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
welcome and invite you
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to join us in the second
message of our four part series
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that we have entitled
Common and Sacred Fire.
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During the first
message we were reminded
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of Aaron's two
sons, Nadab and Abaihu
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and after clouding
their minds with alcohol
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they used the wrong fire
in their service to the Lord.
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God had told
them specifically that
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they were to use the
fire that He had kindled.
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But instead they used
fire that was kindled by man.
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The big question for all of
us to think about here is this.
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Is it possible, is it possible
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that over the
centuries of the church
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that our minds
have become cloudy
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when it comes to
spiritual things of God
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and is it also possible
that we too may have been
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well, you know, a bit drunk
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with the
commonness of this world
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and allow this commonness
to influence our worship
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and may be even
our parents before God.
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Remember the song we used
to sing when we were kids.
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It was entitled
Dare to be a Daniel.
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The song was written about
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Daniel's
steadfast obedience to God
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no matter the consequences
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from the world of
people around him.
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And in Daniel's case
that easily meant that
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his life could be in jeopardy
and it was more than once
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for standing firm
on God's principles.
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Daniel knew that there was,
there was absolutely no excuse
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to dishonor God in
any form or any fashion
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even as a prisoner
in a foreign country.
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Yet, many who claim
to be Christians today
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don't give much
thought to following
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the precepts of God's word.
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In fact, their excuse
not to for the most part
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is that they don't well, feel.
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They don't feel
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that what they're reading in
the Bibles is meant for them.
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They believe that somehow
the "time" has changed things.
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Yet, the Bible teaches
us that God does not change.
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He is the same friend,
yesterday, today and forever.
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You can read this if
you like in Hebrews 13:8,
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"Common and Sacred Fire."
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How could this
principle of thought is denoted
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from the title applied
to us write now, today.
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I want you to stay tuned.
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Stay tuned and listen
as Pastor Kenny Shelton
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opens up the Word
of God on this subject
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in our study time today.
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But first we are so
blessed to listen to a song
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that is entitled
my Jesus I Love Thee,
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and sung by Annette Campbell
from the 3ABN Worship Centre.
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My Jesus I love Thee
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I know Thou art mine
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For Thee
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all the follies of sin
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I resign
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My gracious Redeemer
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My Savior art Thou
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If ever I loved Thee
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My Jesus, 'tis now
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I love Thee
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because Thou hast first loved me
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And purchased my pardon
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on Calvary's tree
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I love Thee for wearing
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the thorns on Thy brow
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If ever I loved Thee
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My Jesus, 'tis now
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In mansions of glory
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and endless delight
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I'll ever adore Thee
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in heaven so bright
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I'll sing with
the glittering crown
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on my brow
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If ever I loved Thee
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My Jesus
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'tis now
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Praise the Lord,
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it's good to spend
sometime with you once again
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as we examine another
very important subject.
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We are going to be talking about
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the common and sacred fire.
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Do we really
know the difference?
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You know it's sad to say
of many people we talk to,
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many people email they call
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and they ask a lot of
questions and it's good.
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We can pray together, we
can study scripture together.
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But you know some
are just really you know
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they just say I'm
not sure if this is,
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is it right thing to do
or we shouldn't be doing this
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or if this belongs to God
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and yet somebody else
is using for common things.
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You know, what
is the difference,
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what does really
mean common and sacred.
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So in our study,
our four part series
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this is the second part,
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we're gonna be
examining many things
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that will help us
to understand that
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which belongs to God as sacred.
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And then you have the common
that's things out in world.
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And we need to
separate those things.
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You know there need
to be separation among us
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as God's last day people.
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So, you know,
get your Bible ready,
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pencil and paper and I might say
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before we have our prayer
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we're so thankful
for each one of you
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who are tuning in.
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Some are setting your
DVRs and others are you know
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just make sure they verily set
their alarms and they get up.
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We're very grateful
and thankful for that.
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And there's many
people who really love the,
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you know, dilute truth.
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They want the
straight testimony.
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Most people say they do
but you know where are they?
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Let's come to the
surface what he says
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and we believe in getting back
to the principles of God's word
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and by God's grace and strength
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we're going to
advocate those things.
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So I'm thankful for you today.
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I want you to pray for us
as we go into this subject
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and I might mention
again that we are thankful that
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you call and that you
write and you're all in the DVDs
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and score this ministry
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so the message can
continue to go out.
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So let's have prayer, shall we?
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And let's ask the
Holy Spirit to be with us
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and help us as we
study His word one more time.
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Our kind loving heavenly Father,
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we thank You, for
the privilege of prayer.
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Now, we ask for
Your Holy Spirit,
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the anointing of the spirit
of a living God in our hearts
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and our minds that
the things of this world
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will grow strangely down.
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Help us to hear Your voice,
help us to heed Your voice,
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help us to know and certainly
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listen to Your
voice for what is truth
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and then apply to our
hearts and to our lives.
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Lord, we need you
today bless us as we pray,
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cleanse us
covers with Your blood
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in Jesus name we pray, amen.
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Again as we you know
dwell into this subject--
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much more you say
well, I have heard before.
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I want you to, this
is remember four part
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so its about four hours
you are going to be spent
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on the lot of
different subject to still back
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and clump together to
help us to understand that
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number one, that
pleases God not man.
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I spent so often
talking to people that
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its all about pleasing
mankind or pleasing, you know,
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certain church or that--
its about pleasing God isn't it.
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So we have to look at it
in the light as heaven right,
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light of heaven that we'd be
able to find out what truth is.
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Now some of you
it may shame on you,
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you probably did not you know
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say you're listen
to that first part.
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So if you allow me
to go over several part
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that we discussed
and if they're interest
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you won't want to
miss that first part too
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when you order the whole series.
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In our first part we
discovered number one,
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that God would have a
clear and definite ideas
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preserved between the
sacred and the common.
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Did you noticed
that clear, definite
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that which is common
and that which is sacred.
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Two, it may be shocking to some
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I have mentioned
this several times before
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but you know Satan has a church
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the synagogue of the devil,
of the enemy, Revelation 3:9.
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No we realize his members
you can identify his members.
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I want you to
think for a moment.
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How can we identify-- it
has to be right God's church
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or it's the church of the enemy.
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And I understand this
some people will say oh,
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it's just too
difficult, its too hard oh,
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we don't want to hear
the same, bless your heart.
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It either is you're for
God or you're against him.
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You're member of his church
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or you're a member of
the synagogue of Satan,
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the Bible talks about.
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How can we identify
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those who are the
members of the enemy's church?
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Number one,
naturally they are children
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of disobedience
that Bible talks about.
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They're
disobedient to the world.
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They're
disobedient that lot of things
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that are being
taught in the church
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and they want to
have their own opinion
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and do their own thing.
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So they're rebelling
against the Word of God.
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Number two, they
chose to do the wrong thing.
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And just make
clear they chose to sin.
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They understand
many of the issues
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but they chose to
please themselves.
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Number three, very
powerful, please pay attention.
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The synagogue of Satan, right,
Satan's members of his church,
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they try to
mingle, truth and error.
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This is what we
are talking about
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when we are talking
about common and sacred.
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They are trying to make mingle
the truth and error together.
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Make it little
easier, no self denial,
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no giving up anything
in the cause of Christ.
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Now again, how can we find out
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what church that we
belong to that we're member of?
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Remember, I think
this is so important,
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Satan's church tries to
make void the law of God.
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And I'll just be, I'll
just bold with you here
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that anyone who is
saying you know God's law,
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you know we don't have to
worry about keeping it anymore.
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Friend, we belong to what.
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The enemies church because that
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he has started that
in heaven you remember.
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Oh, we can't be
telling that you know
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we can't do all these
things of God says to do.
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Same argument going on today.
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So we need to
realize that, you know,
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God's law is here and
it's certainly is binding.
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Now, number three, I
think it's very interesting.
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Errors are being presented--
we discussed this in part one.
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Errors are being
presented as the truth.
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We almost must
realize to that the same sense
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that the enemy use at the
time just before the flood,
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he will use again.
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See, we can look back and
we can go over these things
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and we can say oh,
well that was for them.
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No, it's for us today.
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Go back, recount,
read, study these things
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because he will use
the same things again
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because they were
affected, how sad.
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And we know it
also that God's church
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is accountable to Him
and Him alone, bottom line.
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God's church is
what accountable to Him.
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It's interesting
actually Apostle Tim,
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some rise up in
opposition but, you know,
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I love to read the Bible,
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I love to read the
Spirit of Prophecy.
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And you know, if
it's clear and simple
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and clear that's
just the way it is.
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God helps to me to
understand it and to follow it.
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And so I can read
something like this
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and I will say thank you, Lord
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because we're always
talking about His church
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and the faithful followers.
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But actually Apostle
Tim says, from the beginning
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faithful souls have
constituted the church on earth.
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Interesting, what's
constitute the church on earth?
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The faithful soul.
Are you a faithful soul?
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Friends, if you're
advocating the teachings
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and doctrines of
God's word right now
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you're not a faithful soul.
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If you know better
and you're doing things
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that you shouldn't be doing,
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you really can't say
that you're faithful soul.
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Okay, by God grace
good news is we all can.
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You know, let's
get self out of way
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and let's look at
God's word and say God,
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I want, I want to
reach that high standard
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that You have, You
have for your people.
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And You'll help us to do that.
We can't do it without You.
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And number seven is
the third angels message
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as we look at here calls
for us to worship the true God.
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Make sense that we just
spend little bit of time
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on that in the first part.
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God calls us third angel
message to worship the true God
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and understand
that by God's grace
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by God's power man can
completely obey God's law.
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Isn't that wonderful?
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What by God's grace by
His power and His strength
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He will enable us just like
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Jesus did while
He was here on earth.
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Last point, we're talking
about the church is Satan
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and we talk
about Revelation 3:9.
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It says this, it says that
man can never obey God's laws.
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Did you get that?
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Satan is still advocating today
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and you know
what's they have say.
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Majority of Christians
today are saying the same thing.
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May be it's because
they don't understand it.
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But you know what
that's our job, isn't it?
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To bring it to light.
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And I thank God for that light
and I'm praising for that light
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and accept that
light, embrace that light,
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be excited about that light.
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You know, we have to realize
in this world that we live in
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as we really pick up
here on part two as we begin.
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I want to go just a little
deeper in some of the things
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that we just
discussed in a moment ago.
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If we, if we go
little bit deeper into
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a Revelation Chapter 14,
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we start talking about
the second angel's message
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please bear with me a minute.
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The message is simply bad
one it's fallen, it's fallen.
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And then, you know,
I believe that Satan
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you remember once we hear
this message, once we say boy,
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I understand
because it's all needed
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come apart we need to separate,
we need to accept the doctrines
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and the teachings of God's word.
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And so we need to take a
bold stand for what is right.
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But and once we say well,
you know I see that may be
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I need to do this I remember
this is the thing really to do.
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But, you know, if
you refuse to do it
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once it comes to light
to your mind or to my mind,
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let me just be bold with you.
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Satan will take
possession of your mind,
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he is going to take
possession of the churches
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as the whole, as the body.
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I'm not talking
about every individual.
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As a body for those
who reject this message.
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Now think about it.
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So it seems to shocking
because most Christians will say
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something like this
is a Christian church.
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You know, this is
where the Holy Spirit sat.
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Oh, should be, yes.
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But you know were
conditions of the Holy Spirit
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being poured out upon
God's last day people.
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Are you part of
God's last day people?
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I'm sure that you want
to be. You're striving.
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Aren't you about
the grace of God?
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I'm striving to be
part of that remnant church,
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that last day church
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that keep the
commandments of God,
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have the testimony of Jesus.
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Friend, don't be ashamed
of the gospel of Jesus Christ.
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Don't be ashamed of
three angel's message.
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Friend, when we
hear these things
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and if we will not accept
them as member individual,
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as a body, as a
church the enemy comes over
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and he takes possessions
as a whole of those churches
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and as individual what,
because we're rejecting light.
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Somebody will say oh,
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listen the devil
is crowding his way.
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He is pushing his way
into the churches today
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and little do we realize it.
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My friend, why?
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Why is it that we can't
realize, why can't we see? Why?
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Because, we're
lowering the standards
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and teachings of God's word
and as we lower these standard,
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bless your heart
the enemy comes in.
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It's him that's influencing
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to lower the
standards little bit
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and make brother so and so
happy or sister so and so happy
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or the pastor happy
whatever it might be.
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Rather than say
we need to elevate
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the teachings of God's word,
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elevate, as you elevate those
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it will cause people
to look at them closely.
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And yes, they
will make a decision
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and yes some will be offended.
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Jesus, said as
they heard the truth.
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He said, "by and by they where."
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What? "Oh, good."
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They were offended.
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Now what happened
when you offended?
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Sometime we leave.
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Now think about that
the enemy then is chosen
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to mingle the
common with the sacred
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and we'll realize
that God will not bless.
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He will not bless any kind
of compromise of the truth.
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So what are we doing?
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What are many,
what are many doing?
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We know there's a not
a teaching in God's word.
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We might even admit
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that it's not of
teachings of God's word.
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But you know bless our heart
if it's not in the Word of God
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why don't we lay it aside?
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You know what,
because self is so wrapped
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you know we want to
see it, we want to do it.
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Oh, friend, let's pray for
the anointing of the spirit
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the God will break us down as
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it were by the
power of His Spirit
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that we may be
hearers of the word,
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hearers not only
but doers of the word.
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Are you listening are you a doer
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or let's ask God
to help us to do that.
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Now many will
say well I understand
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oh you're
talking about the enemy
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taking control of the church.
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What do you think he is working
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we've talked about it
many times and we will continue
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because of the
hour in which we live.
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The enemy has
invaded the church,
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everyone that he possibly can.
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You know, how he invades it?
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He invades through people
may be like you or may be me.
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And I don't want that
and I know you don't either
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but that's how he
invades the church.
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He calls its confusion
and vision and separation
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and fusses in the
church and argument in church
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and separation the church.
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Oh, he is having a heyday
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and we just don't
detect that's him.
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Friend, we need to
really have some eyesight
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to put on that God may help us.
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Now no, shut it off
please don't shut it off.
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Don't say well, I
don't close your ears
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I think it's worth
listening to today.
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Do you realize the
enemy has the plan?
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And the plan is we just
touched on the moment ago
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as he has the plan to
takeover all the churches.
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You know, remember
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he doesn't
worry about the world.
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Okay, how often you
hear this, dear friends?
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How often I hear and understand?
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He has the plan to
takeover every church.
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He hates every child of God.
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Now as the enemy has his
plan to takeover the churches
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let me just remind you this,
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he has not forgotten
the formulae that works.
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Some of you are not with me.
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You realize the
enemy has a formulae
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and he uses that
formulae on you and me any body
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who just leaves the
cracked open just a little bit,
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a little of wedge right
there he is able to come in.
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And once he comes in
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and we begin to
question scripture,
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we begin to question the truth,
00:20:34.25\00:20:36.33
the church that may be
we attain and we're gonna--
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it's okay to ask
queries its okay to study.
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But when we begin to
doubt the Word of God
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we're on dangerous ground.
00:20:43.14\00:20:45.01
Why, because that's the enemy.
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He is the father of all doubts.
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And he plans that in you and me.
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But praise God right,
He's given us eyes and ears
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to hear the Word of
God the Holy Spirit to lead
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and guide us into all truth.
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We have to realize
regardless of how many times
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we have read these scriptures
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especially in
First and Second Timothy.
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1 Timothy 4:1 it talks about
00:21:04.93\00:21:07.93
there is going to
be in the last days
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seducing spirits
and doctrine of death.
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The devil is a seducer.
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He is gonna
kind of tell you what
00:21:15.19\00:21:16.37
you might want to hear.
00:21:16.40\00:21:17.84
He is going to try to say well,
with it-- this is freedom over,
00:21:17.87\00:21:20.19
this is not the
way that really is.
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And many of us
because we don't want to make
00:21:21.89\00:21:23.84
the changes with
that what you know
00:21:23.87\00:21:25.33
that kind of mix
little bit a sense to me.
00:21:25.36\00:21:28.41
Friend, anything
outside the Word of God
00:21:28.44\00:21:30.10
just doesn't make sense to me.
00:21:30.13\00:21:31.54
Praise God, and I hope it
doesn't makes sense to you.
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Here is the Word
of God it makes sense.
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Now remember, the devil is
going to try to influence you.
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He is going to try to seduce you
00:21:39.96\00:21:42.71
but he is going
to give you notice
00:21:42.74\00:21:44.08
doctrines of devil's.
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So either is the
doctrine of Christ
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or it's the doctrines of devil.
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Why is that we are so
seemed like confused on
00:21:50.58\00:21:52.97
so many teachings of God's work?
00:21:53.00\00:21:54.64
Is possible that may be
we have taken, is it possible
00:21:54.67\00:21:57.63
that we have taken the
common or mans teaching
00:21:57.66\00:22:01.64
and we just intermingle
with some truth a little bit
00:22:01.67\00:22:04.00
and we're trying to
get something little more,
00:22:04.03\00:22:05.62
something we can
chew on little bit better,
00:22:05.65\00:22:07.20
something that fits our
lifestyle, a little bit better
00:22:07.23\00:22:09.67
or do you want to
really be converted,
00:22:09.70\00:22:11.19
you really want to be changed
into the image of Jesus Christ.
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Oh, I'm sure that you do.
00:22:14.88\00:22:17.37
You know Paul
understood this very well.
00:22:17.40\00:22:20.01
I'm sure much better
may be than any of us.
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But he explained
it in 2 Timothy 1:13.
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Here simply what he said
bottom line and he says it to me
00:22:26.51\00:22:29.69
and I know he
says to you, today.
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He says "Hold fast to
the form of sound words."
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Something is sound, something
is concrete in the Word of God.
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You know that it is. He
says, "Hold fast to that."
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Why you're gonna hold fast?
00:22:44.12\00:22:46.08
As soon as you get a
hold something that's
00:22:46.11\00:22:47.84
you know its
truth and its right.
00:22:47.87\00:22:49.59
The old devil
comes against this,
00:22:49.62\00:22:50.98
he starts beaten and
banging and challenging you
00:22:51.01\00:22:53.62
and challenge your
family, challenge your children,
00:22:53.65\00:22:55.71
everything is a challenge to see
00:22:55.74\00:22:57.65
whether you're gonna
hang by faith are you.
00:22:57.68\00:23:00.48
This is what it's all about.
00:23:00.51\00:23:02.00
Or you're gonna try
to mix a little common
00:23:02.03\00:23:04.05
and little bit you
know, the far together
00:23:04.08\00:23:06.43
and you're gonna make it
that where it's pleasing.
00:23:06.46\00:23:08.56
He said hold fast
and what sound words.
00:23:08.59\00:23:11.31
You know what that
means? That means healthy words.
00:23:11.34\00:23:14.07
That means-- that's
called of free of error.
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We're to hang on to
things that are free of error.
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2 Timothy 3:5, this
is one everyone quotes
00:23:20.01\00:23:23.64
because we see it's so often.
00:23:23.67\00:23:25.34
I don't want to
see it to my own life.
00:23:25.37\00:23:26.80
I'm sure I have
seen it there before
00:23:26.83\00:23:28.11
and you know God forgiving
and help to be made on fire
00:23:28.14\00:23:30.98
because you know
people accept religion
00:23:31.01\00:23:32.75
they have a form of what, good.
00:23:32.78\00:23:35.41
Godliness, 2 Timothy
3:5 "But they're denying,"
00:23:35.44\00:23:38.42
what good "the power
there of for such turn away."
00:23:38.45\00:23:42.68
They hear the Word of God
right, that has a form of it
00:23:42.71\00:23:45.27
but its not changing
their heart and their life.
00:23:45.30\00:23:47.53
They can quote it,
they can talk about it,
00:23:47.56\00:23:49.86
they can elaborate on it but
00:23:49.89\00:23:51.35
they do not let
into their heart,
00:23:51.38\00:23:54.27
they do not let
it into their minds,
00:23:54.30\00:23:57.01
they do not let it come into
where it changes their character
00:23:57.04\00:24:00.69
into the very
image of Jesus Christ.
00:24:00.72\00:24:02.82
Friends, that's
what truth will do.
00:24:02.85\00:24:04.94
I'm interested in that.
00:24:04.97\00:24:06.82
I need these changes, don't you?
00:24:06.85\00:24:09.02
Do you desire
these changes, do you?
00:24:09.05\00:24:11.37
Do you really want them?
00:24:11.40\00:24:12.89
Let's not have
this for godliness
00:24:12.92\00:24:15.70
but denying that power
that word is dynamite word
00:24:15.73\00:24:19.55
that power that's the force
of the Holy Spirit as it were,
00:24:19.58\00:24:23.28
the strength of the
Spirit of the living God,
00:24:23.31\00:24:25.31
the miracle
working power of God,
00:24:25.34\00:24:27.64
the wonderful work of God
we're denying it in our life.
00:24:27.67\00:24:31.50
And safe to say there
will be millions today,
00:24:31.53\00:24:34.06
they don't know what it is
00:24:34.09\00:24:35.54
to have a
relationship with Jesus Christ.
00:24:35.57\00:24:37.41
They don't know
00:24:37.44\00:24:38.56
whether they've
been saved or not.
00:24:38.59\00:24:39.91
They've been getting
these water down, sugar down,
00:24:39.94\00:24:42.09
these little old sermons
00:24:42.12\00:24:43.52
they are not got to
the point of decision.
00:24:43.55\00:24:45.51
They're not going
to brought to the point
00:24:45.54\00:24:47.26
to when you hear
the straight testimony
00:24:47.29\00:24:48.78
you gonna have
to make a decision.
00:24:48.81\00:24:50.06
You know, in the Bible
you read it many times.
00:24:50.09\00:24:52.28
If you're on the
Lord side get over here,
00:24:52.31\00:24:53.63
if you're on the
enemy side get over there,
00:24:53.66\00:24:56.19
hot and cold.
00:24:56.22\00:24:57.96
But yet we found another way,
00:24:57.99\00:24:59.57
we think in the Christian world
00:24:59.60\00:25:01.59
that if we can
mingle a little bit
00:25:01.62\00:25:02.90
compromise on this truth then
we are gonna kind of be happy.
00:25:02.93\00:25:05.71
No, you will be discontent.
00:25:05.74\00:25:07.27
The only
happiness that you can find,
00:25:07.30\00:25:09.26
the only happiness
that I can have in my heart
00:25:09.29\00:25:11.33
and life a life is a
total surrender to Jesus Christ,
00:25:11.36\00:25:15.08
heart, mind soul,
body everything of man.
00:25:15.11\00:25:17.43
So I don't want a
form of godliness.
00:25:17.46\00:25:21.09
I need to separate
that, that right there.
00:25:21.12\00:25:23.30
I need that power.
00:25:23.33\00:25:25.15
It's interesting
because we are talking
00:25:25.18\00:25:26.71
about the form of godliness
means a formation of God.
00:25:26.74\00:25:30.44
Something that kind of
formed up all the time,
00:25:30.47\00:25:32.46
that's what you do.
00:25:32.49\00:25:33.52
The appearance that is godly.
00:25:33.55\00:25:36.44
A formula, it's a
fashion after what is religion?
00:25:36.47\00:25:40.94
That means that Bible carry,
00:25:40.97\00:25:42.21
that means a tithe
payer, that means the church,
00:25:42.24\00:25:44.34
that's talking about you know,
00:25:44.37\00:25:46.34
enemy doesn't care about that.
00:25:46.37\00:25:48.88
Let me be just honest with you.
00:25:48.91\00:25:50.65
The enemy cares
when you hear the truth
00:25:50.68\00:25:52.72
and you love the truth
00:25:52.75\00:25:53.82
and you're asking
for the Spirit of God
00:25:53.85\00:25:55.54
that truth to come inside
00:25:55.57\00:25:57.35
and all of the
sudden, the man that you wants
00:25:57.38\00:25:59.40
where you're not
that way anymore.
00:25:59.43\00:26:00.90
The woman, that you
were, the child, that you were
00:26:00.93\00:26:02.63
you're no longer
the same anymore.
00:26:02.66\00:26:04.62
You don't have
to go around and say
00:26:04.65\00:26:05.68
"oh, I'm not the same anymore.
00:26:05.71\00:26:06.93
Boy, I tell you I have
got everything all together."
00:26:06.96\00:26:09.16
Friends, that's not what about,
00:26:09.19\00:26:10.22
your neighbors and your friends
00:26:10.25\00:26:11.47
and your mom and you're
dad everybody is involved.
00:26:11.50\00:26:13.42
You are gonna say what happened?
00:26:13.45\00:26:16.22
Something has happened.
00:26:16.25\00:26:18.80
And they're going to say well,
what how can they have peace
00:26:18.83\00:26:21.15
in a midst of a storm
in living in this world
00:26:21.18\00:26:23.56
that we live in today
00:26:23.59\00:26:24.62
and the economy
that we live in today.
00:26:24.65\00:26:26.36
Well, it just, it's just
going to crumble any day.
00:26:26.39\00:26:29.61
All the laws are being passed
like its just mind boggles.
00:26:29.64\00:26:33.12
I'm sure that Bible student
00:26:33.15\00:26:34.22
as you read the
signs of the time
00:26:34.25\00:26:36.62
you need something to hang on.
00:26:36.65\00:26:38.32
You must have an experience
00:26:38.35\00:26:39.43
and most people do
not have right now.
00:26:39.46\00:26:41.98
I want that experience.
00:26:42.01\00:26:43.85
If I do not have it,
00:26:43.88\00:26:45.55
I will not be able to endure.
00:26:45.58\00:26:47.03
I'm gonna take oh Lord, help us.
00:26:47.06\00:26:48.66
I'm gonna take
the easy road out.
00:26:48.69\00:26:50.62
It's too many they
call themselves Christian
00:26:50.65\00:26:52.60
and they want to
take that easy road why,
00:26:52.63\00:26:54.63
because everybody is
doing, everybody is going,
00:26:54.66\00:26:57.48
everybody is going here,
00:26:57.51\00:26:58.77
everybody is talking
about this, everybody is--
00:26:58.80\00:27:01.02
Friend, if
everybody please, please,
00:27:01.05\00:27:03.10
we will talk about
that little bit more,
00:27:03.13\00:27:04.33
just a little bit later.
00:27:04.36\00:27:05.44
But please that means what
we need to be a separate people.
00:27:05.47\00:27:08.88
We need to come
apart from the world
00:27:08.91\00:27:10.23
of don't touch
those unclean things.
00:27:10.26\00:27:12.71
We'll read something
Desire of Ages, page 172,
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oh please bless you're heart.
00:27:15.24\00:27:16.92
Please pay
attention. Please pay attention.
00:27:16.95\00:27:19.47
It said, "He who is trying."
00:27:19.50\00:27:21.35
And that-- I read this
because there's many people
00:27:21.38\00:27:23.77
who think because of
their church membership
00:27:23.80\00:27:26.85
or because they
profess in keeping
00:27:26.88\00:27:29.02
the Ten Commandment law
00:27:29.05\00:27:30.54
that automatically
everything is fine.
00:27:30.57\00:27:34.37
Going to make it the health.
00:27:34.40\00:27:35.43
Got a one way ticket
00:27:35.46\00:27:36.49
because this is
where I go to church.
00:27:36.52\00:27:38.55
Friend, please
don't fool yourself.
00:27:38.58\00:27:41.27
I find nothing in
scripture that says that.
00:27:41.30\00:27:43.54
Is it not-- oh,
somebody, somebody pray for me.
00:27:43.57\00:27:46.45
Is it not our personal
relationship with Jesus Christ?
00:27:46.48\00:27:49.18
I believe it is.
00:27:49.21\00:27:50.24
I believe that's
what it's all about.
00:27:50.27\00:27:51.87
I realized Christ is
the head of His church
00:27:51.90\00:27:53.89
but He is calling
you and He is calling me
00:27:53.92\00:27:55.64
to be like Him.
00:27:55.67\00:27:57.32
He is not calling us as in
some have converted lukewarm
00:27:57.35\00:28:00.29
some kind of state
or we just go to church.
00:28:00.32\00:28:02.97
And you know when I go to church
00:28:03.00\00:28:04.25
when we hear they are saying
00:28:04.28\00:28:05.69
through services
I expect a blessing.
00:28:05.72\00:28:07.72
I come to receive a blessing.
00:28:07.75\00:28:09.61
When I leave I
have got a blessing
00:28:09.64\00:28:11.05
I don't know about you.
00:28:11.08\00:28:12.37
That's what it is all about.
00:28:12.40\00:28:13.57
Or is it grudgingly
that you go to church,
00:28:13.60\00:28:15.30
it's grudgingly
that you pay your tithe.
00:28:15.33\00:28:17.04
Is it grudgingly
that you just have to go
00:28:17.07\00:28:18.75
may be do
something that in the church
00:28:18.78\00:28:20.28
and may be you
really didn't want it?
00:28:20.31\00:28:21.76
Oh, friend, you're
serving Jesus Christ
00:28:21.79\00:28:23.81
isn't it what it's all about.
00:28:23.84\00:28:25.58
Let's not be compromising
the truth and the things
00:28:25.61\00:28:28.22
that we're talking about here.
00:28:28.25\00:28:29.95
Remember he who is
trying to reach heaven,
00:28:29.98\00:28:32.86
oh I can just see
the hands going up.
00:28:32.89\00:28:34.92
Oh, yes, yes, yes, it's me
00:28:34.95\00:28:37.27
I'm trying to reach heaven.
00:28:37.30\00:28:38.34
Oh, that's good I'm glad
that you make that commitment.
00:28:38.37\00:28:40.91
But if you're
trying to reach heaven
00:28:40.94\00:28:43.15
but by our own
works in keeping the law
00:28:43.18\00:28:47.35
we are
attempting an impossibility.
00:28:47.38\00:28:50.00
Did you get it?
00:28:50.03\00:28:51.19
He is who is
trying to reach heaven
00:28:51.22\00:28:52.85
by his own what?
00:28:52.88\00:28:54.25
By his own works,
by his own merits,
00:28:54.28\00:28:57.58
and by keeping the law is
attempting an impossibility.
00:28:57.61\00:29:02.10
Notice how clear.
00:29:02.13\00:29:03.89
"There is no
safety." Did you get it?
00:29:03.92\00:29:06.39
"There is no safety
00:29:06.42\00:29:08.48
for one who has
merely a legal religions."
00:29:08.51\00:29:13.41
And that's called what?
00:29:13.44\00:29:14.81
"A form of godliness."
00:29:14.84\00:29:17.56
We're just talking about
that scriptures didn't we.
00:29:17.59\00:29:20.90
Many times we don't realize
that's what's all going on here.
00:29:20.93\00:29:25.28
And I also thought
about this and jot it down.
00:29:25.31\00:29:27.63
It says in the Christian life,
00:29:27.66\00:29:30.79
there must be a death to self
00:29:30.82\00:29:33.50
and sin and a new
life, all together.
00:29:33.53\00:29:37.78
Man that's really
sums up. Doesn't it?
00:29:37.81\00:29:40.21
That sums up what it's
all about here for us today.
00:29:40.24\00:29:44.06
A new life, did you get it.
00:29:44.09\00:29:46.16
Death to self,
00:29:46.19\00:29:49.16
a new life in Jesus Christ.
00:29:49.19\00:29:51.46
See I believe this all my
heart that eyes must be open.
00:29:51.49\00:29:56.94
Why are we closing
our eyes and our hearts
00:29:56.97\00:29:59.68
and our ears to
this beautiful message
00:29:59.71\00:30:03.31
and as we close them
we're deteriorating spiritually.
00:30:03.34\00:30:09.33
I will be safe to say
there are those today who--
00:30:09.36\00:30:13.02
Well, my mother said it
00:30:13.05\00:30:14.44
and I mentioned it
several times before
00:30:14.47\00:30:15.99
when I do
something oh, may be that
00:30:16.02\00:30:17.58
I shouldn't be doing.
00:30:17.61\00:30:18.70
She said, Kenny, Kenny, Kenny
00:30:18.73\00:30:20.73
you're cutting your
nose off despites your face.
00:30:20.76\00:30:23.71
Now you know that an old saying.
00:30:23.74\00:30:25.50
You know, sometime I
didn't really want to hear it.
00:30:25.53\00:30:28.42
But you know what,
it's a true statement.
00:30:28.45\00:30:30.57
Sometime we
just, cut your nose off
00:30:30.60\00:30:32.87
and it despites our own face.
00:30:32.90\00:30:34.78
You know what, people are
simply what fighting themselves
00:30:34.81\00:30:38.61
and we are fighting what, truth.
00:30:38.64\00:30:40.89
Don't fight the truth.
00:30:40.92\00:30:41.95
You know, it's gonna hurt
you, it's gonna come back.
00:30:41.98\00:30:44.11
Well, that when you
fight the truth listen,
00:30:44.14\00:30:46.31
you're fighting
against yourself.
00:30:46.34\00:30:48.62
Does you get it?
00:30:48.65\00:30:49.68
We know you're fighting its God
00:30:49.71\00:30:50.74
but there's a fight
within in you there.
00:30:50.77\00:30:52.79
Paul says it something
like this made it clear
00:30:52.82\00:30:54.89
in 2 Timothy 2:25, 26.
00:30:54.92\00:30:58.64
He said in meekness
00:30:58.67\00:31:00.45
instructing those who
that oppose themselves.
00:31:00.48\00:31:04.04
Did you it?
00:31:04.07\00:31:05.51
There are people
who oppose themselves--
00:31:05.54\00:31:07.26
you're fighting
against yourself,
00:31:07.29\00:31:08.84
it's says because
you won't deny yourself.
00:31:08.87\00:31:11.15
"In meekness instructing
those that oppose themselves."
00:31:11.18\00:31:15.03
That means fight themselves.
00:31:15.06\00:31:16.72
"If God peradventure
will give them repentance
00:31:16.75\00:31:20.34
to the
acknowledging of the truth."
00:31:20.37\00:31:23.22
Verse 26 "And that
they may recover themselves
00:31:23.25\00:31:27.74
out of the snare of the devil."
00:31:27.77\00:31:29.82
When you're finding yourself,
00:31:29.85\00:31:31.01
you say when you
don't want to give up,
00:31:31.04\00:31:32.30
you deny
yourself, you're fighting,
00:31:32.33\00:31:33.97
you see, you're in
the "snare of the devil
00:31:34.00\00:31:37.32
who taken captive at his will."
00:31:37.35\00:31:40.97
Wow, that means
you're easy prey.
00:31:41.00\00:31:42.83
We fight the
truth, we're fighting all,
00:31:42.86\00:31:45.34
you know, what is
right, we don't want to do it,
00:31:45.37\00:31:47.07
we're doing everything
00:31:47.10\00:31:48.14
that we can to
stay away from those
00:31:48.17\00:31:50.25
who may be are
advocating the truth.
00:31:50.28\00:31:53.51
We don't want to
go at the meetings,
00:31:53.54\00:31:54.57
we don't want to talk to him,
00:31:54.60\00:31:55.63
we don't want to
study the word with them.
00:31:55.66\00:31:57.15
We're fighting
against the truth.
00:31:57.18\00:31:58.53
Surely, it's
against the Holy Spirit,
00:31:58.56\00:32:00.17
certainly, it's against God.
00:32:00.20\00:32:02.21
But there is a fight and
then fight is inside of you
00:32:02.24\00:32:05.06
and Paul's says boy,
00:32:05.09\00:32:06.30
and "that they may
recover themselves."
00:32:06.33\00:32:09.00
Some of us need to be recovered.
00:32:09.03\00:32:11.42
Here I'll think that were there
00:32:11.45\00:32:12.48
when you're recovering
from alcohol, recovering--
00:32:12.51\00:32:14.41
how about recovering
ourselves from the devil?
00:32:14.44\00:32:17.53
That can only be
done by the Holy Spirit
00:32:17.56\00:32:18.97
by appointing
your heart, your life,
00:32:19.00\00:32:20.12
your mind out to say God
"Oh all I need some help."
00:32:20.15\00:32:24.15
And just falling into
every snare that the enemy sets
00:32:24.18\00:32:26.45
and I need some help
I can't it all my own.
00:32:26.48\00:32:28.29
God says you know
what I'm gonna help you.
00:32:28.32\00:32:31.60
But you know what?
00:32:31.63\00:32:32.66
I really believe this,
00:32:32.69\00:32:33.77
we need to make
sure that your soul,
00:32:33.80\00:32:36.04
that my soul is
thoroughly converted.
00:32:36.07\00:32:39.07
Please listen to that
word thoroughly converted.
00:32:39.10\00:32:42.16
Now I mean, truly converted.
00:32:42.19\00:32:44.40
If we're not careful,
00:32:44.43\00:32:46.38
we will lose that
which we have gained.
00:32:46.41\00:32:50.60
Does that make sense?
00:32:50.63\00:32:51.71
If we are not thoroughly
converted, right we're going on,
00:32:51.74\00:32:53.96
we've learned and we're
doing and blah, blah, blah.
00:32:53.99\00:32:55.68
Make sure that soul
is thoroughly converted,
00:32:55.71\00:32:58.11
rooted and grounded in
the truth of God's word.
00:32:58.14\00:33:00.44
Friend, I'm telling
you today if you're not,
00:33:00.47\00:33:02.28
and you're not staying there
00:33:02.31\00:33:03.58
you'll end up losing all that,
00:33:03.61\00:33:05.30
that's been gained by
the power of the Holy Spirit.
00:33:05.33\00:33:07.67
Please don't lose
what you've gained
00:33:07.70\00:33:09.50
to his power and to his Word.
00:33:09.53\00:33:12.52
See God is calling man today.
00:33:12.55\00:33:14.35
He is calling people, teachers.
00:33:14.38\00:33:17.14
He is calling
them into his service.
00:33:17.17\00:33:18.90
Men, women filled with
the spirit of the living God.
00:33:18.93\00:33:22.75
Giving them power,
giving them ability,
00:33:22.78\00:33:25.39
giving them the grace.
00:33:25.42\00:33:27.25
Think about it, to
preach the truth did you get it?
00:33:27.28\00:33:30.87
Knowledge, strength, power,
00:33:30.90\00:33:32.54
He is calling us
to preach the truth.
00:33:32.57\00:33:33.93
You know what?
00:33:33.96\00:33:34.99
Preach the
gospel of Jesus Christ.
00:33:35.02\00:33:38.28
You know, when you think abouts
00:33:38.31\00:33:39.34
that power He
wants to be strong,
00:33:39.37\00:33:42.09
He wants us to be decided,
00:33:42.12\00:33:43.85
He wants us to be clear.
00:33:43.88\00:33:47.11
What, because I just
can't get away from it.
00:33:47.14\00:33:49.05
Thank you God, that
the world must be warned
00:33:49.08\00:33:52.74
and then Jesus is going to come.
00:33:52.77\00:33:55.06
It must be warned
00:33:55.09\00:33:57.27
because the evil
one is what we talked
00:33:57.30\00:33:59.24
about while ago he
is seducing the world,
00:33:59.27\00:34:02.29
the miracle working power
00:34:02.32\00:34:03.75
and we see him going
about defying whom he will.
00:34:03.78\00:34:08.43
He is working
on the whole world.
00:34:08.46\00:34:11.62
He is planning on
seducing you by the way.
00:34:11.65\00:34:15.72
He wants to get the job done,
00:34:15.75\00:34:17.03
he is working with
everything is in him.
00:34:17.06\00:34:18.80
Oh, friend, may I
plead with you today
00:34:18.83\00:34:21.31
are you pleading with God.
00:34:21.34\00:34:23.06
Everything that goes in
you, they say from your toes
00:34:23.09\00:34:25.52
to top of your head
for the Holy Spirit,
00:34:25.55\00:34:27.45
the living God to
come in, to cleanse you,
00:34:27.48\00:34:30.60
to make you that new
person that you need to be.
00:34:30.63\00:34:33.29
To find that
contentment and that peace
00:34:33.32\00:34:35.11
that the world does not know.
00:34:35.14\00:34:37.33
It can only come by knowing
Jesus Christ and Him crucified.
00:34:37.36\00:34:41.71
Are you pleading
for that new mind?
00:34:41.74\00:34:43.15
Are you pleading
for victory over sin?
00:34:43.18\00:34:46.43
Is God calling you?
00:34:46.46\00:34:48.15
Remember if He calls you
He is going to equip you,
00:34:48.18\00:34:50.05
He is gonna give you
ability and that strength.
00:34:50.08\00:34:52.04
He is gonna give you
that mind, mind of Christ.
00:34:52.07\00:34:55.65
And if He calls you will
you give by the grace of God
00:34:55.68\00:34:58.23
that strong undiluted testimony.
00:34:58.26\00:35:03.33
Friend, I
apologize for the moment
00:35:03.36\00:35:04.39
because there's things
through my mind right now
00:35:04.42\00:35:06.34
I'm say well help me to
be able to good-- Holy Spirit
00:35:06.37\00:35:08.67
take it then work
with the right way.
00:35:08.70\00:35:11.73
There's many
people in the world today
00:35:11.76\00:35:13.55
in the moment today that
hurling straight testimony.
00:35:13.58\00:35:17.10
We're talking about you know
00:35:17.13\00:35:18.34
let's give the
straight testimony.
00:35:18.37\00:35:19.78
Let's give the real doctrine,
00:35:19.81\00:35:21.52
let's give the real
truth and bless your heart.
00:35:21.55\00:35:24.11
Many are missing the mark.
00:35:24.14\00:35:25.55
Not saying I have
everything all together
00:35:25.58\00:35:26.93
but where I'm studying to
show myself appoved unto God
00:35:26.96\00:35:29.42
but many are missing
the mark in the same time
00:35:29.45\00:35:31.35
saying we have got
it, we have got it.
00:35:31.38\00:35:35.35
Friend, could that be somewhat
a little bit of the common
00:35:35.38\00:35:37.77
and sacred
coming together that we,
00:35:37.80\00:35:40.05
that we have it and
its, its going to be kind of,
00:35:40.08\00:35:42.69
its going to be good enough, no.
00:35:42.72\00:35:45.13
Is it good enough for God
00:35:45.16\00:35:48.31
mingling of the
common and sacred?
00:35:48.34\00:35:51.72
How about in the days of apostle
00:35:51.75\00:35:52.96
let's just take
that for a moment.
00:35:52.99\00:35:55.13
Some of the most
foolish teachings,
00:35:55.16\00:35:58.70
heresies were
presented as the truth.
00:35:58.73\00:36:02.18
You remember
reading the scripture?
00:36:02.21\00:36:04.14
Even some they belief
the disciples had time
00:36:04.17\00:36:05.95
before, you know, that
Jesus is really working
00:36:05.98\00:36:07.81
on their heart and
life and bring them here.
00:36:07.84\00:36:09.81
There was all kind of
heresies and doctrines of devils
00:36:09.84\00:36:12.74
that were being
thrown around in there
00:36:12.77\00:36:14.86
and then you know history
we find out will be repeated.
00:36:14.89\00:36:18.54
So we look back and say
we are what some of those.
00:36:18.57\00:36:21.19
You know, talking about
the soul or heaven and hell
00:36:21.22\00:36:23.71
and some of these
things and Jesus Christ
00:36:23.74\00:36:25.70
and Him crucified on
the Cross of Cavalry.
00:36:25.73\00:36:28.45
And so there was lot of
err that was being in --
00:36:28.48\00:36:30.37
it mingled in, in
the place of truth.
00:36:30.40\00:36:33.30
And I find it, I
find it sad to say
00:36:33.33\00:36:36.83
you know I just say it today,
00:36:36.86\00:36:37.95
but its true, its intermingled
00:36:37.98\00:36:40.85
and why not
friend if you believe
00:36:40.88\00:36:43.10
that there's
God's last day movement,
00:36:43.13\00:36:45.90
do you think have you buried
your head so far in the sand
00:36:45.93\00:36:50.40
that you don't think that
He is not going to be working
00:36:50.43\00:36:52.70
overtime on this
movement, on you and on me?
00:36:52.73\00:36:56.40
I'm not trying blame
any one specifically here.
00:36:56.43\00:36:59.68
But there is something wrong.
00:36:59.71\00:37:02.43
We take teachings today
00:37:02.46\00:37:03.60
that is not found
it in the word of God
00:37:03.63\00:37:06.77
and then you'll find
a group that will say
00:37:06.80\00:37:08.09
well that's not
found in the Word of God,
00:37:08.12\00:37:09.47
the other group says
well you know its close enough
00:37:09.50\00:37:11.23
we'll just accept then
He will be good priesting
00:37:11.26\00:37:13.69
the rest of His
law, doing this law
00:37:13.72\00:37:14.92
you're gonna be happy.
00:37:14.95\00:37:16.21
It's not found in the
Word of God, I'm mean solid.
00:37:16.24\00:37:19.80
My friend, we don't need
to participate with that.
00:37:19.83\00:37:22.48
We can't do it, its wrong.
00:37:22.51\00:37:24.90
And God help us to see
how the enemy is doing, why.
00:37:24.93\00:37:28.05
I said well,
history won't be repeated.
00:37:28.08\00:37:31.28
You know why and
think about this,
00:37:31.31\00:37:33.40
you'll say what
you're talking about, err?
00:37:33.43\00:37:36.21
Err is wearing some
kind of new garment,
00:37:36.24\00:37:40.88
what does that mean.
00:37:40.91\00:37:42.33
You see err will come this
way and then it will go that way
00:37:42.36\00:37:45.45
but please pay
attention to this,
00:37:45.48\00:37:47.05
when err comes
along it has new cloths
00:37:47.08\00:37:50.45
on sometime, it has a new face,
00:37:50.48\00:37:53.02
it has a new garment.
00:37:53.05\00:37:54.97
But I'll tell you
this dear friends,
00:37:55.00\00:37:56.45
you unmask that err regardless
00:37:56.48\00:37:58.87
how good it looks on the outside
00:37:58.90\00:38:00.63
and you and unmask that err--
00:38:00.66\00:38:01.98
that regard you take the garment
of it and nothing appears.
00:38:02.01\00:38:07.44
Why because it was just
what, something it was put over.
00:38:07.47\00:38:11.54
Take it off,
there is nothing there.
00:38:11.57\00:38:15.67
Satan works today
to attract attention
00:38:15.70\00:38:18.41
to man in the place of God,
00:38:18.44\00:38:20.66
I see it, I hear all the time.
00:38:20.69\00:38:22.86
He is doing what?
00:38:22.89\00:38:23.92
He is trying to get me and you
00:38:23.95\00:38:26.51
to be attracted
to as it were to may
00:38:26.54\00:38:30.29
I say looking to
some call the bishops
00:38:30.32\00:38:33.00
or look to the
elders, look to the pastors,
00:38:33.03\00:38:36.75
or look at our
professors of theology,
00:38:36.78\00:38:41.51
look at someone special.
00:38:41.54\00:38:43.29
And the enemy
saying, "Look to these guys,
00:38:43.32\00:38:45.47
look to these
guys, look to these guys.
00:38:45.50\00:38:49.40
Look to these guys as your guide
00:38:49.43\00:38:52.31
and they'll help you along
to understand these things."
00:38:52.34\00:38:56.44
Friend, we are told
in scripture to do what?
00:38:56.47\00:38:59.07
Put your eyes upon Jesus Christ
00:38:59.10\00:39:00.55
and we are told to search
the scriptures for in them
00:39:00.58\00:39:04.18
you think you have eternal life.
00:39:04.21\00:39:06.17
I search the scriptures
today to learn my duty,
00:39:06.20\00:39:10.10
I need not be told by some men.
00:39:10.13\00:39:11.97
Oh, people can counsel together
00:39:12.00\00:39:13.44
and get
encouragement that's fine.
00:39:13.47\00:39:14.96
The Holy Spirit will
teach you what your duty is.
00:39:14.99\00:39:18.88
So the moment common sacred
00:39:18.91\00:39:21.46
the man says look at this one,
00:39:21.49\00:39:23.90
follow what he is doing,
00:39:23.93\00:39:25.16
listen what he is
doing, be careful with that.
00:39:25.19\00:39:28.52
Our attention is off of God
00:39:28.55\00:39:29.91
then right off the scripture
and we're looking at this man.
00:39:29.94\00:39:32.73
I wonder if that
makes sense to you,
00:39:32.76\00:39:35.10
if it makes sense to me,
it does makes sense to me
00:39:35.13\00:39:37.71
because then the
enemy will do what?
00:39:37.74\00:39:39.53
Doesn't mean that
person is not a good person,
00:39:39.56\00:39:41.18
doesn't mean
they don't love Jesus,
00:39:41.21\00:39:42.52
there's a lot
of good professors,
00:39:42.55\00:39:44.03
there's a lot of good
bishops, elders, teachers.
00:39:44.06\00:39:48.31
But the enemy then begins
00:39:48.34\00:39:49.66
to work many 2o folk,
30 folk on that leader.
00:39:49.69\00:39:53.83
And if he can get
that leader to fall down
00:39:53.86\00:39:56.63
then he is taking a
multitude of people with him.
00:39:56.66\00:40:00.61
Our words have influence.
00:40:00.64\00:40:02.18
Your words have influence,
00:40:02.21\00:40:03.33
you be careful how to use,
00:40:03.36\00:40:04.39
mine I have to be
careful how I use them.
00:40:04.42\00:40:06.31
I would not for anything try
00:40:06.34\00:40:07.95
to influence you
in the wrong way.
00:40:07.98\00:40:10.37
But when I believe that
something is truth in God's word
00:40:10.40\00:40:12.26
oh I want to present it.
00:40:12.29\00:40:14.19
You know I want to
Holy Spirit to take it
00:40:14.22\00:40:15.60
and present in your heart
00:40:15.63\00:40:16.90
and to your ears
and to your life.
00:40:16.93\00:40:19.75
Friend, we are dealing
with some big problems,
00:40:19.78\00:40:21.39
we are dealing with common,
we are dealing with sacred
00:40:21.42\00:40:23.80
and we're gonna be
naming some specific things,
00:40:23.83\00:40:26.89
don't get
worrying while doing it,
00:40:26.92\00:40:28.62
we're establishing some facts,
00:40:28.65\00:40:30.43
but something will touch
that I'd really rather not
00:40:30.46\00:40:34.95
but you know
what Holy Spirit says
00:40:34.98\00:40:37.00
go ahead, present
it, challenge my people,
00:40:37.03\00:40:40.68
test my people, remind them.
00:40:40.71\00:40:43.00
Oh, but there won't
be anything new its there
00:40:43.03\00:40:44.47
but somehow we've forgotten.
00:40:44.50\00:40:46.05
Sometimes it's
like we open the book
00:40:46.08\00:40:47.35
and the Bible we see it
and then we put a cover over.
00:40:47.38\00:40:50.39
Please don't do that.
00:40:50.42\00:40:51.45
Take the blinders
off, take the cover off
00:40:51.48\00:40:53.09
and say God, reveal
00:40:53.12\00:40:54.87
what You would
have me to do in here
00:40:54.90\00:40:56.15
and you know He will do it.
00:40:56.18\00:40:57.62
So I say again we're dealing
with a huge big problem here
00:40:57.65\00:41:02.31
and the problem is people
are beginning to love the common
00:41:02.34\00:41:07.29
or error more than
they are the truth.
00:41:07.32\00:41:10.17
They love listen,
00:41:10.20\00:41:11.69
they love the
shadow over the substance.
00:41:11.72\00:41:16.16
Friend, you
remember chasing a shadow
00:41:16.19\00:41:17.52
you'll never gonna catch it.
00:41:17.55\00:41:19.19
And when you do there's nothing
there as it where if you could.
00:41:19.22\00:41:24.08
So what do you prefer today?
00:41:24.11\00:41:26.52
Do you prefer the
shadow, oh it's closing there
00:41:26.55\00:41:29.77
for it seems like it
or the real substance?
00:41:29.80\00:41:35.43
Could you, let me
challenge God's people today.
00:41:35.46\00:41:38.61
Could you detect if
error is being taught
00:41:38.64\00:41:41.99
in your church
any kind of error.
00:41:42.02\00:41:45.00
Could you really
detect it as a child of God?
00:41:45.03\00:41:49.56
I will just name a few things
00:41:49.59\00:41:50.93
and just see if you
may be can detect error
00:41:50.96\00:41:53.71
it's happening in your church.
00:41:53.74\00:41:55.83
And just notice with
me the several ways here.
00:41:55.86\00:41:58.50
Number one, would you be
able to detect in your life--
00:41:58.53\00:42:03.29
this is personal examination,
00:42:03.32\00:42:04.74
if you're losing your first love
00:42:04.77\00:42:06.39
or if you've
lost your first love,
00:42:06.42\00:42:09.04
love for the truth.
00:42:09.07\00:42:11.39
Can you even see
that about yourself?
00:42:11.42\00:42:13.42
You know what,
probably safe to say,
00:42:13.45\00:42:15.42
you can probably
look at somebody else
00:42:15.45\00:42:17.72
that they've
lost their first love.
00:42:17.75\00:42:20.22
Well, they're
not the same anymore.
00:42:20.25\00:42:22.64
Friend, look in the mirror,
00:42:22.67\00:42:24.38
see we have to be
able to detect that
00:42:24.41\00:42:25.67
and if somehow
we detect something
00:42:25.70\00:42:27.51
it's not only judgmental way
00:42:27.54\00:42:28.94
but we want to
encourage that person
00:42:28.97\00:42:30.59
if we feel or sense
by the Spirit of God
00:42:30.62\00:42:33.23
that they've
lost that first love.
00:42:33.26\00:42:36.27
Friend, if you
lost that first love
00:42:36.30\00:42:37.88
we're in trouble that experience
00:42:37.91\00:42:40.12
that you had with Jesus Christ.
00:42:40.15\00:42:42.95
Love, love that
you have lost that love
00:42:42.98\00:42:45.82
and you begin to
see, notice this,
00:42:45.85\00:42:47.98
and when we lose that
first love, it's not just well,
00:42:48.01\00:42:50.04
I have lost it but when you lose
that first love then worldliness
00:42:50.07\00:42:53.34
begins to creep
and take its place
00:42:53.37\00:42:55.47
and it comes into the church.
00:42:55.50\00:42:58.81
I've hear lot of worldly ideas
00:42:58.84\00:43:00.58
and I have heard on the phone
00:43:00.61\00:43:01.64
and different things and people
00:43:01.67\00:43:02.70
and I've been around a long time
00:43:02.73\00:43:04.04
that is as people
begin to lose their grip
00:43:04.07\00:43:06.71
from the hand of the Savior
00:43:06.74\00:43:08.12
they begin to
grasp, the grasp the world
00:43:08.15\00:43:10.17
and they bring the world
00:43:10.20\00:43:11.23
in to try to make up
for what they have lost.
00:43:11.26\00:43:16.04
Friend, don't
lose your first love.
00:43:16.07\00:43:20.11
And would you be
able to detect this?
00:43:20.14\00:43:21.78
Would you be
able to the sometimes
00:43:21.81\00:43:24.57
we see there is
much more we mentioned it
00:43:24.60\00:43:26.61
this little ago, a while
ago, that the loyalty to man
00:43:26.64\00:43:30.07
more and more and more
00:43:30.10\00:43:31.42
its loyalty to man,
look what man has done.
00:43:31.45\00:43:35.43
But remember when we give
00:43:35.46\00:43:36.76
and its good to be
loyal in the right sense,
00:43:36.79\00:43:38.94
let-s, let's balance
it a little bit here.
00:43:38.97\00:43:41.58
Love and respect our brother
and working along with him.
00:43:41.61\00:43:43.85
But when we have
more loyalty to a man
00:43:43.88\00:43:46.95
that we have a loyalty
to God, something is wrong.
00:43:46.98\00:43:49.41
But can you detect that?
00:43:49.44\00:43:51.92
See common and sacred
has been so intermingled
00:43:51.95\00:43:56.41
and that we can't
really tell the difference
00:43:56.44\00:43:58.74
may we only by right,
the great light right here
00:43:58.77\00:44:02.41
that God has given us
and by the lesser light.
00:44:02.44\00:44:05.28
Peace should be easy for us
to detect error, loyalty to God.
00:44:05.31\00:44:12.81
And then could you
detect may be in the church
00:44:12.84\00:44:16.25
that very few may
be in the congregation
00:44:16.28\00:44:21.21
are really able to
detect truth from error.
00:44:21.24\00:44:28.32
How is that,
that just can't right
00:44:28.35\00:44:31.37
it's because may
be it's not preached
00:44:31.40\00:44:32.79
from the pulpit, may be
it's not lived in the life.
00:44:32.82\00:44:37.03
So it's been absent for so
long that we really don't know
00:44:37.06\00:44:41.90
and I'm shocked truly shocked
00:44:41.93\00:44:46.36
by the lack of
knowledge of professing
00:44:46.39\00:44:49.15
people of God as supposed
to know the Word of God.
00:44:49.18\00:44:52.37
Now again don't say
oh, somebody will say oh,
00:44:52.40\00:44:54.01
we're talking about
knowledge is gonna say.
00:44:54.04\00:44:56.01
You know better than that
if you've watched this program,
00:44:56.04\00:44:58.75
knowledge is the wonderful thing
00:44:58.78\00:44:59.90
thank you God,
for the Holy Spirit
00:44:59.93\00:45:01.27
and knowledge that He gives.
00:45:01.30\00:45:04.55
That's not what
I'm talking about here.
00:45:04.58\00:45:06.89
Has it been so long
00:45:06.92\00:45:09.18
that may be you've
forgotten the difference?
00:45:09.21\00:45:11.87
You don't really know truth
00:45:11.90\00:45:13.11
and error people get praying
00:45:13.14\00:45:14.35
and tell you something's
00:45:14.38\00:45:15.94
and let me just mention a few,
00:45:15.97\00:45:17.28
we have got a few minutes left
00:45:17.31\00:45:18.34
and let me tell you,
hang on to your seat.
00:45:18.37\00:45:20.58
Yeah anybody have seatbelt?
I have fastened if for you.
00:45:20.61\00:45:23.59
It may you know
what some of you here
00:45:23.62\00:45:25.04
listen you just
be offended by and by
00:45:25.07\00:45:27.03
and you don't
want to hear it and say
00:45:27.06\00:45:28.12
"oh Lord, I don't want to hear
00:45:28.15\00:45:29.56
that anymore because you know,
00:45:29.59\00:45:30.70
I don't believe that anymore."
00:45:30.73\00:45:32.14
Really, was it a
truth one time to you?
00:45:32.17\00:45:36.34
And now may be because the world
00:45:36.37\00:45:37.61
is taking over
it no longer matters
00:45:37.64\00:45:39.46
or you don't see
it this way anymore.
00:45:39.49\00:45:41.23
Oh, friend, oh how God is
calling us to be loyal to Him.
00:45:41.26\00:45:46.67
I just wonder if, you know,
00:45:46.70\00:45:50.12
sometime in the
church people think
00:45:50.15\00:45:53.21
that salvation
depends upon belonging
00:45:53.24\00:45:57.55
rather than a hard conversation
00:45:57.58\00:46:00.15
because I belong
that does not take place.
00:46:00.18\00:46:02.83
It's nice to belong to something
00:46:02.86\00:46:04.26
but, you know,
its heart conversion
00:46:04.29\00:46:06.40
that God is looking for
and that's what we need.
00:46:06.43\00:46:08.62
It's not because
well, I belong here
00:46:08.65\00:46:09.96
therefore I have got it made.
00:46:09.99\00:46:13.74
Would you be able to
tell if these beautiful truths
00:46:13.77\00:46:16.55
that God has given
His last day church
00:46:16.58\00:46:19.12
was thrown into the trash heap?
00:46:19.15\00:46:21.68
Is somebody still with me?
00:46:21.71\00:46:23.94
Would you be able
to know the difference?
00:46:23.97\00:46:26.62
Somebody changed up something
00:46:26.65\00:46:28.17
just a little
bit would you really
00:46:28.20\00:46:29.74
be able to identify that?
00:46:29.77\00:46:31.52
Or even if you did if
there is little quickening
00:46:31.55\00:46:33.50
of the spirit, you might say
00:46:33.53\00:46:36.44
well, there not
picking on the professors
00:46:36.47\00:46:38.68
but the
professor said that it was,
00:46:38.71\00:46:41.82
the pastor said that it was.
00:46:41.85\00:46:44.65
Friend, go the Word of
God get your Bible find out
00:46:44.68\00:46:47.15
whether it is,
is truth or its not.
00:46:47.18\00:46:49.95
So would you know if
some of these beautiful truths
00:46:49.98\00:46:52.07
have been thrown
into the trash heap?
00:46:52.10\00:46:54.73
I pray that you have.
00:46:54.76\00:46:56.41
You will say well, what?
00:46:56.44\00:47:00.53
Friend, I'm very concerned
00:47:00.56\00:47:01.75
and just let it--
if I have a concern
00:47:01.78\00:47:03.89
let me error it
would you do that?
00:47:03.92\00:47:05.82
And I've seen it
and I have studied it
00:47:05.85\00:47:07.90
and I have a problem
with some of the teachings
00:47:07.93\00:47:09.95
about the nature of Christ.
00:47:09.98\00:47:13.98
Such division on
that, it's so complex
00:47:14.01\00:47:17.65
but yet it's simple
enough that we can all grasp
00:47:17.68\00:47:20.98
the basic
principles of this truth.
00:47:21.01\00:47:23.48
Why can't we grasp this
beauty of the nature of Christ?
00:47:23.51\00:47:28.63
Would you know in the
church we'll be able to identify
00:47:28.66\00:47:31.21
we are talking
about the nature of sin.
00:47:31.24\00:47:35.26
Do we understand the
issues righteousness by faith?
00:47:35.29\00:47:40.38
Why are we
hearing more about that,
00:47:40.41\00:47:42.69
again the nature of
sin, the nature of Christ?
00:47:42.72\00:47:45.81
Many of these things we call
that the pillars of the truth.
00:47:45.84\00:47:48.84
The list goes on,
00:47:48.87\00:47:50.46
but what about
unity in the church?
00:47:50.49\00:47:52.77
God's promised
that to the church,
00:47:52.80\00:47:54.19
what's wrong
with the God help us?
00:47:54.22\00:47:56.72
Are we having problems
in the church realizing
00:47:56.75\00:47:59.06
that God has
promised us victory over sin?
00:47:59.09\00:48:02.42
He has promised us to us.
00:48:02.45\00:48:03.70
He is able to produce that.
00:48:03.73\00:48:05.39
He wants you to
live that kind of life.
00:48:05.42\00:48:07.97
He is coming after a people
00:48:08.00\00:48:09.14
who have gained
that victory through Him.
00:48:09.17\00:48:12.51
Would you be able to
detect a preacher got up
00:48:12.54\00:48:15.05
and he was preaching a message
00:48:15.08\00:48:16.71
and he said "oh,
praise God for Cavalry"
00:48:16.74\00:48:18.86
and you will say
"oh glory hallelujah."
00:48:18.89\00:48:20.13
That's right.
00:48:20.16\00:48:21.19
Praise God for the Cavalry,
00:48:21.22\00:48:22.44
and you know what praise
God it end at the Cavalry.
00:48:22.47\00:48:27.06
No, did not end at cavalry.
00:48:27.09\00:48:32.32
That's another
doctrine, another teacher
00:48:32.35\00:48:33.78
and may teaching
may I say of the enemy.
00:48:33.81\00:48:37.30
But I'm saying
would you detect it
00:48:37.33\00:48:38.72
or would you say well,
00:48:38.75\00:48:40.04
I heard that it
doesn't sound quite right
00:48:40.07\00:48:42.09
what I have been
talked but they should know.
00:48:42.12\00:48:45.62
Yeah, they should know.
00:48:45.65\00:48:48.30
But can you detect that error?
00:48:48.33\00:48:50.04
And they have what is it,
00:48:50.07\00:48:51.22
the common man
has come up with this
00:48:51.25\00:48:53.98
and sacred, put it together
00:48:54.01\00:48:56.38
and to make us
acceptable to other faiths,
00:48:56.41\00:48:59.65
other
denominations, other preachers,
00:48:59.68\00:49:02.10
teachers whatever
it might be acceptable
00:49:02.13\00:49:04.13
but I want to be
acceptable to God, don't you.
00:49:04.16\00:49:06.49
That's the most
important thing right there.
00:49:06.52\00:49:08.73
You know, and then how
about the three angels message.
00:49:08.76\00:49:12.22
Can you detect-- do you
even understand what it is?
00:49:12.25\00:49:15.10
I know I'm
limited on knowledge true,
00:49:15.13\00:49:16.84
but you know I
strive to understand
00:49:16.87\00:49:18.87
at least the basic
principles of this teaching.
00:49:18.90\00:49:21.05
What this church is built upon.
00:49:21.08\00:49:24.55
I hold Him in high esteem
00:49:24.58\00:49:25.83
because the God
has put it in His word.
00:49:25.86\00:49:28.64
I cherish those taught
and those words on there
00:49:28.67\00:49:31.13
and I feel convinced
by the Holy Spirit power.
00:49:31.16\00:49:33.78
This is something
we're to won the world with.
00:49:33.81\00:49:36.20
Not give that and
water down version of it
00:49:36.23\00:49:39.73
and water down version means
00:49:39.76\00:49:41.13
you have taken the
common teachings of man
00:49:41.16\00:49:42.77
and you have mingle it what,
00:49:42.80\00:49:44.22
with the sacred, the
spirit of the living God.
00:49:44.25\00:49:46.35
Friends, you're not
gonna come up with truth.
00:49:46.38\00:49:48.38
The world will not be
converted like that as it were.
00:49:48.41\00:49:51.10
People of the world--
00:49:51.13\00:49:52.16
oh, the world is gonna be
as the whole as we know that.
00:49:52.19\00:49:54.37
But God has good people
00:49:54.40\00:49:55.64
they need to hear
the truth not saying
00:49:55.67\00:49:57.45
I'm going to
water down, sugar coded
00:49:57.48\00:49:59.11
so more people will accept it.
00:49:59.14\00:50:00.96
You won't have to
converter to come in.
00:50:00.99\00:50:03.59
no, we want the
truth of God's word,
00:50:03.62\00:50:05.54
we want it to hit hard.
00:50:05.57\00:50:07.95
so little about the gift
of prophecy and the church?
00:50:09.05\00:50:12.91
Why is that we can't talk
about the Spirit of Prophecy?
00:50:12.94\00:50:15.31
Oh, some of you can't.
00:50:15.34\00:50:16.37
When you're very
limited about to identifying
00:50:16.40\00:50:18.15
mark of God's last day
church what is wrong with that?
00:50:18.18\00:50:21.54
Why is it we here so
water down in this life
00:50:21.57\00:50:23.49
well it's that well
and denial many times,
00:50:23.52\00:50:25.88
please don't do that.
00:50:25.91\00:50:26.97
The Mark of Beast
the Heavenly Sanctuary,
00:50:27.00\00:50:29.28
the things are not being
taught the way they use to be.
00:50:29.31\00:50:32.33
I have a burden not telling
about anything or anybody,
00:50:32.36\00:50:34.89
I'm just saying
I hear differently.
00:50:34.92\00:50:37.33
And many people
who should know better
00:50:37.36\00:50:39.48
because they've been mingling
the common with the sacred.
00:50:39.51\00:50:43.22
Here very little
about the diet anymore.
00:50:43.25\00:50:45.30
Things we take into our body,
00:50:45.33\00:50:46.61
we have very
little that of things
00:50:46.64\00:50:48.02
that we put on our body
anymore, put on our body.
00:50:48.05\00:50:50.54
Oh, we don't want to talk.
00:50:50.57\00:50:51.60
You know why,
because it's not popular.
00:50:51.63\00:50:56.65
Most people are afraid to talk
00:50:56.68\00:50:57.75
about ordination,
ordination of women.
00:50:57.78\00:51:00.10
That's where is
elders and pastors
00:51:00.13\00:51:01.61
and so on, so forth.
00:51:01.64\00:51:03.52
Well, we're getting
ready to do a series on that.
00:51:03.55\00:51:04.94
You know, it either
is a biblical teaching
00:51:04.97\00:51:07.41
and if it is lets be supportive.
00:51:07.44\00:51:09.84
Everybody get it
together as a worldwide work,
00:51:09.87\00:51:12.64
if it is not
let's put an end to it.
00:51:12.67\00:51:15.12
Come on what do you say?
It's a blessing or a curse.
00:51:15.15\00:51:17.41
You see this is
what it boasts down to.
00:51:17.44\00:51:19.15
It's not that we're gonna
make somebody happy over here.
00:51:19.18\00:51:21.96
What is God saying?
00:51:21.99\00:51:23.98
Surely, He will not have
us confused on these issues.
00:51:24.01\00:51:26.68
Surely, He wants His people
here in these last days to know.
00:51:26.71\00:51:31.45
You know bottom
line, if you love the world
00:51:31.48\00:51:34.15
and you love the common things,
00:51:34.18\00:51:37.30
eventually you
will hate the truth.
00:51:37.33\00:51:41.60
Oh, I don't want to say that.
00:51:41.63\00:51:43.41
Eventually, you
will hate the truth
00:51:43.44\00:51:45.67
and not just hate the
truth but you will turn on those
00:51:45.70\00:51:48.16
who may be have
been teaching the truth.
00:51:48.19\00:51:50.04
If you don't love it, you will,
because yes, it is testing,
00:51:50.07\00:51:53.34
yes, it is been trying sometime.
00:51:53.37\00:51:55.47
Yeah, its life changing thing
00:51:55.50\00:51:58.01
and it should be,
that's what the truth
00:51:58.04\00:51:59.40
does in your
heart and in your life.
00:51:59.43\00:52:01.72
Manuscript 33
and written in 1911
00:52:01.75\00:52:05.44
please listen to this course.
00:52:05.47\00:52:06.65
Our time has almost
gone come on stay with me
00:52:06.68\00:52:08.37
please listen,
this is important.
00:52:08.40\00:52:11.58
"People seemed to be
growing cold to the gospel."
00:52:11.61\00:52:15.54
Its starts out this way
00:52:15.57\00:52:17.47
and how my
heart related to that.
00:52:17.50\00:52:20.97
And how I believe
that I would be growing
00:52:21.00\00:52:24.75
cold to the
gospel if the Holy Spirit
00:52:24.78\00:52:26.90
when constantly
impress me to be reading
00:52:26.93\00:52:29.61
and studying and
praying and witnessing.
00:52:29.64\00:52:32.07
You'll understand
what I talking you about.
00:52:32.10\00:52:34.20
I'll be growing cold too.
00:52:34.23\00:52:35.89
But I have noticed in the world
00:52:35.92\00:52:37.69
the world just seems like
its not subject to God anymore.
00:52:37.72\00:52:42.16
They not really want--
they want to talk around Him
00:52:42.19\00:52:44.17
and over Him and to
through Him a little bit
00:52:44.20\00:52:46.54
but not really get involved
00:52:46.57\00:52:47.95
with the personal
relationship with Jesus Christ.
00:52:47.98\00:52:51.18
It's like that you
know God where are they.
00:52:51.21\00:52:53.35
I can see in the Bible
that God's professed class
00:52:53.38\00:52:55.57
it says is
there anybody anymore.
00:52:55.60\00:52:57.47
Is there
somebody that loves truth?
00:52:57.50\00:52:59.74
If you love the truth
why don't you show up?
00:52:59.77\00:53:01.73
If you love the
truth, why don't you,
00:53:01.76\00:53:03.29
won't you write us and tell
us about your love the truth.
00:53:03.32\00:53:06.18
We need to
understand of these things
00:53:06.21\00:53:07.53
are either affecting by
the power of the Holy Spirit
00:53:07.56\00:53:09.96
or they're not affecting you.
00:53:09.99\00:53:13.02
And that you
might-- do you love them?
00:53:13.05\00:53:14.38
I hope so.
00:53:14.41\00:53:16.85
So this article
starts out here quickly.
00:53:16.88\00:53:19.37
It seems that people are
growing cold to the gospel.
00:53:19.40\00:53:22.67
Notice this, so
again why is there
00:53:22.70\00:53:24.94
so much resistance to
the truth notice this.
00:53:24.97\00:53:28.44
"Those who resist
the light and truth
00:53:28.47\00:53:31.44
will become more hardened
00:53:31.47\00:53:33.14
and unimpressible, more bitter
00:53:33.17\00:53:36.49
against those who love God
and keep His commandments."
00:53:36.52\00:53:41.85
Friend, you thank your
path is going to be easy.
00:53:41.88\00:53:46.09
I know you hear a lot
but please keep in this mind.
00:53:46.12\00:53:49.32
There is test and
trials that are waiting you.
00:53:49.35\00:53:52.76
You accept Jesus as
your Lord and Savior
00:53:52.79\00:53:54.56
the enemy is gonna come
against you to tear you down.
00:53:54.59\00:53:57.24
It's impossible if you keep
your hand in the hand of God.
00:53:57.27\00:54:01.19
Friend, will you do that today?
00:54:01.22\00:54:02.65
There are some of you
who are cold right now,
00:54:02.68\00:54:04.14
you're lifeless was right now.
00:54:04.17\00:54:05.20
You've been in the movement
for so long, you've lost it.
00:54:05.23\00:54:07.47
Please why not right now,
00:54:07.50\00:54:08.53
why don't come back
to Him? Why don't you?
00:54:08.56\00:54:11.11
You're sick of this common,
00:54:11.14\00:54:12.70
you're sick and
you, you want the sacred,
00:54:12.73\00:54:15.33
you want that which is
pleasing in the sight of God.
00:54:15.36\00:54:17.47
And all the cause that we get
I'm telling my heart goes out
00:54:17.50\00:54:20.02
because it says we just
don't hear it anymore, why not?
00:54:20.05\00:54:23.11
Why not, let's get back doing.
00:54:23.14\00:54:24.57
Why not let's get
back to the word of God,
00:54:24.60\00:54:26.18
let Him rule and rain in
your heart and your life.
00:54:26.21\00:54:28.60
This is time to
make that decision.
00:54:28.63\00:54:30.75
It's very simple, just,
you know, get on the knees.
00:54:30.78\00:54:32.96
If you're driving
along and whatever
00:54:32.99\00:54:34.29
you're watching
listening what it might be,
00:54:34.32\00:54:36.31
just say to Lord, you want,
00:54:36.34\00:54:37.71
I want back what I
once had. I've lost it.
00:54:37.74\00:54:40.84
But I want it back
please give it back to me.
00:54:40.87\00:54:43.09
Oh, how he longs to hears
that-- that plea from you.
00:54:43.12\00:54:46.08
You know what, you
will give it back to you.
00:54:46.11\00:54:47.91
And more abundantly
00:54:47.94\00:54:49.23
I want to pray with
you right now as we close.
00:54:49.26\00:54:52.13
And remember you're
gonna pray for us right.
00:54:52.16\00:54:54.43
You're going to be calling
in and you're going to email
00:54:54.46\00:54:55.85
and you're going to
writing in encouraging
00:54:55.88\00:54:56.91
and say these are the messages
00:54:56.94\00:54:57.97
that we need to hear in
these last days to be ready.
00:54:58.00\00:55:00.52
So as I kneel here
maybe where you can kneel
00:55:00.55\00:55:02.65
along with me,
lets pray together.
00:55:02.68\00:55:05.12
Merciful Father in heaven,
00:55:05.15\00:55:06.18
once again we so thank
You for Your precious word.
00:55:06.21\00:55:08.78
Thank You Lord,
that You remind us
00:55:08.81\00:55:10.16
to come apart and be separate
00:55:10.19\00:55:11.46
from the world
touch not the unclean.
00:55:11.49\00:55:13.95
You've forbidden
us to join together
00:55:13.98\00:55:15.72
the common and the sacred
00:55:15.75\00:55:17.11
and oh how often in
so many different ways
00:55:17.14\00:55:19.17
and we will be
going into more of those.
00:55:19.20\00:55:21.06
How we see it happening today
00:55:21.09\00:55:22.19
not just in the
world but in the church.
00:55:22.22\00:55:23.86
Lord, help us
we pray bless those
00:55:23.89\00:55:25.28
who made that decision
for you today in Jesus, amen.
00:55:25.31\00:55:29.04
Well, we thank you so
very much for joining us.
00:55:29.07\00:55:32.13
And we know sometime it takes
00:55:32.16\00:55:33.29
I hear people
say we set our alarm
00:55:33.32\00:55:34.70
we get up at 6
o'clock and we are here.
00:55:34.73\00:55:36.53
Whether it's Dare to Dream
00:55:36.56\00:55:37.60
or if it's, you know, on
3ABN or it's on the radio.
00:55:37.63\00:55:40.43
Listen, we thoroughly appreciate
00:55:40.46\00:55:41.81
that we realize
that is a commitment
00:55:41.84\00:55:43.98
that you made to Jesus Christ
00:55:44.01\00:55:45.51
and because you
want to hear these things
00:55:45.54\00:55:47.52
and would you help us
00:55:47.55\00:55:48.58
to continue to make
these to get these things out.
00:55:48.61\00:55:51.28
Want Jesus is soon to come.
00:55:51.31\00:55:52.98
We're going to be
accounted for time that we have.
00:55:53.01\00:55:54.79
We have no time to lose.
00:55:54.82\00:55:56.23
Lord, we just that pray
00:55:56.26\00:55:57.42
that Lord will be with
you, be with your family,
00:55:57.45\00:55:59.59
and answer that prayer of faith
that you pray to Him today.
00:55:59.62\00:56:02.91
You've asking to come back
00:56:02.94\00:56:04.17
to enrich you
and I'm so thankful
00:56:04.20\00:56:05.87
that you did it
today until next time
00:56:05.90\00:56:07.67
God bless you,
we'll see you then.
00:56:07.70\00:56:09.55
Standing by a purpose
true Heeding God's command
00:56:11.40\00:56:15.83
Honor them, the faithful few!
00:56:15.86\00:56:17.90
All hail to Daniel's band!
00:56:17.93\00:56:20.39
Dare to be a Daniel
00:56:20.42\00:56:21.89
Dare to stand alone!
00:56:21.92\00:56:23.69
Dare to have a purpose firm!
00:56:23.72\00:56:26.35
Dare to make it known
00:56:26.38\00:56:29.01
Friends, God has given us
00:56:29.04\00:56:30.56
a purpose true
and absolute moral,
00:56:30.59\00:56:34.06
more realistic way of living
00:56:34.09\00:56:36.28
and He instructs us to
make this known to other people.
00:56:36.31\00:56:40.34
Many are called
but few are chosen.
00:56:40.37\00:56:43.32
What you decide,
decide today right now,
00:56:43.35\00:56:46.29
where you are
00:56:46.32\00:56:47.41
to be a vital part
of God's faith for few
00:56:47.44\00:56:50.33
this very moment
00:56:50.36\00:56:52.14
and to encourage
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00:56:52.17\00:56:54.75
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00:56:54.78\00:56:57.39
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00:56:57.42\00:56:58.59
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