Hello and welcome to
Behold the Lamb Presents.
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I'm Chris Shelton, your host.
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I want to thank
you for tuning in
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to study with us again today.
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Our message for
today is entitled,
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"Was Peter the First Pope?"
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We strongly believe here
at Behold the Lamb Ministries
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that the Bible is the foundation
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upon which we
should find what truth is.
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But, this is sadly a world
with so many winds of doctrines
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that are blowing constantly
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to try to pull and to push us
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in many different
spiritual directions.
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Yet the Bible's
teaching is clear that,
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"Strait is the gate
and narrow is the way
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which leadeth unto life,
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and few there be that find it."
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You can find
that in Matthew 7:14.
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In today's message,
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Pastor Kenny Shelton
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will look at various
teachings of the Catholic faith,
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to see just how they
line up with the Word of God,
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as well as
questioning our own faith
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so that we may,
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this is something
we need to do, friends,
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every day we may
examine our own personal walk
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with the Lord.
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God is going to have a people,
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He's going to have a church
that will stand for truth,
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though it appears
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that their whole
world is crashing down
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all around them.
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We hope that
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your desire to be a
part of God's last day
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remnant church,
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therefore it behooves us
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to carefully compared doctrines,
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to carefully compared traditions
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with the Holy Word of God.
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This includes who or
what His church is built upon.
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We must be as the Bereans,
who studied the Bible daily.
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Look that up in Acts 17:11,
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and although this
message is entitled,
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"Was Peter the First Pope?"
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In this message,
you will discover
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that Pastor Kenny
Shelton found himself
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addressing the one
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whom our faith
should be built upon,
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and that being Christ the Lord,
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while exposing doctrinal
errors with a two-edged sword,
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that's the Bible,
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while barely touching
upon the subject in the title.
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Yet we truly believe
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that you will be blessed
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as you join Pastor
Kenny Shelton today
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for this inspiring message.
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But first let's visit 3ABN
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and listen to our sister-in-law,
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Yvonne Shelton
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as she sings
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"Solid Rock."
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On Christ, The
solid Rock, I stand
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All other ground
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Is sinking sand
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All other ground
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Is sinking sand
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My hope is built On nothing less
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Than Jesus' blood
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And righteousness
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I dare not trust
The sweetest frame
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But wholly lean On Jesus' name
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On Christ, The
solid Rock, I stand
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All other ground Is sinking sand
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All other ground Is sinking sand
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When darkness
veils His lovely face
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I rest On His unchanging grace
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In every high and stormy gale
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My anchor holds Within the veil
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On Christ, The
solid Rock, I stand
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All other ground Is sinking sand
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All other ground Is sinking sand
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His oath, His word, His blood
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Support me In the whelming flood
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When all around
My soul gives way
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He then is all my hope And stay
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When He shall come
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With trumpet sound
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Oh, may I then in Him be found
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Dressed in His
righteousness Alone
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Faultless to
stand Before the throne
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All other ground Is sinking sand
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All other ground Is sinking sand
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On Christ, The
solid Rock, I stand
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On Christ, the
solid Rock, I stand
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All other ground Is sinking sand
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On Christ, The
solid Rock, I stand
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Thank you for
joining us once again
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here at Behold
the Lamb Ministry.
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Again it is our
pleasure, our delight,
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we're excited that
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we can bring to
you the Word of God.
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We have...
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These to me is
exciting message for today,
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"Was Peter the First Pope?"
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This is asked
all over the world.
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Many people, one
man said while ago,
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I asked him, he said,
"I already know who it is."
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I said, "Well,
we can have prayer
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and go home early."
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But that's not going to happen
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because we need to
get into the Word of God,
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because you have
the answer, praise God,
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there are millions
that do not have the answer.
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And why?
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Number one, because
they're not looking.
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They may not be looking for it.
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They believe
what someone has said
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over the years.
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And so we're going to look
at several of these things.
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As we looked the last
time that we came together,
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we looked at the subject
that was very, very heavy duty.
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And if you're like I am,
I'm looking in the Word of God
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to find out what truth is.
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This is the revealer of what?
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Of truth.
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And I know everybody says,
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"We got the truth,
we have the truth."
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The way you get the truth
is you study like the Bible,
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the way the Bible
says line upon line,
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precept upon precept,
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here a little
and there a little.
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You know, I'm very skeptical
of any pastor or teacher,
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anyone who gets up
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and gives a whole sermon
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based upon one or
two lines in the Word.
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Hello.
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Think about it.
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Because the Bible
says you study it,
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see what Isaiah
had to say about it,
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see what
Jeremiah had to say about,
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John the Revelator,
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what Jesus had to say about it,
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the given subject,
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and then you can find the truth.
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So again, we're
going to look at it
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from the Word of God today.
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I'm going to be going
over some of the last things
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that we did last five minutes
of a subject we did before,
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but again, we're
looking for truth.
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And so we're
going have to find it
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from the Word of God.
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If it's not truth,
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then why are we upholding it?
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I'm going to
kneel and have prayer.
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And I just want
you to pray with me.
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You may not be
where you can kneel,
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but I know that you
can still pray with me.
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Shall we pray together?
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Loving Father in heaven,
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we thank You for the possibility
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that we have today.
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And the blessing that we have
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to be able to
come before Thy people.
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We ask of Thy Holy Spirit
to bless in a very special way.
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Open our hearts
and open our minds,
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that we may hear Your voice
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that we may see
these beautiful truths.
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Help us to realize
we're looking today
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as what the enemy has done
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and what You have
done in Your Word.
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We're looking in because
we gonna have to make a choice
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of whose side that
we're going to be on.
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And so we ask that
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Your Holy Spirit now
will invade our hearts
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and our minds in a way
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that we
understand what truth is.
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Thank You for hearing
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and thank You
for answering prayer
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in Jesus' name, amen.
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Again, the subject is,
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"Was Peter the First Pope?"
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But we're going to, I
don't wanna say dance around,
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but we're going to be
doing several things today
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in this subject.
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And I'd like to start,
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has anybody ever
asked the question.
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Now again, you think that
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we're picking on
papal Rome today,
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the Roman Catholic Church
in case you happen to be one
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and if there are none here,
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there are millions
or there's thousands
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that will hear my voice.
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Though we're not
trying to upset you,
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we're not trying to make,
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you know, you mad or any form
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because we realize
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God has good people everywhere.
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But there is a, you
know, there's reasons,
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there's things that are
given in the Word of God
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in history
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that we need to
look at very carefully,
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because sometimes
we're just not concerned
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because when we go
by every church we see,
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we'll say,
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"Well, just,
it's just a church."
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It's okay, God accepts.
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Remember, God accepts,
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right what you
understand is truth.
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"To him that knoweth to do
good and do with it not to what?
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To Him, it is sin."
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Not somebody else, but to Him.
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So all the light
that God gives you,
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He requires us to
live up to that light.
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So have you ever
asked the question?
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Where did the Roman
Church, Roman Catholic Church?
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How did it really develop?
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How did it really come about?
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And that's no
different than you do.
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We say, "Well, we
go church on Saturday,
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we're Seventh-day Adventist."
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Everybody and
their brother gets online
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and finds out Adventism,
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when it came into being
and how it was developed,
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and so on so.
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We're not doing
anything with any of that.
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That's not done about us here.
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And so if it's good, praise God,
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if it's not,
then we'll look at it
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from the
standpoint of the Word of God.
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In the Great
Controversy, I like this
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and I guess I could
probably always offer this book,
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the Great Controversy.
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If you want to know
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what's going on
in the world today,
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if you want to know the outcome
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of what's taking place,
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this would be a
good book to read.
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So harmonizes with
Scripture that we can tell.
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See, some of us are just
going around blindly today,
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because of what's
happening in the world today.
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We are, some people are afraid,
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because of what is developed.
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And we sense that
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something big is
developing right now,
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you sense that?
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Something is
getting ready to bust loose.
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Why?
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Because it's not the way
that we've always seen things.
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It's not the way we were
raised and things are changing.
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And they've changed so
fast that we don't know,
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we fear that they won't
return like they used to be and,
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you know, I hate
to burst your bubble
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if you think that.
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I don't know that
it will ever return
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the way that it was
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because we're so
near the end of time.
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We're so near the end of time.
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So we have to
find out what truth is
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and then we have to stand
on the side of what is truth,
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or you're going
to stand with error.
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So regardless,
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it's not picking
on a group of people
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or this individual
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is what does
God say in His Word?
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Hope that makes sense.
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What does God say in His Word
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that will develop
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of those who will
make it to the kingdom?
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So it's not any certain group,
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it's not a
certain amount of people,
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the ones because,
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you know, on the door is written
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such and such a name.
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We don't get there by that.
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Get to heaven by
following God's Word.
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That's throughout
Scripture, as you will know.
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I just want to give
just a few paragraphs here,
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surrounding the
Great Controversy
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because we know this.
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We know the time has come.
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It's way past time
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that the truth be proclaimed
against falsehood and error.
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You've read that many times.
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The Bible is clear
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that God expects
His people to do what?
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Proclaim what is truth,
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to stand up against those things
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that are what?
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Are error.
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Those things
that are untruth. Why?
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Because
everything you throw out,
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there's somebody that listens,
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somebody that's
going to grasp it,
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somebody is going to receive it,
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and they'll count it as a truth
because the pastor said so.
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The preacher, you
know, the evangelist said so.
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This group said so.
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Listen, you know,
if you're like I am,
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I listen to what
people have to say.
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Then I go back to
the Word of God say
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this what, is this what
it says in the Word of God?
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Is this what Jesus taught?
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Is this the way Jesus lived?
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Then I feel pretty
comfortable with that.
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But if it didn't
harmonize with Bible,
00:13:06.82\00:13:08.72
or you know
Scripture, the life of Christ,
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I'm not buying into it.
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I'm just not
going to buy into it.
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So we need to stay
close to the Word of God.
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It's time then
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when we hear untruth, then what?
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We need to proclaim what? Truth.
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That's what God wants us to do.
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We know
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and we'll talk about
it more as we go along.
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The man of sin is
going to be revealed.
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Now, if you've not studied
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the Book of
Revelation and Daniel,
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and you've not went
through all of these things,
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bless your heart.
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There's a lot of people
who are in the dark about this.
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God still loves them.
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He's calling them out
of darkness into what?
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Into marvelous light
by these kind of things.
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Now we must remember
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some of these things
are startling to people
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who have never
heard them before.
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It is startling,
it would be to me,
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it startles me now.
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You know, I've been in out
of the Word of God all my life,
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as it were, you know,
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trying to
understand these things.
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So that what?
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So that I can get right myself
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and might help others
00:14:03.24\00:14:04.57
to get ready for
the coming of Jesus.
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If you're not ready
now, when will you get ready?
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What a question.
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When will you get ready?
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What is it going to take
for you to get off the fence,
00:14:13.95\00:14:16.95
me to get off the fence
and to do the right thing.
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Because we have this man of sin,
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the Bible said
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and we'll read a little later on
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about he's going to try
to exalt himself above God.
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It's going to be
a religious power
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that's going to do it
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because the devil
loves to play church.
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Is that true?
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See, devil's joined the church.
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He's not outside,
well, he joined the church.
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Just make sure he's
not sitting beside you.
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And you'll know if he is or not
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because he will
always go contrary.
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Yeah, Brother
Will is looking around.
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You don't need to
look at Sister Jean now.
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A child of God.
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No, it's good that we do that,
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you know, and we're thinking now
00:14:56.89\00:14:58.23
because the enemy then
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he's going to be
trying to impress your mind
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to go against
what Scripture says.
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Say, "Oh, well,
it doesn't matter."
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Yes, it does matter.
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The Bible said in Matthew 4:4,
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"Every word that proceeds
out of the mouth of God."
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The Apostle Paul said,
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Great Controversy
and about 49, page 49.
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It goes on a couple pages,
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I just want to
read a few things.
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If you want to know
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how the Roman
Catholic Church developed.
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I always did all of my
life. I've heard about it.
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We read in history, in church,
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and we read about the Dark Ages.
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We read about the persecution,
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killing of the
saints by the church,
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and so on so forth.
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You know, several
100 million people,
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they were fed to the lions.
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I never did quite
understand all of that.
00:15:40.20\00:15:42.17
But the Bible said
it was going to happen.
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And it did happen.
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They said
there'd be a deadly wound
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that will be
given to this power,
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but the deadly
wound would be what?
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Would be healed
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and all the world
would wander after the beast,
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and they are those
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whose names are not written
in the Lamb's book of life.
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So unto you it's just
saying this is a hate speech,
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this is a love speech.
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Hope somebody gets that.
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It's not about hate.
00:16:04.13\00:16:06.13
Because we
realize you get in trouble
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for more and more and more
00:16:07.53\00:16:08.86
if you mention
another person's religion,
00:16:08.90\00:16:11.37
another person's belief,
you get yourself in trouble.
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It's called a hate crime.
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In books, you pass them out.
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Right in Canada, you get year...
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You can get some years in prison
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by passing out a book
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that might give the message
00:16:23.55\00:16:24.88
that God has given us
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that even is written in history.
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You can't really say it because
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see, people are
so touchy nowadays.
00:16:29.62\00:16:31.02
Everybody's
hurt about something.
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And if we don't like it,
00:16:32.85\00:16:34.19
we're going to go
raise a stink somewhere.
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You thought, you
know what I'm saying.
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Now's the time right
to get right with God.
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The Apostle Paul,
00:16:42.30\00:16:43.63
in his letter to
the Thessalonians,
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he told me about
the great apostasy
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that would happen
before Jesus came.
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And then he said what?
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As this apostasy,
come out of apostasy,
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you find the papal
church was developed.
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"Mystery of iniquity,"
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here on page 49 says,
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"carried forward a
deceptive and blasphemous work."
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Hmm.
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"Heathenism found its way
into the Christian church."
00:17:05.39\00:17:09.69
See, it begins with what?
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There was a fight
00:17:11.13\00:17:12.53
that was going on between
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true Christianity and
the heathen religions.
00:17:13.93\00:17:16.63
And all of a sudden,
there began to be a...
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Listen, a compromise,
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a compromise of truth and error,
00:17:21.20\00:17:23.20
just what's going on what?
00:17:23.24\00:17:24.77
Today.
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See, there's a
compromise of truth and error.
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And here we've got apostasy,
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and we find the man of sin
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then was going to be
revealed, the Bible says so.
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It said,
00:17:35.82\00:17:37.15
"The spirit of
compromise and conformity
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was restrained for a
time by fierce persecution
00:17:38.95\00:17:42.49
was to church
endured under paganism.
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But as persecution ceased,
00:17:46.09\00:17:48.53
the Christianity
entered the courts
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and palaces of
kings, laid aside,"
00:17:50.67\00:17:53.23
notice this,
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"humble simplicity of Christ.
00:17:54.64\00:17:57.34
His apostles and the pomp
00:17:57.37\00:17:58.91
and pride of
pagan priests and rulers
00:17:58.94\00:18:01.44
in the place of
requirements of God,
00:18:01.48\00:18:04.21
she substituted human
theories and tradition."
00:18:04.25\00:18:07.75
So become a true
Christianity, paganism, right?
00:18:07.78\00:18:11.45
Compromise that you came up
00:18:11.49\00:18:12.82
and what all
that developed papacy.
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Traditions of men.
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Now remember,
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we won't have time
to read them all today.
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I've got a gob of information
you want to stay up here.
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But remember, the
Roman Church says what?
00:18:23.73\00:18:26.94
They value
tradition above the Bible.
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That's in all kind
of their own writing.
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So I'm not saying
anything that's bad,
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they don't hold up.
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They value what?
00:18:36.78\00:18:38.65
Tradition above the Bible.
00:18:38.68\00:18:41.95
There is nothing to
be put above the Bible.
00:18:41.98\00:18:44.89
We know that, isn't
that right, the Word of God.
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And if we don't believe that,
00:18:47.29\00:18:48.62
then we know
00:18:48.66\00:18:49.99
we need to get back on our knees
00:18:50.03\00:18:51.36
and ask God to help us
00:18:51.39\00:18:52.73
to get into the Word
00:18:52.76\00:18:54.10
because this is
what we need to know.
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"Compromise between
paganism and Christianity
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resulted in the,"
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notice this,
00:19:01.20\00:19:02.54
"development of the man of sin,
00:19:02.57\00:19:03.91
the papacy,
foretold in prophecy."
00:19:03.94\00:19:06.61
Now again, this has to
go through a lot of prophecy
00:19:06.64\00:19:08.51
if you've never heard it before.
00:19:08.54\00:19:09.88
If you've never
studied the Book of Daniel,
00:19:09.91\00:19:11.25
there's all kind of
prophecies in there.
00:19:11.28\00:19:12.61
The Book of Revelation,
00:19:12.65\00:19:13.98
there's all kind
of prophecies in there
00:19:14.02\00:19:15.65
about this man of sin.
00:19:15.68\00:19:18.99
And it's just identifying
marks one after the other
00:19:19.02\00:19:21.06
as you can't miss it.
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The man of sin
that would develop
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would be the one
00:19:25.56\00:19:26.90
who would try to
set in the place of God,
00:19:26.93\00:19:28.26
isn't that right?
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Take God off of
the throne, sit in it,
00:19:29.66\00:19:31.00
one that would
claim to be God, right?
00:19:31.03\00:19:32.50
That's what
Isaiah 14:14 talks about.
00:19:32.53\00:19:35.70
I will be, he said what?
00:19:35.74\00:19:37.94
Like the Most High.
That's what this power says.
00:19:37.97\00:19:42.51
A power that would claim
to forgive sins on earth.
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We just have to put
everything together.
00:19:45.15\00:19:46.95
Wish we had time to
go into all of that.
00:19:46.98\00:19:48.82
All of this right
here that we're reading,
00:19:52.99\00:19:54.62
the doctrines of papal supremacy
00:19:54.66\00:19:56.73
is directly opposed to
the teaching of Scripture.
00:19:56.76\00:20:00.76
So here's, this is
what it boils down to,
00:20:00.80\00:20:02.43
I can't really spend
any more time on that,
00:20:02.46\00:20:03.87
because it's just going
down so quickly right now.
00:20:03.90\00:20:06.37
But our point is right here.
00:20:06.40\00:20:07.80
Remember, it says
00:20:07.84\00:20:09.24
the whole world
wandered after this power.
00:20:09.27\00:20:12.41
So...
00:20:12.44\00:20:13.78
And they worshiped the dragon
and they worshiped the beast.
00:20:13.81\00:20:17.11
So once again, it
has to do with what?
00:20:17.15\00:20:19.48
Who we give our worship to.
00:20:19.51\00:20:21.15
So it has to do
with Christianity.
00:20:21.18\00:20:23.28
So God had a true church,
as we well know, Revelation 12,
00:20:23.32\00:20:27.02
that woman, you remember
the woman standing on the moon,
00:20:27.06\00:20:28.92
it was, oh, and
then you had what?
00:20:28.96\00:20:30.99
represented the
harlot or the false church.
00:20:32.86\00:20:37.50
So remember, God has His church,
00:20:37.53\00:20:39.13
and then the
enemy has his church.
00:20:39.17\00:20:41.74
And He's very plain
about the, you know,
00:20:41.77\00:20:43.77
we look at the Rome's church,
so we look at their teachings,
00:20:43.81\00:20:48.61
we look at God, we
look at His teachings,
00:20:48.64\00:20:51.45
and then by the grace of God,
00:20:51.48\00:20:52.85
we can figure out
where we want to be.
00:20:52.88\00:20:55.18
So I would say this.
00:20:55.22\00:20:57.59
Someone says
they have a doctrine,
00:20:57.62\00:20:59.12
then we want to
study that doctrine,
00:20:59.15\00:21:00.59
we're going to
look in the Word of God
00:21:00.62\00:21:01.96
to see whether it be so.
00:21:01.99\00:21:03.59
So I can ask you several things.
00:21:03.63\00:21:06.19
Now I mentioned before
that the Bible is the foundation
00:21:06.23\00:21:09.30
upon which we
should build our belief,
00:21:09.33\00:21:12.93
is that true?
00:21:12.97\00:21:14.30
It's the foundation of...
00:21:14.34\00:21:15.67
Now remember, if you're,
if you don't care about truth,
00:21:15.70\00:21:18.34
then this is not
going to matter to you.
00:21:18.37\00:21:20.64
And the majority of the world,
I'll just be bold about it,
00:21:20.68\00:21:22.81
I don't believe that they do.
00:21:22.84\00:21:24.68
You know how hard it
is to find someone today
00:21:24.71\00:21:27.08
that really cares
about coming to church,
00:21:27.12\00:21:31.05
about studying the Word of God.
00:21:31.09\00:21:33.15
Now I know he has
his people out there.
00:21:33.19\00:21:35.66
He says, Go to the
highways and byways
00:21:35.69\00:21:37.53
and compel them to come in.
00:21:37.56\00:21:39.89
If we don't have that desire,
00:21:39.93\00:21:41.73
if we don't want to be learning,
00:21:41.76\00:21:43.33
wouldn't it be well that we say,
00:21:43.37\00:21:44.70
God, I don't want
to, but I know I need to.
00:21:44.73\00:21:48.64
And God will send you somebody.
00:21:48.67\00:21:50.94
Because I'm telling you this,
my brother and sister today,
00:21:50.97\00:21:52.87
and I said both, you're
going to heaven or hell.
00:21:52.91\00:21:56.85
You're going to heaven or hell.
00:21:56.88\00:21:59.11
It's one or the other.
00:21:59.15\00:22:00.62
People don't like to hear that.
00:22:00.65\00:22:01.98
They'd rather come and
see how wonderful and sweet
00:22:02.02\00:22:04.55
and wonderful things are.
00:22:04.59\00:22:06.65
But this is where
it's boiling down.
00:22:06.69\00:22:08.12
If you look at the world today,
00:22:08.16\00:22:09.49
tell me how many sweet things
that's going on in the world
00:22:09.52\00:22:11.79
that you can see
blowing up in our face?
00:22:11.83\00:22:14.10
About everything I can think
of that I hear on the news,
00:22:14.13\00:22:16.43
and you can go Fox News
00:22:16.46\00:22:17.93
or any of the
news station right now,
00:22:17.97\00:22:19.43
everybody's up in the error.
00:22:19.47\00:22:20.90
Nobody knows what's going on.
00:22:20.94\00:22:22.47
And I want to say this,
I think everybody's lying.
00:22:22.50\00:22:24.54
Is it okay to say that?
00:22:27.71\00:22:29.04
And I say that because I
see one guy say something like,
00:22:32.18\00:22:35.55
"Hey, this, I have
never, ever done this."
00:22:35.58\00:22:40.46
They go right over here
and they put up a page, right?
00:22:40.49\00:22:43.69
And he's filmed and he says,
he's already said exactly that.
00:22:43.73\00:22:49.06
I didn't say it. Well, he did.
00:22:49.10\00:22:51.20
They're all doing.
00:22:51.23\00:22:52.57
I'm not trying to
take one side or the other.
00:22:52.60\00:22:53.94
I'm just saying,
00:22:53.97\00:22:55.30
there are things that
are going on in the world.
00:22:55.34\00:22:56.67
So the world is
used to a lot of liars.
00:22:56.71\00:22:58.67
And then they're not
just out in the world,
00:23:01.81\00:23:03.61
they're in the church.
00:23:03.65\00:23:05.75
We're liar,
00:23:05.78\00:23:07.12
if we profess Jesus
Christ as Lord and Savior,
00:23:07.15\00:23:09.42
and then we're
doing our own thing.
00:23:09.45\00:23:11.95
That makes us the
liar, does it not?
00:23:11.99\00:23:14.06
So let's just be bold
with it, shall we not?
00:23:14.09\00:23:17.83
Let's mention a
couple beliefs here quickly
00:23:17.86\00:23:20.80
that we talked about.
00:23:20.83\00:23:22.16
Now listen,
00:23:22.20\00:23:23.53
if this is the
foundation of your church,
00:23:23.57\00:23:26.50
if it's the
foundation of my church,
00:23:26.53\00:23:29.00
then I must say,
00:23:29.04\00:23:30.37
now I'm looking at my foundation
00:23:30.41\00:23:31.74
because I want it solid.
00:23:31.77\00:23:33.11
Number one, my foundation
has to be Jesus Christ.
00:23:33.14\00:23:36.38
It has to be the Rock,
00:23:36.41\00:23:37.75
we'll look at here because
Peter was called the first pope
00:23:37.78\00:23:39.88
because he was what?
00:23:39.91\00:23:41.25
They said,
00:23:41.28\00:23:42.85
"A rock instead
of a little stone."
00:23:42.88\00:23:45.62
We'll look at that
a little bit later.
00:23:45.65\00:23:47.69
But if we're building,
00:23:47.72\00:23:49.06
Christ is building His
church with His first disciples,
00:23:49.09\00:23:51.83
it need to be
built on Jesus Christ,
00:23:51.86\00:23:54.46
not upon a man.
00:23:54.50\00:23:56.87
Something that is solid,
00:23:56.90\00:23:59.33
something that you can
prove from the Word of God.
00:23:59.37\00:24:02.30
And we looked at
several of these things,
00:24:02.34\00:24:03.71
we won't go into them all
00:24:03.74\00:24:05.07
because the Bible
said we were warned
00:24:05.11\00:24:07.18
that there would
come a falling away
00:24:07.21\00:24:08.68
and this man of
sin would be revealed.
00:24:08.71\00:24:11.31
2 Thessalonians 2:3 and 4.
00:24:11.35\00:24:13.21
We won't read those right now.
00:24:13.25\00:24:14.82
Daniel 7:25,
00:24:14.85\00:24:16.22
he shall think to
change times and laws.
00:24:16.25\00:24:18.39
Matthew 24, read
the whole chapter.
00:24:18.42\00:24:20.86
Acts 20, just
read the whole chapter.
00:24:20.89\00:24:23.63
Revelation
12:17, read that verse.
00:24:23.66\00:24:26.09
"The dragon was
wroth with the woman,
00:24:26.13\00:24:27.76
and went to make, " what?
00:24:27.80\00:24:29.23
"War with the
remnant of her seed,
00:24:29.26\00:24:31.10
who keep the
commandments of God."
00:24:31.13\00:24:34.80
Man, this is heavy duty.
00:24:34.84\00:24:36.67
Revelation 13,
we can read all...
00:24:36.71\00:24:38.37
12:5, and so on, it goes on.
00:24:38.41\00:24:40.48
But if I just
ask you the question,
00:24:40.51\00:24:41.94
because I'm looking
here at this man of sin,
00:24:41.98\00:24:45.65
Bible says, this...
00:24:45.68\00:24:47.92
I'm telling you, big
group of individuals,
00:24:47.95\00:24:52.29
it's either their teaching
00:24:52.32\00:24:54.12
for doctrines the
commandments of men,
00:24:54.16\00:24:56.42
or the doctrines of Christ.
00:24:56.46\00:24:58.26
And there's nothing
wrong with the doctrine.
00:24:58.29\00:25:00.16
I challenge anybody with that.
00:25:00.20\00:25:02.50
Jesus taught doctrine.
00:25:02.53\00:25:04.83
And for a church to say,
00:25:04.87\00:25:06.20
"Why go to church?
00:25:06.23\00:25:07.57
It's non denominational."
00:25:07.60\00:25:08.94
Ho-ho.
00:25:08.97\00:25:10.37
Can I say that? Can I do that?
00:25:10.41\00:25:12.94
Think couple of
moments, I don't know.
00:25:12.97\00:25:15.91
Think about it.
Non-denominational.
00:25:15.94\00:25:17.91
No, you have your
beliefs, do you not?
00:25:17.95\00:25:21.98
And okay, what church you go to,
00:25:22.02\00:25:23.52
you believe certain thing
00:25:23.55\00:25:24.89
whether they be
good, bad or ugly, you do.
00:25:24.92\00:25:27.89
Yeah.
00:25:27.92\00:25:30.46
And so, if I ask you,
00:25:30.49\00:25:32.63
here's some of the
teachings here of Rome.
00:25:32.66\00:25:35.36
It says, first the veneration
of angels and dead saints,
00:25:35.40\00:25:39.07
or the worship of
angels or dead saints.
00:25:39.10\00:25:43.00
Now, is that scriptural or not?
00:25:43.04\00:25:45.81
Thank you.
00:25:45.84\00:25:47.18
No.
00:25:47.21\00:25:48.68
They believe in worshiping
angels or dead saints.
00:25:48.71\00:25:54.05
They make things
and they worship them.
00:25:54.08\00:25:56.28
That seems...
00:25:56.32\00:25:57.65
I'm looking, again I'm saying,
00:25:57.69\00:25:59.02
"Oh, if it's
scriptural, let's do it.
00:25:59.05\00:26:00.52
If not, then that's error,
that must be from the enemy."
00:26:00.56\00:26:05.89
How about prayers for the dead?
00:26:05.93\00:26:09.40
No, that's just the truth.
00:26:09.43\00:26:10.90
This is part of the
doctrine and the Catechism.
00:26:10.93\00:26:13.34
They believe in
prayers for the dead.
00:26:13.37\00:26:15.27
I'm not trying to condemn them,
I'm looking, I'm saying, okay,
00:26:15.30\00:26:17.77
I'm looking into this faith,
00:26:17.81\00:26:19.34
maybe I should be
a part of this faith.
00:26:19.37\00:26:22.04
Does that make sense?
00:26:22.08\00:26:23.78
Because I need to study
to show myself approved,
00:26:23.81\00:26:25.85
I need to know where I belong,
00:26:25.88\00:26:27.38
I need to know
where God wants me to be.
00:26:27.42\00:26:30.02
But I'm looking
into and everybody does
00:26:30.05\00:26:32.62
to the teachings of that church.
00:26:32.65\00:26:35.62
They look into it to see
whether they're going to,
00:26:35.66\00:26:37.63
some people look,
00:26:37.66\00:26:38.99
see whether they're
going to fit or not,
00:26:39.03\00:26:40.56
or if it fits their lifestyle,
00:26:40.60\00:26:41.93
they don't want
to make any changes.
00:26:41.96\00:26:44.80
The prayers for the dead
is not found in Scripture,
00:26:44.83\00:26:47.30
but it's a doctrine.
00:26:47.34\00:26:50.31
And when they make
doctrine or their teachings,
00:26:50.34\00:26:53.07
you know, we're
talking about infallibility.
00:26:53.11\00:26:55.54
They say they don't
change it, because it's perfect.
00:26:55.58\00:26:57.95
It's right. Well, I
don't see in Scripture.
00:26:57.98\00:27:01.52
And I'll just
make it simple here.
00:27:01.55\00:27:03.35
How about the sign of the cross?
00:27:03.39\00:27:05.95
Is that in the Word of God?
00:27:05.99\00:27:07.66
No.
00:27:07.69\00:27:09.02
Again, it's not
trying to cut anybody down.
00:27:09.06\00:27:10.66
It's just making it
the sign of the cross,
00:27:10.69\00:27:12.33
we say is this
religious type thing?
00:27:12.36\00:27:13.70
No, it comes from
pagan and heathenism.
00:27:13.73\00:27:16.53
It is not in the Word of God.
00:27:16.56\00:27:19.23
And if I'm
using the Word of God,
00:27:19.27\00:27:21.70
you see, then I'm going to have
to stay with the Word of God.
00:27:21.74\00:27:25.21
Yeah.
00:27:25.24\00:27:26.57
How about the use of images?
00:27:26.61\00:27:28.04
Yeah, that's a good, you know,
00:27:32.11\00:27:34.62
they couldn't deal with
the Ten Commandments, right?
00:27:34.65\00:27:36.62
They had to take
the second one out,
00:27:36.65\00:27:38.32
not bowing down and worshiping,
you know, the images,
00:27:38.35\00:27:40.72
take it out, but split into two
and raise every one of them up.
00:27:40.76\00:27:44.03
They're out of order,
00:27:44.06\00:27:45.39
the way God wrote
Him with His own finger.
00:27:45.43\00:27:48.93
Let me get something
maybe close and personal.
00:27:48.96\00:27:51.20
Again, if people don't know
that God understands that too
00:27:51.23\00:27:53.80
but if you know
better, then we need to say,
00:27:53.84\00:27:55.87
"That's not founded
in the Word of God."
00:27:55.90\00:27:58.54
How about mass?
00:27:58.57\00:28:01.48
No.
00:28:01.51\00:28:03.51
That's not found
in the Word of God,
00:28:03.55\00:28:05.51
the way it's conducted.
00:28:05.55\00:28:07.38
How about the
doctrine of purgatory?
00:28:07.42\00:28:09.88
No.
00:28:09.92\00:28:11.25
You know, you go to purgatory,
00:28:11.29\00:28:12.62
and then you put
a bunch of money in
00:28:12.65\00:28:14.52
and do some praying
00:28:14.56\00:28:15.89
and you get them out
a leg and arm at a time.
00:28:15.92\00:28:19.76
Isn't that true?
00:28:19.79\00:28:21.33
That's basically the way...
00:28:21.36\00:28:22.83
Right?
00:28:22.86\00:28:24.20
I mean, man, if
I'm happy to be there,
00:28:24.23\00:28:25.57
and you can pray me
out or buy me out of there.
00:28:25.60\00:28:30.57
But let's not do the
finger and arm at a time,
00:28:30.61\00:28:32.34
let's play the whole lump sum.
00:28:32.37\00:28:33.94
That doesn't work
that way, you understand?
00:28:33.98\00:28:35.61
I'm simply saying
that's not in the Word of God.
00:28:35.64\00:28:38.01
But that is a pillar
00:28:38.05\00:28:39.38
and that is a
teaching of this church
00:28:39.41\00:28:41.55
that the Bible said
00:28:41.58\00:28:42.92
the world would
all wander after.
00:28:42.95\00:28:45.55
Hmm.
00:28:45.59\00:28:46.92
How about praying to Mary?
00:28:50.03\00:28:51.93
No, Mary, she,
00:28:57.00\00:28:58.87
a wonderful
mother, no doubt about it.
00:28:58.90\00:29:00.94
But, you know
00:29:00.97\00:29:02.30
she is not
between us and Christ.
00:29:02.34\00:29:06.94
Christ is there.
00:29:06.98\00:29:08.74
There's no one but I say,
00:29:08.78\00:29:10.11
"Well, how do we know this?"
00:29:10.15\00:29:11.48
The Bible said
there's only one mediator
00:29:11.51\00:29:12.85
between God and
man, and that is who?
00:29:12.88\00:29:14.45
That's Jesus Christ.
00:29:14.48\00:29:17.15
But the men of the world,
00:29:17.19\00:29:18.52
we're talking
billion over a billion.
00:29:18.55\00:29:21.29
Many of them believe
and they're all supposed to,
00:29:21.32\00:29:23.49
since this is
supposed to be stuff
00:29:23.53\00:29:24.99
that you can't err on,
00:29:25.03\00:29:26.80
because it's moral.
00:29:26.83\00:29:28.90
And when the pope
says it's moral issue,
00:29:28.93\00:29:31.33
he's infallible
is what they say.
00:29:31.37\00:29:33.54
We have plenty of time.
00:29:33.57\00:29:34.90
We certainly need to
just prove that quickly.
00:29:34.94\00:29:36.54
How about
00:29:39.57\00:29:40.91
when you really need
something to some holy water?
00:29:40.94\00:29:43.91
Do you find that
in the Word of God?
00:29:43.95\00:29:46.28
I don't find
anything in holy water.
00:29:46.31\00:29:48.22
They went to the tap
and got it just like I go,
00:29:48.25\00:29:50.99
okay.
00:29:51.02\00:29:52.82
Holy Water.
00:29:52.85\00:29:55.79
It's not in the Word of God.
00:29:55.82\00:29:57.16
How about,
00:29:57.19\00:29:58.53
"Oh, I'm fasting on Fridays
00:29:58.56\00:29:59.89
and Lent and all
this right here."
00:29:59.93\00:30:01.26
Man made, it's
very simple. Man made.
00:30:01.30\00:30:03.60
I mean, you can
even look in history,
00:30:03.63\00:30:05.10
in the history books.
00:30:05.13\00:30:06.90
And you can see that,
00:30:06.94\00:30:08.27
that was a little before 1000 AD
00:30:08.30\00:30:11.01
that Lent and fasting on Fridays
00:30:11.04\00:30:12.67
came into being.
00:30:12.71\00:30:14.04
It was hasn't always
been. They just adopted.
00:30:14.08\00:30:16.14
Everything I mentioned,
00:30:16.18\00:30:17.51
there's a date in
which history says
00:30:17.55\00:30:18.88
this is when it was developed.
00:30:18.91\00:30:21.42
But we tried to use this
truth based on the Word of God
00:30:21.45\00:30:24.49
from the very
beginning in the Garden of Eden.
00:30:24.52\00:30:27.19
Isn't that right?
00:30:27.22\00:30:28.56
Where God set it up,
where it was perfect,
00:30:28.59\00:30:30.33
not just after 3 or 400 years,
00:30:30.36\00:30:32.09
we decided we
better do it this way.
00:30:32.13\00:30:35.10
If you find it in a
Word of God, so be it.
00:30:35.13\00:30:36.67
But this is not
in the Word of God.
00:30:36.70\00:30:39.67
How about, how about the rosary?
00:30:39.70\00:30:42.90
It's not in the Word of God.
00:30:42.94\00:30:45.57
I mean, we have some ex
00:30:45.61\00:30:47.18
individuals are
belonging to that church now.
00:30:47.21\00:30:49.14
And they'll tell you,
00:30:49.18\00:30:50.51
"Oh, no, that's
not in the Word of God,
00:30:50.55\00:30:51.88
but we're taught to do that."
00:30:51.91\00:30:53.52
And maybe people
don't know any better.
00:30:53.55\00:30:54.95
God's not going to
hold it against you
00:30:54.98\00:30:56.32
if you don't know any better,
but who's going to tell you.
00:30:56.35\00:30:59.72
See, who's going
to talk about this?
00:30:59.75\00:31:01.32
Who's going to let people know
00:31:01.36\00:31:02.69
that there's no
power in that rosary?
00:31:02.72\00:31:04.49
That rosary is fear of paganism,
00:31:04.53\00:31:06.29
as it were, the
enemy is in charge of that,
00:31:06.33\00:31:08.50
if there's things
that might be answered.
00:31:08.53\00:31:09.96
I'm going to say
it's going to be the enemy
00:31:10.00\00:31:11.40
that's going to do it.
00:31:11.43\00:31:13.30
Are you still with me?
00:31:13.34\00:31:14.67
See, that's heavy duty stuff.
00:31:14.70\00:31:16.54
But the honest in heart
00:31:16.57\00:31:17.91
are doing maybe the best
they understand with that.
00:31:17.94\00:31:20.98
But God doesn't
want you to stay there.
00:31:21.01\00:31:22.78
He doesn't want
me to stay there.
00:31:22.81\00:31:24.55
He wants to show me a better way
00:31:24.58\00:31:26.41
that I can pray to Him.
00:31:26.45\00:31:27.98
He's the one
that answers prayer.
00:31:28.02\00:31:29.92
He doesn't need
anything in between.
00:31:29.95\00:31:31.35
He's God, right?
00:31:31.39\00:31:32.72
He's Christ, He's what we need.
00:31:32.75\00:31:34.26
How about the
sale of indulgences?
00:31:37.36\00:31:38.86
Is that in the Word of God?
00:31:38.89\00:31:41.26
That'd be time in my life,
00:31:41.30\00:31:42.63
I'd go borrow
some money in the bank
00:31:42.66\00:31:44.00
and pay him.
00:31:44.03\00:31:45.37
Somebody not with me at all.
00:31:45.40\00:31:46.74
I should close it
and just sit down.
00:31:46.77\00:31:48.10
Is that right?
00:31:48.14\00:31:49.47
Indulgences,
what does that mean?
00:31:49.50\00:31:52.04
John, you should know.
00:31:52.07\00:31:55.01
Indulgences, you can go what?
00:31:55.04\00:31:57.81
Buy as it were
forgiveness of sin in advance.
00:31:57.85\00:32:02.42
You can go to the priest,
00:32:02.45\00:32:03.79
you can give so much
money and he would sell.
00:32:03.82\00:32:05.95
I wish we had
time to go through,
00:32:05.99\00:32:07.32
we're not going to
have time to even touch it,
00:32:07.36\00:32:08.69
27 minutes left.
00:32:08.72\00:32:10.06
But if we're
talking about there is,
00:32:10.09\00:32:11.43
there, you can go do it.
00:32:11.46\00:32:13.50
But remember, this
came into being long
00:32:13.53\00:32:15.30
after the church was developed
and begin to get strong,
00:32:15.33\00:32:18.83
that these
things came into being
00:32:18.87\00:32:20.27
and they're counted as
truth in the Word of God
00:32:20.30\00:32:22.34
and they're not.
00:32:22.37\00:32:25.04
They're selling indulgences
during the Dark Ages.
00:32:25.07\00:32:28.81
Man, they were selling them.
00:32:28.84\00:32:30.18
So anyway,
00:32:30.21\00:32:31.55
all you have to do
is buy the indulgence,
00:32:31.58\00:32:32.91
if you want to go
out and live it up.
00:32:32.95\00:32:36.45
You don't have to worry about it
00:32:36.48\00:32:38.59
because it's taken care of.
00:32:38.62\00:32:41.32
The priest told you
then you make it to heaven.
00:32:41.36\00:32:43.26
"If you happen to die in
this mess that you're in,
00:32:43.29\00:32:45.09
don't worry about it."
00:32:45.13\00:32:46.83
I mean, they were doing that
during World War II in 1944,
00:32:46.86\00:32:49.93
they were still
selling indulgences.
00:32:49.96\00:32:51.80
And they would sell them
00:32:51.83\00:32:53.17
to the young
people who were there,
00:32:53.20\00:32:54.54
were getting killed by
the thousands and thousands,
00:32:54.57\00:32:56.34
they'd sell them.
00:32:56.37\00:32:57.71
You know how much they
sold them for back then?
00:32:57.74\00:32:59.07
Forty dollars.
00:32:59.11\00:33:01.24
Forty dollars,
00:33:01.28\00:33:02.61
they sold and it said
every soldier needs it
00:33:02.64\00:33:04.21
because you may not come back.
00:33:04.25\00:33:05.88
But the good news about,
00:33:05.91\00:33:07.42
the good news
about all this was,
00:33:07.45\00:33:09.22
you didn't have to
pay the whole 40 at once.
00:33:09.25\00:33:11.02
You can make payments on it.
00:33:14.06\00:33:15.92
See, I mean it does
sound like come on now.
00:33:15.96\00:33:18.16
But this was,
00:33:18.19\00:33:19.53
you know, true to many believers
00:33:19.56\00:33:21.36
and they believed in this.
00:33:21.40\00:33:22.90
Why?
00:33:22.93\00:33:24.27
Maybe because there was no one
00:33:24.30\00:33:25.63
that ever told
them any different.
00:33:25.67\00:33:28.20
And see they need to
because God loves them.
00:33:28.24\00:33:30.71
He wants them.
00:33:30.74\00:33:32.07
It will do me no
good to believe a lie.
00:33:32.11\00:33:35.58
It's no good to believe a lie.
00:33:35.61\00:33:37.71
Well, God understands.
00:33:37.75\00:33:39.08
Yes, He
understands what a lie is.
00:33:39.11\00:33:41.38
But He
understands what truth is too.
00:33:41.42\00:33:43.65
And that's what He's
looking at His people
00:33:43.69\00:33:45.79
who are just simply willing
by His grace and strength
00:33:45.82\00:33:48.29
to follow Him.
00:33:48.32\00:33:49.66
Doesn't mean we
don't fall short.
00:33:49.69\00:33:51.03
When you fall
short, you get back up.
00:33:51.06\00:33:53.16
When you fall
down, you get back up.
00:33:53.19\00:33:55.03
When you do something
wrong, what do you do?
00:33:55.06\00:33:56.63
You get back up
by the grace of God
00:33:56.67\00:33:58.13
and keep going.
00:33:58.17\00:33:59.50
Ask for forgiveness.
00:33:59.53\00:34:01.14
Ask for strength.
00:34:01.17\00:34:04.47
How about the...
00:34:04.51\00:34:05.84
In the Bible is it found that
00:34:05.87\00:34:07.21
we are to confess
our sins to a priest?
00:34:07.24\00:34:09.94
No, I'm not
spending time on this.
00:34:09.98\00:34:12.15
But that to me,
it is so important.
00:34:12.18\00:34:15.22
Because millions do it.
00:34:15.25\00:34:18.82
The Bible nowhere.
00:34:18.85\00:34:21.12
We are to
confess our sins to whom?
00:34:21.16\00:34:23.39
Because He's faithful and
just to forgive us our sins
00:34:23.43\00:34:26.59
and to cleanse us
from all unrighteousness.
00:34:26.63\00:34:28.50
That's biblical.
00:34:28.53\00:34:30.93
Yes.
00:34:30.97\00:34:32.30
Oh, He died for
us, ain't that right?
00:34:32.33\00:34:34.77
He shed His blood for us.
00:34:34.80\00:34:36.64
We have no...
00:34:36.67\00:34:38.01
Ever going to a
priest as the middleman.
00:34:38.04\00:34:40.58
Oh, lo and behold, going there
and tell him your problems.
00:34:40.61\00:34:43.11
He needs to probably
tell you some of his.
00:34:43.14\00:34:44.75
You know what I'm talking about.
00:34:48.25\00:34:51.22
I'm just not going to do it.
00:34:51.25\00:34:53.69
I'm just not going to.
00:34:53.72\00:34:55.06
Now some of you may do it
00:34:55.09\00:34:56.42
and you've done it
maybe for years you did it
00:34:56.46\00:34:57.79
because you didn't
understand and didn't know,
00:34:57.83\00:34:59.23
but really there's only
one that we go through, right?
00:34:59.26\00:35:02.93
Because Jesus is the only
one between us and the Father.
00:35:02.96\00:35:05.87
He's the only one
00:35:05.90\00:35:07.24
that can take our
prayers to the Father.
00:35:07.27\00:35:09.07
He's the only one
that can answer them.
00:35:09.10\00:35:11.14
He's the one
that hung on the cross
00:35:11.17\00:35:12.57
so that I might
have eternal life.
00:35:12.61\00:35:14.68
He's... Whoo!
00:35:14.71\00:35:16.04
He's for me.
00:35:16.08\00:35:17.95
He's for me.
00:35:17.98\00:35:19.31
He wants me in heaven.
00:35:19.35\00:35:20.68
He looks at you and
He looks at me today,
00:35:20.72\00:35:22.58
He sees a
miserable mess right here.
00:35:22.62\00:35:25.65
He sees a miserable mess.
00:35:25.69\00:35:27.56
He may look at you
and see a miserable mess.
00:35:27.59\00:35:29.52
But what does He say?
00:35:29.56\00:35:30.89
"Oh, I want you.
00:35:30.93\00:35:32.26
I want you in heaven with Me."
00:35:32.29\00:35:34.46
He told the Father,
00:35:34.50\00:35:35.83
"Right where I am,
let them be with Me."
00:35:35.86\00:35:40.07
I mean, how wonderful
that is, how can He do that?
00:35:40.10\00:35:42.87
We see somebody
that's little bit miserable,
00:35:42.90\00:35:44.37
a little, somewhat
off centered a little bit,
00:35:44.41\00:35:46.07
we just say let them go.
00:35:46.11\00:35:48.44
Well, we can't deal with them.
They're nothing but problems.
00:35:48.48\00:35:52.78
I'm glad Jesus
didn't say that about me.
00:35:52.81\00:35:55.58
But He could look at me and say,
00:35:55.62\00:35:56.95
"He's nothing but problems.
00:35:56.99\00:35:58.89
He's going to cause
nothing but problems."
00:35:58.92\00:36:01.32
But He doesn't look at it.
He looks at me, Brother Jan.
00:36:01.36\00:36:03.19
He says,
00:36:03.22\00:36:04.56
"I see what he
can be through Me.
00:36:04.59\00:36:07.40
I see what he can be.
00:36:07.43\00:36:09.36
He's not there now, but
I see the finished product.
00:36:09.40\00:36:13.20
I see the finished product."
00:36:13.23\00:36:14.57
The world may
see a mess right now.
00:36:14.60\00:36:16.37
He's laying out on the street.
00:36:16.40\00:36:17.74
He's doing
this, he's doing that.
00:36:17.77\00:36:19.11
God says, "I don't see
it, I see Him finished."
00:36:19.14\00:36:23.08
Looking to Him, the author
and the finisher of our faith.
00:36:23.11\00:36:25.85
That's awesome to me
00:36:25.88\00:36:27.22
because He knows
00:36:27.25\00:36:28.58
when you're
going to mess up next.
00:36:28.62\00:36:29.95
He knows what's going on
in your heart, in your mind.
00:36:29.98\00:36:31.69
But if you come to
Him confessing your sins,
00:36:31.72\00:36:33.42
He accepts it right
there with honest heart
00:36:33.46\00:36:35.32
and He cleanse you
right then and there.
00:36:35.36\00:36:37.36
Then where you
go, then that's...
00:36:37.39\00:36:38.99
Right?
00:36:39.03\00:36:40.36
Then you have a choice.
Every day, we have a choice.
00:36:40.40\00:36:43.57
Every day, I confess
sins and shortcomings
00:36:43.60\00:36:47.10
even if I can't
name them one by one.
00:36:47.14\00:36:50.07
Certainly, if we can name them
00:36:50.11\00:36:51.44
and we know we
need to lay it out
00:36:51.47\00:36:52.81
at the feet of Jesus.
00:36:52.84\00:36:54.18
We need to make sure
00:36:54.21\00:36:55.54
we're in time of
investigative judgment.
00:36:55.58\00:36:56.91
We're in the
time of the atonement.
00:36:56.95\00:36:58.28
He's making
atonement for our sins,
00:36:58.31\00:37:00.28
taking sin out of our
lives by the grace of God,
00:37:00.32\00:37:02.45
but we have to confess.
00:37:02.48\00:37:03.82
He that confesses
and forsakes, right?
00:37:03.85\00:37:05.49
He's going to forgive.
00:37:05.52\00:37:06.86
Confession to the priests, no.
00:37:10.49\00:37:12.96
Even the Jesuit order, we
realize it's not scriptural.
00:37:12.99\00:37:16.67
My, that didn't, I mean,
00:37:19.33\00:37:20.67
that didn't come into
being until about 1534 AD,
00:37:20.70\00:37:24.17
1534, during the
time of the Reformation,
00:37:24.21\00:37:27.01
to get rid of the
Protestants or the protesters.
00:37:27.04\00:37:30.48
Are you still with me?
00:37:30.51\00:37:33.21
Because the protest
was going great and big,
00:37:33.25\00:37:35.45
and they were
coming up with truth.
00:37:35.48\00:37:38.42
When the Roman
Church took the Bible,
00:37:38.45\00:37:39.82
and they hid it,
00:37:39.85\00:37:41.19
they took it away
from the common people,
00:37:41.22\00:37:43.43
they chained it to the prison,
00:37:43.46\00:37:45.03
you know, the
cells or whatever, walls.
00:37:45.06\00:37:47.90
They didn't let them read it.
00:37:47.93\00:37:49.36
And you realize today,
00:37:49.40\00:37:50.73
that's one thing
that the church they say,
00:37:50.77\00:37:52.10
everybody I talked to
goes to the church, say,
00:37:52.13\00:37:53.87
we're never really
encouraged to read the Bible.
00:37:53.90\00:37:56.81
That's always been
00:37:56.84\00:37:58.17
because the devil realizes
00:37:58.21\00:37:59.84
if you read the
Word of God, whoo!
00:37:59.87\00:38:02.28
It's a lamp unto my
feet, and a light unto my path.
00:38:02.31\00:38:07.05
And so the devil says, "I
don't want them to read it,
00:38:07.08\00:38:09.22
because they're going
to figure out my plan.
00:38:09.25\00:38:11.19
So I'm going to
keep it away from them."
00:38:11.22\00:38:12.85
And that one church
has always done that,
00:38:12.89\00:38:15.22
rather than Jesus said,
we need to get into the Word.
00:38:15.26\00:38:17.53
Study to show
yourself approved unto God.
00:38:17.56\00:38:21.63
Stay in the Word of God.
00:38:21.66\00:38:23.00
It's a light. It's
life. It's encouragement.
00:38:23.03\00:38:25.63
That's why people go
around sometime depressed
00:38:25.67\00:38:27.34
and worn out and just,
oh, they can't hardly make it.
00:38:27.37\00:38:29.44
They just can't
keep going on and on,
00:38:29.47\00:38:31.54
because they have no hope.
00:38:31.57\00:38:33.78
The Word of God gives hope.
00:38:33.81\00:38:35.14
Even we talk about these,
00:38:35.18\00:38:36.51
there's hope in the Word of God.
00:38:36.54\00:38:38.08
They even boast of absolute,
you know, infallibility.
00:38:42.35\00:38:46.72
We know better than that.
00:38:46.76\00:38:50.16
Matthew 16 that we read
for our text in a few moments.
00:38:50.19\00:38:53.96
Let's see how far we can
go in about 15-16 minutes,
00:38:54.00\00:38:56.70
is that all right?
00:38:56.73\00:38:58.07
Anybody getting tired?
00:38:58.10\00:39:00.47
Well, a couple of you
look like you're worn out.
00:39:00.50\00:39:02.60
All right, let's go on.
00:39:02.64\00:39:03.97
Matthew, right?
00:39:04.01\00:39:05.34
Matthew 16.
00:39:05.37\00:39:06.71
Man, if you ever get tired,
00:39:06.74\00:39:08.08
just stand up and
shout where you're at.
00:39:08.11\00:39:09.44
Get the blood
circulate and then let's go,
00:39:09.48\00:39:10.81
isn't that right?
00:39:10.85\00:39:12.18
This is...
00:39:12.21\00:39:13.55
Listen, you're not going to
always have this opportunity.
00:39:13.58\00:39:15.78
I'm not always going
to have this opportunity.
00:39:15.82\00:39:18.19
It could very well
be my last up here,
00:39:18.22\00:39:20.39
could very well be your last.
00:39:20.42\00:39:21.76
It doesn't matter.
That's the way life is.
00:39:21.79\00:39:23.66
You think you're
going to live forever.
00:39:23.69\00:39:25.23
I kind of felt like I would.
00:39:25.26\00:39:26.59
I felt like for years,
00:39:26.63\00:39:27.96
well, when I go I'll
just die in my sleep.
00:39:28.00\00:39:32.30
I guess I was telling
God how I wanted to die.
00:39:32.33\00:39:34.34
He said,
00:39:34.37\00:39:35.70
"Well before that there's
going to be a lot of issues
00:39:35.74\00:39:37.07
you don't know about son."
00:39:37.11\00:39:40.81
Well, I not want to go that way.
00:39:40.84\00:39:44.31
But you can be going along
00:39:44.35\00:39:45.68
just smooth as you
can be in one second
00:39:45.71\00:39:48.55
and the next second
your whole life is changed.
00:39:48.58\00:39:51.22
I've been through that.
00:39:51.25\00:39:52.59
I understand it and many
of you have been through here
00:39:52.62\00:39:54.89
and maybe until
you go through it,
00:39:54.92\00:39:56.26
you don't realize
how precious life is
00:39:56.29\00:39:59.39
and how short that it is,
00:39:59.43\00:40:01.26
even though I
read it all my life,
00:40:01.30\00:40:02.66
it said it's like a vapor.
00:40:02.70\00:40:04.03
Life is like a
vapor, it's like a dew.
00:40:04.07\00:40:05.90
It's here, we're
gone in the minute,
00:40:05.93\00:40:07.27
we're gone.
00:40:07.30\00:40:08.64
But then what?
00:40:08.67\00:40:10.71
Lot of people say, well,
00:40:10.74\00:40:12.07
the Bible said
then this is judgment.
00:40:12.11\00:40:14.01
So whether you like it,
or whether you don't like it,
00:40:14.04\00:40:16.24
or whether I like
it or whether I don't,
00:40:16.28\00:40:18.41
there's going to be a judgment,
00:40:18.45\00:40:20.35
and I'm going to be in it.
00:40:20.38\00:40:22.82
By your deeds
you will be justified
00:40:22.85\00:40:24.39
and by your deeds
you will be condemned.
00:40:24.42\00:40:27.12
Wow.
00:40:27.16\00:40:28.49
Not that you work your
way into heaven. But what?
00:40:28.52\00:40:30.39
We have a life.
00:40:30.43\00:40:31.76
What are we doing with our life?
00:40:31.79\00:40:33.46
Are we using it for others?
00:40:33.50\00:40:34.83
Are we trying to
work in behalf of others?
00:40:34.86\00:40:38.33
Hmm.
00:40:38.37\00:40:40.34
Matthew Chapter 16. Let
me just go there quickly.
00:40:40.37\00:40:42.37
I'm just going to read verse 18.
00:40:42.40\00:40:43.74
Matthew 16:18,
what does the Bible say?
00:40:43.77\00:40:46.94
Bible said,
00:40:46.98\00:40:48.31
"Unto thee, that thou art Peter,
00:40:48.34\00:40:50.95
and upon this rock, I will,"
00:40:50.98\00:40:53.05
do what,
00:40:53.08\00:40:54.42
"I'm going to build my church,
00:40:54.45\00:40:56.12
and the gates of hell
shall not prevail against it."
00:40:56.15\00:40:59.39
Jesus said what?
00:40:59.42\00:41:01.26
Notice He's talking,
Jesus is talking here.
00:41:01.29\00:41:04.66
Talking to His disciples.
00:41:04.69\00:41:06.90
He said, right now,
00:41:06.93\00:41:08.26
I'm going to
build, I'm going to build,
00:41:08.30\00:41:09.63
I'm going to build this church.
00:41:09.66\00:41:11.00
He said, "Peter, I'm
going to build a church,
00:41:11.03\00:41:12.43
and I'm going to
build it on the rock,
00:41:12.47\00:41:14.00
and the rock is Jesus Christ."
00:41:14.04\00:41:15.37
It's not Peter.
00:41:15.40\00:41:18.64
We'll look at that
little closer as we go,
00:41:18.67\00:41:20.34
but how interesting this.
00:41:20.38\00:41:21.71
And then he says,
00:41:21.74\00:41:23.08
"And the gates of hell
shall not prevail against it."
00:41:23.11\00:41:26.05
The devil can beat
00:41:26.08\00:41:27.42
and he can
bang, and he can jerk,
00:41:27.45\00:41:28.78
and he can take you
and throw you around,
00:41:28.82\00:41:30.15
or throw me around if
we allow him to do that.
00:41:30.19\00:41:32.35
But the what, God's
church is His church.
00:41:32.39\00:41:35.42
He's going to have
people that are faithful
00:41:35.46\00:41:37.56
and going to make it
into the kingdom of God.
00:41:37.59\00:41:39.43
I want to be a part of that.
00:41:39.46\00:41:41.36
Paul said,
00:41:41.40\00:41:42.73
"Apostasy would come in.
00:41:42.76\00:41:44.40
The man of sin would
arise and exalt himself as God.
00:41:44.43\00:41:49.04
He's going to place
himself in the temple
00:41:49.07\00:41:51.24
saying he is God."
00:41:51.27\00:41:54.21
Do we see this fulfillment?
00:41:54.24\00:41:56.44
Have we been studying
about this fulfillment?
00:41:56.48\00:41:58.41
Is there anyone who
has surfaced on the scene?
00:41:58.45\00:42:01.05
Certainly many, many
years ago in Bible prophecy
00:42:01.08\00:42:03.95
that said that
they were God on earth.
00:42:03.99\00:42:07.56
Oh, that was sure sick.
00:42:07.59\00:42:10.39
Thank you. Yeah.
00:42:10.43\00:42:12.86
Well, yeah, I think, yes.
00:42:12.89\00:42:15.93
God said it, Isaiah
14:14 and we talk about,
00:42:15.96\00:42:18.53
He's going to
claim to be God on earth.
00:42:18.57\00:42:20.44
He's going to
claim to forgive sins.
00:42:20.47\00:42:22.17
When this power comes up, right?
00:42:22.20\00:42:23.97
He's going to come up in 538 AD,
00:42:24.01\00:42:26.21
the Ostrogoths, the
Herulis and the Vandals
00:42:26.24\00:42:28.41
and the very last one,
00:42:28.44\00:42:29.78
because there was, remember
00:42:29.81\00:42:31.15
when it broke down Babylon,
Medo-Persia, Greece and Rome.
00:42:31.18\00:42:33.48
And then after Rome was what?
00:42:33.52\00:42:34.92
Pagan Rome.
00:42:34.95\00:42:36.28
When Rome broke down into what?
00:42:36.32\00:42:37.65
Ten kingdoms.
00:42:37.69\00:42:39.35
And the papacy
became a separate.
00:42:39.39\00:42:40.72
Out of those 10
would come a little horn.
00:42:40.76\00:42:42.92
It had eyes like
the eyes of a man
00:42:42.96\00:42:44.66
and a mouth speaking what?
00:42:44.69\00:42:46.36
Great things and notice this,
00:42:46.39\00:42:48.60
that was the papacy,
there's no doubt about it.
00:42:48.63\00:42:50.33
History is clear on it.
00:42:50.37\00:42:51.80
It's not, well, that's
the Adventist teaching.
00:42:51.83\00:42:53.80
It's Bible
teaching and its history.
00:42:53.84\00:42:56.60
There's a horn
coming out, there was 10,
00:42:56.64\00:42:57.97
but it said what?
00:42:58.01\00:42:59.34
Papacy come up and say,
00:42:59.37\00:43:00.71
"This is the way we're
going to run the world,
00:43:00.74\00:43:02.08
we're going to be
the head of it now."
00:43:02.11\00:43:03.45
Pay attention.
00:43:03.48\00:43:04.81
When I say three
of those ten said no.
00:43:04.85\00:43:07.18
If there's only 10 nations,
00:43:07.22\00:43:08.95
that wouldn't be a
whole lot to keep tabs of
00:43:08.98\00:43:10.62
what it like there is now,
00:43:10.65\00:43:12.95
but three of those said,
00:43:12.99\00:43:14.32
"No, we're not
going to area nationwide,
00:43:14.36\00:43:16.12
we're not going to do it."
00:43:16.16\00:43:17.49
And so the
papacy said about them
00:43:17.53\00:43:18.99
destroying those three,
00:43:19.03\00:43:21.46
because it said
that when this papacy,
00:43:21.50\00:43:23.33
when it came into being,
it would last 1260 years.
00:43:23.37\00:43:28.04
That's an identifying mark.
00:43:28.07\00:43:29.70
So I need to see when it came up
00:43:29.74\00:43:31.31
and attained his power.
00:43:31.34\00:43:32.97
And it came up when the last one
00:43:33.01\00:43:34.48
with the three went down.
00:43:34.51\00:43:36.01
When the first of
the three went down,
00:43:36.04\00:43:37.38
it wasn't in full power,
wants two more against it.
00:43:37.41\00:43:39.71
Then the other went
down, no, still one more.
00:43:39.75\00:43:41.55
When the third one went down,
00:43:41.58\00:43:43.32
Ostrogoths, Herulis, Vandals,
00:43:43.35\00:43:44.95
that was the very year
though history says it was 538.
00:43:44.99\00:43:48.42
If we're on target 538,
and it says, the Bible said
00:43:48.46\00:43:51.89
"He had last 1,260 years."
00:43:51.93\00:43:53.93
I simply add.
00:43:53.96\00:43:55.30
Then it said that, ooh,
00:43:55.33\00:43:56.67
it said there'd
be a deadly wound
00:43:56.70\00:43:58.03
that would be
given to this power.
00:43:58.07\00:43:59.40
Did you get it?
00:43:59.43\00:44:00.77
A deadly wound would be
given to them after 1,260 years.
00:44:00.80\00:44:02.87
All I have to do is
take 538 when it came up,
00:44:02.90\00:44:06.21
add 1260 years, and
I come up with 1798.
00:44:06.24\00:44:11.08
And exactly 1798,
00:44:11.11\00:44:13.35
the pope was
taken into captivity
00:44:13.38\00:44:15.12
by General
Berthier, you remember,
00:44:15.15\00:44:16.69
marched across Europe,
00:44:16.72\00:44:18.25
he took the pope into captivity,
00:44:18.29\00:44:19.62
put him in jail, he
died in that year and what?
00:44:19.65\00:44:21.86
The papacy was, as
they say was destroyed,
00:44:21.89\00:44:24.06
a deadly wound would
be given to the papacy,
00:44:24.09\00:44:26.80
just exactly like God said.
00:44:26.83\00:44:28.76
But it said it
would destroy the saints.
00:44:28.80\00:44:30.57
It would persecute
and kill the saints.
00:44:30.60\00:44:32.80
He would think to
change times and laws.
00:44:32.83\00:44:34.84
There's so many
identifying marks
00:44:34.87\00:44:36.24
that we can know
beyond a shadow of a doubt.
00:44:36.27\00:44:39.74
We don't have to guess.
00:44:39.77\00:44:41.61
I will be he said
like the Most High.
00:44:41.64\00:44:43.65
Remember,
00:44:43.68\00:44:45.01
it's not the
individuals we're talking about.
00:44:45.05\00:44:46.58
It's the organization,
a massive organization
00:44:46.61\00:44:49.38
that the enemy
said this is mine.
00:44:49.42\00:44:52.35
These are my
people because what?
00:44:52.39\00:44:54.42
Oh we're just
making up the things
00:44:54.46\00:44:56.06
as we go.
00:44:56.09\00:44:57.43
We don't go by the
Bible, we go by tradition,
00:44:57.46\00:45:01.76
Matthew 15:9 says,
00:45:01.80\00:45:03.57
"In vain do they worship me,
00:45:03.60\00:45:05.13
teaching for doctrines
the commandments of men."
00:45:05.17\00:45:07.64
Tradition,
00:45:07.67\00:45:09.00
but they esteem
tradition above Scripture.
00:45:09.04\00:45:11.27
Why?
00:45:11.31\00:45:12.64
Because when they
held Scripture up,
00:45:12.67\00:45:14.01
it exposed their errors.
00:45:14.04\00:45:16.01
Does that make sense?
00:45:16.04\00:45:17.38
But when you took the Bible away
00:45:17.41\00:45:18.75
and use that tradition,
00:45:18.78\00:45:20.12
you could just go
any way you wanted to go.
00:45:20.15\00:45:23.15
So we need to
look at it carefully.
00:45:23.18\00:45:28.12
Many people today,
including Protestants,
00:45:28.16\00:45:30.66
we're talking
about today, Catholics,
00:45:30.69\00:45:33.50
they're not investigating
00:45:33.53\00:45:35.03
what they believe
or why they believe it.
00:45:35.06\00:45:39.23
They just simply say,
00:45:39.27\00:45:40.60
"Well, if you're a
Christian, you go to church,
00:45:40.64\00:45:41.97
this is good enough."
00:45:42.00\00:45:45.61
Why does over
and over in Scripture
00:45:45.64\00:45:47.34
that we're to check out, right?
00:45:47.38\00:45:51.35
In the last days, God
said we're to check out,
00:45:51.38\00:45:54.85
there's going to
be spirits working.
00:45:54.88\00:45:57.09
There's going to be things
taking place in the world.
00:45:57.12\00:45:58.95
We need to study,
show ourselves approved.
00:45:58.99\00:46:01.89
But many of us are not doing it.
00:46:01.92\00:46:03.26
We're leaving
it to the preacher,
00:46:03.29\00:46:04.86
to the
evangelist, to the pastor,
00:46:04.89\00:46:07.03
or it's just good
enough, it doesn't matter.
00:46:07.06\00:46:09.26
Really, you need to be
and I need to be convinced
00:46:12.70\00:46:16.30
of what we believe
from the Word of God.
00:46:16.34\00:46:18.77
If you cannot do that,
00:46:18.81\00:46:20.14
I encourage you to
get into the Word of God.
00:46:20.18\00:46:24.91
Many today right now,
00:46:24.95\00:46:26.45
many today are more
interested in the stock market.
00:46:26.48\00:46:30.15
They're more
interested in the ball games.
00:46:30.19\00:46:33.15
They're more
interested in their business.
00:46:33.19\00:46:36.29
More interested in making money.
00:46:36.32\00:46:40.13
They're more
interested in houses and lands.
00:46:40.16\00:46:43.47
They're more...
00:46:43.50\00:46:44.83
Oh, they're more
interested in their love life.
00:46:44.87\00:46:48.10
Is it okay to say that?
00:46:48.14\00:46:49.47
It's true.
00:46:52.37\00:46:53.71
Than their own salvation.
00:46:56.04\00:46:58.51
Paul reminds us in
2 Corinthians 13:5,
00:46:58.55\00:47:01.75
2 Corinthians 13:5,
come on, say with me church.
00:47:01.78\00:47:04.92
It says,
00:47:04.95\00:47:06.29
"Examine yourselves..."
00:47:06.32\00:47:07.66
Do what?
00:47:07.69\00:47:09.02
"Examine yourselves,
whether ye be in the faith,
00:47:09.06\00:47:13.16
and prove your own selves."
00:47:13.19\00:47:14.93
Isn't that interesting? Yeah.
00:47:14.96\00:47:16.73
The test is to
prove your own selves,
00:47:16.77\00:47:19.73
not somebody else
looking at you and trying to...
00:47:19.77\00:47:21.67
But prove yourself.
00:47:21.70\00:47:23.04
Examine yourself to whether
you're in the faith or not.
00:47:23.07\00:47:26.04
"Have you accepted Jesus
as your Lord and Savior?"
00:47:26.07\00:47:28.51
"Do you believe
that He can forgive sin?"
00:47:28.54\00:47:30.41
"Do you believe
that He died for you?"
00:47:30.45\00:47:32.21
"Do you believe
that He's coming back?"
00:47:32.25\00:47:33.88
These are some
little test questions.
00:47:33.92\00:47:35.98
Yes, I do.
00:47:36.02\00:47:37.35
"Do you want to
follow in His footsteps?"
00:47:37.39\00:47:38.75
Oh, yes, I do.
00:47:38.79\00:47:40.19
A little book I love is
a kind of devotional book
00:47:40.22\00:47:42.52
that I may know him.
00:47:42.56\00:47:44.03
Page 191 says this.
00:47:44.06\00:47:47.23
We know that
falsehoods are coming in
00:47:47.26\00:47:50.00
like a swift current.
00:47:50.03\00:47:51.70
And that is just the reason
why we want every ray of light
00:47:51.73\00:47:54.87
that God has for us.
00:47:54.90\00:47:56.77
See, I'm talking about if we,
00:47:56.81\00:47:58.41
do we really want
00:47:58.44\00:47:59.77
every ray of
light that God gives us.
00:47:59.81\00:48:02.38
Many of us have
more rays of light
00:48:02.41\00:48:04.08
than we're willing
to deal with right now.
00:48:04.11\00:48:08.65
Think about it.
00:48:08.68\00:48:10.02
There's things in your life,
00:48:10.05\00:48:11.45
things in my life
that need to be tweaked,
00:48:11.49\00:48:15.22
tuned up.
00:48:15.26\00:48:16.59
What does a mechanic do?
00:48:16.62\00:48:18.59
Tune up your vehicle.
00:48:18.63\00:48:20.70
Brother Johnny,
tune up that vehicle.
00:48:20.73\00:48:24.60
It doesn't run well,
because it's not tuned up.
00:48:24.63\00:48:27.14
It may not take a
whole lot to tune it up.
00:48:27.17\00:48:28.97
Maybe a filter, you
know, a fuel filter,
00:48:29.00\00:48:30.94
maybe your air filter,
00:48:30.97\00:48:32.47
and maybe in my
day when you get,
00:48:32.51\00:48:34.51
used to be the
little spark plugs
00:48:34.54\00:48:35.88
and little
condenser and distributor cap,
00:48:35.91\00:48:38.25
that was years ago.
00:48:38.28\00:48:40.52
Not like it is today.
00:48:40.55\00:48:42.28
But we need to be tuned
up and we tune up by what?
00:48:42.32\00:48:45.19
On the Word of God.
00:48:45.22\00:48:46.79
Why? Because of falsehoods.
00:48:46.82\00:48:49.02
The Bible is clear on it.
00:48:49.06\00:48:50.39
Read it in 2
Timothy and so on so forth.
00:48:50.43\00:48:52.26
These are last days.
00:48:52.29\00:48:56.20
These things will be
coming into the church
00:48:56.23\00:48:57.83
and we're going to
have to deal with them.
00:48:57.87\00:48:59.57
I believe with all my heart
00:49:02.67\00:49:04.11
that we are on the
borders of a better world.
00:49:04.14\00:49:08.04
We're on the
borders of a better world.
00:49:08.08\00:49:11.55
I think I'd say it again,
00:49:11.58\00:49:13.18
I believe we're on the
borders of another world.
00:49:13.21\00:49:15.72
That means you're
standing right up against it.
00:49:15.75\00:49:17.99
Now here,
00:49:18.02\00:49:19.35
see somebody
should jump over pew.
00:49:19.39\00:49:21.79
I mean, to me,
00:49:21.82\00:49:23.16
that's just the
excitement of it.
00:49:23.19\00:49:24.53
We're on the
borders of another world,
00:49:24.56\00:49:27.36
this one soon to pass away
00:49:27.40\00:49:29.13
somewhat, well, you know,
00:49:29.16\00:49:30.50
if you say this,
well, you know, my dad said,
00:49:30.53\00:49:32.27
my grandpa said this
and everybody said that,
00:49:32.30\00:49:34.54
you're just
fitting in with Scripture.
00:49:34.57\00:49:37.84
Jesus said, there would be those
00:49:37.87\00:49:39.21
that would say that so
they tried to discourage
00:49:39.24\00:49:40.98
but remember,
every day of your life,
00:49:41.01\00:49:42.71
you don't, you may not
be alive when Jesus comes.
00:49:42.74\00:49:45.95
You may be gone tomorrow.
00:49:45.98\00:49:47.45
So hey, that's
pretty near, isn't it?
00:49:47.48\00:49:49.15
You're on the borders right now.
00:49:49.18\00:49:51.55
There's thousands
who are on the border.
00:49:51.59\00:49:53.09
Thousands are dying right now.
00:49:53.12\00:49:54.56
Thousands are going
to Christ-less graves.
00:49:54.59\00:49:58.16
And they have not found Jesus.
00:49:58.19\00:50:00.43
No one's exposed the man of sin
00:50:00.46\00:50:02.70
and all of his
teaching and doctrine,
00:50:02.73\00:50:04.47
and we just feel
like it's good enough.
00:50:04.50\00:50:05.97
That's what we've heard.
00:50:06.00\00:50:07.34
Mama said it was good,
and pops said it was good,
00:50:07.37\00:50:09.00
and great grandma
said it was all good.
00:50:09.04\00:50:10.74
Maybe it was for them,
but is it good enough for you?
00:50:10.77\00:50:14.14
Since God has
revealed more light to you.
00:50:14.18\00:50:16.44
We've got to be in
harmony with heaven.
00:50:19.48\00:50:22.82
Paul commended the Bereans.
00:50:22.85\00:50:24.99
You remember that
in Acts Chapter 5?
00:50:25.02\00:50:28.32
Not 5. What is it, Acts 17?
00:50:28.36\00:50:30.53
Acts 17:11.
00:50:30.56\00:50:31.89
He commended the Bereans
for studying the Bible daily.
00:50:31.93\00:50:36.03
Yeah.
00:50:36.06\00:50:37.40
Think about that.
00:50:37.43\00:50:38.77
Think about how many of us...
00:50:38.80\00:50:40.14
I don't care if I take some time
00:50:40.17\00:50:41.50
or not with it.
00:50:41.54\00:50:42.87
It's all right.
00:50:42.90\00:50:44.24
Think how many
stay away from the table
00:50:44.64\00:50:47.91
all week long.
00:50:47.94\00:50:49.28
Well, have mercy.
00:50:49.31\00:50:50.65
Think about it.
00:50:53.75\00:50:55.08
Oh, we get up,
00:50:55.12\00:50:56.45
first thing in the
morning we're hungry.
00:50:56.48\00:50:58.99
Some of you're not because you,
00:50:59.02\00:51:00.36
well, I don't like breakfast
00:51:00.39\00:51:01.72
or light
breakfast is your best meal,
00:51:01.76\00:51:03.83
it should be.
00:51:03.86\00:51:05.19
Because you should have
fasted all over the night
00:51:05.23\00:51:06.63
and about 10 to
12 hours of no food,
00:51:06.66\00:51:08.16
you should wake up like a bear.
00:51:08.20\00:51:11.13
All right, throw that in.
00:51:11.17\00:51:12.50
But think about it.
00:51:17.01\00:51:18.34
How many of us do, but
we can do the Word of God.
00:51:18.37\00:51:20.34
We can leave it off that day.
00:51:20.38\00:51:21.71
And we can leave
it for the next day,
00:51:21.74\00:51:23.08
we leave it for the next
day, we leave for the next day.
00:51:23.11\00:51:24.45
We won't do.
00:51:24.48\00:51:25.81
In other words we think
more of our physical food
00:51:25.85\00:51:27.25
than we do our spiritual food.
00:51:27.28\00:51:30.69
But again,
00:51:30.72\00:51:32.05
put it in
perspective that must be true,
00:51:32.09\00:51:33.46
because when we
think we can do without
00:51:33.49\00:51:35.69
and we're still all right.
00:51:35.72\00:51:37.06
But the other
one, the system says,
00:51:37.09\00:51:38.43
"No, we can't.
We've got to have that.
00:51:38.46\00:51:40.13
Yum, yum."
00:51:40.16\00:51:41.90
And then we find something good.
00:51:41.93\00:51:43.26
What do we say? Seconds?
00:51:43.30\00:51:46.00
Right.
00:51:46.03\00:51:47.37
Oh, that
dessert was really good.
00:51:47.40\00:51:49.30
Let's hit it again.
00:51:49.34\00:51:51.37
I'd love somebody say,
00:51:51.41\00:51:52.74
"Ooh, that message was good.
00:51:52.77\00:51:54.34
Oh, Brother, did it start over."
00:51:54.38\00:51:56.75
I don't guess I
have to worry about that.
00:51:56.78\00:52:00.05
Boy, I'd like to hear it again.
00:52:00.08\00:52:03.62
We've done that
every once in a while
00:52:03.65\00:52:04.99
we sing a song.
00:52:05.02\00:52:06.55
I'm going to say some,
somebody I think at the funeral,
00:52:06.59\00:52:09.19
was last week, whatever, said,
00:52:09.22\00:52:10.59
"Hey brother, get back
up here and sing it again.
00:52:10.63\00:52:13.19
Give us another line of it."
00:52:13.23\00:52:14.86
It's good.
00:52:14.90\00:52:17.70
In the Word of God,
let's do that. It's good.
00:52:17.73\00:52:19.93
We tasted and we've
seen that it's good.
00:52:19.97\00:52:24.47
Bible says in
Romans 12:2, it says,
00:52:24.51\00:52:27.21
"With that we are
to prove what is good,"
00:52:27.24\00:52:29.11
and what?
00:52:29.14\00:52:30.48
"Acceptable and
perfect, will of God."
00:52:30.51\00:52:33.35
How do we prove
really the will of God?
00:52:33.38\00:52:36.89
By His Holy Word.
That's how we prove it.
00:52:36.92\00:52:38.99
We are accountable to God
00:52:42.16\00:52:43.53
and not to any
man for our salvation.
00:52:43.56\00:52:46.66
Romans 14:2 tells us,
00:52:46.70\00:52:48.60
every one of us shall
give an account to what?
00:52:48.63\00:52:51.27
Of himself to God.
00:52:51.30\00:52:52.93
See, again a guy said,
00:52:52.97\00:52:54.30
"I don't have
to, I'm not going to
00:52:54.34\00:52:55.67
because I'm a not a
believer and I don't want..."
00:52:55.70\00:52:57.04
You're going to give an
account to yourself to God,
00:52:57.07\00:52:59.11
whether you like it or don't.
00:52:59.14\00:53:00.48
I'm not trying
to be ugly about it.
00:53:00.51\00:53:01.84
Why do I say that?
00:53:01.88\00:53:03.21
Because the Bible says,
00:53:03.24\00:53:04.58
every man is going to have
00:53:04.61\00:53:05.95
to give an
account of himself to God.
00:53:05.98\00:53:07.32
Some of the
account we have to give,
00:53:07.35\00:53:08.68
Lord have mercy,
we need a Savior.
00:53:08.72\00:53:10.39
We need to be covered
by the blood of the Lamb.
00:53:10.42\00:53:12.89
He can take all
the mess of your life
00:53:12.92\00:53:14.39
and everything that you said,
00:53:14.42\00:53:15.76
everything you've
done is dirty and rotten
00:53:15.79\00:53:17.19
and you know that it is,
00:53:17.23\00:53:19.56
that we can, let it be covered
by the blood of the Lamb.
00:53:19.59\00:53:21.66
We can be fresh
and new and clean.
00:53:21.70\00:53:23.50
And may I say at that moment
when you ask for forgiveness
00:53:23.53\00:53:25.67
and you mean it from your heart,
00:53:25.70\00:53:27.04
you're clean,
you're whistle clean.
00:53:27.07\00:53:31.11
You stand faultless before Him.
00:53:31.14\00:53:34.74
No one else can do that.
00:53:34.78\00:53:36.11
The priest can't do
it, the pastor can't do it,
00:53:36.14\00:53:37.71
the evangelist can't do it.
00:53:37.75\00:53:39.68
Only Jesus can do it.
00:53:39.71\00:53:41.82
But are we really
doing that right now?
00:53:41.85\00:53:45.95
Some of you said, you
know, well, Proverbs 14,
00:53:45.99\00:53:49.02
there is a way
that seemeth right
00:53:49.06\00:53:51.19
unto a man but what?
00:53:51.23\00:53:53.23
The end, thereof,
good, are the ways of death.
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Pray, I encourage you.
00:53:56.46\00:53:57.80
Study the Word of God.
00:53:57.83\00:54:00.50
Your faith is
going to be strengthened.
00:54:00.54\00:54:02.64
You know what's going
to be strengthened in?
00:54:02.67\00:54:04.17
In the infallible
God, not fallible man.
00:54:04.21\00:54:08.64
This is so
desperately what we need today.
00:54:08.68\00:54:11.78
Not a substitute of
God, we need the real God.
00:54:11.81\00:54:16.08
We need the real truth.
00:54:16.12\00:54:18.09
Oh, bless their hearts.
00:54:18.12\00:54:19.45
We never even got on board,
00:54:19.49\00:54:20.82
Peter bless his
heart was the first pope.
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No proof on that.
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I'll probably go back to that,
the wife of mine might say no,
00:54:26.53\00:54:28.66
but I may go back do it anyway.
00:54:28.70\00:54:31.53
Because there's so
much delicious truth
00:54:31.57\00:54:33.97
in this Word,
in the Word of God.
00:54:34.00\00:54:36.30
Because what,
00:54:36.34\00:54:37.67
because people are believing
00:54:37.71\00:54:39.04
these things as
the true Word of God
00:54:39.07\00:54:41.51
when it says, in
the Word of God it says,
00:54:41.54\00:54:42.98
"No, it's not."
00:54:43.01\00:54:44.41
If it's not
truth, then what again?
00:54:44.45\00:54:46.68
It's error.
00:54:46.72\00:54:48.08
And the enemy is
the author of that.
00:54:48.12\00:54:50.19
Your job and my
job as Christians
00:54:50.22\00:54:51.99
by the grace of God
00:54:52.02\00:54:53.36
is to expose error,
expose the man of sin,
00:54:53.39\00:54:57.06
expose those things
that the enemy has hoodwinked
00:54:57.09\00:54:59.79
the majority of the world
00:54:59.83\00:55:02.06
and yet he's
calling every one of us out.
00:55:02.10\00:55:05.67
You should not be hoodwinked
00:55:05.70\00:55:07.04
because you should be
studying the Word, Word of God.
00:55:07.07\00:55:08.90
I should not be hoodwinked
00:55:08.94\00:55:10.41
because I should be
studying the Word of God.
00:55:10.44\00:55:13.81
Just have 20 some seconds left,
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I'm going to kneel right
here and have prayer for you.
00:55:15.21\00:55:17.38
And I want you to be
sure and pray for us.
00:55:17.41\00:55:18.95
Let's pray, shall we?
00:55:18.98\00:55:20.32
Our Father which art in heaven,
00:55:20.35\00:55:21.68
we thank You for
Your precious Word.
00:55:21.72\00:55:23.05
Thank You for those
00:55:23.08\00:55:24.42
who have made
decisions right now.
00:55:24.45\00:55:25.79
They also have heard things
may be very difficult and hard
00:55:25.82\00:55:27.56
for the very first time,
00:55:27.59\00:55:28.92
but they love You and
they want to follow You,
00:55:28.96\00:55:30.36
I thank You for
that, in Jesus' name, amen.
00:55:30.39\00:55:33.83
It's been good to
spend this time with you.
00:55:33.86\00:55:35.43
Praise God.
00:55:35.46\00:55:36.80
We look forward to
your cards and your letters,
00:55:36.83\00:55:38.17
support the gospel
00:55:38.20\00:55:39.53
to get this
message around the world.
00:55:39.57\00:55:40.90
And we'll see you next time.
00:55:40.94\00:55:44.31
Hello and welcome back.
00:55:44.34\00:55:45.81
As I mentioned
in the open today,
00:55:45.84\00:55:47.74
Pastor Kenny was so carried away
00:55:47.78\00:55:49.48
by the Spirit of God
00:55:49.51\00:55:50.98
to present the
value in holding the Bible
00:55:51.01\00:55:53.95
as our moral absolute of truth
00:55:53.98\00:55:56.25
that the tradition of Peter
00:55:56.28\00:55:58.19
being the first pope
was scarcely touched upon.
00:55:58.22\00:56:01.32
But I believe by now
00:56:01.36\00:56:02.69
after listening and studying
along with Pastor Shelton,
00:56:02.72\00:56:05.56
could the question,
00:56:05.59\00:56:06.93
"Was Peter the First Pope"
00:56:06.96\00:56:08.50
actually be a misunderstanding
of the Scripture
00:56:08.53\00:56:11.23
as found in Matthew 16:18?
00:56:11.27\00:56:14.14
Could it be,
just think about it?
00:56:14.17\00:56:15.94
Could it be that Christ
00:56:15.97\00:56:17.31
was referring to
Himself as the rock
00:56:17.34\00:56:19.91
in which His
church would be built?
00:56:19.94\00:56:22.01
Christ said that
00:56:22.04\00:56:23.38
the gates of
hell would not prevail
00:56:23.41\00:56:25.11
against this rock.
00:56:25.15\00:56:26.82
Clearly, Peter
was found stumbling
00:56:26.85\00:56:29.68
even as he denied
Christ three times
00:56:29.72\00:56:31.95
before Christ's crucifixion.
00:56:31.99\00:56:33.82
Yet, it was
Christ that never failed.
00:56:33.86\00:56:36.56
It was Christ
that never faltered.
00:56:36.59\00:56:38.66
It was Christ that
was obedient unto death,
00:56:38.69\00:56:41.40
and that the chains of death
00:56:41.43\00:56:43.83
could not hold Him in the grave.
00:56:43.87\00:56:46.74
And as we compare
00:56:46.77\00:56:48.10
line upon line
of the scriptures,
00:56:48.14\00:56:50.31
we do find clear scriptures
00:56:50.34\00:56:52.24
such as one found
in 1 Corinthians 10:4,
00:56:52.27\00:56:55.81
that refers to Christ
as being the spiritual rock
00:56:55.84\00:56:59.41
whom the Israelites drink from.
00:56:59.45\00:57:01.58
These are just thoughts,
00:57:01.62\00:57:03.18
just thoughts that
you can pray about,
00:57:03.22\00:57:05.39
as we await Pastor Shelton
00:57:05.42\00:57:07.02
to take this study
up again in the future,
00:57:07.06\00:57:09.72
as he mentioned
in his closing today.
00:57:09.76\00:57:11.93
But until then,
00:57:11.96\00:57:13.29
with the wonderful
clarity of several truths
00:57:13.33\00:57:16.36
that was found
in the Word of God
00:57:16.40\00:57:18.00
and were
presented in this message,
00:57:18.03\00:57:19.60
"Was Peter the First Pope?"
00:57:19.63\00:57:21.37
We truly believe
that you will be blessed.
00:57:21.40\00:57:23.71
And we would love to
send you this message in DVD
00:57:23.74\00:57:26.64
form to study time and again.
00:57:26.68\00:57:28.64
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00:57:28.68\00:57:30.95
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00:57:30.98\00:57:32.51
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00:57:32.55\00:57:33.88
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00:57:33.92\00:57:38.59
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00:57:38.62\00:57:40.86
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00:57:40.89\00:57:45.23
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00:57:45.26\00:57:46.76
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00:57:46.80\00:57:50.07
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00:57:50.10\00:57:54.14
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00:57:54.17\00:57:55.50
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