Hello and welcome to
Behold the Lamb Presents.
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I'm Chris Shelton, your host,
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and I'm so thankful and grateful
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that you have chosen to
take this time to study with us.
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Pastor Kenny has prepared
a message that is entitled
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"What is a historic Adventist."
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What is a historic Christian?
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You know, many
times over the years,
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we begin to equate
certain terminology
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with red flags that go up
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and we wonder
what it is exactly.
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Today, I truly believe
you're going to find out
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just what that
word historic means
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when it is used in
conjunction with Adventism
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or any other Christian
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when we call ourselves historic.
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But before we do that,
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we are so blessed to go
to the 3ABN Worship Center
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and we're going
to listen to a song
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sung by Rudy
Micelli and it is entitled,
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"I Will Live For You."
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I was lost in darkness
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Never knowing where to turn
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I thought I had all the answers
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But I had so much to learn
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Like a child, I had gone astray
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Trying to make it on my own
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Like a father, You embraced me
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And You showed the way back home
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And now that I know
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The truth that you proclaim
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I will keep
trusting You to fill me up
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Til only You remain
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And I will not
rest until my every word
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Brings glory to your name
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In all that I am, all that I do
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I live for You
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Only You could save me
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From the debt I had to pay
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And now I want to tell the world
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The difference You have made
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You have changed
the way I live and love
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And made my heart brand new
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Now that we are joined together
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I know I'm nothing without You
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And now that I know
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The truth that you proclaim
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I will keep
trusting You to fill me up
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Til only You remain
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And I will not
rest until my every word
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Brings glory to your name
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In all that I
am, in all that I do
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I live for You
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Now that I know
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The truth that you proclaim
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Lord, I will keep
trusting You to fill me up
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Til only You remain
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And I will not
rest until my every word
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Brings glory to Your name
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In all that I
am, in all that I do
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I live for You
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In all that I
am, in all that I do
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I live for You
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Here I am I live for You
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Thank you for joining us
once again, Behold the Lamb.
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your support, the
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Keep coming...
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We realize sometimes it
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seems like we get
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But you are important,
we want you to know that
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and we praise God for you.
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Now today is very, very...
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To me, it's an
interesting subject
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because I've heard it
talked about for many years.
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We'll go into it a
little bit deeper as we go.
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But, you know,
what is, sermon title,
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what is a historic Adventist?
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And I want to put Christian
on that, but you'll see why...
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As we study, why I use the word
Adventist on there and historic
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because some people
look at it with distain.
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It's almost like
it's a bad ugly word
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and I'm going to
try to figure out
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is it really a bad word,
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is it really
something that pertains to us
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and if it's good,
then let's accept it.
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If not, then we're
going to throw it out.
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Before we get into study,
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we always pray and
I'm going invite you
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to pray with me.
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I'm going to kneel up here.
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There would be those
who will be listening by CD,
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they'd be
watching around the world
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and sometime you can
kneel, but also you can pray.
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So let's pray
together, shall we?
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Merciful God in heaven,
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You know today we
need Your help once again.
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So we come to our
Father in heaven who loves us
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with an everlasting love,
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one who's promised to
be with us and to help us,
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to sustain us and so we
ask for divine favor right now
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as we open the
precious book called the Bible.
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We pray Your Holy
Spirit will come alive
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to each and every one of us.
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May we realize there's
a message in it for us,
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all of these beautiful truths,
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they're for us
and for our children.
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Bless us now we pray
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with the power
of Thy Holy Spirit.
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Bless every aspect of it
and take some, I would say,
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the jumbled up mess I'm
about to make and I pray
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You straighten it out by
the power of the Holy Spirit
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that Your
precious people will hear
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only that which
they need to hear.
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Bless us now we pray to this
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and we're going to thank
You in advance in Jesus' name.
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Amen.
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Again, those of you who
have your Bible, you know,
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and those of you who
are sitting around in
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that Your chair,
it's nice to have a pencil
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and jot some things
down, then you can go back.
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And I always say see if
the preacher is telling you
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the truth or not.
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I always like to
check everything I hear,
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I always listen
my ear and I say,
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"Oh, is that truth
based upon..." What?
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"Based upon the Word of God."
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So what is a historic Adventist?
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What does that
really mean to you or to me?
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You know, if you say historic,
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that's really
not a bad word to me,
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but I know in Adventism
it's become a bad word,
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it's like it's a group
way over here somewhere
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and they're not going
along with the main group.
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But what has happened?
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Who has cut off this
little word called historic
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and does it
really apply to us today?
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It's very interesting.
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If I say historic,
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what does that
word remind you of?
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Could it be just history?
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Simple word would be history,
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and history is simply just
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something that's
established by history.
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So far, historic is not too bad.
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Historic then is something
that is established by history,
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it's evidence of fact.
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Think about that.
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It's evidence of
facts, so it can't be all bad.
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And so we're
going to look at it.
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Where did this
word historic come in?
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Where did it...
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Well, I think
maybe it'd be interesting
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when you say historic
or historical position.
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You know, in
the religious world,
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we realize there's
really three interpretations of
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when you talk
about Bible prophecy,
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Revelation and
the Book of Daniel
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and many in the world...
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And let's try to make it just
as short and simple as we can.
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Many of the
faiths of the world today
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believe that, as it
were the Book of Daniel,
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all of Revelation
has already taken place
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so it doesn't
matter anymore you see.
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And then you have a
group of people who are...
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They call themselves futurist.
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They believe that
the Book of Revelation
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as it were is going to
be down the road some time,
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maybe a little
bit has been fulfilled
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but the majority of
it has been, you know,
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will be
fulfilled in a future time.
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And then you have
the historic Adventist
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as it were
Christians, historic...
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What does it simply mean?
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They believe in the
fulfillment of prophecy,
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especially of Revelation
and it extends, notice that,
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through the Christian
era until Jesus comes.
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Think about which one
you might want to belong to
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'cause Adventism
belongs to a certain one,
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historic position
would simply mean that what?
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You simply believe that
the prophecy as it extends
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through the Christian era
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and all the way
till Jesus comes.
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Does that make sense?
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Prophecies being
fulfilled, right?
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Not all of it,
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and will
continue till Jesus comes.
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That's a pretty good...
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And you use history
that bears fact to prophecy
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and so on and so forth.
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Seventh-day Adventists
have applied the term historic,
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historicism, they've
applied that to the use of,
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for instance, a day,
year Bible principle.
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Say, we know, the 2,300
days to give you an example,
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2,300 days, 2,300 day
years, we'd look at the proverb.
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That's talking
about the Adventist
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has used this word in.
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As denomination we
have used this word,
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but now it seems to be
again a little bit taboo
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and I'm trying to
figure out why it would be.
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Seventh-day
Adventists or historians
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tell me that they use
history, we understand that,
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to interpret the prophecies
of both Daniel and Revelation.
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We use that
position, we believe that.
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In fact, in the very beginning,
there was an Adventism,
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there was a group
called the Research Committee,
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and later they
called the Committee
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on Bible study and research.
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So they kind of change
their name of the group
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that come together
to study the prophecies
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and kind of lay it
out where maybe we could
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all kind of understand it
and go, but you know what?
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In the early
stages of this committee,
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I call it the older
committee, interesting,
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there was given this
adjective historical.
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So this group in Adventism
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started with this
word of historical
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because they found so much
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that had taken place in history.
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If we look at the life of Christ
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and study the life of Christ,
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say for an example, do
we not use His history?
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We go back to where He
was born and, you know,
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so on and so forth, and
when He was born and so,
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we look at this...
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So Adventist then
has used this term,
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you know, for many years,
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I think 1938 was when
some of these committees
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were established.
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So somehow,
we've used these words,
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but something has happened
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to turn things
around a little bit
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and to identify
certain ones and say,
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well, they're not with us.
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Is it possible that
maybe we have missed something
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along the line?
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Is it possible?
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So my question
then comes back then,
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what is a historic Adventist?
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What is a historic Christian?
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What does it
really mean to be one?
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And if someone came
to you today and say,
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"Well, you're a
historic Christian."
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Well, some people
get all up in arms.
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"Well, I'm not."
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Well, are you or aren't
you because you're going to use
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the one form or the
other where it's talking about
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three main forms of
Bible interpretation.
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You're going to be
using the one that what?
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That's already been fulfilled.
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You're going to
use the one that says,
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"Oh, it's going to be...
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It's in the future yet."
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Or you're going to be grabbing
a hold of one that says,
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"I believe that
it's been being fulfilled
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from the beginning of time
and will last until Jesus comes
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so we can use
history to go with the Bible
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to prove what is true."
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You'll have to
choose one of those.
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That's basically
the three main ones.
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What are we talking
about when we say historic?
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And I'm not trying to
leave anyone else out today,
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but I know in Adventism
we have to look at the words
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that we understand
that are used in...
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A historic Seventh-day...
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People are writing
articles all the time.
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"I'm a historic
Seventh-day Adventist."
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And some people look them
and say, "Can you believe that?
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Can you believe that?"
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Well, why not?
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You know, we look at the
facts in historic Adventism,
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we understand now
already that the word historic
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came from the
movement to begin with.
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So what has
changed that we no longer
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maybe can say that?
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Something must have changed.
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I've heard these
words for many, many years.
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I heard them strong in the '70s,
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strong in the '80s,
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and strong till
the middle of the '90s
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and then it seemed to kind
of taper off just a little bit.
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The movement was not as
strong and you didn't hear
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so much about, you
know, the historic question.
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I heard it loud and clear
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and then it seemed to quite down
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as something been lost sight of.
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See, I'm a believer we
live in a time where the truth,
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there's still
truths that we have, right?
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We've got to get
the dust off of them,
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raise them back up
because somebody puts down
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certain group or certain words,
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is it something we really should
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or does it bear fact
to something that we need
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here in these last days?
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Could we just say,
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"Oh, well, the
historic Adventist...
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It's just another
teaching, you know,
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that we really don't
want to deal with anymore"?
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It's a teaching that
some to have seem to overdue,
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you know, something overdone,
you know, something overcooked,
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it doesn't taste very well.
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It might be a nice word,
but have we overcooked it?
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And maybe we have it,
you know, because there...
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Or is it a
teaching or is it a word
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that has no biblical backing?
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I think maybe that
it just might have.
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Let's examine...
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I'm gonna call it.
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Let's examine this
subject or some will say
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let's examine this word.
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See what God
has to say about it.
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And remember, some of you
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may have never
heard this before.
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You may have heard
it and then you thought,
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"Well, you know, I don't know.
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I haven't come to any conclusion
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about it yet."
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This is what some might say.
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"Well, we heard
it, but we're not sure.
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I haven't come to
any kind of conclusion."
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Or some again I mention come
to look at this word historic
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and with distain
that if you call yourself
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historic Adventist or Christian,
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it's a naughty word
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and we should not
use that word, historic.
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Well, let's see.
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So where does a person start?
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Where do you start
with a study like this?
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Is it something that
maybe we need to be remember
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or is it something that
maybe we need to discuss
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especially at the end of time?
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See, we're going to be
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with one group or another group,
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or we're going
to be a part of this
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or we're going to
be a part of that,
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we're going to take
our stand for something.
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Well, they say if you don't
take a stand for something,
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what you do?
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Fall for everything.
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And we don't want to do that.
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We got to take a
stand here on these issues.
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And I would say, at
least in my opinion,
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a good start would be
with what God tells us
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in His Word in Jeremiah 6:16.
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Jeremiah 6:16.
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Here's, I think, a
good beginning for us
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to look at this
issue because number one,
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I've heard over
and over and over
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and some people
mention the word, it's...
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Again, I can't say it enough,
it's like it's with distain,
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if the person belongs to...
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If they call
themselves historic,
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we don't want
anything to do with them.
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We need to wake up.
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See how it was originated
and does it apply today.
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The Bible says
this, Jeremiah 6:16.
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It says, "Stand ye in the ways,
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and see, and ask
for the old..." What?
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Good.
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"Ask for the old
paths, where is the good way,
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and walk therein..."
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Do you notice what
the Bible says here?
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We need to ask for what?
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The old paths,
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and when I start
thinking about old paths,
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I start thinking about history.
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I start thinking
about the beginning.
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Isn't creation,
could we call it,
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something to do with history?
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Historical? Is it not?
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We go back to the beginning
and we find creation days,
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one, two,
three, four, five, six.
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So we go back in history
and to recount what is true.
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So maybe it's not so bad
so far when we look at it.
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God says, I'm
looking for a people
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who's going to go
back on that old path
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where it was started,
00:18:32.87\00:18:34.64
instead of new paths
00:18:34.68\00:18:36.01
that some people
are carving out now.
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Some people are
cutting new paths
00:18:37.75\00:18:39.38
that they call new
truth and they're not truths.
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They're truth and
error mixed together.
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They're taking
people and confusing us
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in these last days
to get us off track.
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Another example in Isaiah 58:12.
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One of the most
familiar passages,
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it should be to
Adventist and to all Christians,
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Isaiah 58:12.
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Notice what the Bible said."
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And they that shall be
of thee shall..." What?
00:19:04.94\00:19:09.18
Build what kind of new places?
00:19:09.21\00:19:11.58
"The old waste places..."
00:19:11.61\00:19:14.32
Why have they become waste?
00:19:14.35\00:19:16.08
Because people have
been covering them over
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with traditions and
we think this is true
00:19:19.19\00:19:21.86
and let's get rid of, you know,
00:19:21.89\00:19:23.29
that which is
the old ways places.
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"Thou shalt raise up
the foundations of many..."
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What?
00:19:27.86\00:19:29.20
"Generations.
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thou shalt be called, The
repairer of the breach..."
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Notice the words.
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"The restorer of
paths to dwell in."
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Did you notice that?
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We read in Jeremiah, did we not?
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That God is
calling a distinct people
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to go back and to
occupy the old paths.
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Isaiah says right here
00:19:50.35\00:19:52.15
we need to be called a people
who is restoring the what?
00:19:52.19\00:19:56.12
The paths to dwell in.
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It's a path, you know.
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When we're going someplace,
00:20:00.00\00:20:01.33
there's a heavy
thick brush all around,
00:20:01.36\00:20:03.63
we have the tendency
to go where it looks like
00:20:03.67\00:20:05.67
maybe even a deer
might have went, you know,
00:20:05.70\00:20:07.90
it's something that
animals have walked through.
00:20:07.94\00:20:10.24
We like to have a path,
00:20:10.27\00:20:12.37
we feel a little
bit more confident
00:20:12.41\00:20:13.98
when there's a path.
00:20:14.01\00:20:15.34
We feel a little
bit more confident
00:20:15.38\00:20:16.71
that somebody has
been down there before me.
00:20:16.75\00:20:19.25
It's not lead me in a bad place,
00:20:19.28\00:20:20.75
it's opening something up to me.
00:20:20.78\00:20:23.22
God said, "I need you
to go down that old path.
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The path that
used to be open wide.
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The teachings that used
to be so clear and so right."
00:20:28.36\00:20:30.89
The man has come in
now and all of a sudden,
00:20:30.93\00:20:32.76
there's a lot of vinery,
there's a lot of greenery,
00:20:32.79\00:20:36.33
there's a lot of
shrubs that's growing up now
00:20:36.36\00:20:38.33
and covering the path,
00:20:38.37\00:20:39.70
and I'm not
sure which way to go.
00:20:39.73\00:20:42.27
You know,
there's lot of times down
00:20:42.30\00:20:43.87
that how sometime when
you're not bush hogging,
00:20:43.91\00:20:47.54
you know, cleaning the property,
00:20:47.58\00:20:48.91
you know, away,
00:20:48.94\00:20:50.28
all of a sudden the
path that you used to do
00:20:50.31\00:20:51.65
your four-wheeling on,
when you go to a certain place,
00:20:51.68\00:20:53.65
you look as though,
"Oh, I don't know if it's...
00:20:53.68\00:20:55.58
This looks less like
maybe we went this way maybe,
00:20:55.62\00:20:58.45
you know..."
00:20:58.49\00:20:59.82
We become
undecided and we take a path
00:20:59.85\00:21:02.06
and sometimes that
leads in the wrong direction.
00:21:02.09\00:21:04.43
We need to know a clear
path to travel, the old path...
00:21:04.46\00:21:09.36
Isaiah says that
we need to do that.
00:21:09.40\00:21:11.73
I'm going to
read something else.
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This is from Review and
Herald, October 13, 1891.
00:21:13.13\00:21:17.57
Listen carefully.
00:21:17.61\00:21:18.94
It's reading,
but listen carefully
00:21:18.97\00:21:20.31
how this gels with what
we've been talking about.
00:21:20.34\00:21:22.71
Here we just mentioned about
00:21:22.74\00:21:24.08
"Here are they that..." Do what?
00:21:24.11\00:21:26.01
"Shall be of thee shall
build the old waste places."
00:21:26.05\00:21:28.88
There's going to
be a group of people
00:21:28.92\00:21:30.25
who have a specific
message to give to the world,
00:21:30.29\00:21:32.52
they're going to restore
00:21:32.55\00:21:33.89
that which has been taken away
00:21:33.92\00:21:35.96
you see, that which is they say,
00:21:35.99\00:21:37.43
"Well, we no
longer have to remember
00:21:37.46\00:21:39.16
the Sabbath day to keep it holy.
00:21:39.19\00:21:40.80
We no longer have to remember
to keep the seventh day holy."
00:21:40.83\00:21:43.00
God said people are
going to come by and say,
00:21:43.03\00:21:44.77
"Hey, this is the truth."
00:21:44.80\00:21:46.40
This is the old path.
Let's get back to it."
00:21:46.43\00:21:48.67
Notice.
00:21:48.70\00:21:50.04
"Here are given
the characteristics
00:21:50.07\00:21:51.77
of those who shall be reformers,
00:21:51.81\00:21:54.81
who will bear the banner
of the third angel's message,
00:21:54.84\00:21:58.05
those who avow themselves
00:21:58.08\00:21:59.71
to God's
commandment-keeping people."
00:21:59.75\00:22:02.15
You know, how many of us really
have avowed ourselves to say,
00:22:02.18\00:22:04.39
I want to be a part
00:22:04.42\00:22:05.75
of God's
commandment-keeping people?
00:22:05.79\00:22:08.49
See, if you don't,
00:22:08.52\00:22:09.86
you're saying then I
want to be a part of,
00:22:09.89\00:22:11.66
you know, those who don't
keep the commandments of God.
00:22:11.69\00:22:14.26
You either have to get
on one side or the other.
00:22:14.30\00:22:15.93
We either say,
"Yes, we understand all 10
00:22:15.96\00:22:18.57
and by God's grace,
we want to keep those."
00:22:18.60\00:22:20.90
Or you're saying,
"I don't want to."
00:22:20.94\00:22:22.57
Or you're saying,
00:22:22.60\00:22:23.94
"I want to keep
eight or nine of them."
00:22:23.97\00:22:25.31
That's still not sufficient.
00:22:25.34\00:22:26.94
So He's calling us back
to remind us of this notice.
00:22:26.98\00:22:30.91
"We need to be
earnestly engaged,
00:22:30.95\00:22:32.58
in the sight of
all the universe,
00:22:32.61\00:22:34.18
in building up the
old waste places..."
00:22:34.22\00:22:37.39
Now here's a question.
00:22:37.42\00:22:39.09
Who is it that calls them
to be repairers of the breach?
00:22:39.12\00:22:44.33
"Oh, the church called me
to be a repairer of the breach.
00:22:44.36\00:22:47.30
Well, Mr. Jones said
00:22:47.33\00:22:48.66
I need to be a
repairer of the breach."
00:22:48.70\00:22:50.03
No, it's God
that calls you and me
00:22:50.07\00:22:52.17
to be repairers of the breach.
00:22:52.20\00:22:54.34
It is God that calls us.
00:22:54.37\00:22:57.01
Isn't that wonderful to
know that God has called you?
00:22:57.04\00:22:58.91
Isn't it wonderful to know
00:22:58.94\00:23:00.28
that God trust you enough, Mary?
00:23:00.31\00:23:02.34
God trusts you
enough, Brother Mark.
00:23:02.38\00:23:03.78
And He said, I'm calling them
to be repairers of the breach,
00:23:03.81\00:23:07.08
to bring back that
which was the original
00:23:07.12\00:23:10.22
that has been covered
by these traditions of man.
00:23:10.25\00:23:12.72
Oh, I'm telling you,
00:23:12.75\00:23:14.09
we've got to get
back to that right now.
00:23:14.12\00:23:16.46
But remember, what
I'm talking about here,
00:23:16.49\00:23:18.33
this has to do with
historic, the historic part.
00:23:18.36\00:23:23.87
How did we start out?
00:23:23.90\00:23:25.57
What were the truths
that we started out with?
00:23:25.60\00:23:28.90
If we don't want to be
part of the historic part
00:23:28.94\00:23:30.97
then that means what?
00:23:31.01\00:23:32.34
That means some
things maybe have changed.
00:23:32.37\00:23:33.88
Who changed them?
00:23:33.91\00:23:35.34
Who changed our teachings?
00:23:35.38\00:23:36.91
God is calling us right here now
00:23:36.95\00:23:38.78
to get back to
the way He set it up
00:23:38.81\00:23:41.28
in the beginning
in this movement.
00:23:41.32\00:23:43.22
I think that makes
sense to me to return.
00:23:43.25\00:23:47.59
To return, I like that it.
00:23:47.62\00:23:49.56
You know, it said,
"Who is it that calls them
00:23:49.59\00:23:51.56
repairers of the breach,
00:23:51.59\00:23:52.93
restorers of the
paths to dwell in?
00:23:52.96\00:23:54.50
It is God." Notice.
00:23:54.53\00:23:55.86
"Their names are
registered in heaven
00:23:55.90\00:23:58.13
as reformers, restorers,
00:23:58.17\00:24:00.64
and raising the foundations
of many generations."
00:24:00.67\00:24:03.24
I love that.
00:24:03.27\00:24:04.77
That's what I want to be called.
00:24:04.81\00:24:06.14
I know that's what
you want to be called.
00:24:06.17\00:24:07.51
Don't you want to
be called a restorer?
00:24:07.54\00:24:09.38
Where we set things back.
00:24:09.41\00:24:11.05
There's people who do furniture,
00:24:11.08\00:24:14.28
they restore it into the what?
00:24:14.32\00:24:16.42
Supposedly the
original, the way that it was.
00:24:16.45\00:24:19.25
Oh, they're a good restorer.
00:24:19.29\00:24:21.52
We should be
referred to as restorers,
00:24:21.56\00:24:24.09
we're restoring
the full gospel message
00:24:24.13\00:24:26.70
that was given to
us in the beginning
00:24:26.73\00:24:28.96
and we're talking
about history here,
00:24:29.00\00:24:31.80
we're talking
about being historic.
00:24:31.83\00:24:34.24
Interesting.
00:24:34.27\00:24:35.60
If it says...
00:24:35.64\00:24:37.44
Think this over.
00:24:37.47\00:24:38.87
If it says we need to return,
what does that mean to you?
00:24:38.91\00:24:44.48
If it says, return, that
means I must have departed.
00:24:44.51\00:24:47.55
If it says, return,
that must have mean,
00:24:47.58\00:24:48.92
I've got off the path.
00:24:48.95\00:24:51.02
I must be going in
the wrong direction
00:24:51.05\00:24:52.49
because the Bible
says, we got to return
00:24:52.52\00:24:57.23
back to the way that it was.
00:24:57.26\00:24:59.39
We've got to return.
00:24:59.43\00:25:01.43
Is it possible?
00:25:01.46\00:25:02.80
My thought again.
00:25:02.83\00:25:04.17
Is it possible that
God would have us to climb
00:25:04.20\00:25:07.54
higher than
ever before by faith?
00:25:07.57\00:25:10.07
Is it possible that
God wants us to go farther
00:25:10.11\00:25:12.44
than we've ever went
before in our walk with Him?
00:25:12.47\00:25:16.21
Is it possible God
wants us to understand more
00:25:16.24\00:25:18.38
in these last days
than any other group
00:25:18.41\00:25:20.82
has ever understood before
because we're in the last days?
00:25:20.85\00:25:24.82
Somebody say yes.
00:25:24.85\00:25:26.39
Yes.
00:25:26.42\00:25:27.76
He wants us by
faith to go higher,
00:25:27.79\00:25:30.06
He wants us by faith,
you see, to go farther.
00:25:30.09\00:25:34.00
He wants us by faith to
go deeper than we ever had
00:25:34.03\00:25:36.90
in the Word of God,
00:25:36.93\00:25:38.27
the message of the three angels,
00:25:38.30\00:25:39.83
the gospel given to the
world, the truth of God's Word,
00:25:39.87\00:25:43.57
dig deep is what the Bible says.
00:25:43.61\00:25:46.07
And how shallow
diggers we are sometime.
00:25:46.11\00:25:49.98
And God would say, you
need to go deep right now,
00:25:50.01\00:25:53.38
deeper than any group
that has gone in the past.
00:25:53.42\00:25:57.85
Listen, we may make mistakes,
we may fail as human beings,
00:25:57.89\00:26:01.69
but I'll tell
you this, God's Word,
00:26:01.72\00:26:03.59
His truth never fails.
00:26:03.63\00:26:06.06
The truth never fails.
00:26:06.09\00:26:08.26
Truth is truth,
it stays the same
00:26:08.30\00:26:10.87
even though we look
at it today and say,
00:26:10.90\00:26:12.23
"Well, it seems
like these things
00:26:12.27\00:26:13.60
that we were
taught in the beginning."
00:26:13.64\00:26:15.24
I've been around a long time.
00:26:15.27\00:26:16.60
I've seen a lot of
things happen in Adventism.
00:26:16.64\00:26:18.71
I don't know about you.
00:26:18.74\00:26:20.08
I know some others
been in a long time,
00:26:20.11\00:26:22.84
and it saddens
my heart many times
00:26:22.88\00:26:24.41
for people to say,
it's not like it used to be.
00:26:24.45\00:26:28.25
My thought is why not?
00:26:28.28\00:26:30.29
What has changed?
00:26:30.32\00:26:32.09
If it's not like it used to
be, then who's changed what?
00:26:32.12\00:26:34.86
Does that make sense to anybody?
00:26:38.76\00:26:42.40
If it was right
in the beginning,
00:26:42.43\00:26:45.90
this is what you were taught
00:26:45.93\00:26:47.27
when you accepted
the responsibility
00:26:47.30\00:26:49.54
of being called of
God, to be a restorer,
00:26:49.57\00:26:51.74
in other words,
bring these truths back
00:26:51.77\00:26:53.31
to the forefront
00:26:53.34\00:26:54.68
where the devil has
tried to put them down.
00:26:54.71\00:26:57.05
And now they say,
"Well, it's just not the same.
00:26:57.08\00:26:59.88
We don't hear
that old story anymore.
00:26:59.91\00:27:02.38
We don't hear
those messages anymore."
00:27:02.42\00:27:04.62
Why not?
00:27:04.65\00:27:06.25
What is wrong?
00:27:06.29\00:27:07.89
Has the enemy come in
and deceived us to the point
00:27:07.92\00:27:10.03
where it doesn't matter?
00:27:10.06\00:27:11.59
No, it does matter,
you know it matters.
00:27:11.63\00:27:14.96
We need to be praying
about what these old paths are.
00:27:15.00\00:27:18.83
Does that make sense?
00:27:18.87\00:27:20.20
If we don't
know the old paths...
00:27:20.24\00:27:21.77
I'll mention a few of them
in just a moment and they'll be
00:27:21.80\00:27:24.34
just as simple as they can
be, but these are the old paths,
00:27:24.37\00:27:26.84
these are what was given to us
00:27:26.88\00:27:28.21
in the very
beginning of this movement.
00:27:28.24\00:27:30.45
This has been
our job description,
00:27:30.48\00:27:32.71
and I think we've
lost the job description.
00:27:32.75\00:27:34.68
God have mercy on us.
00:27:34.72\00:27:36.69
Let's pray,
church, what God say...
00:27:36.72\00:27:39.15
What are these old paths?
00:27:39.19\00:27:42.06
What is that old path
that God wants me to return to?
00:27:42.09\00:27:46.66
Will He give us the
answer if we cry out,
00:27:46.70\00:27:48.73
"God, I want to
know what they are.
00:27:48.76\00:27:51.93
I want to know what it's about?"
00:27:51.97\00:27:54.10
Or do we care enough to ask?
00:27:54.14\00:27:58.17
Simple thing we
can do is just ask,
00:27:58.21\00:28:01.91
even if you don't want to ask,
tell God, "I don't want to ask,
00:28:01.94\00:28:04.48
I really don't want to know,
but I know I should do it."
00:28:04.51\00:28:08.48
Watch what God will do.
00:28:08.52\00:28:09.92
At least, do it,
ask God what is it.
00:28:09.95\00:28:12.52
Do we really care enough
about this path that we are on?
00:28:12.55\00:28:16.83
The Book of Isaiah...
00:28:16.86\00:28:18.19
I was talking about the
old passage, I can't do it.
00:28:18.23\00:28:21.33
Isaiah, just jot it down, 2:3,
00:28:21.36\00:28:24.50
because I look at the
paths and I recognize that
00:28:24.53\00:28:27.07
there is a good path and
then there is an evil path.
00:28:27.10\00:28:30.84
The evil path looks
somewhat like the good path.
00:28:30.87\00:28:33.61
We have to be very careful.
00:28:33.64\00:28:34.98
Isaiah 2:3 talks about,
00:28:35.01\00:28:36.44
it just simply says
00:28:36.48\00:28:37.81
walk in the path,
the righteous path.
00:28:37.85\00:28:40.65
Walk in the right path.
00:28:40.68\00:28:43.08
Just get that down.
Then there is a bad path.
00:28:43.12\00:28:45.95
Isaiah 59:8.
00:28:45.99\00:28:48.29
Isaiah 59:8.
00:28:48.32\00:28:51.63
You know what
that path is called?
00:28:51.66\00:28:53.70
It's called the crooked path.
00:28:53.73\00:28:56.56
See, we are
counseled to walk in the what?
00:28:56.60\00:28:59.40
The straight path,
and then the Bible said,
00:28:59.43\00:29:01.74
"Be careful, Kenny,
that's not the straight path.
00:29:01.77\00:29:04.07
That's the crooked path."
00:29:04.11\00:29:05.44
You know, how it's
winding you back and forth
00:29:05.47\00:29:06.81
and pretty soon
you become confused,
00:29:06.84\00:29:08.34
you don't know if it's
north, south, east, or west.
00:29:08.38\00:29:10.65
You become so confused,
00:29:10.68\00:29:12.01
you can't find
your way out of it.
00:29:12.05\00:29:14.15
We get that way as
we get older some time.
00:29:14.18\00:29:17.95
Before my mother passed
away and my stepdad Earl,
00:29:17.99\00:29:21.62
she called one
time and she said,
00:29:21.66\00:29:22.99
"Well, I'll tell
you. We've had a big day."
00:29:23.02\00:29:24.36
I said, "What did you do, mom?"
00:29:24.39\00:29:25.79
She said, "Oh,
we went to Walmart
00:29:25.83\00:29:27.16
and we got turned around.
00:29:27.20\00:29:28.53
We couldn't find our way out."
00:29:28.56\00:29:30.87
Okay, it's all right.
00:29:30.90\00:29:32.73
You're not there yet but maybe
one of these days you will be.
00:29:32.77\00:29:36.97
They got turned around.
00:29:37.01\00:29:38.34
See, that sounds
ridiculous and...
00:29:38.37\00:29:40.04
No, it can happen.
00:29:40.08\00:29:42.48
On that path, we're
not talking about them...
00:29:42.51\00:29:44.85
The crooked path
that the devil has,
00:29:44.88\00:29:47.62
there's a straight path.
00:29:47.65\00:29:48.98
"Oh, that's too easy.
That's not a challenge.
00:29:49.02\00:29:51.25
I'll take the crooked path.
00:29:51.29\00:29:52.62
I'll make it
there before you will."
00:29:52.65\00:29:53.99
No.
00:29:54.02\00:29:56.16
That crooked
path will go like this
00:29:56.19\00:29:57.63
and looks like
it's going this way,
00:29:57.66\00:29:59.06
before you know, it
is so far out there,
00:29:59.09\00:30:01.66
you never get back.
00:30:01.70\00:30:03.26
That's what the
Bible said, Isaiah 59:8,
00:30:03.30\00:30:05.80
"Beware of that crooked path."
00:30:05.83\00:30:07.67
And then you say, "Well,
how about the straight path?
00:30:07.70\00:30:09.60
Does it really say it?"
00:30:09.64\00:30:10.97
Hebrews 12:13 said, "We need
to stay on the straight path."
00:30:11.01\00:30:16.51
This is returning,
00:30:16.54\00:30:18.65
this is historic that
we're talking about here.
00:30:18.68\00:30:22.65
We just need to ask God
if you really are interested
00:30:22.68\00:30:25.55
in being on the right path.
00:30:25.59\00:30:27.26
Sad part today is
many of us, we don't care
00:30:27.29\00:30:30.06
whether we stay on
the right path or not,
00:30:30.09\00:30:32.03
just as some kind of a
façade, some kind of...
00:30:32.06\00:30:34.46
Well, people think
we're on the right path...
00:30:34.50\00:30:36.73
If you got to know that
you're on the right path,
00:30:36.77\00:30:39.67
you've got to have assurance
that you're on the right path.
00:30:39.70\00:30:42.47
You can't be guessing
around and say, "Well,
00:30:42.50\00:30:44.44
they're on the right path
and they're on the right path.
00:30:44.47\00:30:46.64
They're going to different
direction than you are,
00:30:46.68\00:30:48.18
they're going to a
different direction than these,
00:30:48.21\00:30:49.74
a different
direction than you are."
00:30:49.78\00:30:51.11
Somebody is not
on the right path.
00:30:51.15\00:30:53.38
Does that make sense?
00:30:53.42\00:30:55.95
Think about it with me.
00:30:55.98\00:30:58.19
Everybody is not
on the right path.
00:30:58.22\00:31:02.06
The Bible said what?
Narrow and straight is what?
00:31:02.09\00:31:04.29
Somebody help me.
00:31:04.33\00:31:05.66
It's the gate that
leads to eternal life.
00:31:05.69\00:31:07.86
Narrow and what?
00:31:07.90\00:31:09.23
Straight is the gate
that leads to eternal life.
00:31:09.26\00:31:12.13
And few there in the travel.
00:31:12.17\00:31:14.50
Broad and wide is a path
that leads to destruction
00:31:14.54\00:31:17.87
and many therein.
00:31:17.91\00:31:20.94
You see, God is
telling, He's warning, few.
00:31:20.98\00:31:23.38
So many...
00:31:23.41\00:31:26.82
That's as far as it goes.
00:31:26.85\00:31:28.55
Unless we don't care
enough about to pray.
00:31:28.58\00:31:30.29
Lord, I want that old path.
00:31:30.32\00:31:32.75
I want to understand
00:31:32.79\00:31:34.12
what a historic
Adventist is all about.
00:31:34.16\00:31:36.46
I want to know if we
teach the same things today
00:31:36.49\00:31:38.53
that was brought to us
by God in this movement.
00:31:38.56\00:31:41.93
If not, something's wrong.
00:31:41.96\00:31:45.07
We have to ask God to help...
00:31:45.10\00:31:46.47
The little
book, that devotional,
00:31:46.50\00:31:47.87
"This Day With God."
00:31:47.90\00:31:49.24
I'm sure some of you
have and you've read it.
00:31:49.27\00:31:50.81
Beautiful book.
00:31:50.84\00:31:52.17
"This Day With
God," page 194 says this.
00:31:52.21\00:31:55.64
"There is not a
single instance..."
00:31:55.68\00:31:58.81
A single what?
00:31:58.85\00:32:00.25
"In which God
has hidden His face
00:32:00.28\00:32:02.48
from the
supplication of His people.
00:32:02.52\00:32:07.32
When every other resource failed
00:32:07.36\00:32:10.33
He was a present
help in every emergency."
00:32:10.36\00:32:14.23
Not one time
when you ask in faith
00:32:14.26\00:32:16.60
believing has
God ever let us down.
00:32:16.63\00:32:18.77
He's our ever...
00:32:18.80\00:32:20.14
When we've
tried everything else,
00:32:20.17\00:32:21.50
we've tried everybody
else, we've tried every church,
00:32:21.54\00:32:24.31
we've tried every preacher,
we've tried everything.
00:32:24.34\00:32:27.88
You just go
back and you try God,
00:32:27.91\00:32:30.85
He will not fail you.
00:32:30.88\00:32:32.31
He is our present
help in every emergency.
00:32:32.35\00:32:36.69
These are emergency times,
Brother Mark. I believe it.
00:32:36.72\00:32:41.59
The sirens are sounding.
00:32:41.62\00:32:44.29
When I hear a
siren going off in town,
00:32:44.33\00:32:49.00
what does that do?
00:32:49.03\00:32:51.03
That makes your heart
race just a little bit
00:32:51.07\00:32:52.73
because you know there's a fire,
00:32:52.77\00:32:54.10
you know there's an ambush,
00:32:54.14\00:32:55.47
somebody may have passed away,
00:32:55.50\00:32:56.84
somebody is in
the process of it,
00:32:56.87\00:32:58.21
it means there's some danger.
00:32:58.24\00:33:02.01
We're in emergency times.
00:33:02.04\00:33:04.15
In fact, Psalms 46:1,
notice what the Bible said.
00:33:04.18\00:33:08.38
You said, "Well,
you're just talking about it."
00:33:08.42\00:33:09.78
No. the Bible said...
00:33:09.82\00:33:11.25
Here's the
principles of God's Word.
00:33:11.29\00:33:13.39
Psalms 46:1. God is
our refuge and our what?
00:33:13.42\00:33:18.39
Our strength.
00:33:18.43\00:33:19.76
Notice this, a very
present help in trouble.
00:33:19.79\00:33:23.70
Is that what we
just talked about?
00:33:23.73\00:33:25.47
The Bible says,
"He's our present help
00:33:25.50\00:33:28.90
in time of trouble."
00:33:28.94\00:33:30.27
When you have
trouble, He's your helper.
00:33:30.31\00:33:32.51
When you're in
trouble, He's going to be there.
00:33:32.54\00:33:34.64
When you have trouble,
He's the one that can help you.
00:33:34.68\00:33:36.98
You don't have to
call Mr. Smith or...
00:33:37.01\00:33:38.78
It's okay to
have people to pray,
00:33:38.81\00:33:40.22
but I'm telling you,
the first one you call,
00:33:40.25\00:33:41.95
dial 911, is heaven.
00:33:41.98\00:33:44.39
That's who you call
because God will be there
00:33:44.42\00:33:46.96
because He's my
ever present help,
00:33:46.99\00:33:48.49
that means He's right
there. He's right on time.
00:33:48.52\00:33:50.86
He knows exactly what's happened
00:33:50.89\00:33:52.33
before it happens
00:33:52.36\00:33:53.70
and He's just
waiting on me and you to say,
00:33:53.73\00:33:55.06
"Oh, God, I need some help."
00:33:55.10\00:33:57.27
And He's never turned you
down, He's never turned me down.
00:33:57.30\00:33:59.60
It may not work out the way
you want it to or I want it to,
00:33:59.63\00:34:02.77
but God had a
better plan than me and you
00:34:02.80\00:34:04.44
ever can ever have.
00:34:04.47\00:34:06.71
Psalm 37:40. Quickly.
00:34:06.74\00:34:08.71
Psalm 37:40. Notice.
00:34:08.74\00:34:11.21
"And the Lord shall
help them, and deliver them."
00:34:11.25\00:34:13.82
See, I love that.
00:34:13.85\00:34:15.18
He's going to help and
then He's going to deliver them.
00:34:15.22\00:34:17.92
"He shall deliver
them from the wicked,
00:34:17.95\00:34:20.46
and save them,
because they trust in him."
00:34:20.49\00:34:24.36
How is He going to work?
How is He going to deliver you?
00:34:24.39\00:34:26.13
Because you trust in Him.
00:34:26.16\00:34:28.26
Say, you're
trusting in the stock market?
00:34:28.30\00:34:29.96
Are you trusting
in your neighbor?
00:34:30.00\00:34:31.33
Are you trusting
in your landlord?
00:34:31.37\00:34:32.80
Are you trusting in the
pastor or you trusting in,
00:34:32.83\00:34:34.57
don't trust...
00:34:34.60\00:34:35.94
Trust in God is what it is.
00:34:35.97\00:34:37.81
He's going to keep us
from the wicked the Bible said,
00:34:37.84\00:34:40.71
He's going to save us
because we trust in Him.
00:34:40.74\00:34:44.91
We can be
sure... What's the point?
00:34:44.95\00:34:47.05
We can be sure that
God is leading a people.
00:34:47.08\00:34:50.09
Who's part of this people?
00:34:50.12\00:34:51.82
Have we criticize
and condemn some of them
00:34:51.85\00:34:54.36
who are God's
people and we shut them out
00:34:54.39\00:34:57.03
and we shouldn't have
00:34:57.06\00:34:58.39
because we don't
understand the issues?
00:34:58.43\00:35:01.33
Is it possible?
00:35:01.36\00:35:03.10
Sure, it is.
00:35:03.13\00:35:04.73
Many have been shut out.
00:35:04.77\00:35:07.50
People think
00:35:07.54\00:35:09.44
or they associate with the word,
00:35:09.47\00:35:11.27
this is what they are.
00:35:11.31\00:35:15.11
I don't have a problem
and I know other people...
00:35:15.14\00:35:18.25
Might write letters
and... Just go ahead.
00:35:18.28\00:35:20.38
Just have your day with it.
00:35:20.42\00:35:23.62
I want to believe in
what I've studied here
00:35:23.65\00:35:27.06
that I want to be
a historic Christian
00:35:27.09\00:35:30.53
historic Adventist.
00:35:30.56\00:35:32.66
He's leading us,
00:35:35.96\00:35:37.80
He's leading all of us on a path
00:35:37.83\00:35:40.97
and I believe the path
is high above this world,
00:35:41.00\00:35:43.17
we need something
beyond this world.
00:35:43.20\00:35:44.87
This is a mess
we're in. And what is it?
00:35:44.91\00:35:48.08
It's an old path, it's
a historic path of truth
00:35:48.11\00:35:52.78
of what He's given to us
00:35:52.81\00:35:54.78
as we read in the
Spirit of Prophecy
00:35:54.82\00:35:56.32
that we need to keep
these for the past 50 years,
00:35:56.35\00:35:58.69
these truths
that God has given us
00:35:58.72\00:36:00.22
not a peg or pin is to be
removed from these truths,
00:36:00.26\00:36:02.92
but somebody has
been tampering with them.
00:36:02.96\00:36:05.96
Somebody has been
messing with them.
00:36:05.99\00:36:09.86
But we have to
know the difference.
00:36:09.90\00:36:13.13
We have to know the difference
00:36:13.17\00:36:14.50
'cause we know the
enemy is going to work.
00:36:14.54\00:36:15.87
Where's he going to work?
00:36:15.90\00:36:17.24
We say, "Always in
the church, is it not?"
00:36:17.27\00:36:18.94
He doesn't have
to work real hard
00:36:22.44\00:36:23.88
for those who don't believe
in keeping the commandments,
00:36:23.91\00:36:25.71
right?
00:36:25.75\00:36:27.08
But he's angry at
those, Revelation 12:17...
00:36:31.15\00:36:34.96
What?
00:36:34.99\00:36:36.32
That keep the
commandments of God
00:36:36.36\00:36:37.69
and have the testimony
of Jesus Spirit of Prophecy.
00:36:37.73\00:36:39.49
Why?
00:36:39.53\00:36:40.86
Because he's exposed,
00:36:40.90\00:36:43.37
the enemy is
exposed and his plan
00:36:43.40\00:36:45.50
to get rid of me and you.
00:36:45.53\00:36:48.20
Now what it says?
00:36:48.24\00:36:49.97
"Dragon was wroth with the woman
00:36:50.01\00:36:51.34
and went to make war
with the remnant of her seed
00:36:51.37\00:36:53.54
who keep the
commandments of God."
00:36:53.58\00:36:56.04
Oh, it's so simple, isn't it?
00:36:56.08\00:37:00.55
To be historic, get back
to the past of righteousness,
00:37:00.58\00:37:07.09
get back to the
historic truth of God's Word.
00:37:07.12\00:37:12.06
I've said over and over,
you know it, truth is truth,
00:37:12.09\00:37:15.06
it never changes,
it never waters down,
00:37:15.10\00:37:19.13
it never compromises.
00:37:19.17\00:37:21.30
You and I
compromise truth sometimes.
00:37:21.34\00:37:23.10
God have mercy on our souls.
00:37:23.14\00:37:24.47
We should never
compromise truth.
00:37:24.51\00:37:26.31
There's never a
time to compromise truth.
00:37:26.34\00:37:28.44
There's never a time to say,
00:37:28.48\00:37:29.81
"Well, I did this
wrong because I..."
00:37:29.84\00:37:33.65
No excuse. Why?
00:37:33.68\00:37:36.02
Because I have all
of heaven on my side,
00:37:36.05\00:37:37.72
you have all of
heaven on your side.
00:37:37.75\00:37:40.42
All of heaven will be empty
00:37:40.46\00:37:41.79
to help you in
your time of need.
00:37:41.82\00:37:43.49
Think about it.
00:37:43.53\00:37:44.86
If that's what it takes
to make sure you don't fall,
00:37:44.89\00:37:47.20
that you don't go against
what God has said in his Word,
00:37:47.23\00:37:49.46
He'll empty heaven and
bring it down to you and me.
00:37:49.50\00:37:51.50
That's awesome.
00:37:51.53\00:37:53.23
I'm not worth
heaven coming down,
00:37:53.27\00:37:54.84
but I thank God that it did.
00:37:54.87\00:37:57.74
Heaven came down and
glory filled my soul.
00:37:57.77\00:38:00.34
Heaven came down in
the form of Jesus Christ
00:38:00.38\00:38:03.58
that we can be happy today.
00:38:03.61\00:38:05.91
We have to get back to
what Jude 3:3 talks about
00:38:05.95\00:38:11.35
in the Word of God.
00:38:11.39\00:38:12.72
We've got to get
back to these truths.
00:38:12.75\00:38:14.29
We need to learn to
contend for the faith
00:38:14.32\00:38:17.53
once it get
delivered to the saints.
00:38:17.56\00:38:19.66
Does that make sense?
00:38:19.69\00:38:21.03
I need to contend for
it, I need to fight for it.
00:38:21.06\00:38:24.43
See, I need to stand
for it, I need not back up.
00:38:24.47\00:38:28.34
See, people will back
up today and compromise
00:38:28.37\00:38:30.37
and make sure
everybody likes them
00:38:30.41\00:38:31.74
and loves them, whatever.
00:38:31.77\00:38:33.11
God's saying right now,
00:38:33.14\00:38:34.48
"You, Kenny, contend for
the faith that I gave you."
00:38:34.51\00:38:38.01
This is what it's
about. We've got to contend.
00:38:38.05\00:38:42.18
You know, if there is
war, let there be war.
00:38:42.22\00:38:46.25
So what is the
old historic pathway?
00:38:46.29\00:38:49.39
What are few of the teachings
00:38:49.42\00:38:52.26
of those who call
themselves historic?
00:38:52.29\00:38:56.13
It's very simple. Now let's...
00:38:56.16\00:38:57.60
Again, people have ousted
00:38:57.63\00:39:00.17
and maybe there's
other reasons why they have,
00:39:00.20\00:39:04.17
maybe because, you know,
we can go extremes in any way,
00:39:04.21\00:39:06.64
we have to be
balanced as Christians,
00:39:06.68\00:39:08.28
balanced in the Word,
00:39:08.31\00:39:09.64
balanced on the
Spirit of Prophecy,
00:39:09.68\00:39:11.01
but sometimes we get off
on a kick over here, historic.
00:39:11.05\00:39:13.65
And then we start
including some other things
00:39:13.68\00:39:15.65
that are not in
harmony with the Bible
00:39:15.68\00:39:17.59
and pretty soon
everybody's labeled as.
00:39:17.62\00:39:20.36
But here are some teachings
00:39:20.39\00:39:22.09
of historic Christians should be
00:39:22.12\00:39:25.09
or historic
Seventh-day Adventists,
00:39:25.13\00:39:27.00
say if you have
a problem with it
00:39:27.03\00:39:28.63
or say you want
to line up with it,
00:39:28.66\00:39:30.17
maybe you won't
think a lot different
00:39:30.20\00:39:31.53
than you once did.
00:39:31.57\00:39:33.44
What is the old
historic pathway?
00:39:33.47\00:39:36.00
A few of the teachings.
00:39:36.04\00:39:39.11
Historic pathway is truth about,
00:39:39.14\00:39:42.54
number one, the law of God.
00:39:42.58\00:39:45.45
Historic position...
00:39:45.48\00:39:47.48
A person who calls them
historic Seventh-day Adventists
00:39:47.52\00:39:49.85
as one of their
teachings is the law of God
00:39:49.88\00:39:53.22
and the binding of
God's Ten Commandments.
00:39:53.25\00:39:56.66
It's the teaching of
God His gift to His people,
00:39:56.69\00:40:00.06
it's about the love of
God that He has for us,
00:40:00.10\00:40:03.57
His plan to protect us
00:40:03.60\00:40:05.80
as that's
expressed in His commandments
00:40:05.83\00:40:08.07
and especially as we
read there in Isaiah 58
00:40:08.10\00:40:11.31
that we talk about
the seventh-day Sabbath,
00:40:11.34\00:40:13.58
which the papacy has covered up
00:40:13.61\00:40:15.51
and the Protestant
world has covered up.
00:40:15.54\00:40:17.75
Nobody wants to uncover it,
it's going to be inconvenient,
00:40:17.78\00:40:21.35
they can't go out and party
00:40:21.38\00:40:22.72
and have their big
days on the Sabbath,
00:40:22.75\00:40:24.32
they can't go out and
dance and smoke and drink...
00:40:24.35\00:40:26.15
Woo! Can anybody
get me off of this?
00:40:26.19\00:40:27.96
Busiest days is
Friday night and Sabbath,
00:40:33.60\00:40:38.33
everything going
on on those days.
00:40:38.37\00:40:43.67
Think about it.
00:40:43.71\00:40:45.04
Big auctions and
things they talk about,
00:40:45.07\00:40:47.24
selling houses
and selling property.
00:40:47.28\00:40:49.71
Saturday it is.
00:40:49.74\00:40:52.51
You don't think the
devil has a hand in.
00:40:52.55\00:40:54.12
I know he has a hand in it.
00:40:54.15\00:40:55.48
God said don't do those
kind of things on his day.
00:40:55.52\00:40:57.19
Yeah. So part of the historic...
00:40:59.59\00:41:01.79
So if I say
here's historic position,
00:41:01.82\00:41:04.59
if you have a problem
with it, throw it out.
00:41:04.63\00:41:06.43
If you don't, so you know what?
00:41:06.46\00:41:07.80
Maybe I've got a little this,
00:41:07.83\00:41:09.16
and this is the way
that Adventism, right?
00:41:09.20\00:41:11.77
Looks at Daniel and Revelation
and the way it's interpreted
00:41:11.80\00:41:14.97
from the historical position.
00:41:15.00\00:41:17.14
And if you agree with Daniel
and Revelation, the teachings,
00:41:17.17\00:41:19.37
then you going to say,
00:41:19.41\00:41:20.74
maybe I've got a
little that in me.
00:41:20.78\00:41:23.58
The law of God, I believe
that's one of the teachings,
00:41:23.61\00:41:25.68
there's no doubt about it.
00:41:25.71\00:41:28.02
The old past would
certainly include...
00:41:28.05\00:41:30.65
I wish I had time to
go into but I don't know,
00:41:30.69\00:41:32.19
giving of the
three angels' message.
00:41:32.22\00:41:36.16
Historic Adventism is
given the three angels' message.
00:41:36.19\00:41:38.63
Well, I'm a part of that so far.
00:41:38.66\00:41:40.60
Historic Adventism is
giving of the sanctuary message.
00:41:43.70\00:41:48.70
Man, I'm a part of that.
00:41:48.74\00:41:50.54
I believe in the
sanctuary message,
00:41:50.57\00:41:52.74
aren't you?
00:41:52.77\00:41:54.11
Somebody need to
shout, we need to shout
00:41:54.14\00:41:55.58
because of the sanctuary, right?
00:41:55.61\00:41:57.58
The earthly
sanctuary is a pattern of that
00:41:57.61\00:41:59.48
which is in heaven,
it points us to what?
00:41:59.51\00:42:02.88
Jesus is our mediator.
00:42:02.92\00:42:04.42
It points to Him in
the most holy place,
00:42:04.45\00:42:06.45
it's pointing to
Him saying He's my what?
00:42:06.49\00:42:08.96
He's my
sacrifice. Think about it.
00:42:08.99\00:42:13.06
How wonderful that is to know
00:42:13.09\00:42:14.43
that Jesus in the
most holy place...
00:42:14.46\00:42:16.10
And we're in the judgment
hour and He's pleading our cases
00:42:16.13\00:42:19.13
and it starts
with a dead righteous
00:42:19.17\00:42:20.64
and goes to the living righteous
00:42:20.67\00:42:22.14
and once your name comes
up and every name has come up,
00:42:22.17\00:42:26.14
it's all over,
probation will close,
00:42:26.17\00:42:27.74
Jesus will come.
00:42:27.78\00:42:29.11
Well, it could be in that
hour. Somebody needs to wake up.
00:42:29.14\00:42:33.31
Historic Adventism
we'll be preaching,
00:42:33.35\00:42:35.25
we're in the
hour of God's judgment
00:42:35.28\00:42:37.12
and we have been since
1844, that's a long time.
00:42:37.15\00:42:40.32
A lot longer than 120 years,
00:42:40.36\00:42:42.56
that you see
before the flood came.
00:42:42.59\00:42:45.03
You think God's
not having mercy?
00:42:45.06\00:42:46.39
'Cause He knows
when this wraps up,
00:42:46.43\00:42:47.76
that's going to be all zeroed.
00:42:47.80\00:42:49.16
That means your children
are going to get in with you
00:42:49.20\00:42:50.83
or they're not,
00:42:50.87\00:42:52.70
that means you're,
you know... All of us.
00:42:52.73\00:42:54.84
Grandkids, you know, children,
00:42:54.87\00:42:56.20
whatever, it might be ourselves.
00:42:56.24\00:42:58.54
This is what the urgency
about historic Adventism,
00:42:58.57\00:43:03.95
the heavenly sanctuary,
the state of the dead,
00:43:03.98\00:43:07.28
historic Adventism
proclaims the state of the dead
00:43:07.32\00:43:09.72
because we...
00:43:09.75\00:43:11.09
Hold on. Why we proclaim that?
00:43:11.12\00:43:12.45
Because we need to know
what happens when you die,
00:43:12.49\00:43:14.69
because the enemy is
going to use spiritualism
00:43:14.72\00:43:17.36
to deceive you in the last days
00:43:17.39\00:43:18.93
if you don't
know the difference.
00:43:18.96\00:43:20.63
You say it doesn't
matter, I know it matters.
00:43:20.66\00:43:23.33
It's okay to say it like that.
00:43:23.37\00:43:25.20
I get excited about it,
but I know it because of why?
00:43:25.23\00:43:28.24
The majority of the
world, Brother Mark,
00:43:28.27\00:43:29.90
the Bible say will be
deceived on this teaching
00:43:29.94\00:43:32.74
and you can
plead and you can beg
00:43:32.77\00:43:34.41
and people still
look at it and say, "No,
00:43:34.44\00:43:35.94
my momma said or
my daddy said..."
00:43:35.98\00:43:37.95
God says.
00:43:37.98\00:43:41.58
What do you think,
these people saying, "Well,
00:43:41.62\00:43:42.95
I've seen so and so, they
came back from the grave."
00:43:42.98\00:43:45.19
All they saw was
another dirty old devil.
00:43:45.22\00:43:48.26
They didn't see their loved one.
00:43:48.29\00:43:49.62
The Bible says clearly,
00:43:49.66\00:43:50.99
they never return to their house
00:43:51.03\00:43:52.36
after they die,
00:43:52.39\00:43:53.73
they never
return to their house.
00:43:53.76\00:43:55.10
We've got to know these
things so you're not deceived.
00:43:55.13\00:43:57.27
That's my plea, that's my...
00:43:57.30\00:43:58.80
oh, please
listen, study it all out,
00:43:58.83\00:44:01.10
understand it's tough.
00:44:01.14\00:44:03.97
People have a hard
time accepting that
00:44:04.01\00:44:05.74
than they do the
seventh-day Sabbath.
00:44:05.77\00:44:07.14
And if that's what you've
been taught all your life,
00:44:10.61\00:44:12.61
still say, "Oh, God, what is...
00:44:12.65\00:44:15.18
Is this the truth or is
it not? I want to know."
00:44:15.22\00:44:17.89
Let me just lay a
thing over on the counter
00:44:17.92\00:44:19.72
and just let me
talk to me about it
00:44:19.75\00:44:22.42
because I want to know,
00:44:22.46\00:44:23.79
what good is it for
any of us to believe a lie.
00:44:23.83\00:44:28.83
What good? Make us
feel a little better?
00:44:28.86\00:44:31.33
Maybe 'cause we're prideful
and we don't want to change.
00:44:31.37\00:44:35.74
If we want to get to
heaven, we have to be submissive
00:44:35.77\00:44:38.04
to the Spirit of the
Living God in every area of life
00:44:38.07\00:44:41.58
and remember it
can't be both ways.
00:44:41.61\00:44:44.81
It can't be, well, this
group here is God give it,
00:44:44.85\00:44:46.92
this group over...
00:44:46.95\00:44:48.28
It either is or it isn't.
00:44:48.32\00:44:49.98
They're either
teaching about truth
00:44:50.02\00:44:51.35
or they're teaching
the lies of the devil.
00:44:51.39\00:44:52.72
Let's get down to it.
00:44:52.75\00:44:54.69
The historic Adventist
00:44:54.72\00:44:56.06
are going to be
preaching the truth,
00:44:56.09\00:44:57.43
they're going to be preaching
about the Spirit of Prophecy,
00:44:57.46\00:44:59.96
the judgment hour message,
and of course, all the truths.
00:45:00.00\00:45:02.60
But see these specific
truths here in these last days
00:45:02.63\00:45:06.40
is what historic Advents
will be preaching and teaching.
00:45:06.43\00:45:10.44
Now I think probably
in here every one of you,
00:45:10.47\00:45:14.54
I would say, probably believe
00:45:14.58\00:45:15.94
in what we're
talking about here.
00:45:15.98\00:45:18.01
These messages we
just talked about,
00:45:18.05\00:45:20.48
most of us
understand the Sabbath,
00:45:20.52\00:45:22.28
most of us understand
the state of the dead,
00:45:22.32\00:45:24.22
we understand the judgment hour,
00:45:24.25\00:45:25.59
we understand the
seventh-day Sabbath, see.
00:45:25.62\00:45:29.66
Maybe you got a little
historic and you didn't know.
00:45:29.69\00:45:33.96
Yeah, I'm not ashamed of it.
00:45:34.00\00:45:37.03
Would these little teachings
that we just talked about,
00:45:37.07\00:45:38.97
just a few of them,
would these be considered
00:45:39.00\00:45:41.14
as present truth?
00:45:41.17\00:45:43.17
Absolutely they would.
00:45:43.20\00:45:45.37
Meaning, they must
be given now, not later.
00:45:45.41\00:45:49.38
We're way behind in
giving this message.
00:45:49.41\00:45:52.01
We don't need to
be giving something
00:45:52.05\00:45:53.55
that's new, and
startling, and shocking,
00:45:53.58\00:45:56.52
and we can't back it up
really with the Word of God
00:45:56.55\00:45:58.89
because we project
one thing and pretty soon
00:45:58.92\00:46:01.06
because we projected
this, I have to project this
00:46:01.09\00:46:03.86
in order to make this
work and make that work.
00:46:03.89\00:46:05.93
I've got to
project something else.
00:46:05.96\00:46:07.46
God's Word was
never written that way.
00:46:07.50\00:46:10.83
He's written it in
a clear concise way
00:46:10.87\00:46:13.20
where we can
study line upon line
00:46:13.23\00:46:14.57
and precept upon precept,
00:46:14.60\00:46:16.07
hear a little and get the truth.
00:46:16.10\00:46:17.44
Praise God for that.
00:46:17.47\00:46:20.21
But every time I hear
different people who come out
00:46:20.24\00:46:22.11
with new magazine
00:46:22.14\00:46:23.48
that come out
with another article,
00:46:23.51\00:46:24.85
new and startling, new truth.
00:46:24.88\00:46:26.21
Well, maybe it's new to you,
maybe you just found it out,
00:46:26.25\00:46:29.55
but you know what?
00:46:29.58\00:46:30.92
It needs to harmonize
with what's found in the Bible
00:46:30.95\00:46:32.55
from the very
beginning to the very end.
00:46:32.59\00:46:34.36
If it doesn't
harmonize with that,
00:46:34.39\00:46:35.72
it's a starling
message the enemy gives you
00:46:35.76\00:46:37.83
to lure you away.
00:46:37.86\00:46:39.19
You know that.
00:46:39.23\00:46:42.46
1 Peter 2:21, the Bible says...
00:46:42.50\00:46:44.47
1 Peter 2:21, 22.
00:46:44.50\00:46:47.87
The Bible said,
00:46:47.90\00:46:49.24
"For even
hereunto were ye called:
00:46:49.27\00:46:51.54
because Christ suffered..."
00:46:51.57\00:46:53.58
1 Peter 2:21, 22.
00:46:53.61\00:46:56.28
"For us, leaving us an example,
00:46:56.31\00:46:58.68
that we should
follow in his steps."
00:46:58.71\00:47:01.18
Man, how beautiful that is.
00:47:01.22\00:47:02.88
He's given us the
example that we what?
00:47:02.92\00:47:05.45
That we follow in His step.
00:47:05.49\00:47:07.16
Well, how is it we can say
we're following in His steps
00:47:07.19\00:47:10.73
and then reject His very life
00:47:10.76\00:47:12.79
and reject the very
message that He stood for?
00:47:12.83\00:47:14.96
How can we say we're
following in His step?
00:47:15.00\00:47:16.80
We can't.
00:47:16.83\00:47:18.73
We can't, unless we're
following in His footstep,
00:47:18.77\00:47:21.07
His sheep hears His voice.
00:47:21.10\00:47:22.94
Does that make sense?
Verse 22. Notice, it says...
00:47:22.97\00:47:25.11
Because we follow Him
because He did no sin.
00:47:25.14\00:47:27.41
Did you notice
that? 1 Peter 2:21,22.
00:47:27.44\00:47:29.88
"Neither was guile
found in his mouth."
00:47:29.91\00:47:32.91
2 Peter 1:12.
00:47:32.95\00:47:34.32
Quickly, move along.
Seven, eight minutes. Come on.
00:47:34.35\00:47:36.28
2 Peter 1:12 said,
we must be established
00:47:36.32\00:47:39.39
in present truth.
00:47:39.42\00:47:41.99
We must be
established, foundation,
00:47:42.02\00:47:44.69
we must be building on
what we call present truth,
00:47:44.73\00:47:47.00
the things that we
just talked about plus.
00:47:47.03\00:47:50.93
Yeah.
00:47:50.97\00:47:53.07
Do you think that, you know...
00:47:53.10\00:47:54.97
I believe that God
is behind His truth,
00:47:55.00\00:47:57.97
He is truth, He's
behind it, is He not? Yes.
00:47:58.01\00:48:00.88
He's behind, He's there
for His historical truths
00:48:00.91\00:48:03.85
that He's given to the saints.
00:48:03.88\00:48:06.08
I think He's mindful
of these beautiful truths.
00:48:06.11\00:48:10.65
And I'm mindful in my mind too
00:48:10.69\00:48:12.99
that these truths
that He has given us
00:48:13.02\00:48:14.52
will endure into all generations
00:48:14.56\00:48:16.69
because the Bible says so.
00:48:16.73\00:48:18.76
You think it doesn't say that?
00:48:18.79\00:48:20.30
Psalms 117: 2, it
becomes very, very clear,
00:48:20.33\00:48:23.57
"The truth of the
Lord endureth forever."
00:48:23.60\00:48:27.30
The truth of the Lord does what?
00:48:27.34\00:48:29.14
It endureth forever and ever.
00:48:29.17\00:48:31.64
How beautiful.
00:48:31.67\00:48:33.01
The old paths, my
brothers and sisters,
00:48:33.04\00:48:34.88
must be walked on again.
00:48:34.91\00:48:37.21
The path is the
only way to victory.
00:48:37.25\00:48:40.38
The only way for this
church to be victorious
00:48:40.42\00:48:42.58
is get back to that old paths
00:48:42.62\00:48:44.75
because that's what
the Word of God says.
00:48:44.79\00:48:46.89
Get back to the
historical position
00:48:46.92\00:48:49.06
of interpreting Bible prophecy
so we know what truth is.
00:48:49.09\00:48:52.16
If you do the other two
main, you're going to be off.
00:48:52.19\00:48:55.23
You're never
going to come to pass.
00:48:55.26\00:48:58.13
Are we walking in
those old paths today?
00:48:58.17\00:49:00.04
Are we teaching
all the old truths?
00:49:00.07\00:49:02.90
Well, I am sure of this,
00:49:02.94\00:49:04.74
the end of the path
has not come just yet
00:49:04.77\00:49:07.14
but it will.
00:49:07.18\00:49:09.08
But somehow, if
you're on the right path,
00:49:09.11\00:49:11.45
at some point in time,
00:49:11.48\00:49:12.91
it's going to seem like
the devil is going to hit you
00:49:12.95\00:49:14.48
with all the hell.
00:49:14.52\00:49:16.18
Are you still with me?
00:49:16.22\00:49:17.55
The family's going to turn on,
00:49:17.59\00:49:18.92
your friends are
going to turn on you,
00:49:18.95\00:49:20.29
everybody's going to
say you're out of your mind.
00:49:20.32\00:49:22.76
I can only say,
stay on the right path
00:49:22.79\00:49:24.73
because it is the right path,
00:49:24.76\00:49:26.36
that path leads to
home, it leads to salvation.
00:49:26.39\00:49:29.43
Notice that Jesus has
travel that path before us.
00:49:29.46\00:49:31.93
Notice that.
00:49:31.97\00:49:33.30
And His sheep hear His
voice and they do what?
00:49:33.34\00:49:34.67
Follow Him.
00:49:34.70\00:49:36.04
Are you possibly today...
00:49:36.07\00:49:37.57
There's something I want
to read to you before I close,
00:49:37.61\00:49:39.14
I've got to do it
and Lord have mercy.
00:49:39.17\00:49:41.54
How possibly...
00:49:41.58\00:49:42.91
Could you possibly...
00:49:42.94\00:49:44.28
That you are historic
00:49:44.31\00:49:45.65
and you did not
know that in your belief
00:49:45.68\00:49:47.55
and you never knew it before?
00:49:47.58\00:49:49.55
Because the
other people told you,
00:49:49.58\00:49:50.99
"Oh, taboo.
00:49:51.02\00:49:52.42
You don't want to
be in that group."
00:49:52.45\00:49:53.79
Really?
00:49:53.82\00:49:55.16
This group was proclaiming
the real three angels' message,
00:49:55.19\00:49:56.79
the real truth of God's Word.
00:49:56.83\00:49:59.46
Friends, it's described here,
00:49:59.49\00:50:00.83
I bought a Book of
Second Testimonies.
00:50:00.86\00:50:02.50
Find the page real quickly.
00:50:02.53\00:50:03.87
And many of you
have read this before,
00:50:03.90\00:50:05.23
but if you haven't,
00:50:05.27\00:50:06.60
I'm going to do it fast
as I can get through it.
00:50:06.63\00:50:09.44
This is God's people
traveling to the new earth.
00:50:09.47\00:50:12.54
This was just a dream.
You remember that dream?
00:50:12.57\00:50:15.24
Yeah, I think it
starts 294. Yeah.
00:50:15.28\00:50:18.55
Volume two, page two.
It says impressive dream.
00:50:18.58\00:50:20.62
Here we go quickly as I can't...
00:50:20.65\00:50:21.98
Notice this.
00:50:22.02\00:50:23.35
It says it has got God's people
00:50:23.39\00:50:24.72
as they walk toward the pathway,
00:50:24.75\00:50:26.09
your life's going to change,
00:50:26.12\00:50:27.46
everything is going
have to drop off here.
00:50:27.49\00:50:28.82
This is in 1868. Notice this.
00:50:28.86\00:50:31.16
"I dreamed of being..."
00:50:31.19\00:50:32.53
Notice, "With a
large body of people.
00:50:32.56\00:50:35.00
A portion of this assembly
00:50:35.03\00:50:36.77
started out
prepared for a journey.
00:50:36.80\00:50:38.97
We were heavily
loaded with wagons.
00:50:39.00\00:50:41.34
And as we journeyed,
the road seemed to ascend.
00:50:41.37\00:50:43.81
On one side of the
road was a deep precipice.
00:50:43.84\00:50:46.07
On the other side was a
high, smooth, white wall,
00:50:46.11\00:50:48.61
like a hard finish
upon plastered rooms.
00:50:48.64\00:50:51.41
As we journeyed on,
00:50:51.45\00:50:52.78
the road grew
narrower and steeper.
00:50:52.81\00:50:54.15
In some places seem so
narrow that we concluded
00:50:54.18\00:50:56.52
that we could no longer
travel with loaded wagons."
00:50:56.55\00:50:58.89
Notice this is
our way toward heaven.
00:50:58.92\00:51:00.49
Do we get it?
00:51:00.52\00:51:01.92
Notice this.
00:51:01.96\00:51:03.29
"We then loosed
them from the horses,
00:51:03.32\00:51:04.93
took a portion of the
luggage from the wagon
00:51:04.96\00:51:06.83
and placed it on the horses,
and journeyed on horseback.
00:51:06.86\00:51:09.33
As we progressed, the
path still grew narrower."
00:51:09.36\00:51:12.23
Notice.
00:51:12.27\00:51:13.60
"We were obliged to
press close to the wall,
00:51:13.64\00:51:15.67
to save ourselves from
falling off the narrow road
00:51:15.70\00:51:17.97
down the street precipice."
00:51:18.01\00:51:19.34
Notice.
00:51:19.37\00:51:20.71
"As we did this, the
luggage on the horses
00:51:20.74\00:51:22.74
pressed against
the wall and caused us
00:51:22.78\00:51:24.38
to sway toward the precipice.
00:51:24.41\00:51:26.01
We feared we should fall
00:51:26.05\00:51:27.42
and be dashed to
pieces on the rocks.
00:51:27.45\00:51:29.78
We then cut the
luggage from the horses
00:51:29.82\00:51:31.49
and it fell over the precipice.
00:51:31.52\00:51:32.92
We continued on
horseback, greatly fearing,
00:51:32.95\00:51:35.19
that as we get to
narrower places in the road,
00:51:35.22\00:51:38.06
we should lose
our balances and fall.
00:51:38.09\00:51:41.03
At such times a hand
seem to take the bridle
00:51:41.06\00:51:43.60
and to guide us
over the perilous way.
00:51:43.63\00:51:45.53
As the path..."
00:51:45.57\00:51:46.90
Notice this.
00:51:46.94\00:51:48.27
"Grew more narrow,
00:51:48.30\00:51:49.64
we decide that we can no longer
00:51:49.67\00:51:51.01
go with safety on horseback.
00:51:51.04\00:51:53.07
We left the horses
and we went on foot,
00:51:53.11\00:51:55.41
in single file,
00:51:55.44\00:51:56.78
one following the
footsteps of another.
00:51:56.81\00:51:58.71
At this point
small cords were let down
00:51:58.75\00:52:00.78
from the top of
the pure white wall.
00:52:00.82\00:52:03.18
These we eagerly
grasped as to aid us
00:52:03.22\00:52:05.15
in keeping our balance.
00:52:05.19\00:52:06.52
As we traveled, the
cords moved along with us.
00:52:06.55\00:52:09.16
The path finally
became..." Notice this.
00:52:09.19\00:52:10.99
"So narrow that we
concluded that we could travel
00:52:11.03\00:52:14.30
more safely without our shoes,
00:52:14.33\00:52:16.63
so we slipped
them off from our feet
00:52:16.67\00:52:18.33
and went on some
distance without them.
00:52:18.37\00:52:20.10
Soon we decided that
00:52:20.14\00:52:21.47
we could not
travel in safety anymore
00:52:21.50\00:52:23.14
unless we take off
for our stockings."
00:52:23.17\00:52:25.11
Notice this.
00:52:25.14\00:52:26.47
"These were removed,
00:52:26.51\00:52:27.84
and we journeyed
on with bare feet.
00:52:27.88\00:52:29.21
We then thought of those
00:52:29.24\00:52:30.58
who had not
accustomed themselves
00:52:30.61\00:52:32.21
to privation and hardships.
00:52:32.25\00:52:34.82
Where were they now?
00:52:34.85\00:52:36.38
They were not in this company.
00:52:36.42\00:52:38.12
At every change there
were some that themselves
00:52:38.15\00:52:40.32
who couldn't endure the
hardship and they remained.
00:52:40.36\00:52:42.99
Privations of the way
only made these more eager
00:52:43.02\00:52:45.36
to press to the end.
00:52:45.39\00:52:46.86
Our danger of falling
from the pathway increased.
00:52:46.90\00:52:49.00
We pressed close
to the white wall,
00:52:49.03\00:52:50.73
yet we could not place
our feet fully on the path,
00:52:50.77\00:52:53.03
it was too narrow.
00:52:53.07\00:52:54.40
Then we suspended
00:52:54.44\00:52:55.77
nearly our whole
weight on the cords,
00:52:55.80\00:52:57.14
exclaiming, 'Who
holds from above!'
00:52:57.17\00:52:59.27
We have hold from above!
00:52:59.31\00:53:01.64
The same words were
uttered by all the company
00:53:01.68\00:53:03.41
in the narrow pathway.
00:53:03.45\00:53:04.78
As we heard the
sounds of mirth and revelry
00:53:04.81\00:53:07.65
seemed to come
from the abyss below,
00:53:07.68\00:53:09.22
we shuddered.
00:53:09.25\00:53:10.59
We heard profane oaths,
vulgar jest, low, vile songs.
00:53:10.62\00:53:14.89
We heard the war
song and the dance song.
00:53:14.92\00:53:17.13
We heard instruments of
music and loud laughter,
00:53:17.16\00:53:19.49
mingled with
cursing and cries of anguish
00:53:19.53\00:53:21.80
and bitter wailing,
and there were none..."
00:53:21.83\00:53:25.93
Notice that.
00:53:25.97\00:53:27.30
"Wanted to keep us
on the narrow pathway,
00:53:27.34\00:53:29.40
difficult pathway.
00:53:29.44\00:53:30.77
I noticed that the
beautiful white..."
00:53:30.81\00:53:32.47
Notice this. "Wall
was stained with blood.
00:53:32.51\00:53:36.28
It caused a feeling of regret
to see the wall thus stained.
00:53:36.31\00:53:39.31
This feeling, however,
00:53:39.35\00:53:40.68
lasted for a moment as I thought
00:53:40.72\00:53:42.05
that it was all it should be.
00:53:42.08\00:53:44.22
Those who were following
after will know that others
00:53:44.25\00:53:46.96
have passed the narrow,
difficult way before them,
00:53:46.99\00:53:50.23
and will conclude that if
others were able to pass on,
00:53:50.26\00:53:53.70
pursue on, they
could do the same.
00:53:53.73\00:53:55.63
As the blood shall be
pressed upon their aching feet,
00:53:55.66\00:53:58.30
they will not faint
or become discouraged.
00:53:58.33\00:54:00.44
At length,
00:54:00.47\00:54:01.80
we came to a large
chasm as our faith ended."
00:54:01.84\00:54:03.81
We don't have
time to finish it all,
00:54:03.84\00:54:05.21
but notice what the
bottom line is here.
00:54:05.24\00:54:07.28
Everything in
their lives toward heaven
00:54:07.31\00:54:09.81
became wounded till
finally they had to...
00:54:09.84\00:54:11.55
They couldn't have anything,
they had to hang on that cord.
00:54:11.58\00:54:14.72
Who holds that?
00:54:14.75\00:54:16.08
That's Jesus
was the cord, right?
00:54:16.12\00:54:17.45
And then they could swing
over on into to glory land.
00:54:17.49\00:54:20.69
Every earthly support,
00:54:20.72\00:54:22.06
every earthly thing
had to be taken from them.
00:54:22.09\00:54:25.89
And you know what? The
end result would say what?
00:54:25.93\00:54:27.96
Heaven is cheap enough.
00:54:28.00\00:54:30.00
We might look up today
and say, "Who holds the cord?"
00:54:30.03\00:54:32.40
Let me say, God holds that cord.
00:54:32.43\00:54:34.54
When you seem
like you're hanging,
00:54:34.57\00:54:35.90
there's nothing else there,
00:54:35.94\00:54:37.27
your feet's not really touching,
00:54:37.31\00:54:38.64
you're stretched all
you can be stretched,
00:54:38.67\00:54:40.01
we need not fear
because God holds that cord,
00:54:40.04\00:54:43.21
and she said that thing
was vividly in my memory
00:54:43.24\00:54:45.51
and it'll always be.
00:54:45.55\00:54:47.75
May God help each
and every one of us
00:54:47.78\00:54:49.28
to understand the
pathway to heaven,
00:54:49.32\00:54:51.35
to be a historic
Adventist, to preach and teach
00:54:51.39\00:54:53.79
exactly what God has
given us to preach and teach
00:54:53.82\00:54:56.02
and live that life.
00:54:56.06\00:54:57.39
God bless you.
00:54:57.43\00:54:58.76
We look forward to
spending some time with you
00:54:58.79\00:55:00.13
in the very near future.
00:55:00.16\00:55:01.50
Hello and welcome back, friends.
00:55:03.40\00:55:05.73
I hope that really
stirred your heart.
00:55:05.77\00:55:08.27
I hope it gave you
food to think about
00:55:08.30\00:55:11.24
because many times,
we look at something,
00:55:11.27\00:55:13.71
a word or a
color, or this or that,
00:55:13.74\00:55:16.31
and we prejudge it
00:55:16.34\00:55:17.68
before we know
anything about it.
00:55:17.71\00:55:19.71
I believe that Pastor Kenny,
00:55:19.75\00:55:21.52
through the aid
of the Holy Spirit,
00:55:21.55\00:55:23.28
made it very, very clear.
00:55:23.32\00:55:25.65
I've always said,
00:55:25.69\00:55:27.02
if we want to
know what truth is,
00:55:27.06\00:55:28.39
go back to
beginning of the Bible,
00:55:28.42\00:55:30.43
see how God said
that, and you will know.
00:55:30.46\00:55:33.46
I would like in
closing just to reiterate
00:55:33.50\00:55:36.26
one of the passages
that Pastor Kenny spoke on
00:55:36.30\00:55:39.73
during this message
00:55:39.77\00:55:41.10
and that is
found in Isaiah 58:12.
00:55:41.14\00:55:45.17
If you've got your
Bibles, read it along with me.
00:55:45.21\00:55:48.78
"And they that
shall be of thee..."
00:55:48.81\00:55:51.01
Who are they?
00:55:51.05\00:55:52.38
You're a child of God,
You're part of His church.
00:55:52.41\00:55:55.48
It's talking to you.
00:55:55.52\00:55:57.49
"And they that shall
be of thee shall build up
00:55:57.52\00:55:59.65
the old waste places."
00:55:59.69\00:56:01.52
Remember, there's
nothing new under the sun.
00:56:01.56\00:56:04.53
"Thou shalt raise
up the foundation..."
00:56:04.56\00:56:07.40
You know, if
you're building something,
00:56:07.43\00:56:09.06
you have to have
a solid foundation.
00:56:09.10\00:56:12.07
Without a solid
foundation, our faith,
00:56:12.10\00:56:15.20
anything that we
build will crumble.
00:56:15.24\00:56:17.57
We must have a solid foundation.
00:56:17.61\00:56:20.31
"Of many generations,
and thou shalt be called..."
00:56:20.34\00:56:23.48
And brothers and sisters,
I hope you made this pledge
00:56:23.51\00:56:25.68
with Pastor Kenny
that you will be called
00:56:25.71\00:56:29.08
the repairer of the breach,
00:56:29.12\00:56:30.89
the restorer of
paths to dwell in.
00:56:30.92\00:56:34.39
He made it very clear.
00:56:34.42\00:56:35.76
There's only two paths.
00:56:35.79\00:56:37.36
There's that straight and narrow
00:56:37.39\00:56:39.76
and there's a big wide one.
00:56:39.79\00:56:42.63
The big wide one...
00:56:42.66\00:56:44.00
And as he was
reading it there at the end
00:56:44.03\00:56:45.53
where he was
talking about all the sounds
00:56:45.57\00:56:47.54
and that prophetic
messages that was given,
00:56:47.57\00:56:50.57
the Spirit of Prophecy,
00:56:50.61\00:56:51.94
all the laughter and
the music and everything,
00:56:51.97\00:56:54.98
that's the big wide path.
00:56:55.01\00:56:57.01
That's what the enemy
has so diluted our minds
00:56:57.05\00:57:00.12
to think is right.
00:57:00.15\00:57:01.62
We think we can have anything,
we can believe any way,
00:57:01.65\00:57:05.12
we can do something
that's really not in Scripture
00:57:05.15\00:57:08.16
and still be safe.
00:57:08.19\00:57:09.52
It's not the truth.
00:57:09.56\00:57:10.89
We are to worship God
in spirit and in truth.
00:57:10.93\00:57:14.80
And, brothers and sisters,
00:57:14.83\00:57:16.16
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00:57:16.20\00:57:17.77
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00:57:17.80\00:57:20.44
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00:57:51.47\00:57:53.97
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