Hello and welcome to
Behold the Lamb presents.
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I am Chris Shelton, your host.
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I wanna thank
you for joining us.
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The message we will be
presenting today is entitled,
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"Catching the
Steady Trend of Events,
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The Last Scenes of
This World's History."
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Truly a person
only has to listen
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to the daily news to realize
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that we are
living in troublous times
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and what the major
news networks do not cover,
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many find literally
horrendous accounts of violence,
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disasters and nations
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that are on the
brink of collapse
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with first hand video
accounts that they post online.
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The Prophet Amos,
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in the Book of
Amos 3:7 shares with us
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somewhat comforting news
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about dramatic
scenes of worldly events
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that are being played out.
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It reads, "Surely the
Lord God will do nothing,
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but He revealeth His secret
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unto His servants the prophets."
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And why would our Heavenly
Father think it necessary
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to reveal prophetically
various signs and events
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to take place among
the nations in this world?
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Simply in one word, it's law.
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He doesn't like war
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between good and
evil any more than we do,
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and probably dislikes
it much more than we do.
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Just think about it,
friends, He sees, He witnesses,
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He hears everything,
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every cry, every
scream, every part of evil,
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and death, and destruction.
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His heart yearns to release
us from the pains of sin.
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He longingly tries to
turn our hearts to Him
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so that He may direct us safely
through this spiritual warfare
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that we find
ourselves a part of.
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Therefore,
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revealing His
secrets or foreknowledge
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through His prophets is His
way to warn His dear children.
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He hopes that we
will heed His warnings
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and prepare our
hearts and our lives
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in any way
possible to meet the events.
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The new laws and
the reprobate minds
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of those around us in this world
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as this world
draws its final breath
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in this controversy
between light and darkness,
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again, catching the
steady stream of events.
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The last scenes of
this world's history
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is our study for today.
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And in preparation to receive
God's light on this subject,
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let's visit 3ABN and listen
to a song that is entitled
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"God Who Spoke
in the Beginning,"
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and sung by Ashley Sabol.
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God who spoke in the beginning
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Forming rock and shaping spar
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Set all life
and growth in motion
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Earthly world
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And distant star
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He who calls the earth to order
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Is the ground of what
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We are
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God who spoke
thro' men and nations
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Thro' events long past and gone
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Showing still today His purpose
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Speaks supremely
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Through His Son
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He who calls the earth to order
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Gives His word
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And it is done
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God whose speech
becomes incarnate
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Christ is servant,
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Christ is Lord
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Calls us to a life of service
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Heart and will
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To action stirred
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He who uses man's obedience
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Has the first
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And final word
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He who calls
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The earth to order
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Is the ground of what
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We are
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Thanks for
joining us once again here
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at Behold the Lamb, we
appreciate so very much.
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I like that song
by Sister Ashley.
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It's a God who
spoke in the beginning.
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So I am sure that's a blessing
to you as well as to us.
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So praise God, we're
glad that you joined us.
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Thank you for your phone calls,
your letters, your support,
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Behold the Lamb ministry.
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What a blessing it
is to be able to study
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with each and every one of you
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and hear the response.
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So we praise God
that the Lord is leading,
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guiding, and directing
in your heart and your life.
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Today, we're gonna be studying,
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"Catching the
Steady Trend of Events."
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That's very, very important
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since we live in the
last hours of earth's history.
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So I know you
won't want to miss it.
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We got a lot of
material to cover
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and so but we always
go to the Lord in prayer.
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I'm gonna kneel and have prayer.
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If you could, you can,
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how about
kneeling with me and pray.
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Merciful Father in heaven,
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we thank You for
the privilege of prayer,
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we ask now for the
guidance of Thy Holy Spirit.
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Lord, we need Your Holy Spirit,
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we ask for the
power from on high
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that our minds and
hearts will be open,
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that we can see that
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which heaven has in store for us
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and ears that we open
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that we may hear and in the life
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to make a decision
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that we want to
follow those things
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that we know is truth.
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Thank you for
hearing and answering prayer
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for each one who
views, those who hear,
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grateful and
thankful for each one
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in Jesus' name, amen.
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And if you have your Bibles on,
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I wanna make sure
as you have them down,
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have pencil and paper
as we move by quickly.
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Lot of times, I
might say a text one time,
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try to do it twice.
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But because of our
time we move right along.
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So, you know, in
case you don't have time
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to look at all that
now, you can jot it down
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and do that when you get home.
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Catching, notice the
steady trend of events.
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I'm going to ask you
a question number one.
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Don't anybody raise your hand,
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I don't want anybody
exposing himself here
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raising your hand,
whether it be true or false,
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or maybe it's
happening in your life,
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or maybe it's not.
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But how many,
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remember we're not
going to raise our hand
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but how many have a
sense of the shortness of time
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that we're living in
today and the fearful events
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that are just before us?
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That's kind of a
long, think about it
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but how many of us
are really, really,
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we sense the shortness of time,
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we say Jesus is coming.
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We believe that Jesus is coming,
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but if we really
believe that He's coming,
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I think our life would change
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just a little
bit more, don't you?
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We're going to be working,
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we were talking
about a little bit
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before about 1844, the movement,
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they really believe
that Jesus was coming.
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And so they were about
their Father's business.
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If we're not about
our Father's business,
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we really don't
believe that Jesus is coming.
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But how many of us
really are sensitive to the time
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and these events
that's taking place
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in the world today?
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Review and Herald 11-8-1892,
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this was written but notice
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how it fits today.
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"The judgments are God
are falling on the world."
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Do we believe that?
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The judgments of God are what?
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They're falling on the world.
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Notice this, "That
man may be," now why?
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"That man may be awakened
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to the fact that
Christ will come speedily."
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So the judgments are falling.
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We're seeing it in
land, sea, air, you know,
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with fire and
tornadoes, earthquakes,
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everything you can think of
is happening, what's God doing?
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He's trying to get our attention
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and wake us up.
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Just like my dad used
to say to me some time,
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"Better wake up boy,
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you don't wanna wake
while you feel something,
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that wake you up pretty quick."
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And so we're living in
the hour that God said,
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"I'm sending
some warning messages
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so that you can know
that Jesus is coming."
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I like the passage, Isaiah 58:1,
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you've read it so
many times, but it says,
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"Cry aloud," and do what?
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"And spare not, lift up
your voice like a trumpet,
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and then show my people," what?
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"Their transgression,
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and the house of
Jacob their sins."
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Notice the call that God
puts on His last day people.
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Again, there's
things that are happening
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that we should be aware of.
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And I want us to be
aware today of this,
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that none of us
need to be caught,
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you know, caught is
that we are surprised.
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Oh, I didn't know
that was going to happen.
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None of us in this
Seventh-day Adventist movement
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specifically need to say,
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"Oh, I'm surprised,
I didn't know that."
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But you know, we find out
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there's a lot of
things we don't know
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because we're not
studying, we're not praying,
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and we have to realize
the time of Christ has come.
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That's why he
says, we need to cry loud
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and spare not.
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That means we
need to show something,
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get that, my people
their transgression.
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What is our work?
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Our work is simply
to wake up the people,
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wake each of us up.
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I need to be awake
sometime and more than I am.
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But we need to wake up
because we are seemed to say,
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we've heard this what?
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All of our life,
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it hasn't happened
in all these years,
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I've been a Christian,
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so maybe it's going
to be a long time off.
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We're closer now than
we've ever, ever been.
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Our job is to wake up.
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That's why it says
cry loud and spare not.
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Why should I wake up?
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Think about, why
should I be awake?
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Why?
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The Book of
Revelation 12:9 tells me why.
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The Bible said
Revelation 12:9 says,
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"He who is Satan
was cast out into the,"
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somebody say
earth, "earth," thank you.
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I'll do it, "and his
angels were cast out with him."
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Now, again, why
should we wake up?
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Why should we be
blowing a trumpet?
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Why should we be sounding alarm?
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Why are we saying
wake up, wake up, wake up,
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because what?
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The devil was cast to this.
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And his angels
were cast out with him.
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They're here to do a dirty job
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and they're here
to do a dirty job
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on you and on me
if we allow them to.
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And did you say,
oh, and what else?
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Well, Revelation
12:12, it goes on and it says,
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"For the devil is come," what?
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"Down unto you and
he's has great wrath,"
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he's angry isn't he?
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"Because he knows he
has but a short time."
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He knows he's doomed.
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He knows he's going down
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and he wants to take
as many down with him
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as he possibly can.
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This is why we need
Jesus, we need to know.
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Now you say,
well, shortness of time,
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I heard about shortness of time.
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In comparison to the
time that he has live
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which we don't know before sin,
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before he fell.
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And the 6000
years as it were here,
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he's got just but
that's the short time,
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isn't it compared to
what all he's been before.
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Are you there? It's a
short time, notice that.
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And what is he doing
during this short time?
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The Bible says in 1 Peter 5:8,
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it says he's seeking, right?
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Whom he,
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he can who he will,
he's going to devour.
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He's going to eat up.
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He's cast out here.
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He's gonna work to make sure
that heaven's not your home.
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He's gonna work in the
weak areas of your life,
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whatever it might be,
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he's gonna make sure
that you are standing,
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being busy doing
things, whatever they might be,
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even if they're
good within themselves,
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rather than get ready
because probation is closing.
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We should understand
that more than anyone
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on the face of this planet
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every day of our life,
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every time you
read the newspaper,
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every time you
turn the radio on,
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or TV and you just
look at the news...
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Is it okay to say that?
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Somebody better watch me today.
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I'm just telling you
because it's so obvious
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what's taking place
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and how the setup right now
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we can see is right before us.
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And in the oven he
is getting ready to pull
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the little rug
out from under us.
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But you know what?
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Even though he's
going to do that,
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I like the Bible promise.
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They're found in
the Book of James 4:7.
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And it says this why?
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You know, we'd
have nothing to fear,
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we understand that.
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Not the guy that has his
hand in the hand of Jesus,
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but there are some fearful times
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that are waiting
the people of God,
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and I can just guarantee
you that maybe I'm not ready,
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maybe you're not ready.
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There's some that are
watching they're not ready.
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You're not gonna be
able to go through it,
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you're gonna
turn your back on God,
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you're gonna end up hating
Him rather than the enemy.
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So we need to know these issues.
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This promise is simply
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all I need to do James 4:7 says,
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is Submit myself to whom?
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"Submit yourselves to God."
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And you do what?
Somebody say resist.
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"You resist the devil,
and then he will flee."
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Our problem,
we're not resisting,
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we're sending an invitation.
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We're inviting him
in, we're sending a card
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through the mail
saying come to my party.
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You know what I'm talking about.
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Resisting means,
we need to resist
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unto death if necessary
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rather than
commit a knowing sin.
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That's pretty heavy duty.
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We can't do that without God.
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James 4:8 says for
us, "Draw nigh to," what?
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"Draw nigh to God and
He will draw nigh to you."
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Satan cannot defile a
person who draws nigh to God.
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Isn't that good?
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Satan can't what?
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Yeah, he can't abide by,
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he can't do, he can't buy by.
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He can't be in your
life, in your heart,
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if you're close to Jesus Christ.
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I say this by studying
of God's Word that right now
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never was there greater
need of faithful warnings
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and reproofs than right now.
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This is the hour,
this is why we need to,
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we call wake up,
sound that trumpet alarm.
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This is the last
hours of earth's history.
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There's no doubt about it.
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This is not just sounding alarm,
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you have nothing to back it up.
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We have all those
Scripture to back it up.
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Jesus warning
one after the other.
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We must heed these warnings
that are given in Scripture.
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We have to bear a responsibility
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not only to God,
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but what?
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To each other.
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We have
responsibility to each other,
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to our neighbors
and to our friend,
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you think you have truth,
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you have the obligation
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to share that
truth with somebody,
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not keep it inside.
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We have a world to warn,
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to get ready before Jesus comes.
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You remember
what Jesus said there
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in the Book of Acts Chapter 5?
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He's talked about a tree.
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God asked us to lay what?
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The axe to where?
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To the root of the tree.
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You remember axe?
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You think about
this axe that he had.
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What is that the symbol of?
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Axe is a symbol of judgment.
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Are you still there?
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Axe, the axe you take
to the root of the tree,
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is a symbol of
judgment and trees,
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most of, almost every
time in the Old Testament,
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there's some, you
know issues differently
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in the Old Testament
trees refer to people.
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So God's saying we need to
get to the root of these things
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that separating us from Him.
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Read that in Jeremiah 17.
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You can read it about the
trees in the Old Testament
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as a symbol there of people.
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Jesus even used it
when He referred to whom?
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To Israel, his
people there in Luke 13:6-9.
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Read those when you
have the opportunity.
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It says, show My people.
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God is asking,
and He's requiring us
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to show His people.
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How many of us
are showing somebody?
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Well, it's sometime
distasteful job but notice,
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show them where,
what does it say there?
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We need to show people
where they're making a mistake.
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We need to do it by
calling sin by what?
00:16:39.93\00:16:42.36
By its right name, notice that.
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Now, if there was ever a
time in the history of Adventism
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that we need the
straight testimony,
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I believe it's now.
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I feel the urgency of it.
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I'm sure you feel
the urgency of it.
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There's something that
just rattles on the inside.
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There's something
that just set you on fire
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about when you begin to
see the signs of the times
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and the straight testimony.
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Testimony must be given
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and the straight
testimony must be received.
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Wrongs must be called what?
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Wrongs and notice,
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grievous sins must be
called by the right name.
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Man, that's pretty heavy duty.
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You read that if you
have the testimony series
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in Three Testimonies 3:24.
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Now, any anything less
than what God can approve of,
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in our relationship with
Him is nothing more than a sham.
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If God can't
approve of your life,
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as you call
yourself a Christian,
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you call it a sham.
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And you know, sham is
just a short for shame.
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It's a shame.
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If we call our-self a Christian
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and we're not
living the Christian life.
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It's an insult to God.
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And so this why
God is saying here,
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blow the trumpet.
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Let's get it right
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because sham here in
the original language
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says it's fraudulent.
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Your relationship
may be fraudulent.
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It may be counterfeit.
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Maybe it's not real,
that's what it means.
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It means you say pretend.
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We don't need to be
pretending today, do we?
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This is not the time for that.
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People ask the
question many times,
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"When is Jesus coming?"
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We've heard it said for
years, when is Jesus coming?
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Well, Bible said, "No man
knows the day or the hour,"
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we understand that.
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But the disciples
asked that question to Jesus
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in Matthew 24, didn't they?
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Verse 3, they just simply said,
00:18:22.53\00:18:23.97
we're not gonna
go all into that,
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but just said they want to know
00:18:25.70\00:18:27.07
when these things are going
to be in the end of the world.
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I wonder if
anybody's asking that today.
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Is there anybody?
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Oh, boy, anybody
that cares enough
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to be praying and ask God,
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what's some of the
signs of Your coming?
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When are these
things going to be?
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Are we really praying
about that or we just thinking,
00:18:43.45\00:18:45.39
well, God's
gonna take care of us?
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What did Jesus do?
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Immediately He
outlined the prominent events
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that take place
before the end of the world.
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Now, here's the thing with that.
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The disciples didn't understand
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all that He had to
say about the subject,
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did they at that point in time?
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But the meaning would
unfold as time passed on,
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as the people needed it.
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See, there's things
that we hear some time
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that we don't
quite all comprehend,
00:19:08.61\00:19:10.05
but we want to,
but it's not there.
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But as time rolls on,
00:19:12.11\00:19:13.55
all of a sudden, God just what?
00:19:13.58\00:19:14.92
He unrolls the
scroll, so that we can see,
00:19:14.95\00:19:17.72
hear,
understand when we need it.
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God is there but you know what?
00:19:20.12\00:19:21.52
You have to hear it first
and you have to take it in.
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To prepare a people to
stand in the day of God.
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A great reform
needs to take place,
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we know that.
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Great
Controversy, I love the book,
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page 311 says,
00:19:33.57\00:19:35.64
"God saw that many
of His professed people
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were not building for eternity,
00:19:38.17\00:19:41.24
and in mercy He
was about to" notice
00:19:41.28\00:19:43.75
"send a message of
warning to arouse them
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from their stupor," notice this,
00:19:46.95\00:19:49.12
"and lead them to make
ready for the coming of Jesus."
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God looks at His people
who profess to be His people
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for today.
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His last day remnant church
00:19:56.66\00:19:57.99
and He says right
here through His servant,
00:19:58.03\00:19:59.96
He says, wake them
up out of their stupor,
00:20:00.00\00:20:03.93
my, my, a stupor and
lead them to make ready,
00:20:03.97\00:20:07.00
get them ready for
the coming of the Lord.
00:20:07.04\00:20:09.40
And you know what follow that?
00:20:09.44\00:20:10.81
You know what
follow that warning?
00:20:10.84\00:20:12.27
The giving of the three angels'
message of Revelation 14.
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That was the message
to wake the people up
00:20:16.01\00:20:19.15
and still yet
today we've gone to sleep
00:20:19.18\00:20:21.28
because we've heard it before.
00:20:21.32\00:20:23.28
God has a
message for His people,
00:20:23.32\00:20:25.25
whether they will hear it
00:20:25.29\00:20:26.62
or whether they
will not hear it.
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Did we get that?
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Now what are we supposed to do?
00:20:30.16\00:20:31.56
Most of us
realized when you tell,
00:20:31.59\00:20:32.93
want to tell somebody the truth,
00:20:32.96\00:20:34.30
they don't want to hear it.
00:20:34.33\00:20:35.66
They're not listening anyway.
00:20:35.70\00:20:37.50
That's a shame.
00:20:37.53\00:20:39.33
That is a crime
but you don't give up
00:20:39.37\00:20:41.00
because God said well,
00:20:41.04\00:20:42.37
they're not gonna listen anyway.
00:20:42.40\00:20:43.74
You tell them anyway,
00:20:43.77\00:20:45.11
you get the
opportunity to tell them.
00:20:45.14\00:20:46.47
Let me tell you from
Scripture, why I say that.
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Ezekiel 2:7 says this,
00:20:49.34\00:20:54.62
"And they that shall
speak my words unto them,
00:20:54.65\00:20:57.52
whether they will hear or
whether they will forbear,
00:20:57.55\00:21:01.92
for they are most rebellious."
00:21:01.96\00:21:04.73
So the obedient will hear
and follow but the rebellious,
00:21:04.76\00:21:07.70
they're not going to like it.
00:21:07.73\00:21:09.06
Jesus said,
00:21:09.10\00:21:10.63
whether they want to hear
00:21:10.67\00:21:12.00
or whether they
don't want to hear,
00:21:12.03\00:21:13.70
your job is to tell.
00:21:13.74\00:21:15.20
Now you can't make somebody,
00:21:15.24\00:21:16.57
we understand that,
but our job is to give it
00:21:16.60\00:21:18.91
and then what?
00:21:18.94\00:21:20.28
Other jobs are
people to receive it,
00:21:20.31\00:21:21.64
we're certainly all
to receive that message.
00:21:21.68\00:21:24.15
We need to be ready.
00:21:24.18\00:21:25.51
Matthew 24:44 says,
00:21:25.55\00:21:27.75
"Be you ready
for in such," what?
00:21:27.78\00:21:30.45
Matthew 24:44,
00:21:30.49\00:21:32.29
"Be you ready
for in such an hour
00:21:32.32\00:21:34.06
as you think," what?
00:21:34.09\00:21:35.42
"As you think not
the Son of Man cometh."
00:21:35.46\00:21:38.76
You see that may
be where we're at
00:21:38.79\00:21:40.13
because we're so wrapped up
00:21:40.16\00:21:41.60
and we're so
dull, we're so lukewarm.
00:21:41.63\00:21:44.40
We're so like,
00:21:44.43\00:21:45.77
we're not attentive to the
fact that probation is closing.
00:21:45.80\00:21:48.50
We're not attentive to the fact
00:21:48.54\00:21:49.87
that the Sunday law is
just around the corner.
00:21:49.90\00:21:51.54
We're not attentive
to the fact that you know
00:21:51.57\00:21:53.78
Jesus wants us to be ready
00:21:53.81\00:21:55.38
because there's gonna be
things happening in this world
00:21:55.41\00:21:58.08
and you will not be rapture away
00:21:58.11\00:22:00.32
like many Christians say,
because that's not biblical.
00:22:00.35\00:22:03.35
I don't have time
to go into all that.
00:22:03.39\00:22:04.72
But I don't mind
telling you it was what?
00:22:04.75\00:22:06.19
If you get aggravated,
let me bless your heart,
00:22:06.22\00:22:07.72
don't want you do it.
00:22:07.76\00:22:09.09
But you know what?
00:22:09.12\00:22:10.46
I'm gonna stir you inside
00:22:10.49\00:22:11.83
where you're
getting the Word of God
00:22:11.86\00:22:13.19
and see what God's Word says.
00:22:13.23\00:22:14.56
Just put it right
out there, you got it,
00:22:14.60\00:22:15.93
oh, we will be
when that time comes,
00:22:15.96\00:22:17.30
surprise,
surprise, what if you are.
00:22:17.33\00:22:19.40
You will have not
prepared and you won't make it.
00:22:19.43\00:22:22.80
I hope you see that point.
00:22:22.84\00:22:24.84
Be ready is what it says.
00:22:24.87\00:22:26.68
The conditions of the world,
the conditions of society,
00:22:26.71\00:22:30.15
the condition of the big,
00:22:30.18\00:22:32.35
we talk about city life,
00:22:32.38\00:22:34.12
things that are going on there,
things going on in the nations,
00:22:34.15\00:22:37.05
things that are
going on in the government.
00:22:37.09\00:22:39.15
We need to watch out,
something's going to happen.
00:22:39.19\00:22:41.89
It tells me
that the end is near.
00:22:41.92\00:22:44.63
It tells me
something's going to happen.
00:22:44.66\00:22:46.66
Notice it, we should never
be and we shouldn't be surprised
00:22:46.70\00:22:49.73
at the events taking
place even right now.
00:22:49.76\00:22:52.13
Why?
00:22:52.17\00:22:53.50
God says, number
one, you cry aloud
00:22:53.54\00:22:54.90
since you see these things.
00:22:54.94\00:22:56.77
But I wonder today
if anyone will hear.
00:22:56.81\00:22:59.87
Think about it.
00:22:59.91\00:23:01.24
Will anyone hear?
00:23:01.28\00:23:02.61
Most of time when the preachers
are up there preaching,
00:23:02.64\00:23:03.98
the Bible said,
00:23:04.01\00:23:05.35
fill all the
foolishness to preaching.
00:23:05.38\00:23:06.72
Why?
00:23:06.75\00:23:08.08
Most time because people
are not paying attention anyway,
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you know.
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And today it's not
personal about that.
00:23:11.35\00:23:12.69
But if you're not
really paying attention to it,
00:23:12.72\00:23:14.12
it's a warning that
Christ is giving you
00:23:14.16\00:23:15.99
if it's from the Word of God.
00:23:16.02\00:23:17.53
It's Jesus speaking to you.
00:23:17.56\00:23:19.36
It's Him that
sounding the trumpet.
00:23:19.39\00:23:21.16
It's Him saying to wake up.
00:23:21.20\00:23:23.50
I don't know your personal
life when you wake up or not.
00:23:23.53\00:23:25.50
People take it personal,
they get all excited about it.
00:23:25.53\00:23:27.50
But this is the Word of God
says that we need to be ready,
00:23:27.54\00:23:30.54
we cry aloud and we spare not.
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Some people just will not listen
00:23:32.54\00:23:34.61
because they get into a position
00:23:34.64\00:23:36.34
just like Israel.
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Do you remember Israel,
00:23:37.75\00:23:39.08
when they were going after Baal?
00:23:39.11\00:23:40.45
You remember that?
00:23:40.48\00:23:41.82
And Ashtaroth,
you remember that?
00:23:41.85\00:23:43.55
When they did that,
00:23:43.59\00:23:44.92
they cut their
connection with God.
00:23:44.95\00:23:46.96
When they decided
to have other gods,
00:23:46.99\00:23:48.32
they cut that
connection, but what happen?
00:23:48.36\00:23:51.13
God still loved them.
00:23:51.16\00:23:52.49
They were going in
the wrong direction.
00:23:52.53\00:23:53.86
God reached out through what?
00:23:53.90\00:23:55.23
Through prophets.
00:23:55.26\00:23:56.60
God reached out what I want
to just think about today are,
00:23:56.63\00:23:59.77
to may I say the
true and the faithful
00:23:59.80\00:24:01.54
that are still
left in this church.
00:24:01.57\00:24:03.41
There may be very few,
but just let me say that
00:24:03.44\00:24:05.57
if you don't mind,
it'd be a good challenge.
00:24:05.61\00:24:07.41
I challenge myself with it.
00:24:07.44\00:24:08.98
The faithful,
the true and faithful
00:24:09.01\00:24:10.45
called out against
00:24:10.48\00:24:12.01
what was going on
in the days of Israel.
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You know what?
They didn't listen.
00:24:14.52\00:24:16.45
They continued on
just like no one had said.
00:24:16.48\00:24:18.65
So the majority will continue on
00:24:18.69\00:24:21.02
and somebody will go, oh,
well, that was a good sermon.
00:24:21.06\00:24:22.72
Well, that was a good writer.
00:24:22.76\00:24:24.09
It's are the words,
are we hearing the words,
00:24:24.13\00:24:26.53
are we taking them in?
00:24:26.56\00:24:28.16
Is it possible?
00:24:28.20\00:24:29.63
Is it just possible,
let me ask this question.
00:24:29.66\00:24:31.60
Is it just possible
00:24:31.63\00:24:33.44
that maybe we've
turned in another direction,
00:24:33.47\00:24:38.41
as in the days of Amos.
00:24:38.44\00:24:40.28
We have a
direction that we're going
00:24:40.31\00:24:41.64
but is it possible that
enemy has been steering us
00:24:41.68\00:24:44.51
as a people off of course,
00:24:44.55\00:24:47.12
and he stares at us
such a little bit at a time
00:24:47.15\00:24:48.85
that we don't
know we're off course.
00:24:48.88\00:24:50.65
There's nothing more
deadly in the Christian world is
00:24:50.69\00:24:53.56
if somebody's off course
and lost and don't know it.
00:24:53.59\00:24:56.22
Lukewarm and doesn't know,
00:24:56.26\00:24:57.73
it is dangerous
for any one of us.
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For instance, Amos 5:10,12.
00:25:00.60\00:25:07.10
I'll just get part
of here but notice him,
00:25:07.14\00:25:08.87
the time came, he said,
00:25:08.90\00:25:10.61
"Him that rebuketh in the gate,"
00:25:10.64\00:25:12.97
declared Amos,
00:25:13.01\00:25:14.58
"they hate,
00:25:14.61\00:25:16.04
they abhor him
that speaketh uprightly.
00:25:16.08\00:25:19.35
They afflict the
just, they take a bribe,
00:25:19.38\00:25:22.72
and they turn aside
the poor in the gates,
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which is their right."
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You see what happens?
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People don't necessarily like
someone that tells the truth.
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People don't
necessarily like the ones
00:25:31.59\00:25:32.93
who are preaching truth today.
00:25:32.96\00:25:35.00
Because most are
turned against what is truth
00:25:35.03\00:25:37.37
because it demands a
change in their life,
00:25:37.40\00:25:39.80
they're not willing to change?
00:25:39.83\00:25:41.97
Here's where
they got into trouble.
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Here's where
Israel got into trouble.
00:25:43.74\00:25:45.27
Here's what Amos
was writing about.
00:25:45.31\00:25:46.98
This is where we
get into trouble today,
00:25:47.01\00:25:49.14
my brothers and sisters,
00:25:49.18\00:25:50.81
those individuals as well as us,
00:25:50.85\00:25:53.38
regardless of
what you professor,
00:25:53.42\00:25:54.95
where your name
might be written on
00:25:54.98\00:25:56.32
whatever is it written on.
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Lamb's Book of Life
is of most importance,
00:25:58.35\00:26:00.06
we will know the other books
don't mean anything, my, my.
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Think about it, it's real call.
00:26:03.02\00:26:05.33
But get it, we're
the Lamb's Book of Life.
00:26:05.36\00:26:07.83
The Lamb's Book of Life.
00:26:07.86\00:26:10.63
This is where
God wants our names.
00:26:10.67\00:26:14.27
They've messed their self up
00:26:14.30\00:26:16.00
because they forgot their Maker.
00:26:16.04\00:26:18.37
They forgot their Creator,
they forgot their Redeemer.
00:26:18.41\00:26:22.08
In fact, the Hosea
writes about that in Hosea 9:9,
00:26:22.11\00:26:27.98
talking about Israel,
00:26:28.02\00:26:29.65
is was it said, three words,
00:26:29.68\00:26:31.35
"They deeply corrupted."
00:26:31.39\00:26:33.92
Maybe it's four
words themselves.
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Deeply corrupted themselves.
00:26:36.89\00:26:40.33
Interesting.
00:26:40.36\00:26:42.20
Last Day Events, page 24.
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You may have that book
00:26:43.87\00:26:45.20
and you're
reading Last Day Events.
00:26:45.23\00:26:46.63
Notice this, in the last
scenes of earth's history,
00:26:46.67\00:26:49.70
notice this, war will rage.
00:26:49.74\00:26:53.14
Are the wars going on now?
00:26:53.17\00:26:54.98
Absolutely, all over,
something going on what?
00:26:55.01\00:26:57.01
Twelve, fifteen years now,
whatever, long periods of time,
00:26:57.05\00:27:00.32
It's just going
death after death
00:27:00.35\00:27:01.72
and trillions of
dollars being spent,
00:27:01.75\00:27:03.59
we realize it despite,
the inspiration says this,
00:27:03.62\00:27:06.39
"In the last
scenes of earth's history,
00:27:06.42\00:27:09.12
war will rage,
00:27:09.16\00:27:10.59
there will be pestilence,
there will be plagues,
00:27:10.63\00:27:13.86
there will be famines,
00:27:13.90\00:27:15.93
that waters of
the deep," listen,
00:27:15.96\00:27:17.77
"waters of the
deep will overflow
00:27:17.80\00:27:19.87
their boundaries,"
00:27:19.90\00:27:21.24
notice this, "property and life
00:27:21.27\00:27:23.20
will be destroyed
by fire and flood."
00:27:23.24\00:27:26.11
If every one of
those are not here today,
00:27:26.14\00:27:28.14
rapid falling on the heels, one
00:27:28.18\00:27:30.15
after the other,
I'm not standing here.
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Remember, these are things
00:27:33.65\00:27:34.98
that we have to be
aware of the events
00:27:35.02\00:27:36.58
that are unfolding that tell
us that Jesus is soon to come,
00:27:36.62\00:27:39.52
that we need to make
a decision wake us up.
00:27:39.55\00:27:42.59
Or you might stay in
this world that we live in,
00:27:42.62\00:27:44.49
no such thing, no
such thing as famine.
00:27:44.53\00:27:47.53
I think it was
the New York Post.
00:27:47.56\00:27:51.33
Not too long ago
had a big article
00:27:51.37\00:27:53.00
and they simply said on there,
00:27:53.03\00:27:54.37
20 million people
at risk of starvation.
00:27:54.40\00:27:59.91
Famine and you know what?
00:27:59.94\00:28:01.84
Basically most of the famine,
not only just natural that,
00:28:01.88\00:28:04.28
you know, natural disaster
00:28:04.31\00:28:05.65
because there's
no rain or whatever,
00:28:05.68\00:28:07.12
but the majority of
the famines going on here
00:28:07.15\00:28:09.85
is because of war in their land.
00:28:09.88\00:28:13.29
Unrest, killing each
other, did you get it?
00:28:13.32\00:28:17.26
God wants to bless,
00:28:17.29\00:28:18.63
but there's things
here we need to look at.
00:28:18.66\00:28:20.83
Property and
life will be destroyed
00:28:20.86\00:28:22.86
by fire and flood
if we've ever seen it.
00:28:22.90\00:28:25.43
It's just today.
00:28:25.47\00:28:27.27
Some of us have
been around long time,
00:28:27.30\00:28:28.70
we understand
that, how about you?
00:28:28.74\00:28:32.31
But the good news we
need not be caught off guard.
00:28:32.34\00:28:35.71
You see, if
we're studying the Word
00:28:35.74\00:28:37.11
and we're staying in the Word,
00:28:37.15\00:28:38.48
and I want you to
be excited about it.
00:28:38.51\00:28:41.22
Nobody's beating
somebody over the head,
00:28:41.25\00:28:42.88
not somebody's
making anybody feel bad.
00:28:42.92\00:28:44.42
This is not, we're just
looking at the Word of God
00:28:44.45\00:28:46.86
and just simply
say, does it apply to me
00:28:46.89\00:28:48.62
or does it not?
00:28:48.66\00:28:50.43
You know, when I read the
Word of God automatically,
00:28:50.46\00:28:52.06
I know it applies to me.
00:28:52.09\00:28:53.93
I don't know about you,
but that'd be a good idea.
00:28:53.96\00:28:56.33
I think, you know,
that applies to me,
00:28:56.36\00:28:58.23
regardless of how
we think we might be,
00:28:58.27\00:29:00.07
it still applies to us.
00:29:00.10\00:29:02.60
We need not be caught off guard.
00:29:02.64\00:29:04.01
Reading in a little book called
Seven Testimonies, page 14.
00:29:04.04\00:29:07.28
Listen carefully
to these words 7, 14.
00:29:07.31\00:29:10.35
"Those who place
themselves under God's control
00:29:10.38\00:29:14.52
to be led and guided by him,"
00:29:14.55\00:29:17.15
notice this sermon title,
00:29:17.19\00:29:19.12
"will catch this
steady trend of the events
00:29:19.15\00:29:22.92
ordained by Him to take place."
00:29:22.96\00:29:25.63
Those who, now,
who's going to be,
00:29:25.66\00:29:28.16
you know, who's going to catch
the steady stream of events
00:29:28.20\00:29:31.33
that are happening,
that tell us Jesus is coming?
00:29:31.37\00:29:34.87
Those under the control...
00:29:34.90\00:29:36.37
This not hard,
00:29:36.40\00:29:37.77
under the control of what?
00:29:37.81\00:29:39.41
Those under the control of God,
00:29:39.44\00:29:42.24
those that are being led by
God will understand the time
00:29:42.28\00:29:45.91
that we're
living in and the events
00:29:45.95\00:29:47.88
that are taking place
00:29:47.92\00:29:49.25
that tells us
that Jesus is coming.
00:29:49.28\00:29:51.09
We don't have to guess.
00:29:51.12\00:29:54.16
So if we don't know,
00:29:54.19\00:29:55.52
if we're not sure,
we've not been around it,
00:29:55.56\00:29:56.89
maybe we haven't studied,
00:29:56.93\00:29:58.26
maybe we haven't
had the opportunity,
00:29:58.29\00:29:59.63
but there's many of
us that have many, many,
00:29:59.66\00:30:01.06
many years of opportunities
to learn what truth is
00:30:01.10\00:30:03.83
and what we need to be doing.
00:30:03.87\00:30:05.20
But notice, we can understand
the steady trend of events
00:30:05.23\00:30:09.27
ordained by God so that
we're not caught off guard.
00:30:09.30\00:30:13.41
Amos 3:7 says "Surely
the Lord God will," what?
00:30:13.44\00:30:17.71
"Surely Lord God will do nothing
00:30:17.75\00:30:19.18
but he," does what?
00:30:19.21\00:30:20.92
Yeah, "Revealeth his
secret unto His servants,
00:30:20.95\00:30:24.35
the prophets.
00:30:24.39\00:30:25.72
So God's not
trying to sneak up on you.
00:30:25.75\00:30:27.66
He's wanting to what?
00:30:27.69\00:30:29.02
Make sure that you're
awake and ready to meet Him
00:30:29.06\00:30:31.93
when He comes.
00:30:31.96\00:30:33.29
Great Controversy quickly, 609
00:30:33.33\00:30:35.66
says this, 610,
you can read both,
00:30:35.70\00:30:37.40
they're beautiful pages.
00:30:37.43\00:30:39.93
It says, "The Lord
gives special truths
00:30:39.97\00:30:42.34
for the people in an emergency."
00:30:42.37\00:30:44.44
Anyone believe
that we're in emergency?
00:30:44.47\00:30:46.14
I don't want to take a
lot of time and get away
00:30:46.17\00:30:47.58
because there's so much
material but think about it.
00:30:47.61\00:30:49.98
I believe I really do.
00:30:50.01\00:30:51.51
I believe we're in emergency.
00:30:51.55\00:30:53.78
I really feel like there's
more that needs to be done.
00:30:53.82\00:30:56.99
And I know it's
not of works thing,
00:30:57.02\00:30:58.39
oh, you can work
yourself into heaven.
00:30:58.42\00:30:59.75
No, you can't do it by works.
00:30:59.79\00:31:01.56
There's no way, but
you're saved by grace
00:31:01.59\00:31:03.46
through faith.
00:31:03.49\00:31:05.29
But I feel an urgency,
00:31:05.33\00:31:06.66
I want you to feel
that urgency inside
00:31:06.70\00:31:08.76
that what you have to do,
you need to do it quickly,
00:31:08.80\00:31:11.53
because our time is almost gone,
00:31:11.57\00:31:14.47
and the Lord gives a special
message in times of what?
00:31:14.50\00:31:17.31
Of emergency.
00:31:17.34\00:31:18.74
Who dare not to preach it,
00:31:18.77\00:31:20.48
who dare not to publish it
00:31:20.51\00:31:22.14
when God has
given us this message?
00:31:22.18\00:31:24.38
He commands us to present
this last invitation of mercy
00:31:24.41\00:31:29.52
to the world and
certainly this last message
00:31:29.55\00:31:31.72
is a three angels' message,
00:31:31.75\00:31:33.09
first, second,
third angel's message.
00:31:33.12\00:31:35.02
We don't talk
about a lot of things
00:31:35.06\00:31:36.39
that we need to be talking about
00:31:36.42\00:31:37.76
because we're
afraid they're going to be
00:31:37.79\00:31:39.13
offensive to people.
00:31:39.16\00:31:40.50
We are here because we
are seventh day keepers,
00:31:40.53\00:31:42.06
Seventh-day Adventists,
00:31:42.10\00:31:43.43
we believe right in
the coming of Jesus Christ.
00:31:43.47\00:31:45.40
We believe in
keeping the seventh day holy,
00:31:45.43\00:31:47.90
because that's
what the Bible says.
00:31:47.94\00:31:50.41
This is very, very important.
00:31:50.44\00:31:52.81
We cannot remain silent
00:31:52.84\00:31:54.78
at this hour
that we're living in.
00:31:54.81\00:31:57.85
We cannot remain silent.
00:31:57.88\00:32:01.88
If we do, it's going to
be at the peril of souls
00:32:01.92\00:32:04.72
that will be lost
00:32:04.75\00:32:06.09
because we did
not raise our voice.
00:32:06.12\00:32:07.79
We did not cry
aloud and spare not.
00:32:07.82\00:32:10.23
We are Christ's
ambassadors, are we're not?
00:32:10.26\00:32:12.26
We're supposed to be.
00:32:12.29\00:32:15.50
There's gonna be consequences
00:32:15.53\00:32:17.57
if we don't do what
God's asked us to do.
00:32:17.60\00:32:20.27
But remember, just do
what God asked you to do
00:32:20.30\00:32:23.27
and leave the results up to Him.
00:32:23.30\00:32:26.11
You can't convince anybody.
00:32:26.14\00:32:27.48
I can't convince anybody.
00:32:27.51\00:32:28.98
I don't try to convince him,
00:32:29.01\00:32:30.35
I said, I'll try to convince him
00:32:30.38\00:32:31.71
by the Word of God,
00:32:31.75\00:32:33.08
but the Holy
Spirit of the Living God
00:32:33.11\00:32:34.45
convinces you and me
00:32:34.48\00:32:35.82
of what we need to be doing.
00:32:35.85\00:32:37.19
And we know what truth is.
00:32:37.22\00:32:38.55
Here we are.
00:32:38.59\00:32:39.92
Here we are today.
00:32:39.95\00:32:41.82
Prophecy being
fulfilled all around us
00:32:41.86\00:32:44.03
before our very eyes.
00:32:44.06\00:32:45.79
And so I invite
you today I say, look,
00:32:45.83\00:32:47.96
just like I do in studying...
00:32:48.00\00:32:50.33
Look at your life.
00:32:50.37\00:32:52.33
God have mercy.
00:32:52.37\00:32:53.70
Let it, Lord, help
us to look at our lives.
00:32:53.74\00:32:57.24
If we believe that today
that prophecy is fulfilled
00:32:57.27\00:32:59.81
before our very eyes
00:32:59.84\00:33:01.18
and if we really
believe with all of our heart
00:33:01.21\00:33:03.24
that the last movements
and moment things that happen,
00:33:03.28\00:33:05.45
events will be rapid.
00:33:05.48\00:33:07.25
They're going to
take place so fast
00:33:07.28\00:33:08.62
we won't know what hit us.
00:33:08.65\00:33:11.75
Now Botha said,
not here in this church
00:33:11.79\00:33:13.32
by the grace of God.
00:33:13.36\00:33:16.29
Steve Harwell but some time
00:33:16.32\00:33:17.66
people do a bunch of
cooties, doom and gloom.
00:33:17.69\00:33:19.69
You may be glad
one of these days
00:33:19.73\00:33:21.30
at least somebody
kept trying to wake,
00:33:21.33\00:33:23.60
somebody is like
filling myself as we go along.
00:33:23.63\00:33:27.30
Think about where we live.
00:33:27.34\00:33:28.67
Look at your own life today.
00:33:28.70\00:33:31.61
Look how we're living.
00:33:31.64\00:33:33.01
Are we living
like Jesus is coming?
00:33:33.04\00:33:36.41
We're either
lifting up the standards,
00:33:36.44\00:33:37.88
or we're lowering the standards?
00:33:37.91\00:33:39.71
There's no middle ground.
00:33:39.75\00:33:41.08
Well, I'm not lifting now.
00:33:41.12\00:33:42.45
Yes, you are. Yes, you are.
00:33:42.48\00:33:45.49
We either lift them up
or we're tearing them down.
00:33:45.52\00:33:48.59
We tear him down a lot of time
because we want to be liberal.
00:33:48.62\00:33:51.96
We want to look
at things and say,
00:33:51.99\00:33:53.33
Well, I don't
think God really minds.
00:33:53.36\00:33:54.90
God tells you
exactly what He approves us
00:33:54.93\00:33:56.56
and what He doesn't in His Word.
00:33:56.60\00:33:58.87
So we need not try
to water it down or say,
00:33:58.90\00:34:00.84
well, it doesn't matter
or what's wrong with that?
00:34:00.87\00:34:03.51
Well, what's good with it?
00:34:03.54\00:34:04.97
If it doesn't lead
you to Jesus Christ,
00:34:05.01\00:34:06.44
what good really is it?
00:34:06.47\00:34:07.81
This is what a
mindset God help us,
00:34:07.84\00:34:10.68
we either are raising
it or we're lowering it,
00:34:10.71\00:34:12.51
look at our country.
00:34:12.55\00:34:13.88
For heaven's sakes,
look at our country.
00:34:13.92\00:34:16.22
Look at and I'm not up
here preaching vote for this guy
00:34:16.25\00:34:19.15
and that guy, look
at your government.
00:34:19.19\00:34:21.42
Look what's taking place,
00:34:21.46\00:34:22.89
the things I've never
seen ever happen in my lifetime
00:34:22.92\00:34:26.49
is not even close to it.
00:34:26.53\00:34:28.50
It's so outlandish today.
00:34:28.53\00:34:31.77
Then why, so that
God wants our attention,
00:34:31.80\00:34:35.27
something should
get your attention.
00:34:35.30\00:34:36.71
This is getting my attention,
00:34:36.74\00:34:38.91
things that are
happening because why?
00:34:38.94\00:34:40.51
Because it concerns
us and God's people,
00:34:40.54\00:34:42.78
the Christians
around the world today.
00:34:42.81\00:34:46.05
Just look,
00:34:46.08\00:34:47.42
restrictions are being passed
00:34:47.45\00:34:48.95
almost every day
that we are alive,
00:34:48.98\00:34:51.59
taking away our
religious freedoms.
00:34:51.62\00:34:54.42
So we need to understand what?
00:34:54.46\00:34:55.82
Understand the events,
00:34:55.86\00:34:57.63
you know, the trend of
events is taking place.
00:34:57.66\00:35:00.16
Do we realize the trends
that have been taking place
00:35:00.20\00:35:02.10
for a long time is take
away your freedom of speech?
00:35:02.13\00:35:05.53
You think it's
not taken away today?
00:35:05.57\00:35:07.70
Your freedom of
religion, you think it's not,
00:35:07.74\00:35:09.90
you'll see when
the time is needed.
00:35:09.94\00:35:11.27
The laws are already there.
00:35:11.31\00:35:13.54
You're not able to say,
you think it's not taken away.
00:35:13.58\00:35:15.18
Well, you can't pass out
00:35:15.21\00:35:16.54
certain books in certain
places of the world today,
00:35:16.58\00:35:18.55
because it talks
about the Catholic Church,
00:35:18.58\00:35:19.98
as you well know.
00:35:20.02\00:35:21.78
And so that's abuse,
00:35:21.82\00:35:24.62
that's hurting somebody.
00:35:24.65\00:35:27.79
Same thing
happened in the Word of God
00:35:27.82\00:35:29.29
when disciples
and Jesus began to do.
00:35:29.32\00:35:31.09
Jesus preached the
truth you remember?
00:35:31.13\00:35:32.99
You remember Jesus?
00:35:33.03\00:35:34.36
Yes, it's a bit exciting
today, we remember Jesus,
00:35:34.40\00:35:36.77
He preached the truth
00:35:36.80\00:35:38.13
and they nailed Him
to the cross for it.
00:35:38.17\00:35:41.10
You're either lifting it up
or you're tearing them down.
00:35:41.14\00:35:44.64
The time has come
00:35:44.67\00:35:46.01
and we understand
that our freedom...
00:35:46.04\00:35:47.48
Is anybody here understand that?
00:35:47.51\00:35:49.11
Our religious
freedom is gone but gone.
00:35:49.14\00:35:54.08
Freedom of speech is gone.
00:35:54.12\00:35:55.45
You can't say
00:35:55.48\00:35:56.82
and I don't
believe you should just say
00:35:56.85\00:35:58.19
what you want?
What you have in mind?
00:35:58.22\00:35:59.55
Some people say I
don't want to hear it.
00:35:59.59\00:36:00.92
But I think they have a right
00:36:00.96\00:36:02.86
to live in this
country to be able to speak
00:36:02.89\00:36:05.16
what they want to speak
00:36:05.19\00:36:06.53
even if I don't agree with them,
00:36:06.56\00:36:07.90
they should have that right.
00:36:07.93\00:36:09.96
God gave us that right.
00:36:10.00\00:36:12.17
This is why He
raised this country up here
00:36:12.20\00:36:13.74
for religious freedom
to do the right thing.
00:36:13.77\00:36:17.21
They've been taken away,
00:36:17.24\00:36:18.57
you remember when the
apostles in Acts Chapter 5,
00:36:18.61\00:36:21.71
you remember
what the council did,
00:36:21.74\00:36:24.21
the religious leaders?
00:36:24.25\00:36:25.58
They told the
apostles, you guys keep quiet
00:36:25.61\00:36:27.35
and don't you be preaching
the name of Jesus anymore.
00:36:27.38\00:36:29.68
You realize we're
living in that hour?
00:36:29.72\00:36:31.75
One of these days soon,
00:36:31.79\00:36:33.12
you're not gonna
be able to preach
00:36:33.15\00:36:34.49
in the name of Jesus.
00:36:34.52\00:36:35.86
We think that's outlandish?
00:36:35.89\00:36:37.23
Man, we need to read our Bibles.
00:36:37.26\00:36:40.76
Yeah. Oh, yeah.
00:36:40.80\00:36:42.13
All the things
going on with people
00:36:42.16\00:36:43.50
who don't know
what gender they are,
00:36:43.53\00:36:45.37
there're things going on,
laws that have been passed,
00:36:45.40\00:36:47.64
unmerciful.
00:36:47.67\00:36:50.34
The Bible condemns it.
00:36:50.37\00:36:51.71
If Bible condemns
it, and God condemns it,
00:36:51.74\00:36:53.78
we must condemn it.
00:36:53.81\00:36:55.84
Does that make sense to us?
00:36:55.88\00:36:57.25
It makes sense. Hello,
that makes sense to me.
00:36:57.28\00:36:59.55
If God condemns
it, we must condemn it
00:36:59.58\00:37:03.05
rather than looking at
people that we love and say,
00:37:03.08\00:37:04.92
oh, well, we love
them, we don't want,
00:37:04.95\00:37:06.96
we love them but you
don't care for that action,
00:37:06.99\00:37:09.19
you don't care
for that lifestyle
00:37:09.22\00:37:10.56
because God says is not good.
00:37:10.59\00:37:12.96
What did the apostles do?
00:37:12.99\00:37:14.63
They were put in jail,
you guys you scoundrels,
00:37:14.66\00:37:16.83
you can't be
preaching in the name of Jesus.
00:37:16.87\00:37:19.53
And I love, as soon
as they let them loose,
00:37:19.57\00:37:20.90
they went right back
at around the corner,
00:37:20.94\00:37:22.57
they didn't hide in the room,
00:37:22.60\00:37:24.14
they didn't try to be
like some people right here
00:37:24.17\00:37:26.47
and then they want to
tell me how the hall...
00:37:26.51\00:37:28.41
Oh, boy, how the
hall gate the cabbage
00:37:28.44\00:37:30.18
on a certain subject
00:37:30.21\00:37:31.55
but they don't
have the backbone enough
00:37:31.58\00:37:32.91
to put their name or address.
00:37:32.95\00:37:35.68
Should I be?
00:37:35.72\00:37:37.05
Josh, should I calm down?
00:37:37.09\00:37:40.29
Okay, somebody
of the level head,
00:37:40.32\00:37:41.66
I'm just saying, that just.
00:37:41.69\00:37:43.56
I'm not trying to criticize.
00:37:43.59\00:37:44.93
I'm just simply saying,
00:37:44.96\00:37:46.29
if you want to
know what the truth is,
00:37:46.33\00:37:47.66
you set and you listen
to Behold the Lamb program
00:37:47.70\00:37:49.86
and you see what the message is.
00:37:49.90\00:37:51.77
But then you turn right
around and say everything
00:37:51.80\00:37:53.13
he said was wrong.
00:37:53.17\00:37:55.30
And they try to tell
you why from the Bible,
00:37:55.34\00:37:56.67
but they won't give you
an opportunity to come back.
00:37:56.71\00:38:01.11
If you want to
know what truth is,
00:38:01.14\00:38:02.48
we're out there
every day, right?
00:38:02.51\00:38:03.85
We're doing you know exactly
00:38:03.88\00:38:05.21
what we are and
what we stand for,
00:38:05.25\00:38:06.58
we don't know, but we love them.
00:38:06.61\00:38:07.95
It's okay to do it, but
just put your name on it
00:38:07.98\00:38:09.35
so we can communicate.
00:38:09.38\00:38:11.02
I'll get off of
that and keep going.
00:38:11.05\00:38:13.86
What did the apostles do?
00:38:13.89\00:38:16.83
They went right back out.
00:38:16.86\00:38:18.79
And what did they say?
00:38:18.83\00:38:20.16
If the council
and the religious,
00:38:20.20\00:38:21.53
the church as it
were said don't do this.
00:38:21.56\00:38:24.80
They went right
back out and they say
00:38:24.83\00:38:26.17
we had the Acts 5:39,
00:38:26.20\00:38:28.74
we had rather obey God than man.
00:38:28.77\00:38:31.77
This is where
it's boiling down to,
00:38:31.81\00:38:33.14
this is what it's
coming down to in this hour
00:38:33.17\00:38:34.98
that we live in.
00:38:35.01\00:38:36.68
Manuscript 78,
listen to these words.
00:38:36.71\00:38:38.98
In 1897, this was written.
00:38:39.01\00:38:40.92
Please listen,
00:38:40.95\00:38:42.48
"Seventh-day
Adventists will fight the battle
00:38:42.52\00:38:44.75
over the seventh day Sabbath.
00:38:44.79\00:38:47.82
The authorities in the US
00:38:47.86\00:38:49.49
and in other
countries will rise up
00:38:49.52\00:38:51.56
with their pride and power
00:38:51.59\00:38:53.43
and make laws
restricting religious liberty."
00:38:53.46\00:38:58.50
Do you see that happening?
Absolutely, it's happening.
00:38:58.53\00:39:00.80
Read Revelation 13:16, 7,
00:39:00.84\00:39:03.61
it said the time will come you
00:39:03.64\00:39:04.97
will not be able to buy or sell,
00:39:05.01\00:39:06.34
say if you have the mark,
00:39:06.37\00:39:07.71
I don't want the
mark of the beast.
00:39:07.74\00:39:09.81
You know what?
00:39:09.84\00:39:11.18
Most of our
churches are afraid to preach
00:39:11.21\00:39:12.55
what the mark of the beast is.
00:39:12.58\00:39:13.92
They don't preach about
what the image to the beast is.
00:39:13.95\00:39:15.82
They're afraid to mention
Sabbath and Sunday issues.
00:39:15.85\00:39:18.22
They're afraid to mention
00:39:18.25\00:39:19.59
who changed the
seventh day Sabbath,
00:39:19.62\00:39:21.19
you see, to the
first day of the week.
00:39:21.22\00:39:24.43
That's one passage probably
00:39:24.46\00:39:25.86
so misunderstood
in the entire Bible.
00:39:25.89\00:39:28.26
It's been desecrated so bad
00:39:28.30\00:39:30.03
when somebody says we
changed the seventh day
00:39:30.07\00:39:31.93
to the first day of the
week, and we give us proof
00:39:31.97\00:39:34.24
that Christ rose on
the first day of the week.
00:39:34.27\00:39:36.74
If you don't mind,
I'm just going ahead.
00:39:36.77\00:39:38.41
See, we have to have
some kind of fire inside
00:39:42.18\00:39:45.18
not if people
don't know any better.
00:39:45.21\00:39:47.08
I'm not trying to condemn them,
I want you to wake up and say,
00:39:47.12\00:39:49.42
wait a minute,
00:39:49.45\00:39:51.09
I'm using a passage
00:39:51.12\00:39:53.36
that doesn't say that at all.
00:39:53.39\00:39:55.09
Nothing says anything
about changing the worship
00:39:55.12\00:39:57.13
from Sabbath to the seventh day
00:39:57.16\00:39:58.83
to the first day
of the week at all.
00:39:58.86\00:40:00.86
About the
resurrection, remember baptism?
00:40:00.90\00:40:03.33
Romans Chapter 6 is a
commemoration of his death,
00:40:03.37\00:40:06.94
his burial, his resurrection
00:40:06.97\00:40:08.77
not coming up and
putting false connotations
00:40:08.80\00:40:11.24
and traditions on it.
00:40:11.27\00:40:12.77
We have to stand
up and fight back.
00:40:12.81\00:40:15.91
Hope somebody is
willing to do that.
00:40:15.94\00:40:17.28
We see church and state
00:40:17.31\00:40:20.18
opposing already
00:40:20.22\00:40:21.82
and they will
continue to pose God's people.
00:40:21.85\00:40:24.55
My question, are we
really ready for such a time?
00:40:24.59\00:40:27.46
I questioned
myself, am I really ready
00:40:27.49\00:40:29.39
because I kind of
like peace and quiet.
00:40:29.42\00:40:32.56
I kind of like
things that goes...
00:40:32.59\00:40:34.06
Is that okay to say that?
I like things kind of smooth.
00:40:34.10\00:40:37.70
But I don't know if I
ever have smooth time or not?
00:40:37.73\00:40:39.53
There's always
something bumpings you know,
00:40:39.57\00:40:41.34
something going
on but still yet,
00:40:41.37\00:40:42.80
we don't like
unnecessary problems, do we?
00:40:42.84\00:40:44.77
We don't like things
that are going on here.
00:40:44.81\00:40:47.81
But are we really
ready for such a trying time
00:40:47.84\00:40:49.94
that we're going
to have to stand up,
00:40:49.98\00:40:51.31
may cost us our job,
may cost us our home,
00:40:51.35\00:40:53.48
may cost us our companion.
00:40:53.52\00:40:54.98
It may cost our lives,
00:40:55.02\00:40:57.59
3 Testimony
00:40:57.62\00:41:00.76
2 Selected Messages,
I want to bring to you,
00:41:00.79\00:41:03.19
there's three
quick quotes but notice,
00:41:03.22\00:41:04.76
there's a little
bit of reading to it,
00:41:04.79\00:41:06.13
but just bear with me.
00:41:06.16\00:41:08.06
2 SM page 378
says this, notice this.
00:41:08.10\00:41:12.23
"Let the churches who
claim to believe the truth."
00:41:12.27\00:41:15.44
Let the churches who" what?
00:41:15.47\00:41:17.67
Claim to believe the church,
00:41:17.71\00:41:19.17
"who are advocating
keeping the law of God,
00:41:19.21\00:41:21.98
keep that law and
depart from all iniquity."
00:41:22.01\00:41:25.08
Let the individual
members of the church
00:41:25.11\00:41:27.12
resist the temptations
to participate with evils,
00:41:27.15\00:41:30.92
practice evils
and indulge in sin.
00:41:30.95\00:41:32.95
Let the church commence
00:41:32.99\00:41:34.36
the work of
purification before God."
00:41:34.39\00:41:37.73
How do we do that?
00:41:37.76\00:41:39.09
"By repentance, by what?
00:41:39.13\00:41:40.46
Humiliation, by
deep heart searching."
00:41:40.50\00:41:43.06
How many have taken time
to search their own heart?
00:41:43.10\00:41:46.17
We are in and I
think everyone will agree,
00:41:46.20\00:41:49.10
at least we should
if we're Bible student.
00:41:49.14\00:41:50.84
We are in the great antitypical
Day of Atonement, are we not?
00:41:50.87\00:41:56.41
That's an awesome time to
live that tells us another step
00:41:56.44\00:41:59.11
that Jesus is coming,
00:41:59.15\00:42:00.85
its solemn,
00:42:00.88\00:42:02.48
the events are solemn here.
00:42:02.52\00:42:04.62
There's eternal interest
that are stapled to this
00:42:04.65\00:42:08.06
as it were nailed to it,
00:42:08.09\00:42:09.89
and there's going
to be some results...
00:42:09.92\00:42:11.63
that no man standing,
00:42:16.13\00:42:18.07
but no man that's sitting
00:42:18.10\00:42:19.43
that we call them
watchman on the walls of Zion,
00:42:19.47\00:42:22.30
shepherds of the flock.
00:42:22.34\00:42:24.74
They need to be proclaiming
the solemn truths of this hour.
00:42:24.77\00:42:29.11
They need to sound
the notes of warning
00:42:29.14\00:42:31.85
to all people,
nations and tongues.
00:42:31.88\00:42:33.62
That's our job, is it not?
00:42:33.65\00:42:36.89
2 Selected Message 379,
00:42:36.92\00:42:39.79
"The least
transgression of God's law
00:42:39.82\00:42:41.52
brings guilt
upon the transgressor.
00:42:41.56\00:42:43.76
Without earnest repentance
and for," notice this,
00:42:43.79\00:42:45.83
"forsaking of sin,
00:42:45.86\00:42:47.33
he will surely
become an apostate."
00:42:47.36\00:42:50.47
People will hold on
to things they shouldn't,
00:42:50.50\00:42:51.83
you're going to
become an apostate,
00:42:51.87\00:42:53.20
you're going to
turn on those things,
00:42:53.23\00:42:54.57
you want to
believe there's the truth.
00:42:54.60\00:42:56.47
2 Selected Message
379 says, notice this,
00:42:56.50\00:42:59.17
"The voice of the true watchman
00:42:59.21\00:43:01.88
needs now to be
heard all along the line."
00:43:01.91\00:43:05.55
Did you get it?
00:43:05.58\00:43:06.92
Who?
00:43:06.95\00:43:08.28
The voice of the true watchman
00:43:08.32\00:43:09.65
are going to be
sighing and crying
00:43:09.68\00:43:11.69
for the abominations
that be done in the church
00:43:11.72\00:43:13.79
and outside the church.
00:43:13.82\00:43:15.56
Every
abominations we take the axe,
00:43:15.59\00:43:17.63
sin needs to go,
00:43:17.66\00:43:19.23
Jesus is coming and
taking the righteous back,
00:43:19.26\00:43:21.30
not the sinner.
00:43:21.33\00:43:23.40
Isaiah talked about that a lot.
We don't have time to go there.
00:43:23.43\00:43:25.80
Isaiah 21:12
00:43:25.83\00:43:29.04
talks about the morning cometh
00:43:29.07\00:43:31.11
and also the night.
00:43:31.14\00:43:32.84
Night comes
when no man can work.
00:43:32.87\00:43:34.58
We've got light,
when we've got light,
00:43:34.61\00:43:36.14
we need to be
doing what we have to do.
00:43:36.18\00:43:38.11
That's what I was talking about,
00:43:38.15\00:43:39.48
my wife was talking about today,
00:43:39.51\00:43:40.85
Behold the Lamb
that we want to grow
00:43:40.88\00:43:43.05
and to prosper in
the name of Jesus Christ
00:43:43.08\00:43:45.42
and to reach out
more than we ever have
00:43:45.45\00:43:46.99
in all the
avenues that we can find,
00:43:47.02\00:43:48.99
to maybe get some
bodies' attention,
00:43:49.02\00:43:50.36
maybe one person's attention.
00:43:50.39\00:43:52.43
They can be ready
for the coming of Jesus
00:43:52.46\00:43:54.26
or could be
multitude and millions
00:43:54.30\00:43:55.70
for all that we know, God knows.
00:43:55.73\00:43:58.53
Trumpet has to
give the certain sound.
00:43:58.57\00:44:00.37
1 Corinthians 14:8.
00:44:00.40\00:44:02.87
So it talked about not
given an uncertain sound,
00:44:02.90\00:44:04.74
we need to be
sounding that day alarm,
00:44:04.77\00:44:07.74
prep the Lord's preparation,
it's here, 2 Selected Message,
00:44:07.78\00:44:11.28
2SM if you're writing them down,
00:44:11.31\00:44:13.15
page 380, notice this,
00:44:13.18\00:44:15.55
"Nations will be
stirred to the very center.
00:44:15.58\00:44:19.05
Support will be withdrawn
from those who proclaim
00:44:19.09\00:44:21.52
God's standard
of righteousness."
00:44:21.56\00:44:23.36
What is God's
standard of righteousness?
00:44:23.39\00:44:26.09
What is God's
standard of righteousness?
00:44:26.13\00:44:28.03
Somebody say it's
Ten Commandment law.
00:44:28.06\00:44:29.90
Is Ten Commandment law,
00:44:29.93\00:44:31.67
it's the only
sure test of character,
00:44:31.70\00:44:34.00
notice that.
00:44:34.04\00:44:35.37
And all who will not bow,
00:44:35.40\00:44:36.74
listen carefully to the
decree of the national councils
00:44:36.77\00:44:41.61
and obey the
national laws to exalt,
00:44:41.64\00:44:44.08
I'll have to just
say here, exalt Sunday,
00:44:44.11\00:44:46.35
as instituted by the man of sin,
00:44:46.38\00:44:49.82
to disregard God's holy
day, men are going to feel,
00:44:49.85\00:44:53.76
remember, we're
talking about those
00:44:53.79\00:44:55.12
who disregard what
they know to be true.
00:44:55.16\00:44:57.09
There's multitudes
of good Christian folks
00:44:57.13\00:44:58.89
that do not know the difference.
00:44:58.93\00:45:00.26
They will know it,
00:45:00.30\00:45:01.63
they will come to grips with it,
00:45:01.66\00:45:03.00
God will make sure of it.
00:45:03.03\00:45:04.77
Ain't that good news
that God's going to make sure
00:45:04.80\00:45:06.37
that people is going to
hear and have the opportunity
00:45:06.40\00:45:08.00
to make a decision?
00:45:08.04\00:45:09.37
But notice this, if you
stand for what is right,
00:45:09.40\00:45:11.87
here's what
you're going to find,
00:45:11.91\00:45:13.27
you're going to
feel, here it says,
00:45:13.31\00:45:14.88
not the oppressive
power of popery alone,
00:45:14.91\00:45:18.08
but the Protestant
world, the image to the beast.
00:45:18.11\00:45:22.35
They're all going
to turn against you,
00:45:22.38\00:45:24.29
all the friends you think
you might have when time comes,
00:45:24.32\00:45:26.76
you say I want to stand
for God like the three Hebrews.
00:45:26.79\00:45:29.42
We look in the Bible
over and over and over
00:45:29.46\00:45:31.13
God's people stood up.
00:45:31.16\00:45:33.36
None.
00:45:33.40\00:45:34.73
The Bible is clear
in Revelation 12:11,
00:45:34.76\00:45:36.36
there is none.
00:45:36.40\00:45:37.97
None but those who
have been overcoming
00:45:38.00\00:45:39.73
by the blood of
the Lamb, notice that,
00:45:39.77\00:45:42.47
and the word of their testimony
00:45:42.50\00:45:44.47
will be found
with the loyal and true
00:45:44.51\00:45:46.51
without spot and
sin when Jesus come.
00:45:46.54\00:45:49.04
Are you being washed day by day?
00:45:49.08\00:45:51.48
Are you asking
for forgiveness of sin
00:45:51.51\00:45:52.85
and ask that He cleanse
you, asking to give you victory?
00:45:52.88\00:45:55.75
Oh, that thing
that may be a weakness
00:45:55.78\00:45:57.45
in your life or in my life,
00:45:57.49\00:45:58.82
am I presenting
it to Him each day
00:45:58.85\00:46:00.19
that I might gain
that victory, we should be.
00:46:00.22\00:46:02.82
Since we are in
the Day of Atonement,
00:46:02.86\00:46:05.33
let's go just a little deeper,
we got a few moments left.
00:46:05.36\00:46:07.93
Notice 2 Selected Message 381,
00:46:07.96\00:46:10.73
2 SM 381 says this,
00:46:10.77\00:46:12.70
"That which God required of Adam
00:46:12.73\00:46:14.57
before the fall
00:46:14.60\00:46:16.47
was perfect
obedience to His law."
00:46:16.50\00:46:18.24
If somebody still here?
00:46:18.27\00:46:20.98
"God requires now
what He required of Adam,
00:46:21.01\00:46:24.85
perfect obedience,
righteousness without a flaw,
00:46:24.88\00:46:28.28
without
shortcomings in His sight."
00:46:28.32\00:46:30.65
Of course, we cannot do this
without faith in Christ Jesus,
00:46:30.69\00:46:34.46
who's brought
into our daily life
00:46:34.49\00:46:36.12
and our daily practices.
00:46:36.16\00:46:38.06
It's possible through
Him, all things are possible,
00:46:38.09\00:46:40.23
is it not?
00:46:40.26\00:46:41.60
So I say time
that we're living in,
00:46:41.63\00:46:44.37
those who are in Zion,
00:46:44.40\00:46:45.73
if you believe
that you're in Zion,
00:46:45.77\00:46:47.64
you believe you're
in the last day church,
00:46:47.67\00:46:49.10
the remnant
church of Revelation.
00:46:49.14\00:46:51.71
You really believe
that, I just ask you,
00:46:51.74\00:46:53.21
we need to wake up,
00:46:53.24\00:46:54.71
we need to
basically some wake up
00:46:54.74\00:46:56.08
from the dead.
00:46:56.11\00:46:57.45
We need to
arise, Isaiah 60:1 says,
00:46:57.48\00:47:00.08
"Arise and shine,
for thy light is come."
00:47:00.12\00:47:02.75
If you believe
the light has come
00:47:02.78\00:47:04.29
and you're where
God wants you to be,
00:47:04.32\00:47:05.95
it's time for us to rise
up and do something about it.
00:47:05.99\00:47:08.19
Why?
00:47:08.22\00:47:09.56
Because there are confederacies
that are banding together,
00:47:09.59\00:47:12.19
all even in
Adventism, all over the place.
00:47:12.23\00:47:14.80
You know what a confederacy is?
00:47:14.83\00:47:18.70
It's simply just a
people, men coming together
00:47:18.73\00:47:21.34
to hurt the cause of
God to cause problems
00:47:21.37\00:47:23.81
with the truth
getting it out to the world.
00:47:23.84\00:47:26.14
They want to cover
it by human influence
00:47:26.17\00:47:28.88
and human tradition.
00:47:28.91\00:47:30.85
But you know what?
00:47:30.88\00:47:32.31
Scripture is very clear,
00:47:32.35\00:47:33.68
Spirit of
Prophecy is very clear.
00:47:33.72\00:47:36.38
We form no confederacy,
no agreement together,
00:47:36.42\00:47:39.92
know we're gathered
together with unbelievers
00:47:39.95\00:47:43.09
that don't love the truth.
00:47:43.12\00:47:44.83
Did you get that?
00:47:44.86\00:47:46.49
2 SM,
00:47:46.53\00:47:47.86
2 Selected Message 383 says,
00:47:47.90\00:47:49.66
"Confederacies will
increase in number and power
00:47:49.70\00:47:52.83
as we draw near
to the end of time.
00:47:52.87\00:47:54.44
Do you believe that?
00:47:54.47\00:47:55.80
Notice, these confederacies
will create opposing influences
00:47:55.84\00:47:59.11
to the truth."
00:47:59.14\00:48:00.51
And you might find
some in your own church,
00:48:00.54\00:48:02.14
you might find
some just real close by,
00:48:02.18\00:48:04.25
because all the time
there's new groups forming,
00:48:04.28\00:48:05.88
new group over
here, new group over here,
00:48:05.91\00:48:07.55
new group over here.
00:48:07.58\00:48:09.12
Spirit of Prophecy
is talking about that.
00:48:09.15\00:48:12.45
They're going to
be having influence
00:48:12.49\00:48:13.82
but it's against truth.
00:48:13.86\00:48:15.19
Notice what it says,
00:48:15.22\00:48:16.56
"They're forming new parties
00:48:16.59\00:48:18.49
of professed believers
00:48:18.53\00:48:20.10
who will act out
their own delusive theories.
00:48:20.13\00:48:23.30
The apostasy will increase."
00:48:23.33\00:48:26.00
Isn't that Interesting?
00:48:26.03\00:48:27.54
General Conference Bulletin
in 13-4-1891 notice this,
00:48:27.57\00:48:31.91
"Professed Protestants
will notice the world
00:48:31.94\00:48:34.81
will form a
confederacy with the man of sin,
00:48:34.84\00:48:37.88
the church and the world
will be in corrupt harmony.
00:48:37.91\00:48:41.08
Man, that's heavy duty.
00:48:41.12\00:48:42.58
Do you know what you're
in for when this takes place?
00:48:42.62\00:48:44.79
It's already taking place here,
00:48:44.82\00:48:46.15
there's just not
enforcing it yet.
00:48:46.19\00:48:47.79
Satanic agencies are taking
their stand here on the ground.
00:48:51.39\00:48:56.40
They're coming down,
00:48:56.43\00:48:57.77
we're fighting
with demons from hell.
00:48:57.80\00:49:01.74
But praise God, we
know that they're coming
00:49:01.77\00:49:03.54
and we know what
the devil is going to do
00:49:03.57\00:49:05.04
because it tells us,
00:49:05.07\00:49:06.41
we also know what
God's going to do.
00:49:06.44\00:49:07.84
God is going to, heavenly angels
00:49:07.88\00:49:09.38
are going to be
coming down in human guise,
00:49:09.41\00:49:11.91
they're going to be
put on the field of action.
00:49:11.95\00:49:13.98
Isn't that wonderful?
00:49:14.02\00:49:15.35
we have protection,
00:49:15.38\00:49:16.79
if you want to
stand for what is truth,
00:49:16.82\00:49:18.62
but there's no time
for the people of God
00:49:18.65\00:49:21.36
to be weaklings.
00:49:21.39\00:49:23.49
This is not a time.
00:49:23.53\00:49:27.46
I'll say this nice as I can
for God's people to be sissies.
00:49:27.50\00:49:32.33
God's calling for
real men and real women
00:49:32.37\00:49:35.07
who love Him
with their whole heart
00:49:35.10\00:49:36.47
and their soul and their mind.
00:49:36.50\00:49:38.27
They're longing
for Jesus to come,
00:49:38.31\00:49:39.67
they want Him to come.
00:49:39.71\00:49:41.84
They're studying the
events that are unfolding here
00:49:41.88\00:49:44.81
so that we know that
so we won't be fooled.
00:49:44.85\00:49:49.28
God looking for
people is going to be strong
00:49:49.32\00:49:51.45
and His power.
00:49:51.49\00:49:53.25
Our distinctive sign.
00:49:53.29\00:49:54.62
What is our distinctive sign?
00:49:54.66\00:49:56.42
The banner, notice the
banner on distinctive sign
00:49:56.46\00:49:58.69
that we have as
Seventh-day Adventist is this,
00:49:58.73\00:50:01.46
commandments of God and what?
00:50:01.50\00:50:03.37
The faith of Jesus.
00:50:03.40\00:50:05.40
Three angels' message,
00:50:05.43\00:50:06.77
notice that brings to
light the seventh day Sabbath
00:50:06.80\00:50:09.50
as God's Memorial,
00:50:09.54\00:50:10.91
we need to be
talking about it more.
00:50:10.94\00:50:12.71
We need to be
studying about it more
00:50:12.74\00:50:14.11
we need to ask God to
help us keep it the right way.
00:50:14.14\00:50:16.24
There can be no compromise
00:50:21.02\00:50:24.22
with those who are worshipping
an idol false Sabbath.
00:50:24.25\00:50:28.02
Why?
00:50:28.06\00:50:29.39
Because my Bible
says in 1 Corinthians 4:9,
00:50:29.42\00:50:31.56
we are made a
spectacle to the world
00:50:31.59\00:50:34.20
and to angels and to men.
00:50:34.23\00:50:37.07
All of heaven is watching.
00:50:37.10\00:50:38.93
All of heaven is interested
00:50:38.97\00:50:40.30
in what's taking place
right now in your life,
00:50:40.34\00:50:42.30
and in my life.
00:50:42.34\00:50:44.07
God's looking for some people
00:50:44.11\00:50:45.44
that will have
spiritual foundation enough
00:50:45.47\00:50:48.88
that they're willing to
stand in the face of adversity,
00:50:48.91\00:50:52.28
and other problems and
threats, which you will get.
00:50:52.31\00:50:56.58
But you love Jesus enough,
00:50:56.62\00:50:57.95
you're willing to
take a stand regardless.
00:50:57.99\00:51:03.86
We made a spectacle.
00:51:03.89\00:51:06.86
Then there's certainly those
who are working to make us like
00:51:06.90\00:51:10.27
other faith,
other denominations.
00:51:10.30\00:51:12.37
They're telling us to just
take our distinctive sign down.
00:51:12.40\00:51:15.34
Don't be so,
where you stand out.
00:51:15.37\00:51:18.34
I thought we're
supposed to be peculiar.
00:51:18.37\00:51:19.81
I thought we're
supposed to be different.
00:51:19.84\00:51:21.18
I thought we're
supposed to stand out
00:51:21.21\00:51:23.38
because we want to
keep by the grace of God,
00:51:23.41\00:51:25.58
His commandments.
00:51:25.61\00:51:27.48
I encourage you today,
don't sit down and quit.
00:51:27.52\00:51:29.92
I encourage you to fight
back with the Word of God.
00:51:29.95\00:51:32.89
There's a fight,
00:51:32.92\00:51:34.26
we're going to be defensive
or we're going to be offensive.
00:51:34.29\00:51:36.59
This is the time,
00:51:36.62\00:51:38.39
our distinctive
banner, if you don't know
00:51:38.43\00:51:40.00
what our distinctive banner is,
00:51:40.03\00:51:41.83
which we need to hold it up,
00:51:41.86\00:51:43.20
hold it up high
for the world to see.
00:51:43.23\00:51:44.67
Don't be ashamed,
00:51:44.70\00:51:46.17
why God's called
you into this movement.
00:51:46.20\00:51:48.30
He called you for a reason.
00:51:48.34\00:51:50.57
He knew that He
could count on you
00:51:50.61\00:51:51.94
but you have to decide that.
00:51:51.97\00:51:54.54
He said, I'll equip
you, don't look at yourself.
00:51:54.58\00:51:56.34
Say, I can't, I
can't do it on my own.
00:51:56.38\00:51:58.28
No, you can't.
00:51:58.31\00:51:59.65
We need Him.
00:51:59.68\00:52:01.08
We need His grace, His
strength, His forgiveness.
00:52:01.12\00:52:04.89
But on that banner
that we go about holding up,
00:52:04.92\00:52:06.89
we say, well, here's
the patience of the saints.
00:52:06.92\00:52:10.06
Revelation 14:12,
"Here they keep," what?
00:52:10.09\00:52:12.99
"Commandments of God
and the faith of Jesus."
00:52:13.03\00:52:15.33
That's the banner that
you're going around on.
00:52:15.36\00:52:17.47
That's what
you're holding up there,
00:52:17.50\00:52:19.10
Commandments of God.
00:52:19.13\00:52:20.47
We believe in keeping
the Commandments of God
00:52:20.50\00:52:22.10
and have the faith of Jesus.
00:52:22.14\00:52:23.51
Spirit of Prophecy,
00:52:23.54\00:52:24.87
praise God for
that gift in the church.
00:52:24.91\00:52:27.11
This message is to be
bored, this banner is to go
00:52:27.14\00:52:30.65
and we need to
held up high until what?
00:52:30.68\00:52:33.15
Till Jesus comes.
00:52:33.18\00:52:34.72
It's never to be lowered.
00:52:34.75\00:52:36.08
It's never say there's time out
00:52:36.12\00:52:37.59
that people don't
want to hear it anymore
00:52:37.62\00:52:39.35
until Jesus comes,
00:52:39.39\00:52:41.92
the world is uniting.
00:52:41.96\00:52:43.89
They're
transgressing the law of God.
00:52:43.93\00:52:46.59
They're tearing down the
memorial of His creation,
00:52:46.63\00:52:49.50
which is the
seventh day Sabbath,
00:52:49.53\00:52:50.90
and we have stood by and
watched him tear it down.
00:52:50.93\00:52:53.17
We cannot do that anymore.
00:52:53.20\00:52:55.10
We cannot do that anymore.
00:52:55.14\00:52:57.34
Don't get ever
get tired of hearing
00:52:57.37\00:52:59.07
about the seventh day Sabbath.
00:52:59.11\00:53:00.48
If you do, you're tired of
hearing about your Creator.
00:53:00.51\00:53:04.01
And your Creator
said the seventh day,
00:53:04.05\00:53:05.95
we're not to be like
others, we're to be separate,
00:53:05.98\00:53:07.88
we're to be peculiar,
we're to be like Jesus.
00:53:07.92\00:53:11.09
Do we want to set back now
00:53:11.12\00:53:13.15
as to see the events unfolding
and say, Oh, my, do nothing.
00:53:13.19\00:53:16.86
Absolutely not,
00:53:16.89\00:53:18.23
pray that we can catch
a steady trend of events
00:53:18.26\00:53:21.66
that's on this world.
00:53:21.70\00:53:23.10
If we only realize
the change of the Sabbath
00:53:23.13\00:53:24.90
why we're here?
00:53:24.93\00:53:26.27
We're to proclaim
that to the world.
00:53:26.30\00:53:27.64
We claim what?
00:53:27.67\00:53:29.00
The papacy
changed the seventh day
00:53:29.04\00:53:30.37
right to the
first day of the week,
00:53:30.41\00:53:31.74
because they had the
power and authority to do so.
00:53:31.77\00:53:33.61
Quote after quote
can be given to you
00:53:33.64\00:53:35.11
to make no mistake about it.
00:53:35.14\00:53:37.11
You study the Word of God,
00:53:37.15\00:53:38.48
there's not one
scripture for a change
00:53:38.51\00:53:40.55
from the seventh to
the first day of the week.
00:53:40.58\00:53:42.48
Man has done that,
the enemy has done it,
00:53:42.52\00:53:44.55
and the world is wandering
after the beast Are we there?
00:53:44.59\00:53:47.72
That's a lot of
information, isn't it?
00:53:47.76\00:53:49.89
But we can be aware
00:53:49.92\00:53:51.79
that Jesus is coming
00:53:51.83\00:53:53.16
by the events is
taking place right now.
00:53:53.19\00:53:55.30
Look at the things again
that's going on in the world
00:53:55.33\00:53:58.13
and try to put
them with prophecy
00:53:58.17\00:53:59.87
as you see this happening
00:53:59.90\00:54:01.24
and what it will turn out to be,
00:54:01.27\00:54:02.94
it's going to be going
against the commandment
00:54:02.97\00:54:04.47
keepers of God,
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and those who love
the Spirit of Prophecy.
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Are you ready for that day?
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I pray that you're
ready for that day.
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I want to pray for you right now
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in a few seconds we
have left remaining.
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Would you just kneel with me?
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We're gonna pray that you
make a right decision right now.
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Our merciful Heavenly Father,
00:54:20.02\00:54:21.36
we thank You for
Your precious Word.
00:54:21.39\00:54:23.02
We realize sometimes
they're very difficult
00:54:23.06\00:54:24.93
and it's very hard for
say, people to swallow.
00:54:24.96\00:54:27.70
But Lord, we know that
Your warning is right now,
00:54:27.73\00:54:30.40
because You are coming.
00:54:30.43\00:54:31.97
And we know our
lives need to be here
00:54:32.00\00:54:33.94
and secured in You.
00:54:33.97\00:54:35.30
We thank You for those decisions
00:54:35.34\00:54:36.67
that have been made right now
00:54:36.71\00:54:38.04
because people
say you know what?
00:54:38.07\00:54:39.41
I need to get ready
because Jesus is coming.
00:54:39.44\00:54:40.94
So help us to be ready
for that wonderful, great day,
00:54:40.98\00:54:43.04
covers with your
blood in Jesus name.
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Amen.
00:54:45.15\00:54:47.32
Again, we thank
you for joining us
00:54:47.35\00:54:48.68
as you always do,
00:54:48.72\00:54:50.05
and again for your cards
and your letter, your support
00:54:50.09\00:54:52.22
that you give us to get
this message to the world.
00:54:52.25\00:54:54.19
Remember, we're not just happy
00:54:54.22\00:54:55.56
just sitting
still doing nothing.
00:54:55.59\00:54:56.93
We believe we
need to be on the move.
00:54:56.96\00:54:58.46
We need to be, I
say, on the offence.
00:54:58.49\00:54:59.96
We need to be
getting the message out
00:55:00.00\00:55:01.56
while there's still a
little bit of time left
00:55:01.60\00:55:03.10
because remember,
00:55:03.13\00:55:04.47
our religious
freedoms are being taken away,
00:55:04.50\00:55:05.93
do what you have
to do, do it now.
00:55:05.97\00:55:07.74
And we're going to be
praying for you, pray for us.
00:55:07.77\00:55:09.34
We love you.
We'll see you next time.
00:55:09.37\00:55:13.27
Welcome back.
00:55:13.31\00:55:14.64
We sometimes find current
00:55:14.68\00:55:16.11
and prophetic
events of the future,
00:55:16.14\00:55:18.61
overwhelming.
00:55:18.65\00:55:19.98
But, friends, the good news is
00:55:20.02\00:55:21.72
that we don't have
to face them alone,
00:55:21.75\00:55:24.12
nor in our own
strength, we are given a choice.
00:55:24.15\00:55:27.62
We may choose to
invite Christ into our hearts
00:55:27.66\00:55:30.13
to take control
of our preparations
00:55:30.16\00:55:32.79
for here and for eternity.
00:55:32.83\00:55:34.53
Or we may choose to go it alone,
00:55:34.56\00:55:37.33
which in reality is
allowing the enemy of souls
00:55:37.37\00:55:39.97
to lead our way,
00:55:40.00\00:55:41.97
to lead us down
one of his paths.
00:55:42.00\00:55:44.51
Our prayer for you is
that you choose Christ,
00:55:44.54\00:55:47.84
that you allow His
strength to be your strength,
00:55:47.88\00:55:51.05
His mind to be your mind,
00:55:51.08\00:55:53.48
His peace, His comfort
00:55:53.52\00:55:55.45
to be your peace
and your comfort.
00:55:55.48\00:55:58.09
Then though, the
heavens fall off around us,
00:55:58.12\00:56:00.89
you will be ready,
00:56:00.92\00:56:02.92
you will be safe under
His wings of protection.
00:56:02.96\00:56:05.89
This is His promise to all of us
00:56:05.93\00:56:08.93
who choose Christ
as our Lord and Savior,
00:56:08.96\00:56:11.50
as found in Psalm 91:4.
00:56:11.53\00:56:14.40
Let me read it to you.
00:56:14.44\00:56:16.34
"He shall cover
thee with his feathers,
00:56:16.37\00:56:18.47
and under his
wings shalt thou trust:
00:56:18.51\00:56:21.14
his truth shall be
thy shield and buckler."
00:56:21.18\00:56:24.35
Our prayer for you today is that
00:56:24.38\00:56:26.92
this message has
stirred your heart
00:56:26.95\00:56:29.22
to study more diligently
00:56:29.25\00:56:31.25
that it has opened your eyes
00:56:31.29\00:56:32.85
to a deeper
spiritual discernment
00:56:32.89\00:56:35.76
and given you more encouragement
00:56:35.79\00:56:38.09
to draw even closer
to your Lord and Savior,
00:56:38.13\00:56:41.46
Jesus Christ.
00:56:41.50\00:56:42.93
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