Hello and welcome to
Behold the Lamb Presents.
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I am Chris Shelton
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and I want to thank
you for joining us today.
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This message today is number 13
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out of 25 Bible studies
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that correlate with this Bible
Study guide that is entitled
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"Sharing God's
love makes you happier,
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what the Bible says."
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And I don't know about
you but I don't know anyone
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that doesn't wanna
be happier in this life.
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This study guide was prepared
by Brother Richard Bland
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of the United Prison Ministries,
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and these lessons make
wonderful outreach tools
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that any of us may
use in doctor's offices
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or our favorite restaurant,
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or simply by giving
them away personally
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as gifts to our
friends and our family.
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Today, I brought
out this display case
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just to show you how
easy it is to do this.
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All you have to do
is order your lessons,
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get our little display case.
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This one says, "Please take one.
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They're free."
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And then just see every so often
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that it's filled
up and ready to go.
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At the end of today's message,
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we'll be giving our
contact information.
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You may call or write us
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and find out how to
order these lesson studies
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so you may do the same.
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Now lesson number 13,
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and the guide that we
are going to talk about today
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is entitled, "Hope
in times of trouble."
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If you are alive,
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if you're
breathing on this planet,
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this planet that
has fallen into sin
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in every despicable
nature that you can think of,
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then you desire hope in
your family and your life.
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Times of trouble,
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they come to us
in many varied forms,
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loss of life, illness, divorce,
loss of birth, finances,
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loss of homes due to...
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Look at all the
natural disasters.
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And on and on the
stories of trouble
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take their unwanted shapes
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in each and
every one of our lives.
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But praise God for a
book that He has given us.
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The very book that He has chosen
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to speak to us through,
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that indeed gives
us hope for the present
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and encouragement
for our tomorrows,
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and that being the Bible.
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And in the Bible is
where we will look today
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for the promises, the power
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that we can
claim for our very own,
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but before we join
Pastor Kenny Shelton
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for today's message,
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let's visit 3ABN and be blessed
by a song that is entitled,
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"Here's One" by our
dear friend Kendol Bacchus.
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Thank you for
joining us once again
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at Behold the Lamb Ministries.
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We do appreciate you.
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We want you to know
that from week to week.
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You know, from day to day,
we have programmings on the air
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that we realize that
you folks are praying
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and you're supporting,
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and we appreciate
that so very much.
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We pray that Behold the Lamb
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can be a
blessing to you and yours.
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So continue to pray for us,
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continue to ask the
Lord what you can do
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that we can continue to get
this message out to the world
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'cause we believe
that's where it needs to go
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is to the world,
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and that so Jesus can come.
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And I know that
your goal and objective,
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that's ours
here at the ministry.
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One purpose in
mind, get the message out
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so that Jesus can come.
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Again, we're thankful for you.
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Always before we
get into the Word,
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we're going to be talking about,
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as you heard my wife
already talked about it,
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hope in time of trouble.
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You know, we're
living in that time,
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the time of
trouble, there is hope.
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And praise God,
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we're going to be searching
Scripture to find that hope.
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And we pray to be an
encouragement to you.
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But as usual, before
we begin the message,
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we pray.
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I'm going to kneel,
let's pray together, shall we?
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Loving Father in heaven, again,
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we thank You for
the privilege we have
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to present Your Word today.
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We need the power
of Thy Holy Spirit.
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We need
understanding of Scripture.
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We need to
understand what You have for us.
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So we pray that Your Holy Spirit
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will take full
possession of each of our hearts
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and our lives.
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And, Lord, as the
message go forward
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that will penetrate every
ear, every mind, every heart,
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decisions will be
made now, now for eternity.
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And I thank You and, Lord,
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what You're
going to do in advance
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as we take our hands off of it,
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and we let the Holy Spirit
do the leading and guiding,
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in Jesus' name, amen.
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Again if you have your Bibles,
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and it's always
good to have your Bibles,
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I say time and time again
that you just can't trust,
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you know, without looking
and studying for yourself
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what some preacher
might say from the pulpit.
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We have to study to show
ourselves approved unto God.
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And so we're going
to be looking today
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"Hope in time of trouble."
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We're going to turn into a real
familiar passage of scripture
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found in the
Book of Daniel 12:1.
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Since we're talking
about hope in time of trouble,
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I thought it would be good
that if we would just establish
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just a little bit that
there is trouble in the land
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and there will
continue to be trouble
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and it's going to
get worse and worse.
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And so therefore, we establish
there is trouble sometimes
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and that we need
something outside of ourselves
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to help us through this time.
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The most familiar passage
of scripture, Daniel 12:1.
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You've read it over and over,
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and I pray that
you've been studying it.
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It says, "At that time
shall Michael stand up,
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the great prince which
standeth for the children."
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Now notice this.
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What does he stand for?
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Remember when he stands
up, he's ready to do what?
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He's ready to do something.
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He's seated, he stands
up, he's ready to do what?
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He's ready to
help the believers.
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He's ready to help
deliver us. Notice this.
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"There shall be a
time of trouble..."
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Notice that, focus in.
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"There shall be
a time of trouble,
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such as never was
since there was," what?
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"A nation even to the same time,
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and at that time, Thy
people, "who, whose people?
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God's people.
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"God's people
shall be delivered."
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I love that word,
just underline it quickly.
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I'm not going to go into it
any more than just say this,
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"All of God's
people will be delivered."
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The outcome of the
Great Controversy is sure.
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The outcome is sure.
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God's people will
prevail, Christ will prevail.
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And notice, but your
name must be found, where at?
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Written in the book.
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Notice, it's talking about
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the book of life
here to Daniel 7,
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just jot it down, Daniel 7:10,
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talks about the
book, the book of life.
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Revelation 20:15 talks
about the book of life.
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Revelation 22:19,
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just a couple of
verses to let you know
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that there is such a thing
as written in the book of life.
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Remember your name, my name,
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every person's
name must be written
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in the Lamb's book of life.
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It didn't say, and
I'll be careful with this.
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It didn't say
in the church book.
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It said the Lamb's,
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did you get it, the
Lamb's book of life,
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if heaven is
going to be our home.
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Certainly nice to be
able to belong to church
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and certainly nice to
have brothers and sisters
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that we can study
the Word of God with,
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and sometimes
just have a roll call.
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But it's more than that
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when it comes to
the Lamb's book of life.
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God is sending,
brothers and sisters,
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think about this.
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God is sending more light.
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He's sending more evidence
that His coming is near.
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He is sending all this
light to let us know that
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probation is soon to close.
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And we realize, part of
that is what's happening
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in the world today.
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You remember, we're
talking about fire and flood,
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and famine, and
pestilence, all of these things.
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We're talking about tornadoes,
we're talking about flooding,
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we're talking about disasters
by land, and sea, and air.
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All of these
things foretell what?
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The coming of
Jesus Christ is near.
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You just can't miss it.
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If anybody's
missing that, what's wrong?
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How can we miss
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what's going on
in the world today
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that tells us,
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"This is a sign
that Jesus is coming."
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When you talk about
just a fire quickly,
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the fires in California,
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you know, you look
at one place in there,
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it says it's the worst, right?
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That it's what? That
ever been in that area.
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Every time
something happens, it says,
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"This is the
worst, this is the worst."
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All that signs of
the time reveal that,
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you know, in this world
that we live in that soon
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that God's cup is
going to be filled up.
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See, I think it's
running over a little bit.
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Are you getting
it? I want you...
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You realize that God
has a cup? Come on, church.
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God has a cup.
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You realize, if you look
in Revelation Chapter 17,
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you follow the
false church, right?
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Babylon has what?
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What does she have in
her hand? She has also a cup.
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Now she copied that.
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She got that because God
says, "I have a cup in my hand.
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And one of these days my
cup is going to be filled."
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We would say
something like this,
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you know, you can
only push me so far.
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Be careful with it.
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That's it, "And then
something's going to happen."
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God said, "I've got a cup
and when that cup is full..."
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Okay, you don't believe that?
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Somebody said I
don't believe it.
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Well, let's turn
to the book, shall we?
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Turn in the Book of Psalms.
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Psalms Chapter 75, that's right,
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Psalms Chapter 75
brings it out real clear here.
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Verse 8, Psalms
Chapter what? 75:8.
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Notice these bold
words, notice them.
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"For in the hand of the Lord..."
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Where am I at? Psalms, where?
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Seventy five, verse what? Eight.
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Okay, you got to stay there.
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"For in the hand of
the Lord there is a cup.
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For in the hand of
the Lord, there is," what?
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"A cup, and the wine is red.
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It is full of mixture, he
poureth it out of the same,
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but the dregs thereof,
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all the wicked of the
earth shall wring them out
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and drink them."
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What can that possibly mean?
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Notice, in the hand of
the Lord there is a, what?
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A cup.
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And notice it, the wine here.
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Notice, the wine in this cup,
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well, if you study it out,
it says what is in this cup,
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it's actually in a
bubbling, fizzling state.
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It's red hot.
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Somebody's not getting it.
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God said, "I'm red hot."
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It will be
different than our red hot,
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but remember
that that means what?
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He has limits.
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And He says
that's going to be it.
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Notice that
wine, because we know
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wine in the Bible is
talking about it here
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is that it says it's red.
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Did you get that?
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Red here means translated
there in the Hebrew is,
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it's troubled and it's boiling.
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The cup in God's hand
filled up with his wrath,
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wrath is bubbling right
now, it's troubled, it's hot.
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Something's getting
ready to happen, notice that.
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And it says, "Right now,"
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it says, "the same
shall be poured out."
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Notice this, "But the dregs
of all the wicked of the earth
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shall wring them out."
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Think about
this, "And drink them."
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And when you look at
this, it says the cup.
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The cup is here for
the mixing purposes.
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Things of this world,
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things that are
going God said not to do,
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they're being mixed.
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And God's getting
ready to pour this thing out.
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It's boiling over right now.
So there is a time of trouble.
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We need some hope
in time of trouble.
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We need some help right now.
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And if you don't
call on God right now,
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you're not going
to get that help.
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You're not going to have
the experience that you need.
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I won't have that experience.
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It's interesting with
the dregs you think about.
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God said, "The
wicked must drink this cup
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and they have to drink it all."
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And notice, they're
in the dredges of it.
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That is simply the solid matter
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that sinks to the
bottom in the liquid.
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And that
usually is not very good
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if you'll notice that.
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It's not good at all.
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It's the worthless
product that sinks down.
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But God said, "The
wicked is gonna drink it all.
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When I pour it out,
they're gonna drink it all."
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So this tells
beyond a shadow of a doubt
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just talking a
little bit about this
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that God has a cup,
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there's a time of trouble,
and it's coming on this world,
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and it's already
started in my opinion,
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it's already started.
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Now we can talk about
the cup if you want to more,
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we don't have time.
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Revelation 14:10, it
still talks about the cup,
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talking about the
third angel's message
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and receiving the
mark of the beast,
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and it's talking
about the wine of wrath,
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the cup God has with
the wine of wrath in it.
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So establish beyond a
shadow of a doubt here.
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Judgments of God
are falling in the land.
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This, in my
opinion, is a wake-up call.
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This is a wake-up call.
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How long will we
sleep as a people
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when we know these things?
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You not gonna help, but
get a little emotional about it
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when you think about it
because we sit, and we listen,
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and we hear, and we
study, and we know these things,
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yet we do nothing about it.
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This is a wake-up call
every time you turn on the TV
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or the radio and you hear
things that are exploding,
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things that are burning up,
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people that are
dying in the land,
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people shooting people.
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No reason, they
can't find reason.
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Their mind is blown
because they can't figure out
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why a young man
might walk someplace in
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and just start
shooting people right and left.
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They think there
has to be a reason.
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The devil has
taken over the mind.
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Because they
have used those minds
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for things that are not
good, they poisoned themself.
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By beholding,
they become changed.
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We have to be so careful.
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These warnings then
are just simply just signs.
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You know, if we choose
and say we choose light,
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God's going to help us
through this time of trouble.
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There's going to be help for us.
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But if we choose
darkness, darkness will come
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and we're going to reap
the results of our choices.
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None of us want to make
the choice of darkness, do we?
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None of us want to
say, "Oh, I accept that."
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Do we realize we're
talking about real things?
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And I want to encourage you,
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there is hope
in time of trouble.
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Yes, there's a dark
picture over here that's painted
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that says all of these
things are going to happen,
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and they will happen.
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We need help.
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Lord, have mercy, we need help.
00:17:52.10\00:17:54.44
I need help
every day of my life.
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This timeframe
has certainly arrived,
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and it's going to
get worse and worse.
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God just tells us right here...
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You know, just, you know,
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if we don't put a
stop to it right now,
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it's going to
mushroom so quickly,
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that we're gonna be
overwhelmingly surprised
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how fast these
issues take place.
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There is still, I
believe, work to be done.
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I still believe God's
holding back the winds of strife
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until He sealed His
servants in their forehead,
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but how long will
He hold them back.
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How long do you hold Him
back in Sodom and Gomorrah?
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Is somebody still with me?
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How long do you hold Him back
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at the time of
Noah and the flood?
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Look at all the disasters.
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There was a time,
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and I believe
we've entered that time.
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God help us to see that
today rather to sit idly by
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and do nothing.
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He warns us in
Isaiah Chapter 26.
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See, this is real.
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If something's real,
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it's going to
come across as real.
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You're gonna feel
it in your heart today,
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because the Holy
Spirit is going to say,
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"This is real, this is real."
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Isaiah 26:21 says,
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"Behold the Lord
cometh out of His place
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to punish the
inhabitants of the earth."
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What does He punish
them for? For their iniquity.
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"The earth also shall
be disclose her blood,
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and shall no
more cover her slain."
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Interesting.
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"Soon, soon, we'll know.
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Nine Testimonies, 228,
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"Soon there will be
trouble all over the world."
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Did you get it?
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Soon there's
going to be trouble.
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How long? Where all...
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Isn't that what
seems like to you
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when every paper you see,
00:19:30.00\00:19:31.33
everybody in
every country is what?
00:19:31.37\00:19:33.13
There's something going on.
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This has to tell you something.
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And so all I'm
talking about this
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is not to elevate all
the trouble is going on.
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We have enough of that.
00:19:43.38\00:19:44.71
But I'm telling, as
we elevate the trouble,
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we need somebody
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that can take
care of that trouble.
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This is what this is about.
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"Soon there's gonna be
trouble all over the world."
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And the last sentence on that,
it simply says, notice this,
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"It becomes everyone to seek
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to know God and don't delay."
00:20:00.03\00:20:04.27
It's for our own good.
00:20:04.30\00:20:06.94
I'm not just speaking
about the world today,
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I'm speaking about the church.
00:20:08.64\00:20:10.61
I'm just talking about
those who should know better,
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we should all know better.
00:20:12.87\00:20:15.08
But one step out of time
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would seem like
we're going down, not up.
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We're to be marching.
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Our orders are to march
onward and forward and upward.
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Now we're marching
downward, a step at a time.
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Do you remember
the Jewish nation?
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God sent them warning
after warning after warning,
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and what did they do.
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They rejected
all of the warnings,
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they killed the prophets.
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Oh, my, murder...
00:20:38.27\00:20:39.60
Think about
refusing what God has said.
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Yeah, that part of
our message is come out
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and certainly to be separate.
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How about the time that we
know of the flood, Noah's world?
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Bible said Noah's
time in Genesis 6:5,
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"That their
minds were on," what?
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"Evil all the time."
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Continue, if this is not
in the newspaper for today,
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I'm not standing here.
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Men's mind are on
evil continually today.
00:21:07.23\00:21:10.30
You can hardly get
a civil conversation.
00:21:10.33\00:21:12.83
You can get a godly conversation
00:21:12.87\00:21:15.27
hardly any more out of anybody,
00:21:15.30\00:21:17.31
they want to talk
about something that's dirty.
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Some of you are
not gonna get it.
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It's true, it's true.
00:21:21.51\00:21:24.58
They don't want
to talk about God.
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They won't talk about
the mess of this world.
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This is our day,
this is in our day.
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See if this statement,
I'll read you statement.
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If this statement doesn't match,
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if it doesn't match,
00:21:36.22\00:21:37.56
what's going on
today among us right now,
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I'm gonna have a closing prayer
and sit down and be quiet.
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If this doesn't
match, I'm gonna do it.
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Somebody is
gonna have to tell me,
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and then you're going
to have to challenge me,
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and I like a good challenge.
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Are you ready for it?
00:21:54.91\00:21:56.24
That's how sure
I am that it fits.
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This is found in the
Manuscript 24 in 1891.
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Man, this was written in 1891.
00:22:05.15\00:22:07.36
And notice how it
fits like a pair of glove.
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Notice this.
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It says, "They
worshipped selfish indulgences,"
00:22:12.93\00:22:16.10
talking about the
people how they were.
00:22:16.13\00:22:19.03
"They worship
selfish indulgences
00:22:19.07\00:22:22.24
eating, and
drinking, and merry-making."
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Notice this one,
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"They resorted to acts
of violence and crime,"
00:22:28.41\00:22:32.75
check it, "if their
desires and passions
00:22:32.78\00:22:36.52
were interfered with."
00:22:36.55\00:22:38.62
What do you see happening today?
00:22:38.65\00:22:40.46
If they think that their desires
00:22:40.49\00:22:42.02
and their passions
00:22:42.06\00:22:43.39
and what they want to see
take place, what do they do?
00:22:43.43\00:22:46.39
They resort to
crime and violence.
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That's exactly what they do.
00:22:50.67\00:22:52.47
Notice, they resort to what?
00:22:52.50\00:22:53.84
Crime and violence,
00:22:53.87\00:22:55.37
if their desires and passions
weren't interfered with."
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Notice also in this,
00:22:59.61\00:23:01.04
the majority this time
was opposed to the truth.
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Do you say today
00:23:05.61\00:23:06.95
that the majority of the
world is opposed to truth?
00:23:06.98\00:23:10.82
Yeah, that shouldn't
be hard for us at all.
00:23:10.85\00:23:12.62
The majority of
the world is, what?
00:23:12.65\00:23:14.99
Is opposed to truth.
00:23:15.02\00:23:16.86
Majority of God's people
are opposed to the truth.
00:23:16.89\00:23:21.10
Because the
majority of the people
00:23:21.13\00:23:22.86
as the Sunday law is
passed, what's going to happen?
00:23:22.90\00:23:25.03
They leave the church.
00:23:25.07\00:23:27.14
I mean let's just put
it out the way that it is,
00:23:27.17\00:23:28.50
not the way it should be.
00:23:28.54\00:23:29.87
Why?
00:23:29.90\00:23:31.24
Because what we're
talking about here,
00:23:31.27\00:23:32.61
they do not have a
hand in the hand of God.
00:23:32.64\00:23:36.38
They're relying upon
everything else in the world.
00:23:36.41\00:23:41.95
At the end of that
article, it says here, notice,
00:23:41.98\00:23:44.32
"The land was
filled with violence," ooh,
00:23:44.35\00:23:47.69
"and war, and crime, and
murder was the order of the day.
00:23:47.72\00:23:54.16
Just so will it be
before Christ's second coming."
00:23:54.20\00:23:59.73
That's not hard
to understand, is it?
00:23:59.77\00:24:01.20
No.
00:24:01.24\00:24:02.57
Just before the
second coming of Jesus,
00:24:02.60\00:24:04.81
violence every day,
that's all you can hear.
00:24:04.84\00:24:06.71
You can't hear
good news in the media.
00:24:06.74\00:24:09.44
Violence, and crime, and murder
and not just single murder,
00:24:09.48\00:24:13.72
even that's horrible enough,
it's by the dozens anymore,
00:24:13.75\00:24:16.89
as many as you can get.
00:24:16.92\00:24:20.22
But notice the three things.
00:24:20.26\00:24:21.89
And, oh, Lord, have
mercy with the time.
00:24:21.92\00:24:25.59
Notice the three things
which seems almost harmless.
00:24:25.63\00:24:28.50
They were eating, and what?
00:24:28.53\00:24:30.50
Drinking, and making merry
00:24:30.53\00:24:36.57
like a lot of social things.
00:24:36.60\00:24:38.84
Are you still with me?
00:24:38.87\00:24:41.78
I jotted these down, Lord,
have mercy on me all the time.
00:24:41.81\00:24:45.68
I thought this
was just interesting.
00:24:45.71\00:24:47.42
And maybe it won't be
to you but it was to me
00:24:47.45\00:24:49.65
because of the
foolishness that's in the land,
00:24:49.68\00:24:52.29
because of all the
things that devil has rustle up
00:24:52.32\00:24:55.19
to keep us busy till
the probation passes by,
00:24:55.22\00:25:00.06
because we're eating, and
drinking, and foolishness.
00:25:00.10\00:25:02.30
Every time you turn around,
00:25:02.33\00:25:03.77
there's a holiday
or some kind of a day,
00:25:03.80\00:25:06.53
some kind of
something to be kept.
00:25:06.57\00:25:08.54
And I didn't even
go into the holidays
00:25:08.57\00:25:10.74
that we count as governmental
holiday, blah, blah, blah.
00:25:10.77\00:25:13.41
Left out a lot of
good things on there,
00:25:13.44\00:25:15.14
but I just
looked at some of that.
00:25:15.18\00:25:16.51
And maybe not all of
them is foolish to you,
00:25:16.54\00:25:18.15
but there's just
some foolish things here,
00:25:18.18\00:25:21.22
saying this means exactly
what it says it means here.
00:25:21.25\00:25:24.12
Notice this,
00:25:24.15\00:25:25.49
if you look at
some of the things
00:25:25.52\00:25:27.22
on the calendar
00:25:27.26\00:25:28.59
that's supposed
to occupy our mind
00:25:28.62\00:25:30.13
and our hearts right now,
00:25:30.16\00:25:31.89
when we're close to probation.
00:25:31.93\00:25:34.36
Think about in January,
00:25:34.40\00:25:35.73
just a couple of one
or two on each month.
00:25:35.76\00:25:37.13
Are you still with me?
00:25:37.17\00:25:40.24
In January, there's the thing...
00:25:40.27\00:25:42.67
If you're a bird lover,
you just forgive me anyway,
00:25:42.70\00:25:44.87
it says National Bird Day.
00:25:44.91\00:25:46.57
And there is another
day in January that says
00:25:50.65\00:25:53.08
it's Houseplant Day.
00:25:53.11\00:25:56.82
These are on their
calendar, Houseplant Day.
00:25:56.85\00:26:00.36
Well, it's nice to
have plants in your house,
00:26:00.39\00:26:03.49
but man, do we have to
have it as a day on there
00:26:03.53\00:26:05.09
where we're
supposed to take off work,
00:26:05.13\00:26:07.23
supposed to throw a party?
00:26:07.26\00:26:10.13
February, there's this
thing called Groundhog Day.
00:26:10.17\00:26:15.14
And then I
looked on the calendar,
00:26:15.17\00:26:16.50
my eyes got big,
00:26:16.54\00:26:17.87
and I had to go
through dictionary,
00:26:17.91\00:26:19.24
Brother Josh, I
didn't know what it meant.
00:26:19.27\00:26:20.94
I felt little bit foolish.
00:26:20.98\00:26:23.91
But you might feel foolish.
00:26:23.95\00:26:25.48
It says Hoodie-Hoo Day.
00:26:25.51\00:26:29.82
Some of you're not with me.
I just might as well close it.
00:26:29.85\00:26:32.05
Hoodie-Hoo Day.
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H-O-O-D-I-E
H-O-O, Hoodie-Hoo Day.
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I said, "What in the
world is Hoodie-Hoo Day?"
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And I thought I shouldn't
even get up and say it,
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because I'm not
sure what that means.
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So I looked it up
and it says it's simply,
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you know, it's just...
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These are people who go outside
in the month of February.
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They're sick and
tired of winter, right?
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And so toward
the end of February,
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they go outside about noon,
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and they raise their
hands up toward heaven and say,
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"Hoodie-Doo, Hoodie-Hoo."
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Hoodie-Hoo Day,
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that's what they chant
when they go out there,
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because they had
the winter blast.
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I'm just saying,
"What is this world?"
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Bible has talked about
this kind of foolishness.
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I'll go on. It's all right.
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March, you have this thing
and you call it what you want.
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And a lot of people
have good intentions.
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They have Earth Day.
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I'll leave Mitcham Palm
Sunday for John's account.
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April, they have this
Tatten Day or Tatting Day.
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I didn't' t know what that was.
What do you mean Tatting Day?
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What does that mean?
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That means Lace Day.
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They have a Lace Day,
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and it just talks about women,
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they get together,
and they take string,
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and they tie
knots and things in it.
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What is it?
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And then they have another day
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they want you to
recognize is Walk to Work Day.
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Some of us done that
for years, come on, now.
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In May, they have a day
they want you to take time,
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I guess, have a party,
they call it Star Wars Day.
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In June, this Juneteenth Day.
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I don't even know what it was,
I didn't even wanna look it up.
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In July, they have Bikini Day.
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They have Hot Dog
Day, they have Hammock Day.
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Well, they all sound well,
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you know, the Hammock
Day sound pretty good to me,
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like getting a hammock.
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But I'm saying, the
time that we live in,
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August
Watermelon Day, S'mores Day,
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Marshmallow Toasting Day,
these are on your calendar.
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You see what the day
that we're living in,
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this is foolishness.
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This is not talking
about all the other holidays.
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You see, that the
world will come to the point
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where it's having more
holidays than it is workdays.
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Are you still with me?
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This is what it's all about.
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Of course, they have
Grandparents Day in September.
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I know Peace Day.
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October, this is
a World Smile Day.
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So in October, you
have to smile every day
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even if you don't feel like it.
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Then you had this bad thing,
most people don't want to do.
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You got Boss's Day.
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Who wants to give
tribute to the boss!
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And then it's got a day on
that they put Sweetest Day.
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Sweetest day of what?
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Sweetest Day.
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I'm just not with it, I guess.
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November, they
have All Souls day.
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Care giving day,
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and a Great American
Smokeout, and Black Friday,
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this is all in November
not counting the other holidays
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that we keep in.
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December, Poinsettia Day.
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Well, Boxing
Day, and the last one.
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This might just
fit all of it together,
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National Fruitcake day.
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I'll leave it at that.
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Some of you're not
going to ever get it.
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See, it brings a
chuckle but this is things
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that people have
got serious about enough
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that it gets on a calendar.
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Are you still with me?
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They're supposed
to take special note
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of these kinds of things
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when we're right at
the end of earth's history.
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I can see the enemy
in all of this stuff.
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We need to get
rid of all that stuff
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and not pay it any mind.
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You remember when the Jews
were dispersed from Jerusalem,
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you know, they were
sent out among them.
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Among those who were sent out,
there were a lot of faithful,
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there were a lot of faithful.
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Praise God for that.
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Faithful who was sad,
00:30:39.10\00:30:41.80
faithful who were reprimanding
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those
backsliders of God's people.
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They tried to warn them,
but they wouldn't listen.
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And because
they wouldn't listen,
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the judgment came,
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and they know the Jews
Israel went into captivity.
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But notice this here,
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the innocent had to
suffer with the guilty.
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Did you get it?
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The innocent
suffered with the guilty
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as it rains on the
just and the unjust alike.
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So sometime if
you're in the group,
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and the group is
going the wrong direction,
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you might have to suffer.
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And if you know it's
going the wrong direction,
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we're challenged
by the Word of God
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to come apart and be separate
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and touch not the unclean thing,
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then you
wouldn't have to suffer.
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But because you
stay in that thing,
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the judgments fall.
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But God is good.
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God gives strength,
God gives courage for day,
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He gives hope
in time of trouble.
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Psalms 46, quickly verse 10,
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I like this and someone
even alluded to it today.
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You know, you
quoted this many times,
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Psalms 46:10 says,
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"Be still, and know," what?
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"Be still, and
know that I am God.
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I will be exalted
among the heathen," right?
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Oh, wow.
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"I will be
exalted in the earth."
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God is simply telling
us here in this verse,
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He's telling me, I don't
know if He's telling you or not.
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He's telling sometime,
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"Kenny, be hush,
be quite, be still
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and know that I'm God,
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be still so you
can hear my voice."
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If you're talking all the time,
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you don't hear the voice of God.
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You're trying to instruct God,
you're doing the wrong thing,
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let God instruct us.
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He says, "Be still,
hush, and listen, I am God."
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Many times we're talking
when we should be listening,
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we know that.
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We become too
busy with some things,
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too busy to listen.
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And sometimes when
we're too busy to listen,
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we're not prepared
when the divine call,
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listen, when the divine
calls our life into action.
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We're busy doing other things,
we miss the divine calling
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because we're too
busy doing other things,
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we might wanna do rather than
what God has asked us to do.
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Let me ask, what did Enoch do?
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Who was Enoch?
Was he a man of God?
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Was he translated
without seeing death?
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Notice what he did in this world
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that we're talking about today.
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Remember, it's not just,
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"Oh, we'll read
these promises right quick
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and this is what
God's going to do."
00:33:14.86\00:33:16.26
How wonderful they
are and we claim them.
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But we have to realize
00:33:18.53\00:33:19.86
what the enemy is
trying to do right here.
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We have to do our part too.
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We have to do our part
sometime in separation.
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Notice what Enoch did.
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We call him in the
Bible, we call righteous Enoch,
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you remember?
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He was distressed
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over the
increasing sinfulness of man
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when he walked this earth,
the wickedness, the ungodly.
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It came to the point
to where he just said,
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he would not daily associate
with those of the world.
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Did you get it?
00:33:52.93\00:33:54.26
Here was a man who...
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It must have been
what he was doing was right
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because he was translated.
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So in order to be translated
to be where God wants us to be,
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there was days on end
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that he would not
associate with the world
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or anything in the world,
00:34:05.21\00:34:06.54
because he was afraid
00:34:06.57\00:34:07.91
that he would lose
his reverence for God.
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See, have we lost
our reverence for God?
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We've lost it for the
pastors most of the time,
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we've lost it for the elders,
we've lost it for the deacons.
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All of a sudden, we had
a church school over here,
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the older people can
call me what they want,
00:34:21.22\00:34:23.59
but if a young person
comes and calls me Kenny,
00:34:23.63\00:34:25.59
they're not gonna
get an answer from me.
00:34:25.63\00:34:27.76
They have to learn,
they have to be taught,
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when they call you a deacon,
00:34:30.40\00:34:31.73
elder, or
somebody in the church,
00:34:31.77\00:34:33.10
they can say Brother
Kenny or Pastor Kenny.
00:34:33.13\00:34:35.44
I will answer.
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Somebody's not gonna get that.
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See, we've lost it
00:34:41.78\00:34:43.11
because we're not
teaching our young people.
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These are men and women
00:34:46.35\00:34:47.68
that God has in the
church for a reason.
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The God is either
leading them or He's not.
00:34:50.99\00:34:52.52
And if God's leading,
they deserve the respect.
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If God's leading, I
used to follow them.
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"Be still and
know that I am God."
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Don't get too busy.
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Maybe we should be a
little more like Enoch
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that we're willing
to do whatever it takes.
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Desire of Ages, 363, says
this, "We must individually..."
00:35:13.84\00:35:18.95
See a lot of time we like
to lump ourselves together,
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say, "Boys, as a
church, we're all going to go."
00:35:20.82\00:35:22.85
Wouldn't that be nice
if every one of us here
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jump on that cloud
together in that, right?
00:35:26.09\00:35:28.79
But notice, "We must
individually hear Him
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speaking to our heart."
00:35:31.23\00:35:33.40
Here it comes, if you
want help in time of trouble,
00:35:33.43\00:35:36.00
you need some encouragement,
you need some strength,
00:35:36.03\00:35:38.27
you're going through a
miserable time here on earth.
00:35:38.30\00:35:42.10
And you need
something to change.
00:35:42.14\00:35:44.64
"When every
other voice is hushed,
00:35:44.67\00:35:47.68
in quietness we wait before Him,
00:35:47.71\00:35:50.85
the silence of the soul
00:35:50.88\00:35:52.31
makes more
distinct the voice of God.
00:35:52.35\00:35:56.18
Here alone can the
true rest be found.
00:35:56.22\00:35:59.39
This is the
effectual preparation for all
00:35:59.42\00:36:03.16
who labor for God."
00:36:03.19\00:36:05.26
I think that's beautiful.
00:36:05.29\00:36:06.90
We must hear the
voice of God speak. "
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As long as you
hear the voice of God,
00:36:08.93\00:36:10.33
you hear the voice as it were
through whatever it might be.
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I don't hear it, how come?"
00:36:13.30\00:36:14.64
Maybe we're
doing the wrong thing,
00:36:14.67\00:36:16.00
maybe we're too busy,
00:36:16.04\00:36:17.37
maybe we're
making too much noise.
00:36:17.41\00:36:19.47
It's when it's quiet.
00:36:19.51\00:36:21.84
It's when you're in
that steady time with God,
00:36:21.88\00:36:24.48
when you're in that
prayer time with God,
00:36:24.51\00:36:26.35
when you and Him alone,
when it is just quiet time
00:36:26.38\00:36:29.32
is time you can
hear Him speaking to you.
00:36:29.35\00:36:33.62
When you go out on that
walk by yourself and it's quiet,
00:36:33.66\00:36:37.76
your heart begins to
meditate, you begin to think,
00:36:37.79\00:36:39.66
God begins to speak,
00:36:39.69\00:36:41.03
He begins to impress
you with certain things.
00:36:41.06\00:36:43.70
Be careful,
they're not just things
00:36:43.73\00:36:45.07
that we might
want or maybe things
00:36:45.10\00:36:46.97
that we think
we should be doing.
00:36:47.00\00:36:48.84
But God will
make it clear to us.
00:36:48.87\00:36:51.54
Is there hope today?
00:36:51.57\00:36:54.28
It sounds like
there's a preparation.
00:36:54.31\00:36:55.94
It sounds like he's
going to be with you.
00:36:55.98\00:36:57.55
In that time of trouble,
00:36:57.58\00:36:58.91
He said, "I'm going
to stand up for you."
00:36:58.95\00:37:01.42
Beautiful book that I
like, the Great Controversy,
00:37:01.45\00:37:03.45
page 622 tells us this.
00:37:03.49\00:37:05.55
It says, "The time of
trouble, such as never was,
00:37:05.59\00:37:08.29
is soon to open upon
us, and we shall need,"
00:37:08.32\00:37:11.76
notice this, "we
shall need," what?
00:37:11.79\00:37:13.50
"We shall need an experience
which we do not now possess
00:37:13.53\00:37:18.60
and which many
are too indolent."
00:37:18.63\00:37:20.87
Or many are too
lazy, many are too idle,
00:37:20.90\00:37:24.24
many are trying to
avoid doing something.
00:37:24.27\00:37:26.57
Did you get that? "To obtain."
00:37:26.61\00:37:29.74
And then it goes on, it
says, "It is often this case
00:37:29.78\00:37:32.81
that trouble is
greater in," what?
00:37:32.85\00:37:34.72
"In
anticipation than in reality,
00:37:34.75\00:37:37.59
this is not true of
the crisis before us.
00:37:37.62\00:37:41.59
The most vivid," the most what?
00:37:41.62\00:37:44.29
"Vivid
presentation," notice this,
00:37:44.33\00:37:46.39
"cannot reach the
magnitude of the ordeal."
00:37:46.43\00:37:49.70
If you sound like,
if I sound urgent today,
00:37:49.73\00:37:51.90
this is why, did you get this?
00:37:51.93\00:37:54.67
You can't even think how bad,
00:37:54.70\00:37:56.07
you can't even
muster it up in your mind
00:37:56.10\00:37:57.64
how bad it's going to
get before Jesus comes.
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"It is the time of trial,
00:38:01.81\00:38:03.41
every soul must stand
for himself before God."
00:38:03.45\00:38:07.38
You're not gonna stand as
a duo, or trio, or quartet,
00:38:07.42\00:38:10.85
or as a church family.
00:38:10.89\00:38:12.22
Did you get it?
00:38:12.25\00:38:13.59
You're going to have
to stand by yourself.
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How is it that you can stand
by yourself before God today?
00:38:15.19\00:38:19.39
Can you stand as it
were with Jesus beside you
00:38:19.43\00:38:22.00
and stand for God?
00:38:22.03\00:38:24.07
The test will come on everyone
00:38:24.10\00:38:26.33
like there's no one
else on this planet.
00:38:26.37\00:38:28.57
That's how close
scrutiny there's going to be.
00:38:28.60\00:38:30.91
And there would be, you see,
if somehow it could be reversed
00:38:30.94\00:38:34.44
and it sure enough cannot be.
00:38:34.48\00:38:35.98
But before someone
else makes it into heaven,
00:38:36.01\00:38:37.85
God's gonna make sure
they're gonna be all right.
00:38:37.88\00:38:41.52
He's gonna make sure.
00:38:41.55\00:38:43.79
Ezekiel 14:20, the Bible said...
00:38:43.82\00:38:47.39
Smart people
say, "Well, you know,
00:38:47.42\00:38:48.76
I'm going to the church,
00:38:48.79\00:38:50.13
I think the
church will help save me,
00:38:50.16\00:38:51.49
the preacher is going to
help save me, everybody..."
00:38:51.53\00:38:53.36
Salvation is
between you and God.
00:38:53.40\00:38:55.30
It's that simple.
00:38:55.33\00:38:56.73
It says, "Though
Noah, and Daniel,
00:38:56.77\00:38:58.13
and Job were in the land,
00:38:58.17\00:39:00.07
as I live, saith the Lord
God, they shall deliver," what?
00:39:00.10\00:39:03.54
"Neither son nor daughter,
00:39:03.57\00:39:05.97
they shall but
deliver their own souls
00:39:06.01\00:39:08.38
by their righteousness."
00:39:08.41\00:39:10.98
No one else can
help you, Brother Levi.
00:39:11.01\00:39:13.08
There's nobody can help you.
00:39:13.11\00:39:14.45
Nobody can help me, as it
were, only Jesus, only Jesus.
00:39:14.48\00:39:17.99
We have to rely upon Jesus.
00:39:18.02\00:39:19.35
There's good news.
00:39:19.39\00:39:20.72
You remember Jacob
in the Word of God?
00:39:20.76\00:39:23.29
He prevailed
because he was persevering.
00:39:23.32\00:39:26.73
Jacob did what?
00:39:26.76\00:39:28.46
He prevailed against God
because he was persevering
00:39:28.50\00:39:31.93
and because he was determined.
00:39:31.97\00:39:33.70
Two things a Christian needs,
we need to be persevering,
00:39:33.74\00:39:37.07
and we need to be, what?
00:39:37.11\00:39:38.44
Determined by the grace of God,
00:39:38.47\00:39:40.51
determined that
His promises are sure,
00:39:40.54\00:39:42.64
stay in there when this is like
00:39:42.68\00:39:44.25
maybe I shouldn't stay in there.
00:39:44.28\00:39:45.81
Stay in there whenever
things are going against you.
00:39:45.85\00:39:47.78
Stay in there when the
family's turning against you.
00:39:47.82\00:39:50.25
Stay in there when you
don't have the finances to do
00:39:50.29\00:39:52.22
what you think you
need to have to do with.
00:39:52.25\00:39:53.86
Are you still with me?
00:39:53.89\00:39:55.52
Stay in there, be persevering,
00:39:55.56\00:39:58.26
lay hold of God's promises.
00:39:58.29\00:40:01.06
This is exactly what Jacob did.
00:40:01.10\00:40:03.40
Whenever things seem bleak,
00:40:03.43\00:40:04.77
he laid hold of
the promises of God.
00:40:04.80\00:40:07.90
And know what? He was
earnest and persevering.
00:40:07.94\00:40:11.01
If we are as earnest
and persevering as Jacob,
00:40:11.04\00:40:14.01
we will succeed
the way he succeeded.
00:40:14.04\00:40:16.61
See, that's beautiful.
00:40:16.64\00:40:17.98
You say, "Well,
that was Jacob of old."
00:40:18.01\00:40:19.35
No, that's you.
00:40:19.38\00:40:20.95
That's me.
00:40:20.98\00:40:23.59
If we persevere and we
have that determination
00:40:23.62\00:40:26.22
based on the promises of God,
we shall prevail as Jacob did.
00:40:26.25\00:40:31.03
He prevailed
with God and with man.
00:40:31.06\00:40:33.29
Man, this is what
it's all about today.
00:40:33.33\00:40:34.96
I need that experience.
00:40:35.00\00:40:36.33
God, help me to
have that kind...
00:40:36.36\00:40:38.57
Man, listen to
this powerful statement
00:40:38.60\00:40:40.44
and promise of God,
00:40:40.47\00:40:41.97
one of the familiar ones
00:40:42.00\00:40:43.34
that people read all
the time, but you know what?
00:40:43.37\00:40:44.74
It's still good.
00:40:44.77\00:40:46.37
Every time I read
it, I want to get richer.
00:40:46.41\00:40:48.78
Every time I read it,
00:40:48.81\00:40:50.15
I want to have
more power in my life
00:40:50.18\00:40:51.71
because it means so much.
00:40:51.75\00:40:53.08
Jeremiah 29:11 to
13, listen to this.
00:40:53.11\00:40:57.99
What?
00:40:58.02\00:40:59.99
Do we think God loves us?
00:41:00.02\00:41:01.36
Sometime we
question that, but notice,
00:41:01.39\00:41:03.29
"For I know the thoughts
that I think toward you."
00:41:03.32\00:41:05.69
God's saying today,
00:41:05.73\00:41:07.06
"I know what I
think towards you."
00:41:07.10\00:41:09.70
Isn't that wonderful to
know that His thoughts are good
00:41:09.73\00:41:11.70
when it comes to you?
00:41:11.73\00:41:13.07
Regardless of what
you're doing or where you're at,
00:41:13.10\00:41:14.84
His thoughts are
good towards you.
00:41:14.87\00:41:17.54
He wants to do good for you,
00:41:17.57\00:41:19.37
"Saith the Lord,
thoughts of peace."
00:41:19.41\00:41:21.31
This is what the Bible said.
00:41:21.34\00:41:22.98
God's got thoughts
of peace for us today.
00:41:23.01\00:41:26.68
"And not of evil, to
give you an expected end."
00:41:26.72\00:41:31.42
And that seems to turn around
00:41:31.45\00:41:32.79
to simply say an
end of expectations.
00:41:32.82\00:41:36.56
God wants to give us
an end of expectations.
00:41:36.59\00:41:38.49
We're expecting something great,
00:41:38.53\00:41:40.13
something good because God said,
00:41:40.16\00:41:41.90
"I'm thinking good
towards you, Kenny.
00:41:41.93\00:41:43.80
You may not be a
very good boy right now,
00:41:43.83\00:41:45.47
but I'm thinking
good towards you.
00:41:45.50\00:41:46.84
I'm not gonna think evil to you.
00:41:46.87\00:41:48.20
I want to help you.
00:41:48.24\00:41:49.57
I'm gonna help you."
00:41:49.60\00:41:50.94
Verse 12 said, "Then
shall you call upon me,
00:41:50.97\00:41:53.17
and ye shall go and pray unto Me
00:41:53.21\00:41:55.18
and I will
hearken unto your voice."
00:41:55.21\00:41:57.15
Who are we, Sister Beverly,
00:41:57.18\00:41:59.95
who are we that God
should listen to us?
00:41:59.98\00:42:03.25
Who are we that we should
get the ear of God Almighty
00:42:03.28\00:42:06.65
to listen to our voice?
00:42:06.69\00:42:08.89
When really we're
none good, no, not one.
00:42:08.92\00:42:11.66
We should be
struck out of existence,
00:42:11.69\00:42:13.29
but because of the
grace and the mercy of God,
00:42:13.33\00:42:15.96
how wonderful that is,
00:42:16.00\00:42:17.37
when you call He
says Sister Mary,
00:42:17.40\00:42:19.07
"I'm going to hear
you, I'm going to answer, "
00:42:19.10\00:42:21.47
but you've got a call,
00:42:21.50\00:42:22.84
but you've got
those conditions to that,
00:42:22.87\00:42:24.44
you can't just call, and
lay back, and do nothing.
00:42:24.47\00:42:26.94
Verse 13 says, "And ye shall,"
notice it, "you shall seek me.
00:42:26.98\00:42:32.18
When you seek me and
then you shall," what?
00:42:32.21\00:42:34.62
"Find me, when ye search
for me with all your heart."
00:42:34.65\00:42:39.12
Half-hearted
Christians not going to make it,
00:42:39.15\00:42:41.49
three-quartered heart Christians
00:42:41.52\00:42:42.86
not going to make it.
00:42:42.89\00:42:44.23
The Bible said,
"When you search for Me
00:42:44.26\00:42:45.73
with all your heart,"
00:42:45.76\00:42:47.10
Man, what a test,
00:42:47.13\00:42:48.46
what an easy
question that would be.
00:42:48.50\00:42:49.83
It's God, are we
searching for You
00:42:49.86\00:42:51.50
with all of our heart.
00:42:51.53\00:42:54.44
Am I putting
everything out on the line?
00:42:54.47\00:42:57.54
Am I willing to give
up anything and everything
00:42:57.57\00:43:00.58
that might keep me
out of the kingdom?
00:43:00.61\00:43:02.94
See, we're not searching
for Him with all of our heart
00:43:02.98\00:43:05.31
if we're not willing to give
up everything that separates us.
00:43:05.35\00:43:09.72
Oh, Lord, have mercy on us.
00:43:09.75\00:43:12.35
Lord, help me to search with you
00:43:12.39\00:43:13.96
for with all of my heart.
00:43:13.99\00:43:17.29
There will be
some people who say,
00:43:17.33\00:43:18.66
"Well, how do I know that God...
00:43:18.69\00:43:20.26
How do I really
know that God loves me?"
00:43:20.30\00:43:22.30
Now the person who's
been studying for a while,
00:43:22.33\00:43:24.00
you wouldn't ask
that question surely.
00:43:24.03\00:43:25.53
But a lot of people do.
00:43:25.57\00:43:26.90
"I don't know that
God really loves me.
00:43:26.94\00:43:28.77
How could it really be
answered that He loves me?"
00:43:28.80\00:43:30.74
Oh, He gave His only Son
to die on Calvary for you,
00:43:30.77\00:43:35.04
if it had only been you.
00:43:35.08\00:43:36.78
This reveals the Father's love
that He has for each one of us.
00:43:36.81\00:43:40.62
He has a heart of
love for the human family,
00:43:40.65\00:43:42.98
isn't that beautiful?
00:43:43.02\00:43:44.72
Think about it, He has a nothing
00:43:44.75\00:43:46.09
but a heart of love for us,
00:43:46.12\00:43:48.12
even though we're wayward,
even though we're rebellious,
00:43:48.16\00:43:51.29
even though we're
out in a world in sin,
00:43:51.33\00:43:52.73
God has a love for us
that He wants to draw us in,
00:43:52.76\00:43:56.56
reveals the Father's heart.
00:43:56.60\00:43:59.37
I mean, what more could He give?
00:43:59.40\00:44:01.30
What more could He possibly do?
00:44:01.34\00:44:03.91
And I'll go out on a limb
00:44:03.94\00:44:05.27
and say there
was more that He did.
00:44:05.31\00:44:07.01
There's nothing more
than the life of Jesus Christ.
00:44:07.04\00:44:10.21
But I'm simply saying,
He didn't stop at that.
00:44:10.25\00:44:12.41
God want to make
sure, "Oh, here it is.
00:44:12.45\00:44:13.92
This is the life,
this is the blood,
00:44:13.95\00:44:15.28
accept this, He did more."
00:44:15.32\00:44:17.15
He spared nothing
for my redemption,
00:44:17.19\00:44:19.65
He spared nothing, He
emptied all of heaven.
00:44:19.69\00:44:22.49
Man, that's good news,
that's hope in time of trouble.
00:44:22.52\00:44:25.63
This, we can cling too.
00:44:25.66\00:44:28.26
He withheld no truth
00:44:28.30\00:44:30.10
that is
essential to my salvation.
00:44:30.13\00:44:32.50
He could have withheld it,
00:44:32.53\00:44:33.87
He could have
make it mysterious.
00:44:33.90\00:44:35.24
We read the Bible
mystery sometime, we go...
00:44:35.27\00:44:39.07
Without the Holy
Spirit, no, it is a mystery,
00:44:39.11\00:44:40.88
we can't understand it.
00:44:40.91\00:44:42.58
But God does not put anything
in His Word that He, what?
00:44:42.61\00:44:45.15
Will not encourage us
and enlighten us with that.
00:44:45.18\00:44:48.48
Isn't that wonderful to know?
00:44:48.52\00:44:50.82
He withheld no truth.
00:44:50.85\00:44:52.69
Gift after gift after
gift was bestowed upon me,
00:44:52.72\00:44:58.03
is bestowed upon each one of you
00:44:58.06\00:44:59.56
who are going through a mess.
00:44:59.59\00:45:00.93
"Nobody loves me,
God doesn't love me
00:45:00.96\00:45:03.30
because
everything's going haywire.
00:45:03.33\00:45:05.67
Everything's going against me,
00:45:05.70\00:45:07.04
everything I go to do
00:45:07.07\00:45:09.64
falls apart."
00:45:09.67\00:45:12.81
Every once in a
while, I'm tempted to say
00:45:12.84\00:45:14.18
it's all falling apart.
00:45:14.21\00:45:15.94
And God right
quickly reminds me,
00:45:15.98\00:45:17.31
"It's not falling apart.
00:45:17.35\00:45:18.68
You're the one
who's falling apart.
00:45:18.71\00:45:20.72
I never fall apart.
00:45:20.75\00:45:23.15
Come a little closer to me
00:45:23.18\00:45:24.52
and I'm gonna fix this for you."
00:45:24.55\00:45:26.19
That's what God's
asking of us to do.
00:45:26.22\00:45:29.29
All of heaven, it
was just simply to seek
00:45:29.32\00:45:31.33
and save that which
is lost, all of heaven.
00:45:31.36\00:45:35.26
Brother John, all of
heaven wants you there.
00:45:35.30\00:45:38.97
All of heaven is seeking
to save that which was lost.
00:45:39.00\00:45:42.20
That was me.
00:45:42.24\00:45:45.01
Can you think
about the billions,
00:45:45.04\00:45:46.68
and trillions, and quadrillions,
00:45:46.71\00:45:48.11
whatever it might be?
00:45:48.14\00:45:50.41
Everyone is worried
about your salvation
00:45:50.45\00:45:52.91
and wants you there.
00:45:52.95\00:45:54.28
Man, that's good news.
00:45:54.32\00:45:55.75
Think of the grace, and
the mercy, and the favor,
00:45:59.32\00:46:03.06
and the infinite
power that's promised to us,
00:46:03.09\00:46:06.49
the Holy Spirit
that will equip us,
00:46:06.53\00:46:10.47
give us power and
victory in our life.
00:46:10.50\00:46:12.83
And it's all given that we might
00:46:12.87\00:46:14.20
experience Christ more,
00:46:14.24\00:46:16.60
this is what we need
in the time of trouble.
00:46:16.64\00:46:20.74
And through all of this
grace, and favor, and mercy,
00:46:20.78\00:46:23.55
and Holy Spirit, and
love, and infinite power,
00:46:23.58\00:46:27.12
God simply coming to us to say,
00:46:27.15\00:46:29.02
"Kenny, can you now realize
that God so loved the world?"
00:46:29.05\00:46:34.02
God so loved the world.
00:46:34.06\00:46:36.69
Oh, if I ask today,
00:46:36.73\00:46:38.06
"What's your
attitude toward Christ?"
00:46:38.09\00:46:39.43
You might answer different
00:46:43.16\00:46:44.50
if He's by yourself in a closet.
00:46:44.53\00:46:46.77
But sometime if
we're asked that,
00:46:46.80\00:46:48.14
point blank,
00:46:48.17\00:46:49.50
"What is your
attitude toward Christ?"
00:46:49.54\00:46:50.87
We might give a
little different answer
00:46:50.91\00:46:52.24
than what
really is in our heart.
00:46:52.27\00:46:53.78
We don't wanna be humiliated,
we don't wanna be embarrassed
00:46:53.81\00:46:55.98
because we've been
00:46:56.01\00:46:57.71
supposedly walking
with God for years.
00:46:57.75\00:47:01.65
If you make that
decision for Christ,
00:47:01.68\00:47:03.65
I can promise you this,
00:47:03.69\00:47:05.35
if you make that
decision for Christ,
00:47:05.39\00:47:07.19
you haven't made
it but you make it
00:47:07.22\00:47:08.56
with Christ right now,
00:47:08.59\00:47:09.92
the day is going to
come that is gonna prove
00:47:09.96\00:47:12.06
which side you're standing on.
00:47:12.09\00:47:14.16
You have to make
that decision for Christ.
00:47:14.20\00:47:17.27
And it's over here,
you stand with Christ.
00:47:17.30\00:47:19.13
If you don't make that decision,
00:47:19.17\00:47:20.50
you stand by the
side of the enemy.
00:47:20.54\00:47:24.67
And remember, when that happens,
00:47:24.71\00:47:26.17
just say, "Well, you
know, God doesn't want me there.
00:47:26.21\00:47:28.48
And oh, I'll tell you, the
church family turned on me,
00:47:28.51\00:47:30.75
and everybody
did this right here."
00:47:30.78\00:47:34.48
Every person passes
judgment on themselves.
00:47:34.52\00:47:39.99
Let it soak in.
00:47:40.02\00:47:42.89
Every person
passes judgment on himself
00:47:42.92\00:47:46.66
when he's
confronted with Christ,
00:47:46.70\00:47:48.30
he has to make a decision
and it's one way or the other.
00:47:48.33\00:47:52.37
That's pretty heavy duty.
00:47:52.40\00:47:54.00
We pass sentence on ourselves.
00:47:54.04\00:47:55.50
I want the good sense, right?
00:47:55.54\00:47:57.41
Heaven.
00:47:57.44\00:47:59.07
Ooh, glory.
00:47:59.11\00:48:02.14
The day when all
hearts will be revealed.
00:48:02.18\00:48:05.88
Certainly Romans
8:28, we can't read it all.
00:48:05.91\00:48:08.52
We won't even be
able to get through it.
00:48:08.55\00:48:09.88
I wish we could because it talks
00:48:09.92\00:48:11.25
about pre-destination.
00:48:11.29\00:48:13.09
It talks about foreknowledge.
00:48:13.12\00:48:14.96
And I'll go as quickly as I can.
00:48:14.99\00:48:16.86
Romans 8 mark out 28 through 31.
00:48:16.89\00:48:21.90
I better read it
00:48:21.93\00:48:23.26
because some of us not
got it, it's gonna be brutal.
00:48:23.30\00:48:25.97
Okay, Romans 8,
this is what we really,
00:48:26.00\00:48:27.70
this is...
00:48:27.74\00:48:29.67
Many people are chosen to
travel on a slippery slope
00:48:29.70\00:48:35.31
when they read these verses,
00:48:35.34\00:48:37.65
and their theology is
all tangled up and mixed up.
00:48:37.68\00:48:41.05
Please don't let
it come to that point.
00:48:41.08\00:48:43.82
Romans 8:28 says,
00:48:43.85\00:48:45.45
"And we know all
things," do what?
00:48:45.49\00:48:46.92
We talk about it.
00:48:46.96\00:48:48.29
"All things work
together for," what?
00:48:48.32\00:48:50.36
"To good to them that," what?
00:48:50.39\00:48:52.73
"Everything is not
working good to me."
00:48:52.76\00:48:54.30
You do? Do you love God?
00:48:54.33\00:48:56.13
He said, if you
love me, they do.
00:48:56.16\00:48:57.50
That's what it says here,
00:48:57.53\00:48:59.13
regardless if it's
going well for you or not.
00:48:59.17\00:49:01.70
"To them who are called
according to his purpose.
00:49:01.74\00:49:04.07
For whom he did," what?
00:49:04.11\00:49:05.51
"Foreknow, he
also did predestinate
00:49:05.54\00:49:08.44
to conform to the," what?
00:49:08.48\00:49:10.61
"The image of his son,
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that he might be the
firstborn among many brethren.
00:49:12.28\00:49:14.95
Moreover whom he
did predestinate,
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them he also called,
00:49:17.25\00:49:18.79
whom He called
them He also," what?
00:49:18.82\00:49:20.99
"Justified, and
whom He justified,
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He also glorified."
00:49:23.02\00:49:24.36
Come on.
00:49:24.39\00:49:26.36
"What shall we say
then to these things?
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If God be for us,
who can be against us?"
00:49:28.13\00:49:31.43
That's beautiful, hope
in the time of trouble.
00:49:31.47\00:49:33.64
Notice this thing right here.
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Eight things if I
can get through them
00:49:35.24\00:49:36.57
in four minutes and some odd.
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Notice right.
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Eight things in this
passage of scripture here
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that we need to know.
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Number one, God works all things
00:49:42.08\00:49:43.65
for His
ultimate good, long term.
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Are you with me? Long term.
00:49:46.65\00:49:48.35
Number two, our love for God
00:49:48.38\00:49:50.82
is a response
to His love for us.
00:49:50.85\00:49:54.36
Love must come first from God
00:49:54.39\00:49:57.43
because God would, what?
00:49:57.46\00:50:00.73
He first loved
us, isn't that right?
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That's what the
Bible talks about.
00:50:02.13\00:50:03.87
The Holy Spirit helps us
to return that love to Him.
00:50:03.90\00:50:07.70
1 John 4:19 talks
about, "He first loved us."
00:50:07.74\00:50:11.81
Number three,
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God is always
working for our good."
00:50:13.81\00:50:15.48
Is that true?
00:50:15.51\00:50:16.85
Yes, it is, always
working for our good.
00:50:16.88\00:50:18.21
Number four,
God's eternal purpose.
00:50:18.25\00:50:20.58
Ephesians 3:11, get it down,
00:50:20.62\00:50:23.22
"Our God's eternal
purpose for me and for you,"
00:50:23.25\00:50:25.65
Ephesians 3:11, "is to
save sinners by grace."
00:50:25.69\00:50:29.19
Did you get it?
Save sinners by what?
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Grace. Yeah.
00:50:31.16\00:50:32.49
Read 2 Timothy 1:9,
that's what it says.
00:50:32.53\00:50:34.76
Five, God's purpose includes
00:50:34.80\00:50:37.20
all stages in the process
of salvation, all of them.
00:50:37.23\00:50:41.60
Number six, God knows
all things beforehand.
00:50:41.64\00:50:44.87
Hebrews 4:13,
00:50:44.91\00:50:47.24
example, He knew the
fall of Satan beforehand,
00:50:47.28\00:50:49.61
He knew about the
fall of man so on,
00:50:49.64\00:50:51.81
and provisions was made at
that point and before that,
00:50:51.85\00:50:54.72
to meet the condition of
this fallen world of man.
00:50:54.75\00:50:57.89
Think about it.
00:50:57.92\00:50:59.25
God knew beforehand, didn't He?
00:50:59.29\00:51:01.29
Before the
foundations of the world,
00:51:01.32\00:51:02.96
read Isaiah 46:10.
00:51:02.99\00:51:05.43
Number seven, events prophesied,
00:51:05.46\00:51:07.13
think about it.
00:51:07.16\00:51:08.50
Events prophesied or
foretold do not take place
00:51:08.53\00:51:12.50
because they are foreseen.
00:51:12.53\00:51:15.50
They are foreseen
because they will take place.
00:51:15.54\00:51:19.04
Oh, that's heavy duty.
00:51:19.07\00:51:20.41
Somebody is not going to get it.
00:51:20.44\00:51:22.21
Prophesied or foretold,
right, we're talking about,
00:51:22.24\00:51:24.81
do not take place
because they are foreseen.
00:51:24.85\00:51:28.28
People say "Well,
they're foreseen."
00:51:28.32\00:51:30.29
They are foreseen
because they will take place
00:51:30.32\00:51:33.59
because God says
they will take place.
00:51:33.62\00:51:36.12
Foreknowledge,
what does that mean?
00:51:36.16\00:51:37.83
It has no
influence on the outcome.
00:51:37.86\00:51:40.03
God has
foreknowledge in everything,
00:51:40.06\00:51:41.90
but that does not
affect the outcome.
00:51:41.93\00:51:44.80
Predestinate,
determine, mark off,
00:51:44.83\00:51:48.20
God foresaw every
man, woman, and child.
00:51:48.24\00:51:50.84
Notice this, and He
had a desire for, what?
00:51:50.87\00:51:53.74
For all people to be saved.
00:51:53.78\00:51:56.61
He had no other
purpose to save mankind
00:51:56.64\00:51:58.71
and repopulate heaven.
00:51:58.75\00:52:00.42
1 Timothy 2:4,
00:52:00.45\00:52:01.78
"God will have
all men to be," what?
00:52:01.82\00:52:04.12
Say, 1 Timothy
2:4, I'm moving fast.
00:52:04.15\00:52:06.22
Write it down, 1 Timothy 2:4,
00:52:06.25\00:52:10.06
"He wants all men to be saved,
00:52:10.09\00:52:11.43
and come to the
knowledge of the truth.
00:52:11.46\00:52:14.03
Not willing that
any should perish,"
00:52:14.06\00:52:16.10
2 Peter 3:9,
00:52:16.13\00:52:18.53
"Not willing that
any should perish,
00:52:18.57\00:52:19.90
but all should come to," what?
00:52:19.93\00:52:21.40
"Repentance."
00:52:21.44\00:52:23.14
So we must know
00:52:23.17\00:52:24.51
through this
passage of scripture
00:52:24.54\00:52:25.87
that we realize
beyond a shadow of doubt,
00:52:25.91\00:52:27.51
salvation is offered, what?
00:52:27.54\00:52:29.31
It's freely to all,
00:52:29.34\00:52:30.81
but not all
accept this free gift.
00:52:30.85\00:52:34.12
Matthew 24:14 says,
"Many are called, but," what?
00:52:34.15\00:52:37.12
"Few are chosen."
00:52:37.15\00:52:38.49
Nowhere, my,
brothers and sisters,
00:52:38.52\00:52:39.85
in Scripture does God
predestinate some to be saved
00:52:39.89\00:52:42.89
and others to be lost
00:52:42.92\00:52:44.26
regardless of their own choices.
00:52:44.29\00:52:47.56
Did you get it?
00:52:47.60\00:52:49.23
First is the call, if
obeyed you're justified.
00:52:49.26\00:52:52.03
Second, we talked
about sanctification
00:52:52.07\00:52:53.74
is living a life of Christ.
00:52:53.77\00:52:55.47
Third is what?
00:52:55.50\00:52:57.04
Glorification
formed in the image of God.
00:52:57.07\00:53:00.18
This is God's plan for
us, my brothers and sisters,
00:53:00.21\00:53:02.54
hope in time of trouble.
00:53:02.58\00:53:04.31
Bible said, it's
gonna wax worse and worse
00:53:04.35\00:53:06.11
until the coming of the Lord.
00:53:06.15\00:53:08.68
I will say today,
"Will the Lord forget you
00:53:08.72\00:53:11.19
in this time of trouble
that's coming upon the world?
00:53:11.22\00:53:14.36
Will God forget you?"
00:53:14.39\00:53:15.72
Did He forget Noah at
the time of the flood?
00:53:15.76\00:53:17.76
No.
00:53:17.79\00:53:19.13
Did He forget, if
you talk about Joseph
00:53:19.16\00:53:20.56
when he's in captivity? No.
00:53:20.60\00:53:22.06
Did He forget about Elijah
00:53:22.10\00:53:23.43
when he was attacked
by everything and anything
00:53:23.47\00:53:25.30
and in just killing Jezebel?
00:53:25.33\00:53:26.97
No, He didn't.
00:53:27.00\00:53:28.87
Did God forget
Jeremiah when he was in prison?
00:53:28.90\00:53:30.97
Absolutely not.
00:53:31.01\00:53:32.34
Did God forget the three Hebrews
00:53:32.37\00:53:33.71
when they were
in a fiery furnace?
00:53:33.74\00:53:35.08
Absolutely not.
00:53:35.11\00:53:36.81
Regardless of
your troubles today,
00:53:36.85\00:53:39.08
there's help for you.
00:53:39.11\00:53:40.52
God points us simply to Him.
00:53:40.55\00:53:43.18
He has the answers.
00:53:43.22\00:53:44.95
There is hope
in time of trouble.
00:53:44.99\00:53:48.52
The Bible is clear.
Let's pray, shall we?
00:53:48.56\00:53:52.53
Merciful Father, in heaven,
00:53:52.56\00:53:53.90
again we thank you
for Your precious Word.
00:53:53.93\00:53:55.80
We pray that Your
Holy Spirit will help
00:53:55.83\00:53:57.20
to illuminate these
truths that we may hear them,
00:53:57.23\00:53:58.80
we may accept them today
00:53:58.83\00:54:00.17
regardless of what
we're going through
00:54:00.20\00:54:01.54
and be ready for Your coming.
00:54:01.57\00:54:02.90
In Jesus' name we pray
and for His sake, amen.
00:54:02.94\00:54:06.74
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appreciate so very much
00:54:06.78\00:54:08.14
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00:54:08.18\00:54:09.64
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00:54:11.98\00:54:13.62
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00:54:13.65\00:54:15.45
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Hello and welcome back.
00:54:19.25\00:54:20.86
Although we are
encompassed roundabout
00:54:20.89\00:54:22.99
with troubles and trials,
00:54:23.02\00:54:24.96
God is faithful to not leave us
00:54:24.99\00:54:27.56
without a source
for His strength,
00:54:27.60\00:54:29.86
He speaks, He
leads, guides, comforts,
00:54:29.90\00:54:32.33
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00:54:32.37\00:54:35.24
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00:54:35.27\00:54:37.37
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