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He said your
name must be written
00:21:49.07\00:21:50.44
in the Lamb's Book of Life.
00:21:50.47\00:21:51.95
Is your name written there?
00:21:51.98\00:21:54.48
You realize how many
wonderful, beautiful souls
00:21:54.51\00:21:56.69
that was living up to
the life that they had.
00:21:56.72\00:21:59.17
If someone could have said,
did not worry about it man might
00:21:59.20\00:22:02.28
shove you out over here,
00:22:02.31\00:22:03.91
is your name written
in the Lamb's Book of Life
00:22:03.94\00:22:06.04
that determines where
you go spend eternity?
00:22:06.07\00:22:08.90
My fearful.
00:22:08.93\00:22:11.57
A fearful thing follows
that in Revelation 20:15,
00:22:11.60\00:22:15.87
'cause the Bible said
"Whosoever was not written
00:22:15.90\00:22:18.35
in the Lamb's Book of Life
was cast into the lake of fire."
00:22:18.38\00:22:23.23
If your name is not
written in Lamb's Book of Life
00:22:23.26\00:22:25.56
you're cast in the lake of fire.
00:22:25.59\00:22:26.96
It didn't say about
written anywhere else.
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It's time we fessed up
to some of these truths
00:22:30.17\00:22:33.51
and looked at them,
the way God looks at them.
00:22:33.54\00:22:37.59
See there's many
people, they are millions,
00:22:37.62\00:22:39.72
may I be bold?
00:22:39.75\00:22:41.12
Millions of people today
00:22:41.15\00:22:43.93
would gain comfort
today if they knew this truth.
00:22:43.96\00:22:49.70
Man may excommunicate you,
00:22:49.73\00:22:53.97
but that does not
mean that God has.
00:22:54.00\00:22:57.53
There is the issue.
00:22:57.56\00:23:00.13
It depends upon
your love, your devotion,
00:23:00.16\00:23:03.64
your obedience to
the word that assures you
00:23:03.67\00:23:07.21
that your name is written
in the Lamb's Book of Life.
00:23:07.24\00:23:10.80
Please keep that in your
heart and in your mind today.
00:23:10.83\00:23:14.50
It's very interesting.
Luther made this statement.
00:23:14.53\00:23:16.81
I want to read this to you,
it's about being excommunicated.
00:23:16.84\00:23:21.22
And even the possibility
of being put to death.
00:23:21.25\00:23:23.41
See, some of you say,
well, I could be excommunicated
00:23:23.44\00:23:25.47
or I could
disfellowshipped and all of it.
00:23:25.50\00:23:26.87
But we're talking
about the death penalty.
00:23:26.90\00:23:29.60
Interesting, you
know what he said?
00:23:29.63\00:23:31.82
He said it's a light
thing to die for the word.
00:23:31.85\00:23:36.28
Oh, don't you
want that kind of love
00:23:36.31\00:23:38.02
and that kind of trust for
Jesus your Lord and Savior.
00:23:38.05\00:23:40.96
He said it's the light thing
to die for the word of God.
00:23:40.99\00:23:46.39
And then he went on to
say, 'cause if we die with Him,
00:23:46.42\00:23:49.17
we shall live with Him.
00:23:49.20\00:23:51.61
If we die, we give our life.
00:23:51.64\00:23:53.02
We're going to
live for eternity.
00:23:53.05\00:23:55.14
You know what the Bible says?
00:23:55.17\00:23:56.76
Bible says this in Luke 9:24,
00:23:56.79\00:23:59.39
it says "For whosoever shall
save his life shall lose it.
00:23:59.42\00:24:04.64
And whosoever will
lose his life for my sake,
00:24:04.67\00:24:08.12
the same shall save it."
00:24:08.15\00:24:11.54
See, God's last day people
are going to be fearless. Why?
00:24:11.57\00:24:14.70
Because they're filled with
the Spirit of the living God.
00:24:14.73\00:24:17.87
They may not even
realize it's in them.
00:24:17.90\00:24:19.27
But the Spirit of God, it's not
them--they may be timid and shy.
00:24:19.30\00:24:21.92
But when the Holy
Spirit takes over,
00:24:21.95\00:24:24.22
you watch the men
and women come forward
00:24:24.25\00:24:26.03
and they will
proclaim fearlessly these words
00:24:26.06\00:24:28.55
that must be
given in the last day.
00:24:28.58\00:24:30.12
They're going to
just proclaim them.
00:24:30.15\00:24:31.52
In the right in the
very face of being threatened
00:24:31.55\00:24:34.49
to be thrown in the
prison and many will be.
00:24:34.52\00:24:36.96
Let's get that.
00:24:36.99\00:24:38.36
A hardships doing without
loss of family, loss of friends,
00:24:38.39\00:24:43.31
houses and lands
and even life itself.
00:24:43.34\00:24:46.00
Please keep that in mind. Why?
00:24:46.03\00:24:48.25
Because they know and they
trust in whom they have believed
00:24:48.28\00:24:53.36
that 2 Timothy 1:12 tells us.
00:24:53.39\00:24:56.14
"You have to know
who you believe today."
00:24:56.17\00:24:59.27
Could we not be like?
00:24:59.30\00:25:01.02
That stories that
we read in scripture.
00:25:01.05\00:25:02.84
You know, there's
all a beautiful account
00:25:02.87\00:25:04.39
that's given of men and women
00:25:04.42\00:25:06.85
that had the real Spirit
of the living God inside them.
00:25:06.88\00:25:09.71
You remember,
in Daniel 3:17, 18?
00:25:09.74\00:25:12.59
Oh, you know the story well.
00:25:12.62\00:25:14.21
Where the three Hebrews
getting ready to be thrown
00:25:14.24\00:25:16.56
into the--suppose to bow
down and worship the image.
00:25:16.59\00:25:20.77
Let's take this
account and it says,
00:25:20.80\00:25:22.17
"Our God whom we
serve is able to deliver us"
00:25:22.20\00:25:26.01
you know, come on "from
the burning fiery furnace,
00:25:26.04\00:25:29.24
he will deliver us out
of thine hand, O king."
00:25:29.27\00:25:32.68
Verse 18 says this, but
here's where faith kicks in,
00:25:32.71\00:25:37.11
but they knew God could do
it, there's no king, no kingdom,
00:25:37.14\00:25:41.04
no establish, no army,
nothing can keep God down.
00:25:41.07\00:25:44.15
When God wants to move and
God wants to act in your life.
00:25:44.18\00:25:46.66
He can tear down the mountains.
00:25:46.69\00:25:48.06
He can tear down
these strong holds.
00:25:48.09\00:25:50.42
We look at this, to these men,
00:25:50.45\00:25:51.84
but if God chooses another way.
00:25:51.87\00:25:54.12
Notice "Thou if
they will not serve out
00:25:54.15\00:25:57.37
we will not serve thy gods,
nor we will we're not worship
00:25:57.40\00:26:00.86
the golden image
that thou hast set up."
00:26:00.89\00:26:03.60
Huh, interesting.
00:26:03.63\00:26:07.66
He will deliver
us out of thy hand,
00:26:07.69\00:26:09.52
but it maketh known to you, oh,
king, if you don't deliver us.
00:26:09.55\00:26:12.64
We're not going to bow down.
00:26:12.67\00:26:15.33
What kind of faith do you have?
00:26:15.36\00:26:16.73
What kind of
faith do I have today?
00:26:16.76\00:26:18.71
Just like Daniel,
just like Jeremiah,
00:26:18.74\00:26:22.85
just like all that
these friends there.
00:26:22.88\00:26:24.63
Luther and other reformers,
God's last day people.
00:26:24.66\00:26:27.97
Notice this, we are
not to leave the position
00:26:28.00\00:26:31.39
which God has put us in.
00:26:31.42\00:26:32.97
And we are not to abuse
or to change the message
00:26:33.00\00:26:36.51
that God has given
His last day church.
00:26:36.54\00:26:38.83
No watered down
business is going on.
00:26:38.86\00:26:41.06
God's given the message
away that He wants it to do.
00:26:41.09\00:26:43.43
It's not to please
men, but to please God.
00:26:43.46\00:26:46.32
Are you going to be accountable?
00:26:46.35\00:26:47.72
And God said, well,
I'm giving the message,
00:26:47.75\00:26:49.12
if you watered it down,
you're not giving the message.
00:26:49.15\00:26:52.66
Can we just be
honest about that?
00:26:52.69\00:26:54.93
Oh, I'm not
trying to be difficult.
00:26:54.96\00:26:56.33
I'm not trying to be
hard about this thing.
00:26:56.36\00:26:57.95
But, you know, this
either is truth or it's not.
00:26:57.98\00:27:01.10
This is a truth
then rise up with it.
00:27:01.13\00:27:03.12
If it's not, then throw it out.
00:27:03.15\00:27:04.99
But compare it
with the word of God.
00:27:05.02\00:27:07.45
See, we've got to
continue faithfully,
00:27:07.48\00:27:10.10
faithfully to
maintain the truth.
00:27:10.13\00:27:12.07
There's very
little people seem today,
00:27:12.10\00:27:13.87
that want to maintain the
truth, as it is in Jesus Christ,
00:27:13.90\00:27:17.71
regardless of the battle,
that's going on around us,
00:27:17.74\00:27:19.99
maintain what God has said.
00:27:20.02\00:27:22.25
God has chosen
you. He's called you.
00:27:22.28\00:27:24.97
And may we say, "Here I stand,
O God, I can do nothing else."
00:27:25.00\00:27:30.14
Life is just not important
00:27:30.17\00:27:32.53
when it comes to what
God has asked us to do.
00:27:32.56\00:27:34.61
We have to be willing
to give our very life.
00:27:34.64\00:27:38.17
Interesting, the more
that Rome tried to silence
00:27:38.20\00:27:41.72
Luther-- and you'll find this.
00:27:41.75\00:27:43.50
The more that Rome tried
to silence Luther and others,
00:27:43.53\00:27:47.04
it only gave them
greater opportunity
00:27:47.07\00:27:49.53
to present their message.
00:27:49.56\00:27:51.44
Some of us need to
get with the program here.
00:27:51.47\00:27:53.73
We think sometime that
we're gonna stop somebody.
00:27:53.76\00:27:56.01
We're gonna do this
and we're gonna do that.
00:27:56.04\00:27:57.98
It only gives
them more opportunity,
00:27:58.01\00:27:59.98
when you bring it up for
more people to hear about it.
00:28:00.01\00:28:02.92
Ain't that interesting?
00:28:02.95\00:28:04.32
And the message goes
out God can use that.
00:28:04.35\00:28:07.87
Because people begin to say,
00:28:07.90\00:28:09.27
"Well, why is the
Catholic Church taken
00:28:09.30\00:28:12.32
their stands against Luther?
00:28:12.35\00:28:14.77
What does he have to retract?
00:28:14.80\00:28:16.78
What is he going
to have to pay for?
00:28:16.81\00:28:19.09
Why should he take back
some of these teachings?"
00:28:19.12\00:28:21.52
And they said, if you don't,
you're gonna pay a price. Wow.
00:28:21.55\00:28:26.81
And so that the more that
Luther's name was stirred up
00:28:26.84\00:28:29.58
and in the same way today,
more we stir certain things up
00:28:29.61\00:28:32.71
and praise God, He can use this.
00:28:32.74\00:28:34.40
Now remember, the
more people wanted to know
00:28:34.43\00:28:37.17
what it was that the
church was upset about
00:28:37.20\00:28:42.09
and the more they got to hear
00:28:42.12\00:28:43.88
that by his teachings
and about his doctrines,
00:28:43.91\00:28:46.65
the things that
he had been writing.
00:28:46.68\00:28:50.01
They would never-- listen,
00:28:50.04\00:28:51.41
they would never
ever had the opportunity
00:28:51.44\00:28:54.35
if God hadn't
worked in this way.
00:28:54.38\00:28:56.78
Interesting, now how does this
apply to God's last day people?
00:28:56.81\00:29:01.81
"Great
Controversy" page 607 says this.
00:29:01.84\00:29:05.15
Now some of you, gonna
miss it. Please don't miss this.
00:29:05.18\00:29:07.04
Listen now, it says
00:29:07.07\00:29:09.05
"As the movement
for Sunday enforcement
00:29:09.08\00:29:11.60
becomes more bold and decided,
00:29:11.63\00:29:15.20
the law will be invoked
against commandment keepers."
00:29:15.23\00:29:18.14
Why don't we--we hear
it, why don't we believe it?
00:29:18.17\00:29:21.40
You say, you do, but are
you acting? Are you preparing?
00:29:21.43\00:29:23.89
Are you realizing
these events will take place?
00:29:23.92\00:29:27.12
It's taking place now.
It's gonna steadily increase.
00:29:27.15\00:29:32.53
Here's what God's
people-- Luther was threatened,
00:29:32.56\00:29:36.28
they're going to kill
him, excommunicate him,
00:29:36.31\00:29:38.57
get rid of him, you know, take
him out of country somewhere,
00:29:38.60\00:29:40.86
you get him to be quiet.
00:29:40.89\00:29:43.35
God's last day
people notice this
00:29:43.38\00:29:44.85
"They will be threatened
with fines and imprisonment,
00:29:44.88\00:29:48.54
some will be offered
positions of influence,
00:29:48.57\00:29:51.81
others are going to be
offered rewards and advantages,
00:29:51.84\00:29:55.05
and inducements to
renounce their faith."
00:29:55.08\00:29:59.69
But God's true last
day people notice this
00:29:59.72\00:30:02.52
"they stand fast
and their answer is,
00:30:02.55\00:30:05.64
'Show us from the word
of God where we've erred.'"
00:30:05.67\00:30:09.15
That has to be our stance.
00:30:09.18\00:30:11.27
Show us from the word
of God where it's wrong,
00:30:11.30\00:30:13.71
where we've erred here.
00:30:13.74\00:30:16.84
And again, this is
the same that took place
00:30:16.87\00:30:18.60
with Luther was under
similar circumstances here.
00:30:18.63\00:30:22.15
And we'll find
that those who are--
00:30:22.18\00:30:24.03
there's many going
to be taken to court.
00:30:24.06\00:30:27.70
And those who are
taken to court will make
00:30:27.73\00:30:29.26
a strong, strong
vindication of the truth.
00:30:29.29\00:30:32.88
And when they do that many
people will have the opportunity
00:30:32.91\00:30:36.68
to take a stand for all
the commandments of God.
00:30:36.71\00:30:39.75
The light will be brought before
00:30:39.78\00:30:41.44
thousands and
thousands of individuals,
00:30:41.47\00:30:44.06
who if they had
not been taken to court
00:30:44.09\00:30:46.16
would have never
heard this message.
00:30:46.19\00:30:48.97
Instead of cry-babying
around, somebody listen to me.
00:30:49.00\00:30:51.88
"Well, they gonna
take me to court--"
00:30:51.91\00:30:54.23
Did you not realize that's
going to be an opportunity
00:30:54.26\00:30:56.09
God's going to give
you to vindicate the truth?
00:30:56.12\00:30:58.51
Many will hear if
they will never ever had
00:30:58.54\00:31:00.08
a chance to hear except there.
00:31:00.11\00:31:02.34
God's using you.
00:31:02.37\00:31:03.74
He used you in the prison,
He used you in the court system.
00:31:03.77\00:31:06.24
He can use you wherever He
wants to use you and use me.
00:31:06.27\00:31:09.98
It's powerful.
00:31:10.01\00:31:11.77
Revelation 13:15-16 we
realize the laws are coming.
00:31:11.80\00:31:17.42
They're going to be enforced.
00:31:17.45\00:31:20.19
Now something I've learned over
the years this really force.
00:31:20.22\00:31:22.82
You talk about force is the last
resort of every false religion.
00:31:22.85\00:31:29.46
Force is what?
00:31:29.49\00:31:30.86
Is always the last
resort of false religion.
00:31:30.89\00:31:33.58
At first what does it
do? It tries attractions.
00:31:33.61\00:31:37.54
Things that might please you,
00:31:37.57\00:31:38.94
offer you a little bit of
this and a little bit of that.
00:31:38.97\00:31:41.65
Do you remember
the king of Babylon,
00:31:41.68\00:31:43.05
do you remember him?
00:31:43.08\00:31:44.72
He tried to begin
with, he tried what?
00:31:44.75\00:31:46.62
Music. He tried outward show.
00:31:46.65\00:31:50.11
All that would be pleasing
so everybody would bow down
00:31:50.14\00:31:52.25
and everybody have a good time.
00:31:52.28\00:31:55.13
And when that didn't
work, he offered them what?
00:31:55.16\00:31:57.51
The fiery furnace.
00:31:57.54\00:31:59.65
Do we think somehow
it's going to be different
00:31:59.68\00:32:01.33
for God's last day people
00:32:01.36\00:32:02.73
than it was for
God's people then?
00:32:02.76\00:32:04.67
No.
00:32:04.70\00:32:06.76
And many people
will-- they will tell,
00:32:06.79\00:32:09.55
"Well, we'll take
these, we'll take this.
00:32:09.58\00:32:11.36
It is lot of money here.
And we'll have the safety.
00:32:11.39\00:32:13.82
We'll go ahead and be able
to proclaim the message out."
00:32:13.85\00:32:15.75
No, you're a traitor.
00:32:15.78\00:32:18.25
God asked you to what?
00:32:18.28\00:32:19.65
Here I stand, this is the truth.
00:32:19.68\00:32:23.26
Regardless of what it costs,
do we love Him that much today?
00:32:23.29\00:32:27.96
See, it boils down to this,
all who prove their loyalty.
00:32:27.99\00:32:33.22
And how do I
prove my loyalty to God?
00:32:33.25\00:32:35.55
It's by being
obedient to the law of Jehovah.
00:32:35.58\00:32:39.88
I prove my love to Him.
00:32:39.91\00:32:41.50
We must be prepared--
listen carefully, church,
00:32:41.53\00:32:44.16
we must be
prepared to be arrested
00:32:44.19\00:32:46.65
and to be brought
before the councils of men.
00:32:46.68\00:32:50.53
Many have and many
will in the future.
00:32:50.56\00:32:54.54
Are you ready?
00:32:54.57\00:32:56.26
Do you have that
kind of relationship?
00:32:56.29\00:32:57.73
You say, well, no,
now, now, you don't got--
00:32:57.76\00:32:59.71
Listen, Jesus was hated
while He was here on this earth.
00:32:59.74\00:33:02.92
He was hated without cause,
so will the true people of God,
00:33:02.95\00:33:08.06
just like Luther was and the all
the reformers, without cause.
00:33:08.09\00:33:12.26
That I think that's
what hurts lot of time
00:33:12.29\00:33:14.36
because you
haven't done this thing
00:33:14.39\00:33:16.19
and you're accused that you are.
00:33:16.22\00:33:17.59
Something that you're not
00:33:17.62\00:33:18.99
and sometime
pride rises and say,
00:33:19.02\00:33:20.63
Oh, God help us.
Look is it truth?
00:33:20.66\00:33:22.94
Then I stand for truth.
00:33:22.97\00:33:25.74
Do you realize that Jesus was
treated as a common criminal?
00:33:25.77\00:33:29.91
He was condemned to die.
00:33:29.94\00:33:32.61
Interesting, His followers
must expect the same treatment.
00:33:32.64\00:33:37.30
I'm not trying to say
00:33:37.33\00:33:38.70
doom and gloom,
friend, but let's be aware.
00:33:38.73\00:33:40.89
We need Jesus
more than ever before.
00:33:40.92\00:33:42.55
Do you remember in
Matthew 20:22, what it says?
00:33:42.58\00:33:46.95
Jesus asked because He
was talking to the disciples.
00:33:46.98\00:33:49.23
And Jesus simply said to them
"Are you able to drink the cup?
00:33:49.26\00:33:54.73
Are you able to drink
the cup that I drink of?"
00:33:54.76\00:34:01.78
What a question. Are you able?
00:34:01.81\00:34:06.01
Am I able to drink the
cup that He was drinking?
00:34:06.04\00:34:09.70
He said you're gonna have to.
00:34:09.73\00:34:11.51
He's going to be
there to help us.
00:34:11.54\00:34:13.16
He's going to be
there to encourage us
00:34:13.19\00:34:14.96
and give us victory.
00:34:14.99\00:34:16.36
Remember, my
friend, laws will be made.
00:34:16.39\00:34:18.68
You can look at
throughout all history.
00:34:18.71\00:34:21.30
And these laws
as they were made,
00:34:21.33\00:34:22.70
they're going to
be made under the plea
00:34:22.73\00:34:25.47
and the false coloring
00:34:25.50\00:34:28.22
that is good for the
nation if we do this thing.
00:34:28.25\00:34:31.74
We're going to
restrict the evils of the world
00:34:31.77\00:34:34.11
by passing so called moral laws.
00:34:34.14\00:34:38.47
That could never
happen, it never will.
00:34:38.50\00:34:40.38
The laws will be. You
can't restrict morality.
00:34:40.41\00:34:43.27
You can't pass
laws about morality,
00:34:43.30\00:34:45.25
comes from the heart
and a relationship with God.
00:34:45.28\00:34:48.16
But the Bible said
it's going to happen.
00:34:48.19\00:34:50.96
And the same
results are going to happen.
00:34:50.99\00:34:53.07
Now again you've
seen them happen in Luke.
00:34:53.10\00:34:54.72
And you've seen
all the reformers.
00:34:54.75\00:34:56.12
You read about how
they burned at the stake,
00:34:56.15\00:34:57.52
they fed the lions, you act like
it's some kind of a fairytale,
00:34:57.55\00:34:59.98
but it's not going to happen.
00:35:00.01\00:35:01.38
Did God love those
people or did He not?
00:35:01.41\00:35:03.43
Yes, He loved them.
00:35:03.46\00:35:05.63
And yet His
people went through it.
00:35:05.66\00:35:07.03
And some of you say,
yeah, but I'll be raptured away.
00:35:07.06\00:35:08.90
God bless your
heart. You will not be.
00:35:08.93\00:35:11.51
And you will not be prepared
00:35:11.54\00:35:12.91
because you have
that frame of mind.
00:35:12.94\00:35:15.37
See I'm pleading with you.
00:35:15.40\00:35:16.77
I'm not scolding you about.
People think I'm scolding.
00:35:16.80\00:35:18.41
I'm serious about what
I'm talking about here.
00:35:18.44\00:35:20.98
Because you're gonna be here
and you're going to have to go
00:35:21.01\00:35:23.08
through some of these things,
I'm talking about right now,
00:35:23.11\00:35:25.51
if you love Jesus
with all your heart,
00:35:25.54\00:35:27.19
if you prove loyal
Him and to His law.
00:35:27.22\00:35:30.33
Be obedient to God.
00:35:30.36\00:35:33.65
Reformers sure did.
00:35:33.68\00:35:35.61
Do you remember John
11:50, they plot to kill Jesus?
00:35:35.64\00:35:40.72
Remember what they said?
00:35:40.75\00:35:42.12
The group said as a end result.
00:35:42.15\00:35:43.52
Listen to this "It's better
for one man to" what? Good.
00:35:43.55\00:35:46.79
"Should die for the people,
00:35:46.82\00:35:48.87
rather than the
whole nation to perish."
00:35:48.90\00:35:53.15
The enemy is
going to try to what?
00:35:53.18\00:35:54.55
Just get rid of God's
last day people to keep
00:35:54.58\00:35:56.24
the commandments of God and
have the testimony of Jesus.
00:35:56.27\00:35:58.80
Better for that
little group to go
00:35:58.83\00:36:00.20
than the whole
nation to go down the tube,
00:36:00.23\00:36:01.60
the nation is headed
down the tube right now.
00:36:01.63\00:36:04.96
People are looking
for ways to turn the tide.
00:36:04.99\00:36:08.11
This could come
quickly, some of you not ready.
00:36:08.14\00:36:11.27
God help us to be ready.
00:36:11.30\00:36:13.65
Do you remember the
charges that came upon Luther?
00:36:13.68\00:36:17.78
Heresy, blasphemy,
00:36:17.81\00:36:23.21
enemy of the church.
00:36:23.24\00:36:26.39
Man, think about
this and they said Luther,
00:36:26.42\00:36:28.52
"Heresy, you blasphemer you.
00:36:28.55\00:36:31.87
You're the enemy of the church.
00:36:31.90\00:36:33.96
And whatever you do, you've been
doing in the name of the devil."
00:36:33.99\00:36:38.27
He was an innocent man of
God, who was directed by God,
00:36:38.30\00:36:41.17
by the power of the Holy
Spirit to give a message,
00:36:41.20\00:36:43.10
to bring some little
light out of this dark ages
00:36:43.13\00:36:45.23
under the papal supremacy.
00:36:45.26\00:36:47.83
And here all of these
names were hurled at him. Wow.
00:36:47.86\00:36:52.18
You realize some of
those same charges was given
00:36:52.21\00:36:54.18
against Jesus Christ
00:36:54.21\00:36:55.58
and will be given
against the last day people.
00:36:55.61\00:36:57.61
Do you remember Mark
2:27, a talk about Jesus?
00:36:57.64\00:37:01.81
When He said about
forgiveness of sin, they said,
00:37:01.84\00:37:03.79
why does this man
thus speak blasphemy?
00:37:03.82\00:37:06.38
Who can forgive
sin, but God only?
00:37:06.41\00:37:09.90
They claimed Jesus what?
00:37:09.93\00:37:11.30
Being able to
forgive sin, can Jesus?
00:37:11.33\00:37:12.72
Oh, praise God.
Yes, He can by the blood.
00:37:12.75\00:37:15.52
You know what,
papacy can't do it.
00:37:15.55\00:37:17.14
Priests can't do it.
00:37:17.17\00:37:20.40
Wow, same charges.
00:37:20.43\00:37:23.78
And then of course in Mark
3:22 the scribe said Jesus,
00:37:23.81\00:37:28.48
yeah, we know who He is.
00:37:28.51\00:37:29.94
Well, He's got Beelzebub in Him.
00:37:29.97\00:37:32.73
He's got a devil in Him.
00:37:32.76\00:37:35.24
Martin Luther,
you've got a devil in him.
00:37:35.27\00:37:37.97
God's last day people,
they've got devils in them.
00:37:38.00\00:37:40.66
Jesus, they've
got devils in them.
00:37:40.69\00:37:42.51
And I looked at here
and made my heart sad.
00:37:42.54\00:37:46.37
Scribe said about Jesus.
00:37:46.40\00:37:49.23
Do you realize Beelzebub
00:37:49.26\00:37:50.63
if you look up in the
original language right here?
00:37:50.66\00:37:52.65
Now it means talking
about a devil and evil spirit?
00:37:52.68\00:37:54.84
But here it
says, listen carefully,
00:37:54.87\00:37:56.89
Lord have mercy on my soul,
it says here that the scribes
00:37:56.92\00:38:00.04
looked at Jesus and said Jesus
you have a dung God in you.
00:38:00.07\00:38:06.61
That's what
that means Beelzebub.
00:38:06.64\00:38:08.10
Can you imagine the audacity?
00:38:12.64\00:38:15.66
To find that man
telling Jesus that--
00:38:15.69\00:38:21.61
men do that today they say it.
00:38:21.64\00:38:23.13
They said you got
a dung God in you.
00:38:23.16\00:38:26.32
You know, what
they are talking about?
00:38:26.35\00:38:28.12
He took it.
00:38:28.15\00:38:30.25
He went about His
father's business.
00:38:30.28\00:38:33.63
See, Luther
found in the messages
00:38:33.66\00:38:36.26
that God was
impressing Him to give.
00:38:36.29\00:38:39.01
He found out, they had been even
given before, you rise truth.
00:38:39.04\00:38:42.37
We say, oh, this is new truth.
00:38:42.40\00:38:43.77
That might be new to
you. It's always been.
00:38:43.80\00:38:46.04
But he found when he
was giving his messages,
00:38:46.07\00:38:48.37
they'd already been given--he
looked back a 100 years before.
00:38:48.40\00:38:53.94
And then I can look at
this and I say praise God
00:38:53.97\00:38:55.97
because the message he
was given in Matthew 7:25,
00:38:56.00\00:38:58.73
it's founded upon the rock.
00:38:58.76\00:39:00.13
It's not upon sand.
00:39:00.16\00:39:01.53
It's on the
rock of Jesus Christ.
00:39:01.56\00:39:02.93
The truth's still
there. They'll always be there.
00:39:02.96\00:39:05.01
Romans 1:17, the Bible says
00:39:05.04\00:39:06.88
and He proclaimed
"the just shall by faith."
00:39:06.91\00:39:11.16
Oh, what a change that was from
the teaching and his background.
00:39:11.19\00:39:14.30
And maybe for some of you today
that just shall live by faith.
00:39:14.33\00:39:17.48
Luther fought against err.
00:39:17.51\00:39:20.09
He fought against teachings
just light indulgences.
00:39:20.12\00:39:24.48
Rome said the indulgence is
the most precious gift of God.
00:39:24.51\00:39:30.62
That's what the historians say,
but you know what they were not.
00:39:30.65\00:39:34.80
They were of man.
00:39:34.83\00:39:36.42
What really were
these indulgences?
00:39:36.45\00:39:39.79
This were things
were taking place
00:39:39.82\00:39:41.39
in Luther's day
and he took a stand.
00:39:41.42\00:39:42.90
We see things
taking place today.
00:39:42.93\00:39:44.30
We have to take a stand on them.
00:39:44.33\00:39:46.64
See the priest would come
00:39:46.67\00:39:48.04
and they would
give certificates.
00:39:48.07\00:39:50.90
That is the people would
come and buy certificates.
00:39:50.93\00:39:56.38
Somebody listen.
00:39:56.41\00:39:58.15
These
certificates you see, would be,
00:39:58.18\00:40:00.29
would be a use by the people
when they come to confession.
00:40:00.32\00:40:05.57
As when they come for confession
that means any kind of a sin,
00:40:05.60\00:40:08.69
variable sin they
would expect absolution.
00:40:08.72\00:40:12.17
They had a certificate.
00:40:12.20\00:40:13.57
Remember, they
bought that certificate,
00:40:13.60\00:40:14.97
so when they bought it.
00:40:15.00\00:40:16.37
Then they bought
forgiveness of sin.
00:40:16.40\00:40:17.77
Isn't that interesting?
00:40:17.80\00:40:19.17
How corrupt can a church get?
00:40:19.20\00:40:20.57
How corrupt in the
thinking can people be today?
00:40:20.60\00:40:22.35
Some of us are
some what on that line.
00:40:22.38\00:40:24.05
God help us.
00:40:24.08\00:40:25.45
They didn't have to
repent of their sins
00:40:28.48\00:40:31.84
but they were
purchased with money.
00:40:31.87\00:40:34.79
Bible says in
Psalms 32:5 it said,
00:40:34.82\00:40:37.57
he said "I
acknowledge my sin unto thee,"
00:40:37.60\00:40:40.97
not unto a preacher
or priest, an evangelist
00:40:41.00\00:40:44.87
"I acknowledge my
sin God unto thee,
00:40:44.90\00:40:47.25
mine iniquity have I not hid."
00:40:47.28\00:40:49.51
Notice "I said, I will confess
my transgressions unto the Lord,
00:40:49.54\00:40:56.83
and thou forgavest
the iniquity of my sin."
00:40:56.86\00:41:00.29
Friends, how clear can it be?
00:41:00.32\00:41:02.57
How clear--one mediator
between God and man, Jesus.
00:41:02.60\00:41:06.05
This is clear teachings.
00:41:06.08\00:41:09.86
Also in Acts 8:20, you
remember there is Simon.
00:41:09.89\00:41:13.38
He offered to purchase
00:41:13.41\00:41:16.23
some miracle working power
of the apostles, you remember?
00:41:16.26\00:41:20.17
How much can I-- I
want to buy something,
00:41:20.20\00:41:22.19
I want to be able to
perform these miracles.
00:41:22.22\00:41:26.40
I want to purchase
these miracles with money.
00:41:26.43\00:41:28.83
Wow, of course in
Biblical teaching we know that.
00:41:28.86\00:41:34.50
He even went little bit farther,
00:41:34.53\00:41:36.34
you know, as we think about it.
00:41:36.37\00:41:38.61
Then of course, you know,
Peter told him right quick,
00:41:38.64\00:41:40.60
you know, in Acts 8:20.
00:41:40.63\00:41:42.52
He said, your money do what?
00:41:42.55\00:41:44.27
Your money perish with you.
00:41:44.30\00:41:45.99
I like that. "It
perish with thee,
00:41:46.02\00:41:47.82
because thou hast
thought that" you can what?
00:41:47.85\00:41:51.15
"You can purchase
or buy a gift of God."
00:41:51.18\00:41:54.05
Money you can't buy it.
00:41:54.08\00:41:56.43
And even got deeper as
Luther received again to,
00:41:56.46\00:41:59.63
to unravel and
clarify these teachings,
00:41:59.66\00:42:02.41
these unbiblical teachings.
00:42:02.44\00:42:04.20
It even went to
so far that the--
00:42:04.23\00:42:07.51
in the church
they would advertise
00:42:07.54\00:42:09.49
these
certificates from the pulpit.
00:42:09.52\00:42:12.57
And if a person had a
certain kind of certificate,
00:42:12.60\00:42:15.50
the purchaser always
afterward it would clear,
00:42:15.53\00:42:19.47
clear him for the sins that he
desired to commit in the future.
00:42:19.50\00:42:25.02
Interesting, other
words he was thinking
00:42:25.05\00:42:26.87
I'm going to commit
some things in the future,
00:42:26.90\00:42:28.43
so I can buy a certificate now
to take care of those things.
00:42:28.46\00:42:32.97
Those repentance they
said was not necessary.
00:42:33.00\00:42:36.27
There was no repentance.
00:42:36.30\00:42:38.03
There was no confession.
00:42:38.06\00:42:39.43
There was no sorrow.
00:42:39.46\00:42:40.83
There was-- for
the sins committed.
00:42:40.86\00:42:43.34
2 Corinthians 7:9, 10 reminds us
that godly sorrow worketh what?
00:42:43.37\00:42:49.42
Repentance, this
is totally foreign to,
00:42:49.45\00:42:52.16
there's a scripture here.
00:42:52.19\00:42:53.79
But then it gets worse.
00:42:53.82\00:42:56.57
It gets worse as
it go indulgences.
00:42:56.60\00:42:58.92
They said, you
purchase these with some money.
00:42:58.95\00:43:01.77
It even has power to save not
only the living, but the dead.
00:43:01.80\00:43:08.31
The very moment that you
gave the money to the church,
00:43:08.34\00:43:12.50
the soul would
escape from purgatory
00:43:12.53\00:43:15.70
and make its way up to heaven.
00:43:15.73\00:43:18.83
Certificates.
00:43:18.86\00:43:20.23
Oh, I want to say so,
well, what a devilish teaching.
00:43:22.45\00:43:28.65
Certificate, what did
Luther do about all of this?
00:43:28.68\00:43:32.92
He was involved with it,
but now truth was coming to him.
00:43:32.95\00:43:35.58
You know, he refused when
people came to his church,
00:43:35.61\00:43:38.24
he refused those certificates.
00:43:38.27\00:43:40.32
And he warned
them unless you repent
00:43:40.35\00:43:42.64
and reform your life you
will perish in your sins.
00:43:42.67\00:43:46.51
Does that sound like a message
God's last day people, huh?
00:43:46.54\00:43:51.19
And when people begin to learn
this, you know what they said?
00:43:51.22\00:43:53.38
We want our money back.
00:43:53.41\00:43:55.38
We want all of our money back.
00:43:55.41\00:43:58.99
They complained to the--
00:43:59.02\00:44:00.39
we called it to
the ground level here.
00:44:00.42\00:44:01.79
Then they went to the higher
ups that we want our money back.
00:44:01.82\00:44:03.67
This is not a true teaching.
00:44:03.70\00:44:06.02
And the church was not
about to give back that money.
00:44:06.05\00:44:09.56
Her job was to take money in.
00:44:09.59\00:44:13.10
And because it became so
bad, people demanded money
00:44:13.13\00:44:15.57
the church said, we're not
going to give that money back.
00:44:15.60\00:44:17.70
That they pass the priest
00:44:17.73\00:44:20.14
and what we talk
about here, the papacy.
00:44:20.17\00:44:22.73
They passed a-- we call a order,
00:44:22.76\00:44:24.72
a law was implemented
that anyone who wanted
00:44:24.75\00:44:28.11
and called for that back you
were called, labeled a heretic.
00:44:28.14\00:44:31.45
And heretics were to be what?
00:44:31.48\00:44:33.64
Burned.
00:44:33.67\00:44:35.04
And then if you call
that you want this back,
00:44:35.07\00:44:36.72
then you are in opposition
of the most holy indulgences
00:44:36.75\00:44:39.97
they said according to
D'Aubigne in book 3 chapter 4.
00:44:40.00\00:44:44.36
Now think about it. Awesome.
00:44:44.39\00:44:47.79
See, Martin Luther's message
00:44:47.82\00:44:49.93
from the pen
and from the pulpit,
00:44:49.96\00:44:52.08
by mouth wherever he went
00:44:52.11\00:44:53.71
became to be bit more clear and
more straight than ever before,
00:44:53.74\00:44:57.78
under pressure he did
not fall by the grace of God.
00:44:57.81\00:45:02.14
He began to stir up the people.
00:45:02.17\00:45:03.54
He stirred up the leaders,
00:45:03.57\00:45:04.94
stirred up the
church with the truth.
00:45:04.97\00:45:06.71
Okay, then how about
God's last day church?
00:45:06.74\00:45:10.17
Are you giving a message
that's going to stir people up
00:45:10.20\00:45:12.65
or you giving some
little lifeless timeless titbit?
00:45:12.68\00:45:16.99
We don't live in that day.
00:45:17.02\00:45:18.39
We live in an hour where
the message must be straight.
00:45:18.42\00:45:22.03
Oh, we have to realize that
God calls for a renewal of what?
00:45:22.06\00:45:25.71
Good, the straight testimony.
00:45:25.74\00:45:29.24
A straight testimony
that was given in the past.
00:45:29.27\00:45:32.86
A testimony that will be a
renewal of a spiritual growth
00:45:32.89\00:45:36.21
and spiritual life and
our spiritual energies.
00:45:36.24\00:45:40.85
There is to be a resurrection
by God's last day people.
00:45:40.88\00:45:44.50
Listen, from apparent death.
00:45:44.53\00:45:46.91
How sad that must be the
word repent from apparent death?
00:45:46.94\00:45:50.10
We've almost die. God help us.
00:45:50.13\00:45:54.07
We're bearing the truth.
00:45:54.10\00:45:56.33
And we resurrecting that truth?
00:45:56.36\00:45:58.93
Our message today,
my brother and sister,
00:45:58.96\00:46:00.87
must be so plain as
to startle the hearers.
00:46:00.90\00:46:04.85
Our message must be so plain
today, so clear, so decided,
00:46:04.88\00:46:08.62
so stirring, so
point, life and death issue,
00:46:08.65\00:46:11.94
straight as that of
John the Baptist gave,
00:46:11.97\00:46:14.49
a spiritual
darkness must be penetrated.
00:46:14.52\00:46:18.09
And whose gonna penetrate?
00:46:18.12\00:46:19.49
The only Spirit
of the living God
00:46:19.52\00:46:20.89
that brings
conviction upon the heart,
00:46:20.92\00:46:22.87
brings conviction on the life,
00:46:22.90\00:46:24.66
brings conversion to
the souls by His spirit.
00:46:24.69\00:46:28.48
And, you know what the message
00:46:32.73\00:46:34.10
that's given in
these last days will be
00:46:34.13\00:46:36.67
out of the
usual order of things.
00:46:36.70\00:46:41.85
Remember, the
Roman church taught that,
00:46:41.88\00:46:43.47
you know a
message and the priests
00:46:43.50\00:46:45.36
and rabbis in the Christ days
00:46:45.39\00:46:46.76
that the message
had to go through--
00:46:46.79\00:46:48.16
Oh, Lord, help
us certain channels.
00:46:48.19\00:46:53.37
But the Spirit of the living
God through His servants said
00:46:53.40\00:46:55.44
the last day
message is going to be given
00:46:55.47\00:46:57.04
little out of the ordinary
or the usual order of things.
00:46:57.07\00:47:02.14
Remember, Isaiah says
this and makes it real clear
00:47:02.17\00:47:04.30
that we know
this will take place.
00:47:04.33\00:47:05.73
Isaiah 43, oh,
I've got to hurry.
00:47:05.76\00:47:07.47
Isaiah 43:8, 9 Bible says this.
00:47:07.50\00:47:10.37
Notice it's says that
"Bring forth the blind people
00:47:10.40\00:47:14.17
that have eyes, and
the deaf that have ears.
00:47:14.20\00:47:18.35
Let all the
nations gather together,
00:47:18.38\00:47:20.72
let the people assemble."
00:47:20.75\00:47:22.47
Notice "Who among
them can declare this,
00:47:22.50\00:47:26.03
and show us former things?
00:47:26.06\00:47:29.50
Let them bring
forth the witnesses,
00:47:29.53\00:47:33.53
that they may be
justified, and let them hear,
00:47:33.56\00:47:37.31
and say," listen carefully.
00:47:37.34\00:47:39.59
"It is truth."
00:47:39.62\00:47:43.03
God's calling a people
and they come and say wow.
00:47:43.06\00:47:45.97
This blind before and now I see.
00:47:46.00\00:47:48.75
Ears were clogged, now I hear.
00:47:48.78\00:47:50.70
Coming together to assemble
00:47:50.73\00:47:52.10
and say, ooh, this is the
truth, the truth of God's word.
00:47:52.13\00:47:56.44
There's a few simple
truths that Luther presented
00:47:56.47\00:47:59.14
and that we need to
be presenting today.
00:47:59.17\00:48:00.78
Just listen carefully to
them simple, but yet solemn.
00:48:00.81\00:48:04.27
Soul searching,
life and death issues.
00:48:04.30\00:48:07.48
He taught that, he set
this before the people.
00:48:07.51\00:48:10.14
How offensive is
the character of sin?
00:48:10.17\00:48:14.26
What a message we have
to give to the world today?
00:48:14.29\00:48:16.11
Luther said, sin
is offensive to God.
00:48:16.14\00:48:19.76
See God's hatred of
sin is strong as death,
00:48:19.79\00:48:25.18
but His love for the
sinner is stronger than death.
00:48:25.21\00:48:28.62
Awesome message.
00:48:28.65\00:48:30.89
Luther taught that
it's impossible for man
00:48:30.92\00:48:34.57
by his own works
to lessened its guilt
00:48:34.60\00:48:38.30
or evade its punishments.
00:48:38.33\00:48:40.80
Wow, you can't work your way in.
00:48:40.83\00:48:44.81
Nothing, but
repentance toward God,
00:48:44.84\00:48:47.90
faith in Jesus
Christ can save the sinner.
00:48:47.93\00:48:51.68
1 John 1:9, "If
we confess our sins
00:48:51.71\00:48:53.44
He is faithful and just
to forgive us." Isn't He?
00:48:53.47\00:48:55.67
Third part, he taught
that it's the grace of God.
00:48:55.70\00:48:59.57
Grace of Christ cannot be
purchased because it is what?
00:48:59.60\00:49:03.38
It is a free gift.
00:49:03.41\00:49:04.82
Romans 3:23, 24 says, "We're
justified freely by his grace"
00:49:04.85\00:49:10.85
notice that
"Through Christ Jesus for."
00:49:10.88\00:49:15.77
He counseled the people
not to purchase indulgences,
00:49:15.80\00:49:20.19
but to look in faith to a
crucified and risen savior.
00:49:20.22\00:49:24.15
What a message? Look to
Jesus, lift Him up, friend.
00:49:24.18\00:49:28.56
He assured his
hearers that he had tried
00:49:28.59\00:49:30.96
to find salvation
apart from God by works,
00:49:30.99\00:49:33.96
but it's only by
looking away from self,
00:49:33.99\00:49:37.42
believing in Jesus Christ
00:49:37.45\00:49:39.35
that He found joy and peace
and contentment and salvation.
00:49:39.38\00:49:42.82
Acts 16:31, have to hurry.
00:49:42.85\00:49:44.67
Acts 13:39, believe
on the Lord Jesus Christ
00:49:44.70\00:49:47.47
it says you'll be saved.
00:49:47.50\00:49:48.87
All that believe
on Him are justified.
00:49:48.90\00:49:51.68
Luther posted his thesis,
00:49:51.71\00:49:53.37
you know, his
studies on the church doors.
00:49:53.40\00:49:56.54
And he said I'll
defend every one of those.
00:49:56.57\00:49:58.99
You're going to be
asked to give a reason
00:49:59.02\00:50:01.38
for the hope that's
in you, 1 Peters 3:15.
00:50:01.41\00:50:03.76
The day will come you
say, why do you believe this?
00:50:03.79\00:50:06.10
Oh, you need to be
studying the word today.
00:50:06.13\00:50:08.81
'Cause of these truth
Luther had to meet his accusers.
00:50:08.84\00:50:13.96
You're gonna have to
meet accusers too, you know.
00:50:13.99\00:50:16.91
And I tell you, if we look
at the questions, questions,
00:50:16.94\00:50:20.10
and questions keeps coming back
00:50:20.13\00:50:21.50
as why is he
teaching these things?
00:50:21.53\00:50:22.90
Why these new things?
00:50:22.93\00:50:24.30
And if you go back and he met
00:50:24.33\00:50:25.70
every one of those arguments
with a thus saith the Lord,
00:50:25.73\00:50:27.64
impressed by the
Spirit of the living God.
00:50:27.67\00:50:31.86
In fact he made statements,
00:50:31.89\00:50:33.26
he said those who
were trying to stop him
00:50:33.29\00:50:34.84
from giving the message,
00:50:34.87\00:50:36.24
he said if the word be of
God, then who's going to what,
00:50:36.27\00:50:38.63
who can stop it.
00:50:38.66\00:50:40.03
If not who can forward it, huh?
00:50:40.06\00:50:42.09
Acts 5:38 talks about that
00:50:42.12\00:50:43.92
trying to lose there
was a difficult thing.
00:50:43.95\00:50:46.25
Trying to stop this
man from giving the message
00:50:46.28\00:50:48.19
seemed to be an impossibility,
but they were determined.
00:50:48.22\00:50:52.25
Luther continued to encourage
00:50:52.28\00:50:53.75
and enlighten the people
about these beautiful truths.
00:50:53.78\00:50:57.07
The leaders didn't like it.
00:50:57.10\00:50:58.74
And they said there's
going to put an end to him.
00:50:58.77\00:51:00.77
You know, the
surprise, my friend.
00:51:00.80\00:51:02.55
A price for standing for
what is truth and what is right.
00:51:02.58\00:51:06.13
Luther understood with
all of his heart and his soul,
00:51:06.16\00:51:09.52
this was the message
that needed to be given.
00:51:09.55\00:51:12.24
Here I stand, I
can do nothing else.
00:51:12.27\00:51:15.72
When you're put in
that place what's gonna be--
00:51:15.75\00:51:18.10
what's gonna be your position?
00:51:18.13\00:51:20.60
What's gonna be your stance?
00:51:20.63\00:51:22.00
Do you love Him with all of your
heart, your soul, and your mind?
00:51:22.03\00:51:24.19
"Great Controversy" 581 says,
00:51:24.22\00:51:26.05
"God's word was given
warning of impending danger.
00:51:26.08\00:51:30.41
Let that be unheeded,
and the Protestant world
00:51:30.44\00:51:33.57
will learn what
the purpose of Rome,
00:51:33.60\00:51:35.69
purposes of Rome really are,
00:51:35.72\00:51:37.87
only when it is too
late to escape the snare.
00:51:37.90\00:51:41.69
We shall soon see
00:51:41.72\00:51:43.11
and feel what the
purposes of Rome's element is.
00:51:43.14\00:51:47.02
Whosoever shall believe
and obey the word of God
00:51:47.05\00:51:50.32
will they incur
reproach and persecution."
00:51:50.35\00:51:54.10
Say Rome has changed.
00:51:54.13\00:51:55.50
Rome has not changed.
00:51:55.53\00:51:58.24
Bible says, 2 Timothy 3:12
00:51:58.27\00:51:59.78
"All that live godly in
Christ Jesus" shall what?
00:51:59.81\00:52:01.81
Suffer persecution.
00:52:01.84\00:52:04.35
Not that we want
that, but God help us.
00:52:04.38\00:52:07.78
Luther found out
that the iniquity,
00:52:07.81\00:52:10.25
the spiritual darkness
that was taking place in his day
00:52:10.28\00:52:13.62
was due because people, people
were not reading the Bible.
00:52:13.65\00:52:18.39
They were not reading the Bible
and you're not reading it today.
00:52:18.42\00:52:20.42
You say, oh, I read the
Bible. I study little bit here.
00:52:20.45\00:52:22.54
No, the scriptures
were suppressed in his day.
00:52:22.57\00:52:24.81
Today they're here.
They're open for any of us,
00:52:24.84\00:52:26.57
but we're not reading them.
00:52:26.60\00:52:29.13
These events are
on the near horizon,
00:52:29.16\00:52:30.66
the word of God was in
the reach of all today.
00:52:30.69\00:52:34.84
Let me just say this
quickly as we're out of time.
00:52:34.87\00:52:37.27
When we reject these
beautiful truths of Scripture,
00:52:37.30\00:52:41.00
we reject the
author of Scripture.
00:52:41.03\00:52:43.75
Please do not do that.
00:52:43.78\00:52:45.22
Please do not do that.
00:52:45.25\00:52:47.72
I want to
encourage you once again.
00:52:47.75\00:52:49.45
We're offering the
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It goes into things
we've been talking about here
00:52:51.04\00:52:52.71
much more much
deeper, it's a full version.
00:52:52.74\00:52:54.88
700 some odd pages in
the Great Controversy.
00:52:54.91\00:52:57.67
You're gonna have to be,
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We've just touched--
00:53:03.62\00:53:04.99
scratched on just
a little area here,
00:53:05.02\00:53:06.45
few pages of things that took
place during the reformation.
00:53:06.48\00:53:10.17
You want to know
more about that I know.
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You're going to be
labeled as a heretic.
00:53:12.70\00:53:15.74
You're going to be
labeled as an enemy of truth.
00:53:15.77\00:53:19.37
And they're
gonna want your blood.
00:53:19.40\00:53:22.41
You love Jesus with all your
heart, your soul, and your mind.
00:53:22.44\00:53:27.43
You realize Jesus-- the Roman.
00:53:27.46\00:53:29.72
The Rome condemned Him for
treason against the country.
00:53:29.75\00:53:34.94
Very interesting, you
read Great Controversy,
00:53:34.97\00:53:36.37
God's people had been on trial
for treason. Very interesting.
00:53:36.40\00:53:40.49
God's people are
going to be surrounded.
00:53:40.52\00:53:43.17
They're surrounded by
enemies here in these last days,
00:53:43.20\00:53:45.24
been on their destruction.
00:53:45.27\00:53:46.64
May God help us to see
the need to stay close to Him,
00:53:46.67\00:53:50.60
have a living
relationship with Him.
00:53:50.63\00:53:52.48
These things, my
friend, are on horizon.
00:53:52.51\00:53:54.88
We're gonna pray
about it right now
00:53:54.91\00:53:56.28
'cause you need to make a
decision right now for Jesus.
00:53:56.31\00:53:58.98
I mean, we're only scratching.
00:53:59.01\00:54:00.38
We need hours and hours
to go over these things.
00:54:00.41\00:54:01.89
May God help us to
see, it's a reality.
00:54:01.92\00:54:04.15
It's soon to take place.
00:54:04.18\00:54:05.55
Where are you gonna stand?
00:54:05.58\00:54:06.95
Here I stand. Can you say that?
00:54:06.98\00:54:08.35
Oh, let's pray
together that God will help us.
00:54:08.38\00:54:10.20
Merciful Father in
Heaven, we thank you,
00:54:10.23\00:54:12.08
for your precious word
and for all the warnings
00:54:12.11\00:54:14.07
that you've given to us.
00:54:14.10\00:54:15.47
Help us to heed those warning.
00:54:15.50\00:54:17.17
Help us to say, O, Lord, we
need a reformation in our heart,
00:54:17.20\00:54:19.37
in our life, in our church.
00:54:19.40\00:54:20.77
We need some changes.
00:54:20.80\00:54:22.17
O, Lord, please help
us the hour's fast coming.
00:54:22.20\00:54:25.17
We need to
understand, what is truth?
00:54:25.20\00:54:27.30
And say, O God, we love
the truth, we want the truth.
00:54:27.33\00:54:29.82
The truth shall set us free.
00:54:29.85\00:54:31.22
Truth will equip us to be
able to stand the test of time.
00:54:31.25\00:54:33.93
Thank you, Lord, for loving us.
00:54:33.96\00:54:35.33
And thank you for this
message in Jesus' name.
00:54:35.36\00:54:37.16
For the precious people who hear
00:54:37.19\00:54:38.56
and respond right
now in Jesus' name. Amen.
00:54:38.59\00:54:42.39
Let me say in our
last few seconds here.
00:54:42.42\00:54:43.79
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I'm encouraging you to do it.
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And may I just encourage
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00:54:56.58\00:54:58.61
You know that the messages
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00:54:58.64\00:55:01.19
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00:55:05.31\00:55:07.02
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you know, for books.
00:55:09.35\00:55:10.72
All right, we're gonna
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00:55:14.82\00:55:16.82
Thank you for
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00:55:16.85\00:55:18.54
Remember, Jesus is coming.
00:55:18.57\00:55:19.94
We need to be ready.
00:55:19.97\00:55:21.34
I'll see you next time.
00:55:21.37\00:55:25.21
Hello, and welcome back.
00:55:25.24\00:55:27.23
You know God has placed
us upon this earth at a time
00:55:27.26\00:55:30.52
when through the
eyes of Biblical prophecy
00:55:30.55\00:55:33.67
the affairs of
this world are swelling
00:55:33.70\00:55:35.81
to a great crescendo
of earth's final events.
00:55:35.84\00:55:39.31
And what will be our
stand when we meet our Lord?
00:55:39.34\00:55:43.63
Will He find us
prepared for eternal salvation
00:55:43.66\00:55:46.69
if our faith has been
based on the teachings
00:55:46.72\00:55:49.81
and traditions of man?
00:55:49.84\00:55:51.72
The answer is no.
00:55:51.75\00:55:53.57
We would be found
wanting as stated in Scripture.
00:55:53.60\00:55:57.02
Our faith must be based on
God's word and God's word alone.
00:55:57.05\00:56:02.08
Our characters are to
fully reflect Christ's character
00:56:02.11\00:56:05.88
as we have seen in the
study of Martin Luther.
00:56:05.91\00:56:09.08
Luther's life was a
difficult journey at best,
00:56:09.11\00:56:13.05
but as he strove for
truth and righteousness
00:56:13.08\00:56:16.00
God was always there to
direct and answer his prayers,
00:56:16.03\00:56:20.10
to strengthen and to guide him
on the path of righteousness.
00:56:20.13\00:56:24.21
What a blessing it
would be for all of us
00:56:24.24\00:56:26.98
to have the same
type of relationship
00:56:27.01\00:56:29.64
with our Heavenly
Father as did Luther?
00:56:29.67\00:56:32.29
Then perhaps we too can witness
00:56:32.32\00:56:34.80
our faith to others with
statements just like this
00:56:34.83\00:56:37.78
that I'm gonna
quote from Martin Luther.
00:56:37.81\00:56:40.11
He said one time.
00:56:40.14\00:56:41.96
"I am in the hand of God.
00:56:41.99\00:56:43.93
He is my help and my shield.
00:56:43.96\00:56:46.37
What can man do unto me?"
00:56:46.40\00:56:49.63
Wow, what a faith,
00:56:49.66\00:56:51.64
what a trust and security
that Luther had in His Savior.
00:56:51.67\00:56:55.84
So, friends,
never be discouraged.
00:56:55.87\00:56:58.44
Thinking that a living
relationship is not possible
00:56:58.47\00:57:01.32
between us and
God, it is possible.
00:57:01.35\00:57:04.18
Think of Luther
and others like him
00:57:04.21\00:57:06.91
who has left us
with the real examples
00:57:06.94\00:57:09.73
of what a true Christian
character is to be like.
00:57:09.76\00:57:13.46
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