Hello and welcome to
Behold the Lamb Ministries.
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We're so thankful and glad
that you are joining us here
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during this time of worship.
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And we are here in God's house
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and we are worshiping the Lord.
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Amen?
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Praise the Lord.
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We're going to continue on.
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In case you don't know
who I am, I'm Ryan Day.
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I'm a guest here this morning.
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Brother Kenny and Sister Chris
have invited us to come here
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and minister to you today
and it's a blessing to be here
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in God's house
on the Sabbath day
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to give praises to Him
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because He is a
God worthy of praise.
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Amen? Amen.
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I guess I should introduce
who's on stage here with me.
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I'll start to my left,
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because you're going
to see this gentleman
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in just a moment.
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But my brother Dakota Day,
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he is with
Amazing Facts Ministries,
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he's in a full-time evangelist.
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And he is here to deliver
the Word of God this morning.
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And you will hear
him in just a moment.
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If you have your Bibles,
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open up to 2
Corinthians Chapter 13
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and we're going
to go to verse 1.
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2 Corinthians Chapter 13
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and we're going
to look at verse 1.
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Now, this is a very
important scripture,
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because this is going to
set the stage for our study
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and our biblical journey
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that we're going to
be taking this morning.
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Notice what it says
here, and the Word of God says,
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"This is the third
time I am coming to you.
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In the mouth of," how many?
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"Two or" at most by what?
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"Three, every
word shall be," what?
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"Established."
Right two or three.
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Now God does many
things in scriptures
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by twos and by threes, right?
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And when He says
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that every word
will be established,
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what does He
really mean here is that
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we have examples in Scripture
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that God has
given us by two or three
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that we might be
able to actually be ready
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for what's coming
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that we might have warnings
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of what's coming
soon to planet earth.
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We see in Revelation Chapter 14,
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a three angels' messages,
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right?
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Followed by
another angel's message
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in Revelation 18,
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which is "Come out of Babylon,
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come out of her,
my people, " right?
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It's talking about a
reform that we as God's people,
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well, remember he
says, Come out of her who?
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My people.
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God has people
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who are not of this
specific fold per Se,
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but they are His people.
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Can somebody say amen?
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And He is calling
His people together
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that we might be
ready for His appearing.
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And so, my
friends, this morning,
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in the mouth of two or three,
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we are going to hear a
very interesting and very,
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must I say paramount warning
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for us to understand
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as we press
forward in these last days.
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So let's open our Bibles.
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We're going to go
to Luke Chapter 17.
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We're going to go
to Luke Chapter 17.
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And we're going to read a
very, very important warning,
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and very
imperative warning in Luke 17,
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dealing with the two
types of the remnant.
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And we're going to read
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about the first
type of the remnant,
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Luke Chapter 17,
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we're going to
begin in verse 26.
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Are we there, saints?
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"And as it was
in the days of Noah,
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so shall it be
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also in the days
of the Son of man."
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Now who's the Son of Man
that He's speaking of here?
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He's speaking of Himself, right?
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He oftentimes
referred to Himself
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as the Son of Man,
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because one of the
most marvelous events
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that has ever
taken place in history
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that in my opinion
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has ever taken place in history
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is that the Son
of God, my friends,
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became the Son of Man.
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Can we say amen?
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That's powerful to think
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that God laid aside
all of His attributes,
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His omniscience,
His omnipresence,
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His omnipotence,
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that He might become
like unto sinful flesh,
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the Bible says.
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That's a
marvelous thing to ponder.
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And, my friends,
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that's something
we will be studying
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throughout the
ceaseless ages of eternity.
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And so notice, it says, as
it was in the days of Noah,
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now do we know
about the days of Noah?
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Uh-huh.
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We're going to
look at it again though
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and refresh our minds.
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So shall it be
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also in the days
of the Son of Man,
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speaking of His second coming,
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His second advent.
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And then notice
what He says in verse 27.
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They, speaking of those people,
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"They did eat, they
drink, they married wives,
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they were given in marriage
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until the day that
Noah entered into the ark,
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and the flood came
and destroyed them all."
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He's saying, listen,
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He's comparing His Second Coming
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to the days of who?
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Noah, that they married,
they were given in marriage,
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they ate and they drink.
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In other words,
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they were not
fasting and praying.
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They were not seeking
God for such a time as that.
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When the word
went forth from Noah
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that they need to be in the ark
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because God said, "My spirit
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shall not
always strive with man,
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for his days are 120."
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So we had 120 years
Noah preached the gospel,
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he preached the
message of salvation
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to a wicked and
dying and sinful world.
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And the message was that
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you need to be in
the ark of salvation.
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Can we say amen?
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That's the message
he delivered to them.
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And Jesus says, listen,
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as it was in the days of Noah
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so shall it be when the
coming of the Son of Man be.
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So, my friends,
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I want to
encourage you this morning,
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that we really understand
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what Jesus is saying
and how He's comparing
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these two types of
the remnant this morning.
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Because if we do not pay
attention to this message,
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you may well be a
type of the remnant,
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but not the type of the remnant
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that would be the
best type to be a part.
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Amen?
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Well, you're going to look
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at what I'm
saying in just a bit.
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So what we see here He's
saying is to life goes on.
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They were eating,
drinking, marrying,
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giving in marriage
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until the very day that
Noah entered into the ark
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and the flood came
and destroyed them all.
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Now, let's go back
to Genesis Chapter 6,
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and let's remind
ourselves of the flood, okay?
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It's very important
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that we remind
ourselves of what happened
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because if Jesus is
comparing His Second Coming
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to the days of Noah,
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then we need to be
familiar with what's going on
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in the days of
Noah, what do you say?
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Right.
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All right, notice
what it says here.
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Genesis Chapter 6,
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we're going to
pick it up in verse 1.
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It says, "And it came to pass,
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when men began to multiply
on the face of the earth,
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daughters were born unto them."
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Now, let's pick it
up in verse 2, it says,
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"That the sons of God
saw the daughters," of who,
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"of men that they were fair,
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and they took them wives
of all which they chose."
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Now, I wanna to
stop there for a moment.
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And I just want to
unpack what's being said here,
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because, my
friends, listen to me,
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there are a lot of diabolical
and erroneous teachings
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circling the Christian world,
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concerning this scripture
and this understanding here
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of the scripture.
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Many people are
misunderstanding this text.
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And while this is not my
main point of the message,
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I want to take
time to unpack this
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and make sense of this
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so that you won't
be deceived by anybody
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that's teaching
erroneous doctrines on this.
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So when it says
that the sons of God saw
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the daughters of
men that they were fair,
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and that they took the wives
of all of which they chose.
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This is the primary
reason why the flood happened.
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Are we together?
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You say, well, how so?
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Because it says
that the sons of God
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saw the daughters of men
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and they took them
wives of all which they chose.
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Notice it didn't say
the daughters of God.
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It said the daughters of who?
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Men.
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Sons of God saw the daughters
of men that they were fair.
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And let me
explain what happened.
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A lot of people in
Christianity today,
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they think when
they see the Sons of God,
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there's this erroneous teaching,
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referred to
oftentimes as Nephilim.
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How many of you ever
heard this before, Nephilim?
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What this teaching is
saying is that the sons of God,
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it represents
these fallen angels
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that was cast out of heaven
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that we read about in
Revelation Chapter 12.
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And that they
had sexual relations
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with Adam and Eve
and their descendants,
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and that's how giants were born.
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You've heard this before, right?
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And where they get
the term Nephilim from
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is the word giants,
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where it talks about
giants being on the earth
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in those days.
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This is where they talk
about this Nephilim teaching,
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that is a very erroneous
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and diabolical
doctrine, my friends.
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Are we together?
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Now, there's no biblical proof
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whatsoever that
fallen angels can procreate.
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It's all assumed
and it's all speculation
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when people
teach such a doctrine,
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but we do have
biblical scripture this morning
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about who the sons of God are.
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When you go to...
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You don't have to turn
there for the sake of time,
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but you can go and
read it if you'd like to.
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When you go to Romans 8:14,
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it says that the sons of God
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are only those who are
led by the Spirit of God.
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Are we together, my friends?
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So you can only be, I
have a title of a son of God,
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if you're led by
the Spirit of God.
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That's Romans 8:14.
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So, my friends,
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these sons of God
could not be fallen angels,
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can somebody say amen?
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Could not be fallen angels.
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I mean, that's
ridiculous for there
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to be fallen
angels who are different,
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complete
different beings than us
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powerful, beyond our power,
and to have sexual relations.
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There's just no
biblical evidence for that.
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But this is what
people are teaching.
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And these are one of the many,
very many winds of doctrine
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that are blowing
around on the earth today.
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But that's not the
point of this study.
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I want you to understand
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that the sons of God
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are speaking of
Seth's descendants.
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Are we together?
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Who replaced Abel
after Abel's death,
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Cain killed Abel, right?
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And who replaced Abel?
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Seth, right?
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And so, Seth
represented the righteous seed
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by which Jesus
Christ would come,
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the Lamb of God.
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So then you have,
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then you have
the unrighteous seed,
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now who became the
father of the unrighteous seed?
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Cain.
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Are we together, beloved?
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In other words,
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God has a people on
planet earth that are His,
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but Satan also has a people
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that He's claiming to be his
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because what, now
you may be thinking what?
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You mean, Satan has people?
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Oh, yes, my friends.
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Go read James 4:4.
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The Word of God
tells us in James 4:4,
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it says that as many
make themselves friends
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with the world,
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they are enemies of God,
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Are we together, beloved?
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So if we make ourselves
friends with the world,
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we make
ourselves enemies of God.
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Now, is Satan
one of God's enemies?
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You better believe it.
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Now, does God
even love His enemies?
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Yes.
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So don't misunderstand.
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God doesn't hate in
the sense as we hate,
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you know, He hates the
sin but He loves the what?
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The sinner. Amen?
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Amen.
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So what we see here
is that the sons of God
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is speaking of
Seth's descendants.
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They looked over
at Cain's descendants,
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the daughters of men.
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Notice, they're not
the daughters of God.
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They can't have that title
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because in order to be a
daughter or a man of God,
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you have to be led
by the Spirit of God.
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Amen?
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So they look over there
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and they saw the
daughters of men,
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it says that they were fair.
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Now turn over your
Bibles to Genesis Chapter 4.
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We're going to go there briefly,
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Genesis Chapter 4.
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And we're going to
look at a quick little story
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of what happened here.
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So if you know
the story of Cain,
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Cain left the presence of
God, right, on his own accord.
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God did not ask Cain
to leave his presence.
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But what happened there
was this little sacrificial,
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I guess you could say offering
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that Abel and
Cain had made to God.
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Abel's offering was accepted
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while Cain's offering
was rejected, wasn't it?
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Now, why was
Abel's offering accepted?
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Are you ready for
this? Check this out.
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Abel's offering was accepted
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because he was not
bringing his own works to God.
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Come on, somebody say amen.
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He was not
bringing his own works
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to God as a sacrifice.
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What he brought to God
was what God had done, a lamb.
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He had nothing
to do with that lamb
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other than he just brought it.
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Are we together, beloved?
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And then what did Cain bring?
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His fruits and his vegetables?
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Come on somebody.
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Now we in the Adventist Church,
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we love some fruits
and vegetables, don't we?
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But you know, what
I've noticed is that
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when you go to
potlucks in the Adventist Church
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and many other churches as well,
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but specifically more
of the Adventist churches,
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you have people
that are very proud
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of their vegetables.
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Ever met these people?
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They show up at the
potluck, and they're like,
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"Oh, God, wait till
you see my tomatoes."
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Ah, and they start telling
you everything they did, right?
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You would think
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that they did
something real special,
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but that's how gardening
sometimes makes us feel, it's,
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we did that, right?
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I mean, really,
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the miracle was
that God did that.
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But sometimes we try
to take what God done
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and we try to make
it out like we did that.
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Just because we
kept the weeds away
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and we watered it
whenever it didn't rain
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and things we think we did that.
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Are we together?
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And we come in,
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whoo, look at my
carrots and look at my...
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Oh, my purple whole peas
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and we like to brag
about these things, right?
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But, my friends,
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Cain brought his own works
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of what he had
tilled the ground.
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He's like, "Here, Lord."
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Look, and I'm sure they
were beautiful tomatoes.
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I'm sure they
were beautiful carrots
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and beautiful, all
sorts of vegetables.
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But God looks at
that and He says,
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"That's not acceptable."
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See, because you
can't add to what God does.
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Can we say amen?
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Amen.
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And so, Cain's
offering was rejected
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and now this
made Cain very upset.
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Let's pick it up. Genesis 4:16.
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"And Cain went out from
the presence of the Lord
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and dwelt in the land of
Nod, on the east of Eden."
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Now he left God's presence,
he was very upset with God,
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for God rejected Him.
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It's like when you whip a child,
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or you discipline a child,
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they want to leave
your presence, right?
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They want to go to the
room and slam their door.
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Cain separates himself from God
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and Cain knew his wife
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and it starts to
talk about Cain's lineage.
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He knew his wife
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and she
conceived and bear Enoch,
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and he builded a city and
called the name of the city
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after the name of his son Enoch.
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"And unto Enoch was born
Irad: and Irad begat Mehujael:
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Mehujael begat Methusael:
Methusael begat Lamech."
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Now check it out, verse 19,
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"And Lamech took
unto him two wives:
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the name of the one was Adah,
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and the name of
the other was Zillah."
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So when you look up the
names of these two wives,
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it's very interesting.
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Friend of mine, Carlos Munoz
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shared this with
me and my brother
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few years ago, powerful.
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The names of his wives
give away the lineage of Cain
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and kind of something
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about the women of
the lineage of Cain
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and how they dressed.
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Adah means ornamental jewelry.
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Zillah means
sensual or little clothes.
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So when you see
in Genesis Chapter 6,
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that the sons of God,
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they looked over and
they saw the daughters of men
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and they saw
that they were fair.
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In other words, the sons of God,
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Seth's descendants,
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they looked over one day
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and they saw probably something
00:14:05.24\00:14:06.57
similar to what David
saw when he saw Bathsheba.
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And they said Whoo-ooh.
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All right, because they
saw that and they go, whoa,
00:14:13.35\00:14:16.42
those women don't
dress like our women.
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And they were
immediately attracted
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and so what they did
is they began to mingle
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the holy lineage of God
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with the unholy lineage of Cain.
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And they married wives,
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as the scripture
says in Genesis Chapter 6.
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Now, names mean
something in the Bible.
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I just want to stop for a moment
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and I want to break
down this, this is beautiful.
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You see, we should
look up names in the Bible
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because they actually have
a story a lot of the times.
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In Genesis Chapter 5,
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you read about the
descendants of Adam.
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Remember the holy
lineage, Adam's descendants.
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And in Genesis
Chapter 5, it's one of those,
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again genealogy chapters
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where we would just skip
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because these are the
chapters a lot of the times
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that we don't know how
to pronounce all the names
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so we're just like, I'm
just going to skip that,
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doesn't matter who begot who.
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Well, listen to
the story of the gospel
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through the names of
Adam's descendants in order.
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Are you ready for this?
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So you have Adam, Seth,
Enos, Cainan, Mahalaleel, Jared,
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Enoch, Methuselah,
and Lamech, and Noah.
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Listen to their
names in translation.
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Adam means man.
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He's a very first
man God ever made.
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Adam means man.
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Seth means appointed.
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Enos means wretched.
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Cainan means lamenting.
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Mahalaleel, El means God,
00:15:33.50\00:15:35.10
but Mahalaleel
means the blessed God.
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And then notice what
Jared means shall descend.
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Shall descend.
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Enoch means dedicated.
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Methuselah, his
whole life was about
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the prophecy of the flood,
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his name Methuselah
means his death shall bring.
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Lamaeh means power,
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and Noah means rest and comfort.
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So are you ready
to hear them in order?
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You guys look not ready.
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I'm just going to
be honest with you.
00:16:03.76\00:16:05.09
Are you ready to
hear them in order?
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Listen to the gospel message
in the genealogies of Adam.
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Man appointed,
wretched and lamenting,
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the blessed God shall descend,
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shall descend, dedicated,
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his death shall bring
power, rest and comfort.
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Can somebody say amen?
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That's powerful.
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So what we see is
that names mean something.
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And so when we read that,
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we read about why
the flood happened
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is because these women
were dressed very unholy
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rather than covering up, right?
00:16:37.33\00:16:39.39
And so, in Genesis 6,
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we read here going
on about this story
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with the sons of God
saw the daughters of men
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that they were fair,
00:16:45.10\00:16:46.43
that they took them wives
of all of which they chose.
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Verse 3 in Genesis Chapter 6,
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"And the Lord said,
00:16:49.20\00:16:50.54
'My spirit shall
not always strive
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with man.'"
00:16:51.94\00:16:53.27
So notice, as soon as
there was this mingling
00:16:53.31\00:16:54.64
between the
profane and the holy,
00:16:54.68\00:16:57.38
God seen automatically
what was going to happen.
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He was like,
they've perverted my seed.
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And now, you know,
00:17:03.82\00:17:05.15
a lot of times we
do this in church.
00:17:05.19\00:17:06.89
God forbid,
00:17:06.92\00:17:08.32
churches are
doing this nowadays.
00:17:08.36\00:17:09.82
They think if we want to
win over the young people,
00:17:09.86\00:17:12.83
then we need to
bring some of the world
00:17:12.86\00:17:14.20
into the church.
00:17:14.23\00:17:16.80
Bring in these trampolines
and these big gymnasiums
00:17:16.83\00:17:19.47
and all these you
know, games and stuff,
00:17:19.50\00:17:21.94
and then we'll have
the young people there.
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And once we get them there,
00:17:23.54\00:17:24.87
then we'll
share Jesus with them.
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Beloved, listen to me,
00:17:26.27\00:17:27.61
if you have to throw a
circus every single time
00:17:27.64\00:17:29.54
to get young
people to come to church,
00:17:29.58\00:17:31.31
then they're going to
expect a circus every time
00:17:31.35\00:17:33.01
and the reason
why they're coming
00:17:33.05\00:17:34.38
is not because of Jesus,
00:17:34.42\00:17:35.75
but because of the circus.
00:17:35.78\00:17:37.12
This is the truth.
00:17:37.15\00:17:38.49
And so, when we
start trying to take that
00:17:38.52\00:17:39.95
which is holy,
00:17:39.99\00:17:41.69
and try to mingle it with that
which is profane and worldly,
00:17:41.72\00:17:44.56
what do you think is
going to win every time?
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I've seen
marriages where women and men
00:17:48.83\00:17:51.60
who are on two
different sides of religion,
00:17:51.63\00:17:54.37
so to speak.
00:17:54.40\00:17:55.74
In other words,
they're unequally yoked,
00:17:55.77\00:17:57.11
they come together,
00:17:57.14\00:17:58.47
one's a believer,
one's not a believer
00:17:58.51\00:17:59.84
and they married
because they were attracted
00:17:59.87\00:18:01.38
to one another's looks.
00:18:01.41\00:18:03.65
Do you think the holy person
00:18:03.68\00:18:05.01
most cases wins
over the unholy person?
00:18:05.05\00:18:08.65
What happens most times?
00:18:08.68\00:18:10.55
It's the other way around.
00:18:10.59\00:18:11.92
And so, my friends,
00:18:11.95\00:18:13.29
there's a warning
here in this message.
00:18:13.32\00:18:14.66
This is the first
type of the remnant
00:18:14.69\00:18:16.02
that we're studying,
00:18:16.06\00:18:17.39
Noah in his day.
00:18:17.43\00:18:18.76
Listen to this.
00:18:18.79\00:18:20.13
It says, "And the
Lord said, 'My spirit
00:18:20.16\00:18:21.50
shall not
always strive with man,
00:18:21.53\00:18:22.86
for he also was flesh:
00:18:22.90\00:18:24.23
yet his day shall be an
hundred and twenty years.
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There were giants in
the earth in those days."
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Now check this out.
00:18:27.00\00:18:28.34
Notice what it says, it says,
00:18:28.37\00:18:29.70
"There were giants in
the earth in those days."
00:18:29.74\00:18:31.07
Let's get back to
that Nephilim idea.
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And then notice
what it says here,
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"And also after
that, " after that what?
00:18:33.84\00:18:35.41
"When the sons of God came
in unto the daughters of men."
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Hold up.
00:18:38.21\00:18:39.58
So there were giants first.
00:18:39.61\00:18:42.32
Then the sons of God came
in unto the daughters of men.
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Did you catch that?
00:18:45.05\00:18:46.39
That totally dispels
the whole Nephilim teaching.
00:18:46.42\00:18:48.86
Then it says here,
"They bare children to them,
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the same became mighty men
00:18:51.79\00:18:53.13
which were of
old, men of renown.
00:18:53.16\00:18:54.50
And God saw the
wickedness of man
00:18:54.53\00:18:55.86
was great in the earth,
00:18:55.90\00:18:57.23
and that every imagination
of the thoughts of his heart
00:18:57.27\00:18:58.60
were only evil continually.
00:18:58.63\00:19:00.27
And it repented the Lord
00:19:00.30\00:19:01.64
that he had made
man on the earth,
00:19:01.67\00:19:03.00
and it grieved him at his heart.
00:19:03.04\00:19:04.37
And the Lord said,
00:19:04.41\00:19:05.74
'I will destroy man
00:19:05.77\00:19:07.11
of whom I have created
from the face of the earth,
00:19:07.14\00:19:08.71
both man, and beast,
00:19:08.74\00:19:10.08
and the creeping
things and fowls of the air,
00:19:10.11\00:19:11.48
for it repenteth me
that I have made them."
00:19:11.51\00:19:13.28
Now you may be
thinking, why does God,
00:19:13.31\00:19:14.65
why did God say this?
00:19:14.68\00:19:16.02
Here's why?
00:19:16.05\00:19:17.39
Had God not done what He did,
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Noah and his
family would have become
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perverted eventually.
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And guess what?
00:19:21.52\00:19:22.86
God would have
had no righteous seed
00:19:22.89\00:19:24.23
to save humanity.
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It's true.
00:19:26.43\00:19:27.76
So check this out.
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Verse 8. Here's the good news.
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There's always a but.
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Aren't you glad
there's a but right here?
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"But, Noah found grace
in the eyes of the Lord."
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Amen.
00:19:39.64\00:19:40.98
Aren't you glad Noah found grace
00:19:41.01\00:19:42.34
in the eyes of the Lord?
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Now what I want you
to think about something
00:19:43.75\00:19:45.08
and ponder about this for a bit.
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Don't let this escape your mind.
00:19:46.48\00:19:47.82
Why is it that
just Noah found grace
00:19:47.85\00:19:49.18
in the eyes of the Lord?
00:19:49.22\00:19:50.62
Hasn't grace in
Titus 2:11 and 12
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told us that grace of
God has appeared to all men.
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You see, the grace of
God appears to all men,
00:19:57.13\00:19:58.93
but the grace of God
00:19:58.96\00:20:00.30
is not forced
upon you, my friends.
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You must accept God's grace.
00:20:02.33\00:20:04.00
Can we say amen?
00:20:04.03\00:20:05.37
Noah was the only
one righteous at the time
00:20:05.40\00:20:08.37
who accepted God's grace
00:20:08.40\00:20:09.74
who had a holy
backbone in his body
00:20:09.77\00:20:12.44
that he was not going to,
00:20:12.47\00:20:13.81
you know, fornicate
00:20:13.84\00:20:15.18
and he was not
going to play with sin
00:20:15.21\00:20:17.31
like the rest of the world.
00:20:17.35\00:20:19.28
So he stood
upon God in His Word.
00:20:19.31\00:20:21.68
And he said, you know what?
00:20:21.72\00:20:23.05
I'm going to
keep my relationship
00:20:23.08\00:20:24.49
close with Jesus.
00:20:24.52\00:20:26.49
He kept that
relationship strong with Jesus
00:20:26.52\00:20:28.22
and God found grace in his eyes.
00:20:28.26\00:20:29.59
Now, Noah represents the
first type of the remnant.
00:20:29.62\00:20:33.50
Let's read about that
first type of the remnant.
00:20:33.53\00:20:35.36
Let's go to Hebrews Chapter 11.
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Hebrews Chapter 11,
it's the faith chapter.
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Amen?
00:20:41.64\00:20:43.67
Hebrews Chapter 11,
00:20:43.71\00:20:45.04
and we're going to
pick it up in verse 7.
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Notice what the
Word of God says,
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"By faith," by what?
00:20:50.85\00:20:52.91
"By faith
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Noah, being warned of God
00:20:54.32\00:20:56.58
of things not seen as yet."
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My beloved
friends, listen to me.
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Do you want to know what
righteousness by faith is?
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Read Hebrews 11.
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It's describing in
every one of these stories,
00:21:05.86\00:21:08.33
beginning with
the story of Abel,
00:21:08.36\00:21:11.63
righteousness by faith.
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It says, notice
what it says here,
00:21:13.94\00:21:15.27
"By faith Noah,
being warned of God
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of things not seen as yet."
00:21:17.34\00:21:18.84
What is faith
described in Romans 10:17?
00:21:18.87\00:21:24.31
Evidence of things not seen.
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What is faith?
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Noah, it says, "By faith Noah,
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being warned of God of
things not seen as yet."
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Come on, somebody, say amen.
00:21:32.89\00:21:34.52
Things not seen as
yet, "Moved with fear,
00:21:34.56\00:21:37.63
prepared an ark to
the saving of his,"
00:21:37.66\00:21:40.73
what?
00:21:40.76\00:21:42.10
"Of his house,
00:21:42.13\00:21:43.47
by which he condemned the world
00:21:43.50\00:21:45.17
and became heir
of the righteousness
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which is by faith."
00:21:47.24\00:21:50.01
What is righteousness?
00:21:50.04\00:21:51.84
Right doing, which is by what?
00:21:51.87\00:21:54.54
By faith.
00:21:54.58\00:21:56.08
Noah became
heir of righteousness
00:21:56.11\00:21:57.61
which is by faith
because he moved with fear.
00:21:57.65\00:22:00.92
Amen?
00:22:00.95\00:22:02.28
Had relationship with God.
00:22:02.32\00:22:03.65
He knew that when God told him,
00:22:03.69\00:22:05.69
"Noah, I am about
to destroy the world
00:22:05.72\00:22:09.69
to preserve this righteous seed.
00:22:09.72\00:22:12.39
And I need you to
build an ark for the saving.
00:22:12.43\00:22:14.56
And not only your
house and yourself,
00:22:14.60\00:22:16.30
but for the saving of
any who would heed the call.
00:22:16.33\00:22:21.00
He knew that God
wasn't playing around.
00:22:21.04\00:22:23.04
And by faith he builded an
ark for the saving of his house.
00:22:23.07\00:22:28.14
Now, you know, it says house
because how many were saved?
00:22:28.18\00:22:31.58
Eight.
00:22:31.61\00:22:32.95
And who were
they? Noah's family.
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I want you to think about that.
00:22:35.92\00:22:37.72
Noah's family was
saved, eight people.
00:22:37.75\00:22:41.86
What did Jesus say?
00:22:41.89\00:22:43.22
As it was in the days of Noah,
00:22:43.26\00:22:44.59
so shall it also be
00:22:44.63\00:22:45.96
in the coming of the Son of Man.
00:22:45.99\00:22:48.30
We've been preaching
the truth for a long time.
00:22:48.33\00:22:50.70
How many people has
been really listening
00:22:50.73\00:22:52.07
to that message?
00:22:52.10\00:22:53.64
When I say listening,
00:22:53.67\00:22:55.00
I'm not talking
about just hearing.
00:22:55.04\00:22:56.50
I'm talking about
hearing and doing.
00:22:56.54\00:22:59.01
Amen?
00:22:59.04\00:23:00.38
Very few.
00:23:00.41\00:23:01.74
But you know what?
00:23:01.78\00:23:03.11
There's going to come a time
00:23:03.14\00:23:04.48
where they will start listening.
00:23:04.51\00:23:05.85
And that's
going to be very soon.
00:23:05.88\00:23:07.25
Where our brothers and sisters
00:23:07.28\00:23:08.62
are going to be wanting to
know the truth of the gospel,
00:23:08.65\00:23:11.05
the truth about Jesus.
00:23:11.09\00:23:12.75
And then I believe we will
be able to give the loud cry
00:23:12.79\00:23:15.46
and share that
message with them.
00:23:15.49\00:23:16.83
Amen? Amen.
00:23:16.86\00:23:18.36
But Noah represents the
first type of the remnant.
00:23:18.39\00:23:20.86
He preached the Word.
00:23:20.90\00:23:22.23
And I want you to
think about the days of Noah
00:23:22.26\00:23:23.60
before we transition
00:23:23.63\00:23:24.97
to the second
type of the remnant.
00:23:25.00\00:23:26.33
Think about the days of Noah.
00:23:26.37\00:23:27.70
How long do they live back then?
00:23:27.74\00:23:29.20
Nine hundred plus years, right?
00:23:29.24\00:23:31.74
Adam himself was 930,
00:23:31.77\00:23:33.74
oldest man in the
Bible, Methuselah 969, right?
00:23:33.78\00:23:36.61
Think about this.
00:23:36.64\00:23:37.98
How many children could you have
00:23:38.01\00:23:39.41
if you live to be
900 years old, ladies.
00:23:39.45\00:23:41.48
Now, the life expectancy
of most people in this day
00:23:45.42\00:23:49.46
and age is around the 70s.
00:23:49.49\00:23:50.86
You reach the 70s,
you start reaching a time
00:23:50.89\00:23:52.83
where anything
could happen, right?
00:23:52.86\00:23:55.03
And you could just,
00:23:55.06\00:23:56.40
you know, go out of this
world at any time, right?
00:23:56.43\00:23:58.57
So here's the thing.
00:23:58.60\00:23:59.93
How many, how many...
00:23:59.97\00:24:01.30
Now women in here,
00:24:01.34\00:24:02.67
you guys can answer if you want.
00:24:02.70\00:24:04.04
How many children do you think
it's possible for you to have
00:24:04.07\00:24:06.24
if you started at
the appropriate age,
00:24:06.27\00:24:09.04
and kept going
00:24:09.08\00:24:10.41
until you
couldn't do it anymore?
00:24:10.45\00:24:11.78
How many children
think it's possible
00:24:11.81\00:24:13.15
for a woman now in this day?
00:24:13.18\00:24:15.25
Roughly around 20.
00:24:15.28\00:24:17.09
Now you're like, what, 20?
00:24:17.12\00:24:18.89
Yes, 20, it's
possible, it's happened.
00:24:18.92\00:24:21.36
Now, that's a lot of
children, that's a lot of work.
00:24:21.39\00:24:23.93
But I want you
to think about this.
00:24:23.96\00:24:25.29
That's a lot.
00:24:25.33\00:24:26.66
But think about
it back in their day,
00:24:26.70\00:24:28.03
900 years old.
00:24:28.06\00:24:30.17
By the time you're 400,
you're still in your prime.
00:24:30.20\00:24:35.67
Are we together?
00:24:35.70\00:24:37.51
And you're still
popping out children
00:24:37.54\00:24:39.67
and your
grandchildren and your grandbaby
00:24:39.71\00:24:41.68
and your great, great, great,
great, great, great grandbabies
00:24:41.71\00:24:44.05
is already starting
to pop out children.
00:24:44.08\00:24:46.11
Are we together?
00:24:46.15\00:24:47.55
So I want you to
think about the population
00:24:47.58\00:24:49.88
must have been booming.
00:24:49.92\00:24:52.22
I mean, you could be 400
00:24:52.25\00:24:56.12
and still be in your prime
00:24:56.16\00:24:57.76
and have great, great, great,
great, great, great, great,
00:24:57.79\00:24:59.36
great grandbabies.
00:24:59.39\00:25:00.73
Are we together?
00:25:00.76\00:25:02.10
I mean, that's
something to ponder.
00:25:02.13\00:25:03.63
So, my friends,
think about this.
00:25:03.67\00:25:06.23
Population is booming.
00:25:06.27\00:25:07.77
Now today we have
about 7.5 billion alive
00:25:07.80\00:25:10.11
in the world today.
00:25:10.14\00:25:11.47
That's a lot of people.
00:25:11.51\00:25:12.97
We don't know the population
00:25:13.01\00:25:14.34
the exact number
during the days of Noah,
00:25:14.38\00:25:15.71
but I bet it was a lot.
00:25:15.74\00:25:17.21
Obviously, it was a lot,
you look at the population.
00:25:17.25\00:25:19.85
You look at how
they could populate,
00:25:19.88\00:25:21.52
rather.
00:25:21.55\00:25:23.59
And so, my friends,
00:25:23.62\00:25:24.95
Noah comes to his
family with this message.
00:25:24.99\00:25:26.99
Now I want you to
use your mind's eye
00:25:27.02\00:25:28.36
and really imagine this.
00:25:28.39\00:25:29.72
Do we still have an imagination?
00:25:29.76\00:25:31.09
Do we have one of those?
00:25:31.13\00:25:32.46
Let's exercise it this morning.
00:25:32.49\00:25:33.83
So imagine that you're back
in Noah's day and you're like,
00:25:33.86\00:25:36.53
you receive this word from God.
00:25:36.56\00:25:38.63
And then now you
go to your family
00:25:38.67\00:25:40.17
and you got to tell your family,
00:25:40.20\00:25:41.54
you got to
explain this to your wife.
00:25:41.57\00:25:43.91
Hey, honey, hey,
00:25:43.94\00:25:45.37
I got to talk to you real quick.
00:25:45.41\00:25:46.74
It's very important.
00:25:46.78\00:25:48.11
God has talked to
me and He's told me
00:25:48.14\00:25:50.35
that He's going to
destroy the entire world
00:25:50.38\00:25:51.91
and He has given me the
blueprints to build an ark
00:25:51.95\00:25:54.22
for the saving of the world
and the saving of the animals
00:25:54.25\00:25:56.52
and everything else
00:25:56.55\00:25:58.05
and we got to build
and construct this ark.
00:25:58.09\00:26:00.56
He has given me
this responsibility.
00:26:00.59\00:26:02.62
Imagine if you right now
00:26:02.66\00:26:04.99
went to your wife
00:26:05.03\00:26:06.36
and had some word
like that for her.
00:26:06.39\00:26:09.16
Are we together?
00:26:09.20\00:26:10.53
Now the reason why I
say this is because of this,
00:26:10.57\00:26:12.50
is because would you think
00:26:12.53\00:26:14.10
that your family
would believe you?
00:26:14.14\00:26:17.77
Did Noah's family believe him?
00:26:17.81\00:26:22.14
Oh, yeah,
00:26:22.18\00:26:23.51
they were in the
ark, weren't they?
00:26:23.55\00:26:26.25
Amen?
00:26:26.28\00:26:28.08
His immediate family, his
three sons and their wives,
00:26:28.12\00:26:32.62
him and his wife were
all in the ark together.
00:26:32.65\00:26:35.99
The saving of his what?
00:26:36.02\00:26:37.36
Of his house,
the scripture says.
00:26:37.39\00:26:40.50
All right, now,
00:26:40.53\00:26:41.86
Noah represents the
first type of the remnant.
00:26:41.90\00:26:44.00
Now let's move on
00:26:44.03\00:26:45.37
to the second
type of the remnant.
00:26:45.40\00:26:46.74
Here we go.
00:26:46.77\00:26:48.10
Luke Chapter 17.
00:26:48.14\00:26:49.47
Let's go back to
the Book of Luke,
00:26:49.50\00:26:50.84
back to the Gospel of Luke.
00:26:50.87\00:26:53.27
Luke Chapter 17.
00:26:53.31\00:26:56.44
We'll see what
the Word of God says.
00:26:56.48\00:27:00.18
Here we are.
00:27:00.22\00:27:01.55
Notice what it says
picking it up in verse 28.
00:27:01.58\00:27:03.62
"Likewise also as it
was in the days," of who?
00:27:03.65\00:27:08.42
"Of Lot, they did eat,
they drank, they bought,
00:27:08.46\00:27:11.33
they sold, they
planted, they builded.
00:27:11.36\00:27:13.23
But the same day that
Lot went out of Sodom it
00:27:13.26\00:27:15.40
rained down fire and
brimstone from heaven,
00:27:15.43\00:27:17.30
and destroyed them all.
00:27:17.33\00:27:18.70
Even thus shall it be in the day
00:27:18.73\00:27:20.40
when the Son of
man is revealed."
00:27:20.44\00:27:22.97
Now, here's the
deal, my friends.
00:27:23.00\00:27:24.47
Was Noah and his family saved?
00:27:24.51\00:27:26.84
Yes, that's the
first type of the remnant.
00:27:26.88\00:27:29.98
Was Noah a remnant of
the people of his day?
00:27:30.01\00:27:33.11
Yes.
00:27:33.15\00:27:34.48
Lot, was he saved?
00:27:34.52\00:27:38.49
Yes.
00:27:38.52\00:27:39.85
Was he a remnant
of those in his day?
00:27:39.89\00:27:42.82
Yes, we have two
types of the remnant.
00:27:42.86\00:27:45.16
Now the
question is this morning,
00:27:45.19\00:27:46.70
which type are you going to be?
00:27:46.73\00:27:48.60
We looked a little
bit into the days of Noah,
00:27:48.63\00:27:50.67
we're going to come
back to that in just a bit
00:27:50.70\00:27:52.03
before we close.
00:27:52.07\00:27:53.40
But we're going to look now
00:27:53.44\00:27:54.77
at the second
type of the remnant,
00:27:54.80\00:27:56.60
days of Lots.
00:27:56.64\00:27:57.97
Let's go back to
Genesis Chapter 13.
00:27:58.01\00:28:00.48
And let's
re-familiarize ourselves
00:28:00.51\00:28:01.88
with a passage of scripture
00:28:01.91\00:28:03.35
of which many of us
probably read for a devotional,
00:28:03.38\00:28:07.38
but we didn't really
grasp all of its fullness.
00:28:07.42\00:28:10.49
So let's go to Revelation,
Genesis rather, Chapter 13.
00:28:10.52\00:28:13.86
We're going to
pick it up in verse 1.
00:28:13.89\00:28:15.72
Notice what the
Word of God says.
00:28:15.76\00:28:17.33
"And Abram went up out of Egypt,
00:28:17.36\00:28:19.29
he, and his wife,
00:28:19.33\00:28:20.66
and all that he had,
00:28:20.70\00:28:22.03
and Lot with
him, into the south."
00:28:22.06\00:28:23.40
So Lot is with him.
00:28:23.43\00:28:24.77
Here's the first time you
see Lot mentioned in Scripture.
00:28:24.80\00:28:27.04
And notice what it
says here in verse 5.
00:28:27.07\00:28:28.77
Let's go down to verse 5.
00:28:28.80\00:28:30.31
And Lot also,
which went with Abram,
00:28:30.34\00:28:32.37
had flocks, and
herds, and tents.
00:28:32.41\00:28:33.74
And the land was
not able to bear them,
00:28:33.78\00:28:35.68
that they might dwell together:
for their substance was great,"
00:28:35.71\00:28:38.55
the Bible says,
00:28:38.58\00:28:39.91
"so that they could
not dwell together."
00:28:39.95\00:28:41.32
And there was strife
00:28:41.35\00:28:42.68
between the
herdmen of Abram's cattle
00:28:42.72\00:28:44.42
and the herdmen of Lot's cattle:
00:28:44.45\00:28:45.95
and the
Canaanite and the Perizzite
00:28:45.99\00:28:47.32
dwelled then in the land.
00:28:47.36\00:28:48.69
And Abram said unto
Lot, 'Let there be no strife,
00:28:48.72\00:28:51.13
I pray thee,
between me and thee,
00:28:51.16\00:28:52.96
and between my
herdmen and thy herdmen,
00:28:52.99\00:28:54.90
for we are brethren.
00:28:54.93\00:28:56.56
Is not the whole
land before thee?
00:28:56.60\00:28:58.43
separate thyself,
I pray thee, from me:
00:28:58.47\00:29:01.24
if thou wilt take the left hand,
00:29:01.27\00:29:04.11
then I will go to the right,
00:29:04.14\00:29:05.47
or if thou depart
to the right hand,
00:29:05.51\00:29:07.31
then I will go to the left.'"
00:29:07.34\00:29:08.88
By the way when
things are happening,
00:29:08.91\00:29:11.48
that are not good
things in the family,
00:29:11.51\00:29:13.28
sometimes we have
to separate ourselves
00:29:13.31\00:29:14.68
from our family, don't we?
00:29:14.72\00:29:16.48
Is that true? Uh-huh.
00:29:16.52\00:29:17.92
It's to prevent strife
00:29:17.95\00:29:19.29
and to prevent
unbrotherly kindness.
00:29:19.32\00:29:21.29
Notice what it says here.
00:29:21.32\00:29:23.43
He says in verse 10,
"And Lot lifted up his eyes,
00:29:23.46\00:29:25.86
and beheld all
the plain of Jordan,
00:29:25.89\00:29:27.30
that it was
well watered," where?
00:29:27.33\00:29:30.47
"Everywhere."
00:29:30.50\00:29:31.83
Now, what do you need
00:29:31.87\00:29:33.27
to really be
successful as cattlemen?
00:29:33.30\00:29:37.94
Water, if you have
water, you have grass.
00:29:37.97\00:29:41.14
If you have water, not
only do you have grass,
00:29:41.18\00:29:43.85
you have everything you
need to start a civilization,
00:29:43.88\00:29:46.98
pretty much.
00:29:47.02\00:29:48.35
Are we together, beloved?
00:29:48.38\00:29:49.72
So it's well watered where?
00:29:49.75\00:29:51.45
Everywhere.
00:29:51.49\00:29:52.82
And then notice what happens?
00:29:52.85\00:29:54.19
It says, "Before the Lord
destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah,
00:29:54.22\00:29:56.56
even as the garden of the
Lord, like the land of Egypt,
00:29:56.59\00:29:59.23
as thou comest unto Zoar.
00:29:59.26\00:30:01.90
Then Lot chose him all
the plain of the Jordan,
00:30:01.93\00:30:04.47
and Lot journeyed east:
00:30:04.50\00:30:05.87
and they separated
themselves one from the other."
00:30:05.90\00:30:07.97
Now, Abram told Lot,
00:30:08.00\00:30:09.34
he says, if you go
left, I'll go right,
00:30:09.37\00:30:10.71
you go right, I'll go left.
00:30:10.74\00:30:12.87
You pick first,
00:30:12.91\00:30:14.24
I'll do the
opposite of whatever you do.
00:30:14.28\00:30:15.98
Right?
00:30:16.01\00:30:17.35
Notice verse 12,
00:30:17.38\00:30:18.71
"Abram dwelled in
the land of Canaan,
00:30:18.75\00:30:20.52
and Lot dwelled in
the cities of the plain."
00:30:20.55\00:30:23.32
Notice, don't miss
that, the cities of the plain,
00:30:23.35\00:30:28.36
"and pitched his
tent toward," where?
00:30:28.39\00:30:31.06
"Towards Sodom.
00:30:31.09\00:30:32.43
But the men of Sodom were wicked
00:30:32.46\00:30:35.20
and sinners before
the Lord exceedingly."
00:30:35.23\00:30:37.07
Now, my friends,
00:30:37.10\00:30:38.53
why do you think Lot
pitched his tent towards Sodom?
00:30:38.57\00:30:42.17
We probably got a
lot of good ideas.
00:30:42.20\00:30:43.97
Well, let me
just throw out a few
00:30:44.01\00:30:45.34
that God may
have shared with me.
00:30:45.37\00:30:47.11
And that's this.
00:30:47.14\00:30:48.48
You know, sometimes
00:30:48.51\00:30:49.84
when we are trying to
be successful in life,
00:30:49.88\00:30:52.48
we want to be successful,
00:30:52.51\00:30:53.98
primarily financially, right?
00:30:54.02\00:30:56.45
Because let's face it,
00:30:56.48\00:30:57.85
most people put
their faith and their trust
00:30:57.89\00:31:00.16
not so much in God
but their finances, right?
00:31:00.19\00:31:02.69
As long as they got money,
they got everything they need.
00:31:02.72\00:31:05.16
Well, imagine as he
was looking over the land,
00:31:05.19\00:31:08.00
he's like, let me think
about this Abram for a bit.
00:31:08.03\00:31:10.43
He was really investigating
00:31:10.47\00:31:11.80
maybe he went a day's
journey in this direction,
00:31:11.83\00:31:13.44
a day's journey
in that direction,
00:31:13.47\00:31:14.80
he started to look and
really investigate a place.
00:31:14.84\00:31:17.77
Him and his wife knew
about Sodom and Gomorrah.
00:31:17.81\00:31:23.45
I bet his wife maybe come
to his ear and she's like,
00:31:23.48\00:31:25.61
you know, honey,
00:31:25.65\00:31:26.98
we could probably do
really well in Sodom,
00:31:27.02\00:31:30.02
because that's where
all of the businesses are.
00:31:30.05\00:31:32.89
That's where they
sell those vegan plates.
00:31:32.92\00:31:35.92
All the vegetarian
meat is sold there.
00:31:35.96\00:31:37.86
And all the things that
we need will be right there.
00:31:41.73\00:31:44.40
So we won't have to
travel and journey real far,
00:31:44.43\00:31:46.57
we won't have to put
everything on the camel
00:31:46.60\00:31:47.94
or on the donkey
00:31:47.97\00:31:49.30
and travel real far
to get what we need,
00:31:49.34\00:31:50.67
will be right there,
00:31:50.71\00:31:52.04
it'll be right
there at our convenience.
00:31:52.07\00:31:53.41
And not only that, honey,
is that we will be able to buy,
00:31:53.44\00:31:55.44
sell and trade with
anyone to make money,
00:31:55.48\00:31:57.88
to make more money
00:31:57.91\00:31:59.25
because that's
where the people are.
00:31:59.28\00:32:01.08
Sounds pretty good, doesn't it?
00:32:01.12\00:32:03.39
But you see, all of
that comes at a price.
00:32:03.42\00:32:06.22
So notice, pitched
his tent towards Sodom.
00:32:06.25\00:32:09.12
Now, you know the story,
00:32:09.16\00:32:10.86
I'm sure many of you familiar
with the gist of the story,
00:32:10.89\00:32:12.79
but we're going to
look at details of the story
00:32:12.83\00:32:14.20
that you probably missed.
00:32:14.23\00:32:15.56
Genesis Chapter 18,
00:32:15.60\00:32:16.93
you see Jesus talk with Abraham
00:32:16.97\00:32:18.30
and what we call a Christophany.
00:32:18.33\00:32:20.07
Now, Christophany in theology
00:32:20.10\00:32:21.74
is a scene where
Jesus comes in the flesh,
00:32:21.77\00:32:25.41
before His
incarnation in Mary's womb.
00:32:25.44\00:32:27.58
Are we together, beloved?
00:32:27.61\00:32:29.14
So He comes in a Christophany
00:32:29.18\00:32:31.01
and he has this conversation
with his couple of angels
00:32:31.05\00:32:33.52
with Abraham,
00:32:33.55\00:32:34.88
and he prepares a
meal, they have some food,
00:32:34.92\00:32:36.92
and then what does he say?
00:32:36.95\00:32:38.29
He says, hey,
listen, I've come down
00:32:38.32\00:32:39.65
because I got to investigate.
00:32:39.69\00:32:41.22
Now, I want you to
understand something
00:32:41.26\00:32:42.59
about what we believe.
00:32:42.62\00:32:43.96
We have a belief
00:32:43.99\00:32:45.33
called the
investigative judgment.
00:32:45.36\00:32:46.70
Before God gives His
judgment, He investigates.
00:32:46.73\00:32:49.26
Come on somebody.
00:32:49.30\00:32:50.63
Come on somebody.
00:32:50.67\00:32:52.50
He investigates the situation
00:32:52.53\00:32:54.20
before He executes His judgment.
00:32:54.24\00:32:56.37
Okay.
00:32:56.40\00:32:57.74
So He comes down
and he's investigating
00:32:57.77\00:32:59.54
and He sends His
angels ahead of Him
00:32:59.57\00:33:01.71
while He's had this
conversation with Abraham.
00:33:01.74\00:33:05.01
And Abraham ends up
realizing that he's come down
00:33:05.05\00:33:07.12
because he knows that
God is a God of justice.
00:33:07.15\00:33:11.35
He said, I've heard
the cries of Solomon,
00:33:11.39\00:33:12.82
I've come down to
do some investigation.
00:33:12.85\00:33:15.19
And I imagine as the
angels were on their way,
00:33:15.22\00:33:16.79
he's like, Lord, hey, like,
00:33:16.83\00:33:19.43
he's thinking of
his, his family Lot.
00:33:19.46\00:33:23.26
He's like, Lord,
what if you find 50 there?
00:33:23.30\00:33:25.30
What about 45?
00:33:25.33\00:33:26.67
What about 40? What about 35?
00:33:26.70\00:33:28.04
What he goes all
the way down to 10.
00:33:28.07\00:33:29.44
If there's 10 righteous,
will you still destroy it?
00:33:29.47\00:33:31.01
And God says it every time,
00:33:31.04\00:33:32.37
"I will not destroy
it if I can find 10."
00:33:32.41\00:33:34.68
That's a pretty good
deal. What do you say?
00:33:34.71\00:33:36.71
Ah-huh.
00:33:36.75\00:33:38.08
And, so I
imagine Abraham's like,
00:33:38.11\00:33:39.91
hopefully there's 10.
00:33:39.95\00:33:42.22
Angels are on their way.
00:33:42.25\00:33:44.12
And I'll just pick it
up in Genesis Chapter 19.
00:33:44.15\00:33:47.02
Genesis Chapter 19,
00:33:47.06\00:33:49.46
we're going to
pick it up in verse 1.
00:33:49.49\00:33:53.43
"And there came two
angels to Sodom at even,
00:33:53.46\00:33:56.20
and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom
00:33:56.23\00:33:57.93
and Lot seeing them
rose up to meet them,
00:33:57.97\00:34:00.64
and he bowed himself
00:34:00.67\00:34:02.00
with his face
toward the ground."
00:34:02.04\00:34:03.37
So Lot immediately recognizes
there's something different
00:34:03.41\00:34:05.51
about these men, right?
00:34:05.54\00:34:06.88
Uh-huh.
00:34:06.91\00:34:08.24
He bows himself to the ground,
00:34:08.28\00:34:09.61
and he basically invites them
to come into his house, right?
00:34:09.64\00:34:12.41
So they go into Lot's house.
00:34:12.45\00:34:14.08
Now let's skip down to verse 4.
00:34:14.12\00:34:16.02
Verse 4 says,
00:34:16.05\00:34:18.15
"But before they lay
down, the men of the city,
00:34:18.19\00:34:20.19
even the men of Sodom,
compassed the house round,
00:34:20.22\00:34:23.09
both old and young,
00:34:23.12\00:34:24.46
all the people
from every quarter."
00:34:24.49\00:34:26.16
Notice it said old and young.
00:34:26.19\00:34:28.86
You see, the decisions
00:34:28.90\00:34:30.23
that the old
makes affects the young.
00:34:30.27\00:34:33.17
Can we say amen?
00:34:33.20\00:34:34.54
Uh-huh.
00:34:34.57\00:34:35.90
And says, and
notice what it says here,
00:34:35.94\00:34:37.27
He says, "Before they lay down,
00:34:37.31\00:34:38.64
they compassed the
house round every quarter.
00:34:38.67\00:34:40.11
And they called unto
Lot, and said unto him,
00:34:40.14\00:34:42.08
Where are the men..."
00:34:42.11\00:34:43.45
I can imagine them
00:34:43.48\00:34:44.81
holding the beer
bottle in their hand,
00:34:44.85\00:34:46.18
or maybe some
from the local tavern,
00:34:46.21\00:34:49.65
as they stumble around,
or a man came in here or not.
00:34:49.68\00:34:55.02
Are we together, beloved?
00:34:55.06\00:34:56.59
All right, and
then what happens?
00:34:56.62\00:34:58.09
"And they called
unto Lot, and said,
00:34:58.13\00:34:59.46
'Where are the men
00:34:59.49\00:35:00.83
which came in
to thee this night?
00:35:00.86\00:35:02.20
Bring them out into us
that we may know them."
00:35:02.23\00:35:03.97
And we know what that means.
00:35:04.00\00:35:05.33
They wanted to get to know
him real good, didn't they?
00:35:05.37\00:35:07.64
Uh-huh.
00:35:07.67\00:35:09.17
And then notice,
00:35:09.20\00:35:10.54
"And Lot went out
at the door unto them,
00:35:10.57\00:35:11.91
and shut the door behind him."
00:35:11.94\00:35:13.27
So he goes outside to them,
he shuts the door behind him.
00:35:13.31\00:35:14.81
And he says this, he says,
00:35:14.84\00:35:16.64
"I pray you,
brethren, do not so wickedly.
00:35:16.68\00:35:20.65
Behold now, I have," what?
00:35:20.68\00:35:24.65
"Two daughters
which have not known man."
00:35:24.69\00:35:29.82
What did that mean?
00:35:29.86\00:35:32.26
They were virgins.
00:35:32.29\00:35:33.63
Had not known man.
00:35:33.66\00:35:35.00
"Let me, I pray you,
bring them out unto you,
00:35:35.03\00:35:37.00
and do ye to them as
is good in your eyes,
00:35:37.03\00:35:40.04
only unto these men do nothing,
00:35:40.07\00:35:41.94
for therefore came
they under the shadow
00:35:41.97\00:35:43.41
of my roof."
00:35:43.44\00:35:44.77
Now, beloved,
00:35:44.81\00:35:46.14
I'm not a father, okay.
00:35:50.55\00:35:52.51
I don't have the
privilege of being a father yet.
00:35:52.55\00:35:54.92
But I can tell
you if I was a father
00:35:54.95\00:35:56.35
and I bet many of
you out there are fathers
00:35:56.38\00:35:58.22
and probably have
daughters and sons.
00:35:58.25\00:36:02.42
Over my dead body,
00:36:02.46\00:36:08.33
would I allow these men
00:36:08.36\00:36:11.27
to have my two
daughters and just give them?
00:36:11.30\00:36:13.50
They would have to kill
me to get to my daughters.
00:36:13.54\00:36:15.60
Are we together, saints?
00:36:15.64\00:36:18.54
Because that's my
kids, my children.
00:36:18.57\00:36:21.58
Are we together?
00:36:21.61\00:36:23.18
Now, I would have
believed the same thing
00:36:23.21\00:36:25.31
if it was someone
else's daughter's too.
00:36:25.35\00:36:26.68
I'm not going to
allow that to happen,
00:36:26.72\00:36:28.05
not in my presence.
00:36:28.08\00:36:29.42
Are we together?
00:36:29.45\00:36:30.79
But you see
00:36:30.82\00:36:32.15
what had happened
to Lot, my friends?
00:36:32.19\00:36:34.09
By dwelling in
these wicked cities
00:36:34.12\00:36:37.06
and seeing all
of their wickedness
00:36:37.09\00:36:39.26
and seeing all of the
sin, all of the violence,
00:36:39.29\00:36:42.16
all of the fornication,
all of the sexual morality,
00:36:42.20\00:36:45.90
and all of the sins in general
that were going on in the city,
00:36:45.93\00:36:48.50
he became desensitized.
00:36:48.54\00:36:54.54
Notice I put
some emphasis on that.
00:36:54.58\00:36:56.75
Desensitized.
00:36:56.78\00:37:00.48
Are we together?
00:37:00.52\00:37:02.02
And by
beholding all of this sin,
00:37:02.05\00:37:04.45
he himself who was a holy
man before coming to the city,
00:37:04.49\00:37:09.09
became to be very unholy.
00:37:09.12\00:37:11.66
Now do you think
that happened overnight?
00:37:11.69\00:37:13.76
No, it happened a
little bit each day.
00:37:13.80\00:37:18.13
Are we together?
00:37:18.17\00:37:19.50
And then one day, you
wake up and you're like,
00:37:19.53\00:37:23.30
you don't feel
the Spirit of God.
00:37:23.34\00:37:25.87
You don't feel His
presence in your life.
00:37:25.91\00:37:27.74
You don't feel the conviction
almost sometimes in your heart.
00:37:27.78\00:37:30.25
And you wonder
what happened to me?
00:37:30.28\00:37:32.71
Are we together?
00:37:32.75\00:37:35.05
This happens to a lot
of people, my friends,
00:37:35.08\00:37:36.75
and it's because
00:37:36.79\00:37:38.12
they're
dwelling among wickedness
00:37:38.15\00:37:39.49
and seeing and
hearing all the wickedness.
00:37:39.52\00:37:41.56
They become so
desensitized to it
00:37:41.59\00:37:43.86
that when they see
wickedness going on,
00:37:43.89\00:37:46.43
they could just turn their head.
00:37:46.46\00:37:47.80
How many times have we
heard about a hurricane
00:37:47.83\00:37:49.73
hitting this city over here
00:37:49.76\00:37:51.13
and 500 are dead
and we're just like,
00:37:51.17\00:37:53.37
"Oh, yeah, signs of times."
00:37:53.40\00:37:54.87
The Bible says we
should be sighing and crying
00:37:58.41\00:38:00.44
for these things.
00:38:00.48\00:38:03.55
There's something wrong with us,
00:38:03.58\00:38:05.61
even us, the church.
00:38:05.65\00:38:09.18
See, we're not
the lukewarm church
00:38:09.22\00:38:10.55
by accident, my friends.
00:38:10.59\00:38:12.75
We chose this.
00:38:12.79\00:38:14.92
Are we together?
00:38:14.96\00:38:16.49
We've allowed this lukewarmness,
00:38:16.52\00:38:18.29
this deadness to
creep in in so many ways.
00:38:18.33\00:38:21.16
And God is wanting to
change our hearts and our minds.
00:38:21.20\00:38:23.93
And so notice, he
says, I have two daughters,
00:38:23.97\00:38:28.60
and he offers them unto him.
00:38:28.64\00:38:30.24
And then what happens?
00:38:30.27\00:38:31.61
The men step out,
they're like, "No, no,
00:38:31.64\00:38:33.01
I'm not going to
let this happen."
00:38:33.04\00:38:34.38
I love how the
angels have a holy backbone.
00:38:34.41\00:38:36.34
They come out and they're like,
00:38:36.38\00:38:37.78
phew, I could just imagine,
like, you know, I don't know,
00:38:37.81\00:38:39.58
something like that.
00:38:39.61\00:38:40.95
And then the man is
just like, oh, well,
00:38:40.98\00:38:42.52
and they're blind
that he can't see the door,
00:38:42.55\00:38:44.09
they can't find the door,
00:38:44.12\00:38:45.45
and then the angel
shut the door behind them
00:38:45.49\00:38:46.82
and they look at Lot
00:38:46.86\00:38:48.19
and they look at his
family and they say, listen,
00:38:48.22\00:38:50.19
are there any
others here, besides you?
00:38:50.23\00:38:54.00
If there is, go warn them,
00:38:54.03\00:38:57.03
because we're about
to destroy the city.
00:38:57.07\00:38:59.03
Let's pick it up. Let's read it.
00:38:59.07\00:39:00.70
Verse 12, Genesis 19:12,
00:39:00.74\00:39:03.00
"And the men said unto
Lot, Hast thou here any besides?
00:39:03.04\00:39:05.41
son in law, and thy
sons, and thy daughters,
00:39:05.44\00:39:07.64
and whatsoever
thou hast in the city,
00:39:07.68\00:39:09.01
bring them out of this place."
00:39:09.04\00:39:10.68
Notice the message.
00:39:10.71\00:39:12.21
Bring them what?
00:39:12.25\00:39:13.62
Out of this place.
00:39:13.65\00:39:16.58
That's the
message that who gave?
00:39:16.62\00:39:19.52
What is the
three angels' messages,
00:39:27.26\00:39:28.60
my friends?
00:39:28.63\00:39:29.96
Come out of her, my people.
00:39:30.00\00:39:34.57
Is there any here
00:39:34.60\00:39:35.94
that will have an
ear to hear they say,
00:39:35.97\00:39:37.97
if there is go tell them
00:39:38.01\00:39:40.08
that we're about
to destroy this place.
00:39:40.11\00:39:42.04
Verse 13, "For we
will destroy this place,
00:39:42.08\00:39:43.68
because the cry of them is waxen
00:39:43.71\00:39:45.41
great before the
face of the Lord,
00:39:45.45\00:39:47.02
and the Lord hath
sent us to destroy it."
00:39:47.05\00:39:49.48
Is that what's going to happen
to the world in the last days?
00:39:49.52\00:39:51.65
It's going to be
destroyed, my friends.
00:39:51.69\00:39:53.46
And then notice what it
says, "And Lot went out,
00:39:53.49\00:39:55.39
and spake unto his sons in law,
00:39:55.42\00:39:57.39
which married his
daughters, and said,
00:39:57.43\00:39:59.86
Up, get you out of this place,
00:39:59.89\00:40:02.36
for the Lord will
destroy this city."
00:40:02.40\00:40:05.13
But notice the next line,
00:40:05.17\00:40:06.50
"But he seemed as one
00:40:06.53\00:40:08.77
that mocked to his sons in law."
00:40:08.80\00:40:12.27
Whoa, hold on, hold on.
00:40:12.31\00:40:13.84
What do you think that is?
00:40:13.88\00:40:15.98
I mean, I can imagine.
00:40:16.01\00:40:18.05
I can imagine in my mind's eye,
00:40:18.08\00:40:21.18
his sons are sitting over here.
00:40:21.22\00:40:23.12
And what are they doing?
00:40:23.15\00:40:24.49
Or his sons in laws
are sitting over here.
00:40:24.52\00:40:26.96
They're probably at
the local tavern right?
00:40:26.99\00:40:28.89
They're in the cities.
00:40:28.92\00:40:30.26
And they're probably sitting
00:40:30.29\00:40:31.63
back on grandma's
old cough medicine.
00:40:31.66\00:40:34.23
And while they're
probably inebriated themselves
00:40:34.26\00:40:36.43
and very, very
confused about all these things,
00:40:36.46\00:40:38.83
they look and
all of a sudden, Lot,
00:40:38.87\00:40:42.64
who has chosen to bring
His family to this wicked city.
00:40:42.67\00:40:48.04
Are we together?
00:40:48.08\00:40:49.44
Is now coming to them
and he's screaming up.
00:40:49.48\00:40:53.05
Get you up out of this place,
00:40:53.08\00:40:54.42
the Lord's going
to destroy the city,
00:40:54.45\00:40:55.98
and then all of a sudden
he's got a word of the Lord.
00:40:56.02\00:40:58.09
I can imagine him
looking up at him,
00:41:02.86\00:41:06.53
looking at one another.
00:41:06.56\00:41:08.13
Oh, boy, listen to this
man, he hasn't got religion.
00:41:11.63\00:41:15.10
Do you see
00:41:20.34\00:41:21.68
that the point I'm
making, my friends?
00:41:21.71\00:41:23.04
When we, as a people
00:41:26.85\00:41:30.62
make compromises in our lives
00:41:30.65\00:41:33.72
with sin and wickedness,
00:41:33.76\00:41:36.22
little by little
letting it creep in our lives.
00:41:36.26\00:41:39.76
Our family sees it.
00:41:39.79\00:41:41.13
Our loved ones see it.
00:41:44.50\00:41:46.77
And we tend to kind of say,
00:41:46.80\00:41:48.14
oh, we're all
sinners and you know,
00:41:48.17\00:41:49.84
they're not better than we are.
00:41:49.87\00:41:51.21
Yeah, that's true.
00:41:51.24\00:41:53.34
But that's not an excuse for it.
00:41:53.38\00:41:54.71
And they look and
they just mocked them
00:41:58.05\00:42:01.35
because they've seen his life.
00:42:01.38\00:42:05.15
They see his life every day.
00:42:05.19\00:42:07.36
They know he's not a man of God.
00:42:07.39\00:42:09.79
He may have used to
been, but he's not anymore.
00:42:09.82\00:42:13.93
He's not a man that loves
God or he would follow God.
00:42:13.96\00:42:16.56
And all of a sudden
now things have gotten real
00:42:16.60\00:42:18.97
and he's got a word of the Lord.
00:42:19.00\00:42:21.54
Are we together?
00:42:21.57\00:42:23.74
How do you think your family,
your loved ones, your kin,
00:42:23.77\00:42:27.94
your neighbors
are going to respond
00:42:27.98\00:42:30.28
if you bang on
their door one day
00:42:30.31\00:42:32.21
when you notice that
the mark of the beast
00:42:32.25\00:42:34.25
is coming right
around the corner,
00:42:34.28\00:42:35.62
it's starting to be,
00:42:35.65\00:42:37.72
just proclaimed on the news
00:42:37.75\00:42:39.25
and is starting to
go into your office
00:42:39.29\00:42:41.29
and start to go into effect.
00:42:41.32\00:42:42.66
Very soon we see
these things wrapping up
00:42:42.69\00:42:44.33
and you're
banging on their door.
00:42:44.36\00:42:45.69
You're calling
up your loved ones.
00:42:45.73\00:42:47.06
You're telling
them, "Hey, guys, listen,
00:42:47.10\00:42:48.43
what's coming, don't accept it.
00:42:48.46\00:42:49.83
This is going to be
the mark of the beast."
00:42:49.86\00:42:51.20
What do you think
00:42:51.23\00:42:52.57
they're going to
respond to you like?
00:42:52.60\00:42:53.94
Are they going to look
at you and start laughing
00:42:57.57\00:42:59.44
and thinking
00:42:59.47\00:43:00.81
that you're not
really that serious.
00:43:00.84\00:43:03.81
I mean, after
all, look at your life.
00:43:03.85\00:43:05.18
My friends, these are
two types of the remnant.
00:43:10.59\00:43:15.79
Notice what the
Word of God says.
00:43:15.82\00:43:17.16
So he seemed as one that
mocked to his sons in law.
00:43:20.40\00:43:22.26
That was verse 14.
Let's go to verse 15.
00:43:22.30\00:43:23.83
"And when the morning arose..."
00:43:23.87\00:43:25.53
Hold on a second.
00:43:25.57\00:43:26.90
Oh, no, what?
00:43:26.94\00:43:28.64
You mean to tell me, he
waited around until morning?
00:43:28.67\00:43:33.31
I mean, they
just gave the message,
00:43:33.34\00:43:34.68
"Hey, listen, get
out of this place.
00:43:34.71\00:43:36.18
We're about to destroy the city
00:43:36.21\00:43:37.55
and he's waiting
around until morning."
00:43:37.58\00:43:40.25
Remember what happened?
00:43:40.28\00:43:41.62
They came to them at nighttime.
00:43:41.65\00:43:43.72
Now it's morning
time, 12 hours have passed,
00:43:43.75\00:43:46.92
and they're still
there in the city.
00:43:46.96\00:43:49.42
"And when the morning had arose,
00:43:49.46\00:43:51.99
then the angels hastened Lot,"
00:43:52.03\00:43:54.73
second angel's message, saying,
00:43:54.76\00:43:58.20
"Arise, take thy
wife, and thy two daughters,
00:43:58.23\00:44:00.80
which are here,"
00:44:00.84\00:44:02.54
notice, you need to be there.
00:44:02.57\00:44:04.61
You need to be there,
00:44:04.64\00:44:06.21
which are here and
notice what it says,
00:44:06.24\00:44:07.78
"lest they be consumed in
the iniquity of the city."
00:44:07.81\00:44:11.31
And then notice verse 16.
00:44:11.35\00:44:12.68
"And while he," what?"
00:44:12.71\00:44:14.78
Lingered."
00:44:14.82\00:44:16.15
My friends, listen,
00:44:16.18\00:44:17.95
God has been
knocking on the door
00:44:17.99\00:44:21.72
to many of our hearts.
00:44:21.76\00:44:24.03
I'm speaking this
message to just as much of me
00:44:24.06\00:44:25.76
as I am you.
00:44:25.79\00:44:27.13
He's been knocking on
the door of our hearts.
00:44:27.16\00:44:30.20
Come out of her.
00:44:30.23\00:44:33.57
Leave the sin,
00:44:33.60\00:44:35.60
the abominations
of Babylon behind.
00:44:35.64\00:44:39.27
He's been knocking.
00:44:39.31\00:44:40.68
And guess what?
00:44:40.71\00:44:42.04
Many of us, we hear it,
but we've been lingering.
00:44:42.08\00:44:47.22
We've been lingering.
00:44:47.25\00:44:48.95
We've been waiting,
00:44:48.98\00:44:51.15
like something's going
to just magically change.
00:44:51.19\00:44:53.22
No, my friends.
00:44:53.25\00:44:54.59
We have to physically
stop doing things that we know
00:44:54.62\00:44:57.09
are an abomination to God.
00:44:57.13\00:44:59.33
Are we together?
00:44:59.36\00:45:00.70
Not by our own power,
00:45:00.73\00:45:02.06
because how
much of our own power
00:45:02.10\00:45:03.43
can we do apart from Christ?
00:45:03.47\00:45:04.80
Nothing, but by
the power of God,
00:45:04.83\00:45:06.84
this is where we
must claim God's promises,
00:45:06.87\00:45:09.24
that He which have
begun a good work in you
00:45:09.27\00:45:10.84
will complete it
until the day of Jesus.
00:45:10.87\00:45:14.34
And then notice, verse 16.
00:45:14.38\00:45:17.45
"And while he
lingered, the men,"
00:45:17.48\00:45:19.41
these are the angels,
00:45:19.45\00:45:20.78
"laid hold upon his hand,
and upon the hand of his wife,
00:45:20.82\00:45:23.55
and upon the hand
of his two daughters,
00:45:23.59\00:45:25.22
the Lord being
merciful unto him:
00:45:25.25\00:45:27.16
and they brought him forth,
00:45:27.19\00:45:28.52
and set him without the city."
00:45:28.56\00:45:29.89
My friends, listen to me,
00:45:29.92\00:45:31.89
Lot and his family
00:45:31.93\00:45:33.76
did not leave Sodom
and Gomorrah willingly.
00:45:33.80\00:45:36.56
God in His love and His mercy
00:45:40.77\00:45:43.97
had his angels
to grab their hands
00:45:44.01\00:45:46.68
and lead them out of the city.
00:45:46.71\00:45:48.04
Now, could they have went back?
00:45:48.08\00:45:50.21
Yes, which is why he
said, don't look back.
00:45:50.25\00:45:54.45
Because if you do,
00:45:54.48\00:45:55.82
that's a sign that your heart
00:45:55.85\00:45:58.05
will still be in
that wicked city.
00:45:58.09\00:46:00.89
Notice verse 17,
I'm sorry, verse 16,
00:46:00.92\00:46:07.66
"Lord being merciful to
him and brought him forth
00:46:07.70\00:46:09.70
and set him without the city."
00:46:09.73\00:46:11.07
Verse 17, "And it came to pass
00:46:11.10\00:46:12.43
when they had
brought them forth abroad
00:46:12.47\00:46:13.80
that he said,
escape for thy life,
00:46:13.84\00:46:15.47
look not behind thee,
00:46:15.50\00:46:17.11
neither stay thou
in all the plain,"
00:46:17.14\00:46:19.21
in other words,
don't hang around here.
00:46:19.24\00:46:21.21
Don't hang near this place.
00:46:21.24\00:46:23.68
Get out here,
escape to the mountain.
00:46:23.71\00:46:26.85
Now you know mountains
00:46:26.88\00:46:28.22
are where we have
interactions with God.
00:46:28.25\00:46:29.92
Come on somebody.
00:46:29.95\00:46:31.59
Noah found a burning bush.
00:46:31.62\00:46:34.16
Are we together on a mountain?
00:46:34.19\00:46:37.96
Noah was given the
tank or not Noah, I'm sorry.
00:46:37.99\00:46:40.20
Moses, Moses,
00:46:40.23\00:46:41.56
some of you looking at me weird,
00:46:41.60\00:46:42.93
I was wondering why.
00:46:42.96\00:46:44.30
Moses got the Ten Commandments
from God on a mountain.
00:46:44.33\00:46:48.90
Abraham, come on somebody,
had this experience with a ram,
00:46:48.94\00:46:55.54
with his horns caught
in a thicket of thorns
00:46:55.58\00:46:58.61
on a mountain.
00:46:58.65\00:47:00.45
You ever heard of Mount Calvary?
00:47:00.48\00:47:02.35
He says, go to the mountains.
00:47:02.38\00:47:04.79
That's where we need to plead.
That's where we need to go.
00:47:04.82\00:47:06.65
Can we say amen?
00:47:06.69\00:47:08.02
We need to go to the
Mount, Mount Calvary.
00:47:08.06\00:47:11.03
And then notice, it
says, "Lest thou be consumed.
00:47:11.06\00:47:14.16
And Lot said unto him,
00:47:14.20\00:47:15.53
"Oh, not so, my Lord."
00:47:15.56\00:47:17.77
What is wrong with Lot?
00:47:17.80\00:47:21.64
You know, the same
thing is wrong with us.
00:47:21.67\00:47:25.44
God all these times
You've been merciful to us.
00:47:25.47\00:47:27.44
He's led us out of sin.
00:47:27.48\00:47:29.14
He's grabbed our hands
and pulled us away from it
00:47:29.18\00:47:30.51
because we weren't strong enough
00:47:30.55\00:47:31.88
to pull ourselves away from it.
00:47:31.91\00:47:33.75
And what do we do?
00:47:33.78\00:47:35.12
Sometimes like a dog
returning again to its vomit,
00:47:35.15\00:47:38.52
we go right back to things
00:47:38.55\00:47:39.89
that God has
convicted us to give up.
00:47:39.92\00:47:42.12
Isn't that true?
00:47:42.16\00:47:43.66
Notice, go down to verse 24.
00:47:43.69\00:47:46.56
"Then the Lord rained
upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah
00:47:46.59\00:47:48.56
brimstone and fire
from the Lord out of heaven.
00:47:48.60\00:47:51.13
And he overthrew those
cities, and all the plain,
00:47:51.17\00:47:52.93
and all the
inhabitants of the cities,
00:47:52.97\00:47:54.30
and that which
grew upon the ground."
00:47:54.34\00:47:56.44
And that which
grew on the ground.
00:47:56.47\00:47:57.81
"But his wife looked
back from behind him,
00:47:57.84\00:48:00.84
and she became
a pillar of salt."
00:48:00.88\00:48:02.21
My friends, let me
tell you something,
00:48:02.24\00:48:03.58
this time that
we're living in now,
00:48:03.61\00:48:05.18
it's not a time to
look back upon the things
00:48:05.21\00:48:08.18
that which God
has pulled you out of.
00:48:08.22\00:48:10.72
It's not a time to look back.
00:48:10.75\00:48:12.79
You know, a lot of people think,
00:48:12.82\00:48:14.16
well, well, I'll
go back into the world
00:48:14.19\00:48:15.59
for a little bit and then
00:48:15.62\00:48:16.96
and then, you know,
I'll come out sometime soon.
00:48:16.99\00:48:19.93
My friends, here's the
thing, you are not as gone,
00:48:19.96\00:48:21.76
as Ryan just sing
and Tim just played
00:48:21.80\00:48:23.47
that beautiful song
here today and gone wind.
00:48:23.50\00:48:26.37
You don't always
have tomorrow, my friends.
00:48:26.40\00:48:29.20
And we talked
about these stories
00:48:29.24\00:48:30.57
about how people they
went back into the world,
00:48:30.61\00:48:32.51
and then they had a,
00:48:32.54\00:48:33.88
you know, good
old time in the world.
00:48:33.91\00:48:35.24
And then they
came back to Jesus.
00:48:35.28\00:48:36.98
And we're like, oh, praise God.
00:48:37.01\00:48:38.35
You know, let me
tell you something.
00:48:38.38\00:48:39.98
For every story
you hear like that,
00:48:40.02\00:48:41.65
there's another hundred stories
00:48:41.68\00:48:43.02
where people went into the world
00:48:43.05\00:48:44.39
and never came out.
00:48:44.42\00:48:48.12
I love
00:48:48.16\00:48:49.49
these powerful
testimonies of people
00:48:49.52\00:48:50.86
who were in the world
00:48:50.89\00:48:52.23
and they come out of the world
00:48:52.26\00:48:53.60
and we praise God for that.
00:48:53.63\00:48:54.96
But for every
one of those we hear,
00:48:55.00\00:48:56.33
there's another hundred,
00:48:56.36\00:48:57.70
they go into the world
00:48:57.73\00:48:59.07
and they never
come out of the world.
00:48:59.10\00:49:00.44
Notice it says
00:49:02.50\00:49:07.71
in verse 26,
00:49:07.74\00:49:10.55
"But his wife looked
back from behind him,
00:49:10.58\00:49:12.91
she became a pillar of salt."
00:49:12.95\00:49:15.75
You know, my friends,
00:49:15.78\00:49:17.75
when I hear something like this,
00:49:17.79\00:49:20.09
what comes to my mind,
00:49:20.12\00:49:21.59
and what should
come to all of our minds
00:49:21.62\00:49:22.96
is all the times
we've looked back.
00:49:22.99\00:49:26.13
All the times we look
back and things in our life,
00:49:26.16\00:49:28.53
we look back on our past,
00:49:28.56\00:49:30.60
most of us can say
00:49:30.63\00:49:31.97
we're not happy
about our past, right?
00:49:32.00\00:49:34.24
But that's why we
want to move past the past.
00:49:34.27\00:49:38.67
My friends, I
wanna encourage you,
00:49:38.71\00:49:40.04
don't make the past your
focus, but don't forget it.
00:49:40.08\00:49:44.95
Did you hear what I said?
00:49:44.98\00:49:46.41
Don't make the past
your past your focus,
00:49:46.45\00:49:49.15
but don't forget it, but
you can move past the past.
00:49:49.18\00:49:53.79
Amen.
00:49:53.82\00:49:55.32
Check this out.
00:49:55.36\00:49:56.69
Let me ask you a question.
00:49:56.73\00:49:58.06
How many people made it
out of Sodom and Gomorrah?
00:49:58.09\00:49:59.43
How many people made it
out of Sodom and Gomorrah?
00:50:04.10\00:50:05.83
You see,
00:50:10.97\00:50:12.31
three, four made it
out physically, physically.
00:50:12.34\00:50:17.68
Three made it
out after their wife
00:50:17.71\00:50:20.82
or the wife of Lot was
turned to a pillar of salt.
00:50:20.85\00:50:23.85
Just Lot and his two daughters.
00:50:23.89\00:50:25.62
But let's go, keep
reading this chapter.
00:50:25.65\00:50:27.89
Let's see who really
made it out of Sodom.
00:50:27.92\00:50:30.59
Verse 30, "And Lot
went up out of Zoar,
00:50:30.63\00:50:33.96
and dwelt in the mountain,
00:50:34.00\00:50:35.80
and his two daughters with him."
00:50:35.83\00:50:38.13
So there were
just three of them.
00:50:38.17\00:50:39.93
"For he feared to dwell in Zoar:
00:50:39.97\00:50:41.70
and he dwelt in a
cave, and his two daughters.
00:50:41.74\00:50:45.07
And the firstborn
said unto the younger,
00:50:45.11\00:50:47.44
Our father is old,
00:50:47.48\00:50:49.04
and there is not
a man in the earth
00:50:49.08\00:50:50.65
to come in unto us
00:50:50.68\00:50:52.01
after the manner
of all the earth."
00:50:52.05\00:50:53.38
Is that true?
00:50:53.42\00:50:55.15
Was there no man?
00:50:55.18\00:50:58.49
Is that true?
00:50:58.52\00:50:59.85
No.
00:50:59.89\00:51:01.22
That's what the devil
wants them to believe.
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"Come, let us make our
father drunk with wine."
00:51:04.39\00:51:07.73
Now notice these
are women, two women.
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Daughters.
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Oh, my, two women, daughters.
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Some of you getting it,
some of you are still thinking.
00:51:22.28\00:51:26.38
What does a woman
represent in Bible prophecy?
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A church.
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We have two
churches in the last days
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of which are wanting to call us
00:51:31.62\00:51:33.86
God's faithful
to drink of a wine,
00:51:33.89\00:51:37.23
they want to intoxicate us.
00:51:37.26\00:51:39.16
You have Babylon in
Revelation Chapter 17
00:51:39.19\00:51:42.33
and her daughters.
00:51:42.36\00:51:45.37
A woman represents a
church in Bible prophecy.
00:51:45.40\00:51:47.17
We see that in Jeremiah 6:2,
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which says, "I have
likened the daughter of Zion
00:51:48.87\00:51:50.21
to a comely and delicate woman."
00:51:50.24\00:51:51.57
In 2 Corinthians
11:2 when he says,
00:51:51.61\00:51:52.94
"For I am jealous over
you with godly jealousy:
00:51:52.97\00:51:54.34
for I have
espoused you to one husband,
00:51:54.38\00:51:56.24
that I may
present you, the church,
00:51:56.28\00:51:57.78
as a chaste virgin to Christ."
00:51:57.81\00:52:00.95
Woman represents
church in Bible prophecy.
00:52:00.98\00:52:04.05
What do we see here?
00:52:04.09\00:52:05.62
Two churches, two women,
00:52:05.65\00:52:08.12
coming together
that they might conspire
00:52:08.16\00:52:09.76
to cause God's
faithful to drink wine
00:52:09.79\00:52:14.76
that they might
fornicate with Him.
00:52:14.80\00:52:18.53
And then notice what happens.
00:52:18.57\00:52:21.10
They made their
father drink wine that night,
00:52:21.14\00:52:23.07
and then obviously
the sin went forward.
00:52:23.10\00:52:26.98
Now let's go to 2 Peter 2
as we close out this message.
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2 Peter 2:6.
00:52:34.48\00:52:37.99
How many made it out
of Sodom and Gomorrah?
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Let's read.
00:52:42.96\00:52:45.06
"And turning the cities
00:52:45.09\00:52:46.43
of Sodom and Gomorrah into ashes
00:52:46.46\00:52:48.73
condemned them
with an overthrow,
00:52:48.76\00:52:51.20
making them an
ensample unto those that should,
00:52:51.23\00:52:54.10
" afterward," live ungodly."
00:52:54.14\00:52:56.47
So all of Sodom and Gomorrah
00:52:56.50\00:52:57.84
represented what will
happen to all of those
00:52:57.87\00:52:59.97
who live in godly after them.
00:53:00.01\00:53:01.98
And then notice, verse
7, "And delivered," who?"
00:53:02.01\00:53:06.08
Just Lot," righteous Lot.
00:53:06.11\00:53:07.82
Now, hey, check this out.
00:53:07.85\00:53:09.62
Look, no one else has mentioned,
00:53:09.65\00:53:12.19
"just Lot,
00:53:12.22\00:53:13.76
vexed with the
filthy conversation
00:53:13.79\00:53:16.93
of the wicked."
00:53:16.96\00:53:18.29
Notice verse 8,
00:53:18.33\00:53:19.66
"For that righteous
man dwelling among them,
00:53:19.69\00:53:23.26
in seeing and hearing,
00:53:23.30\00:53:25.70
vexed his righteous
soul from day to day
00:53:25.73\00:53:28.40
with their unlawful deeds."
00:53:28.44\00:53:32.04
My friends, what did I tell you,
00:53:32.07\00:53:34.68
Lot became desensitized.
00:53:34.71\00:53:38.05
And here's the thing.
00:53:38.08\00:53:39.81
Lot is the second
type of the remnant.
00:53:39.85\00:53:44.45
He made it out of
Sodom and Gomorrah.
00:53:44.49\00:53:47.36
But here's the deal.
00:53:47.39\00:53:48.72
The fact that he
dwelt in Sodom and Gomorrah,
00:53:48.76\00:53:51.59
and didn't come out
00:53:51.63\00:53:52.96
when he could have
00:53:52.99\00:53:54.33
many years
before God had to send
00:53:54.36\00:53:55.70
the angels,
00:53:55.73\00:53:57.63
he got out of Sodom and Gomorrah
00:53:57.67\00:54:00.24
but at the expense
of his entire family,
00:54:00.27\00:54:06.91
only he was saved.
00:54:06.94\00:54:10.48
Only he was saved
00:54:10.51\00:54:14.15
because of his decision
00:54:14.18\00:54:16.12
to dwell amongst wickedness
by seeing it and hearing it,
00:54:16.15\00:54:20.76
he vexed his
righteous soul from day to day.
00:54:20.79\00:54:22.52
My friends, there's
two types of the remnant,
00:54:22.56\00:54:23.93
Noah.
00:54:23.96\00:54:25.39
It says that Noah
preached the gospel.
00:54:25.43\00:54:30.33
By fear, he moved by
fear, he was moved with fear,
00:54:30.37\00:54:32.43
he prepared an ark for
the saving of his, what?
00:54:32.47\00:54:36.14
House.
00:54:36.17\00:54:38.81
My friends, in
closing, I'll say this.
00:54:38.84\00:54:41.44
Your family is watching.
00:54:41.48\00:54:43.55
My family is watching me.
00:54:47.22\00:54:49.42
I can tell you right now
00:54:49.45\00:54:50.79
if there's one
person in my crowds
00:54:50.82\00:54:52.49
when I've preached
to all of the thousands
00:54:52.52\00:54:53.92
that I preached to,
00:54:53.96\00:54:55.29
if there's one
person in the entire crowd,
00:54:55.32\00:54:57.26
I hope to
impress with my sermon,
00:54:57.29\00:55:00.40
it's my wife
00:55:00.43\00:55:01.76
because she sees me.
00:55:04.50\00:55:06.53
She knows me.
00:55:06.57\00:55:08.44
She knows when I'm
putting on a fake and phony.
00:55:08.47\00:55:11.04
Are we together?
00:55:11.07\00:55:12.87
She knows how I live my life.
00:55:12.91\00:55:16.85
Are we together?
00:55:16.88\00:55:19.41
Your family is watching you.
00:55:19.45\00:55:21.28
Your
grandchildren are watching you.
00:55:21.32\00:55:23.99
Your children are watching you.
00:55:24.02\00:55:25.65
Your brothers and
sisters are watching you.
00:55:25.69\00:55:27.99
Your church
family is watching you.
00:55:28.02\00:55:30.66
They see whether or not
you show up to Sabbath school
00:55:30.69\00:55:32.26
if you're faithful
00:55:32.29\00:55:33.63
whether or not you
show up the prayer meeting.
00:55:33.66\00:55:35.70
Are we together?
00:55:35.73\00:55:38.23
They see these things.
00:55:38.27\00:55:40.24
If we ever want to survive
what's coming, my friends,
00:55:40.27\00:55:44.17
we have to stop
00:55:44.21\00:55:45.54
frolicking
around with the devil.
00:55:45.57\00:55:48.71
Are we together?
00:55:48.74\00:55:50.11
We have to
start listening to God
00:55:50.15\00:55:51.55
and His pleading for
us to come back to Him,
00:55:51.58\00:55:54.42
for us to follow Him.
00:55:54.45\00:55:55.98
Jesus loves us so much
and He's pleading for us,
00:55:56.02\00:55:58.55
but so many of us are
putting off the calling
00:55:58.59\00:56:01.12
and the knocking
of our own hearts.
00:56:01.16\00:56:03.22
Let us go to God in prayer
00:56:03.26\00:56:04.59
and ask Jesus to
change these hearts.
00:56:04.63\00:56:09.00
O Father, God, we know
00:56:09.03\00:56:13.10
our misunderstandings,
00:56:13.13\00:56:16.71
our failures,
00:56:16.74\00:56:18.07
Lord our shortcomings of life.
00:56:18.11\00:56:22.68
But we are not going to dwell
upon all of our shortcomings,
00:56:22.71\00:56:26.31
because there's too
many to dwell upon God.
00:56:26.35\00:56:29.32
What we want to dwell
on now is Your love for us
00:56:29.35\00:56:32.65
and Your calling
for us to follow You.
00:56:32.69\00:56:36.49
We know Lord Jesus
00:56:36.52\00:56:37.86
that there is too
many perishing every day,
00:56:37.89\00:56:40.90
who don't know You.
00:56:40.93\00:56:42.70
We don't want to
join that number, O Lord.
00:56:42.73\00:56:45.83
We don't want to be
a part of the number
00:56:45.87\00:56:48.00
is whom as the sand of the sea,
00:56:48.04\00:56:51.54
who is distracted
and deceived by the devil
00:56:51.57\00:56:54.38
to compass the
camp of the saints
00:56:54.41\00:56:56.21
of that beloved city.
00:56:56.24\00:56:58.78
We don't want to be a
part of that number, O God.
00:56:58.81\00:57:00.62
We want to be faithful unto You.
00:57:00.65\00:57:03.28
We want to be a
Noah, Lord Jesus.
00:57:03.32\00:57:06.09
That our family, our house,
00:57:06.12\00:57:07.76
our loved ones will be saved
00:57:07.79\00:57:09.49
for such a time as this.
00:57:09.52\00:57:12.83
Or we live
righteous and holy lives
00:57:12.86\00:57:14.53
not by our power
00:57:14.56\00:57:15.90
because we have none,
but only by Your power.
00:57:15.93\00:57:20.30
Because we know, Lord,
You have told us in Your Word,
00:57:20.34\00:57:23.30
that Your
strength is made perfect
00:57:23.34\00:57:25.91
in our weakness.
00:57:25.94\00:57:28.41
All of our
incapabilities and our failures
00:57:28.44\00:57:32.41
does not weaken You.
00:57:32.45\00:57:35.92
That when You
give us your strength,
00:57:35.95\00:57:39.42
it is immeasurable.
00:57:39.45\00:57:41.52
We can really do
all things through You.
00:57:41.56\00:57:44.63
Help this to be a
reality in our lives,
00:57:44.66\00:57:46.33
Lord, that we would
stop stroking any pet sins.
00:57:46.36\00:57:50.37
Lord, we would surely
come out of the cities.
00:57:50.40\00:57:55.60
Relieve the wickedness behind
00:57:55.64\00:57:58.07
and then we would be like a dog
00:57:58.11\00:57:59.44
returning to its vomit,
00:57:59.47\00:58:00.81
but God that we would be changed
00:58:00.84\00:58:02.18
in heart and mind.
00:58:02.21\00:58:04.05
Transform us, O God.
00:58:04.08\00:58:06.98
Father, forgive
and inspire us anew.
00:58:07.02\00:58:12.05
Banish our worldliness,
00:58:12.09\00:58:15.02
that as the great
revival is prayed,
00:58:15.06\00:58:16.89
help us to ever live
00:58:16.93\00:58:18.26
with eternity's values in view.
00:58:18.29\00:58:21.23
We ask you all of
this in Jesus' name.
00:58:21.26\00:58:24.07
Amen.
00:58:24.10\00:58:25.43