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 so much
for tuning in with us today.
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Our message for
today is entitled
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"Entangled and Complicated:
Is God Really in Control?
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Entangled and complicated.
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Really, what can I
say to open this message.
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In our lifetime,
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our world is more
entangled and complicated
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like nothing that we,
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this generation
has ever experienced.
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This is certainly not to say
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that history hasn't experienced
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much worse
entanglements and complications.
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We totally understand that.
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However, we are also fully aware
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that the
entanglements and complications
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we are now
experiencing worldwide
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are at the right time.
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And this world's
prophetic history
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to usher in a great
and irreversible changes
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that will eventually
manifest into a time of trouble
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like none other.
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The Bible is clear
about this occurrence
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right before our
Lord and our Savior
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pierces the eastern
sky to rescue His children
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and to save us
from utter destruction.
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So the question remains,
is God really in control?
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We hope that
you'll stay tuned in
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and join Pastor
Kenny Shelton today
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to discover the answer
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and assurance to
this important question.
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Again, today's
message is entitled
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"Entangled and Complicated:
is God Really in Control?"
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But first we will be blessed
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with Ben Lingle
playing on his guitar.
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The song entitled
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"This is My Father's World"
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from the 3ABN studios.
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Thank you for joining us
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once again here at
Behold the Lamb Ministries.
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Oh, we have such an
exciting message today
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because it's
founded in the Word of God.
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Not because of
who's going to give it,
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or what's going
to take place here,
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but because God
has a message for you.
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God has a message for me today,
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and the title is going to be,
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so get your
pencil and paper, Bible,
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whatever it's going to take
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follow along because
sometime I move rather quickly,
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I get excited about the gospel.
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I get excited about
the coming of Jesus.
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I just can't help it.
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You know, a lot of things
in this life in the years past,
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you know, it gets me excited.
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I used to play
basketball and baseball,
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everything you can think about.
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I was excited about it.
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I went out
there to win the game.
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I'm more excited about
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the Gospel of
Jesus Christ right now
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because we see it convicting
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and converting hearts and lives.
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And God has allowed this
group to be a part of that.
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And I'm so very
grateful and thankful.
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We're going to be talking
about Entangled and Complicated.
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Notice this,
Entangled and Complicated:
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Is God Really in Control?
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Now, again, that
question is legitimate
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because I hear a lot of
people, even Christians say,
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I'm not really sure
who's in control anymore.
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Things are rapid.
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There's no way that it
can be straightened out.
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You know, as Christians,
I think we need to have
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a little bit
different mindset than that
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because things are entangled.
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Things are in a mess.
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Things are complicated,
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but God has promised
to be with His people.
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So, again, it's going
to be exciting lesson.
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Again, we want to thank you
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for your cards and
your letter, your support
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to get this
message around the world.
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My wife always
says the gospel is free,
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but it costs to get it out.
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Isn't that right?
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We don't spend a
lot of time on that.
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But, you know, God
knows, God's people know.
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And the Holy
Spirit is impressing
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that we move forward.
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Why?
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Because I don't believe
like many of the ministers,
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I believe the messengers,
the message is going out.
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I believe that the ministries
that are giving out the truth
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for this day in
time is only just begun.
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It's going to be
anointed with Holy Spirit power
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like we have never seen,
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but we have to be
ready for that and open
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and have our hearts
clean and our hands clean
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that the Spirit
of God can use us.
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So I'm going to ask you,
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you won't have to
hear, but there may be some.
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And again, I say it
every time and I can't help it.
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I'm so grateful and thankful
for those who say, number one,
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I'm praying for you every day.
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How wonderful that is
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to know there's
people around the world
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that are praying.
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You may not realize
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that's such an encouragement
to someone like me.
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I know it's an encouragement
to someone like they'll say,
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"Well, I hope
you're not offended,
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but we pray for you every day."
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I say, "I'll be
offended if you don't."
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I need those prayers.
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I know each one, we need
to be praying one for another.
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So I'm going to
go to Lord in prayer
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before we talk
about this entangled mess,
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this complicated
mess in this world
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that we need to figure out
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who is really in charge
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and why this
individual is in charge.
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And do we really
need him in charge?
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Let's pray together, shall we?
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I'm going to kneel up here.
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You can pray with me if you will
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Gracious Heavenly Father,
we thank You, once again,
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always for the
privilege of prayer.
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We thank You that we
can call you our Father.
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We're very grateful and thankful
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for the promise
of the Holy Spirit
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poured out upon us we pray
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in the precious,
lovely, holy name of Jesus,
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open hearts and minds.
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We may receive and hear that
which You want us to receive
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and hear in Jesus name.
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Amen.
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We're gonna be talking
about Entangled and Complicated:
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Is God Really in Charge.
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I want you to turn with me.
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We're going to
read Daniel Chapter 4,
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Daniel Chapter 4.
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We're going to
read the three verses.
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And again, we pray
that it'll make sense to us.
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You know, again, for
those who are watching,
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because again,
we're going to prove
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from the Word of God
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that somebody is in charge,
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but everything
seems to be going haywire.
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And so we need directly,
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as God's people we
need to understand,
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we need not be pacing the floor.
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I'm going to say it this way.
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I'm getting tired of
hearing Christian saying
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we're just pacing the floor.
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We're just a nervous wreck.
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We don't know what to do.
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Well, what's wrong.
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There's gotta be something wrong
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and there's gotta
be something wrong.
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I realized we could be concerned
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and I'll bring it up
as we go in this message,
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but to stay awake
and paced the floor,
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when God never
slumbers nor never sleep,
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let him stay awake.
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He can do something about it.
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You need to get your rest
and I need to get my rest.
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And again, we should
smile with confidence to know
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that his will will
be done in this world.
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We need to know that.
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Daniel Chapter 4,
because I hear this a lot.
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Oh, I'm so, I'm about to...
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Somebody, a guy
said the other day,
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I'm about to pull my hair out.
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Wouldn't take a lot to
pull it on some of us as part,
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but hey, but still
I'm going to pull my hair.
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I don't know
what we're going to do
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because well, we've got to,
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we're going to have
a new president elect.
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We don't know what's all
this is going to change, da-da.
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God is in control.
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It doesn't matter who's elected.
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It doesn't matter who
sits on the earthly throne
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because God sets on His.
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And a couple of these
passages just reveal that
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in Daniel Chapter 4,
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starting with
verse 3, Daniel 4:3,
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I always say, and I
love it, the Bible says.
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When I say the Bible
says, the Holy Spirit says,
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God says, Jesus says,
it's gotta be true notice,
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"how Great are His signs?"
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Somebody say, Oh, wonderful.
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How great are what?
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God's signs.
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Notice this.
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And how mighty are His wonders!
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His kingdom is what kind of?
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An everlasting, does
that mean just it's limited
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or just goes on and on and on?
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Never end everlasting kingdom,
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His dominion is from
generation to generation,
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that cannot be said
about any earthly individual.
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Is that true?
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It can't be said,
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it's from
generation to generation
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everlasting kingdom.
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Verse 17.
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The Bible says,
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"This matter is by
the decree of the watchers
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and the demand,"
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notice this,
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"By the word of the holy ones:
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to the intent that
the living may know
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that the most High what?
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See, this is
what we need to know
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that the, the most high ruleth
in the kingdom of men, huh?
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And giveth it to
whosoever he will
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and setteth up over
it the basest of men."
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Simply saying here, God says,
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I will set up who I will set up.
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Here referring to certainly
be to Nebuchadnezzar, right?
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At that point in
time, what was he?
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Was he a pagan?
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Was he an
unbeliever? Absolutely.
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Well, God said,
I'll use a pagan.
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I'll use a heathen.
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If there won't, you know,
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if you don't have anybody
else in the land to do it.
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He'll use who He will.
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And His purpose
will be accomplished.
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How wonderful to know
the Bible talks so plain
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about he ruleth
the kingdom of men.
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He giveth it to
whomsoever He will.
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Now I might just say,
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do we have
anything to fear then?
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No, we're really,
we're looking to things
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that could happen.
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And they're just
almost overwhelming
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the what can happen.
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But we know that God is
there and He's watching over
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because we need to
understand things are entangled,
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things are a mess.
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Man can't straighten it out.
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It's getting worse
and worse every day.
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Verse 32 once again says
the same thing basically.
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And they shall
drive thee from men,
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talking about Nebuchadnezzar.
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Why? Because he was too proud.
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Why? Because he said everything.
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I, this great
place that I have built,
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this is what I have done.
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And we find that in
leadership in the world today,
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look what I've done.
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Nobody else can do it
like I can do, blah-blah.
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Are you following there?
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We have to be careful in that
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because God just
wants us to praise Him.
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Because all of these
things that come about,
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God said I'm
ruling in the heavens.
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I'm in control
regardless of who says they are,
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I'm still in control.
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Good news, notice He says,
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he's going to, he's going
to cause thee to eat what,
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Nebuchadnezzar.
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He's going to eat
grass like an oxen
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seven times shall pass, well,
seven years, isn't that right?
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Until, notice it,
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"You're going to
eat grass until you know
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that the Most High
ruleth in the kingdom of men."
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Now that may be
could have been six months.
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Look out now,
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that may have been three months.
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It could have been a
year. It could have been a two.
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Evidently it took
seven years for him
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to learn his lesson.
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I can tell you this,
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it's taken more
than seven years for me
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to learn some lessons.
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I look at it here and say,
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man, it's a long time
for you to be down there
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chewing on that grass.
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Wherever he was at,
I think I was lower.
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No doubt about it.
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You might look at your own life.
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Maybe you were way down
there too, I don't know.
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And he giveth it
to whomsoever He will.
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There again,
00:13:33.31\00:13:34.64
once again,
it's just established
00:13:34.68\00:13:36.01
just in one chapter,
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just in three verses
already we know who's ruling.
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Why should we be afraid?
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Interesting,
quickly let's run over.
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Why am I concerned?
00:13:46.22\00:13:47.56
Or why am I, you know,
people's pulling their hairs.
00:13:47.59\00:13:49.22
They weren't saying,
00:13:49.26\00:13:50.59
I don't know
what's going to happen.
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The US intelligence shows
00:13:52.53\00:13:55.00
that China has
conducted human testing.
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How many of you
heard about that?
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I just want to go over a
few of these things here,
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the human testing,
and then get right in to
00:14:00.97\00:14:03.17
who's really in charge
00:14:03.20\00:14:04.64
and how we can
really count on it.
00:14:04.67\00:14:07.24
But I see why
people are concerned,
00:14:07.28\00:14:10.21
how an individual
can get by in this world
00:14:10.25\00:14:13.55
that does not know
Christ as their Lord and Savior.
00:14:13.58\00:14:17.39
I'm just amazed.
How do they get by?
00:14:17.42\00:14:20.62
Thank you. They don't.
00:14:20.66\00:14:22.19
They think they do.
00:14:22.22\00:14:23.56
They're the walking dead.
00:14:23.59\00:14:27.60
You can't get by
without knowing who Jesus is.
00:14:27.63\00:14:30.33
China says this right here,
00:14:32.73\00:14:34.10
they're doing some human testing
00:14:34.14\00:14:36.20
on members of the
People's Liberation Army.
00:14:36.24\00:14:39.11
Notice this,
00:14:39.14\00:14:40.48
in hope of developing soldiers
00:14:40.51\00:14:42.48
with biologically
enhanced capabilities.
00:14:42.51\00:14:47.92
That comes from the nation's top
00:14:47.95\00:14:49.68
intelligence official.
00:14:49.72\00:14:52.82
And then we say,
okay, well, I'm a little,
00:14:52.85\00:14:54.49
I'm a little concerned
about what they're doing,
00:14:54.52\00:14:55.96
because they said they will be.
00:14:55.99\00:14:57.33
And it comes out in
intelligence reports
00:14:57.36\00:14:59.46
that China says they
want to rule the world
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and they intend on doing it.
00:15:02.53\00:15:04.43
Well, I can be concerned
and I can pace the floor.
00:15:04.47\00:15:06.40
I can say,
God's still in charge.
00:15:06.43\00:15:08.80
They are planning,
they have the capabilities.
00:15:08.84\00:15:12.57
Remember every time
they do the fake wars
00:15:12.61\00:15:14.28
that we talked about here,
00:15:14.31\00:15:15.64
the simulation of wars,
right, in the last five years,
00:15:15.68\00:15:18.11
five time China's beat
the United States of America.
00:15:18.15\00:15:20.92
Now, we can, we
can go to pieces over,
00:15:24.95\00:15:26.72
or we can just move on.
00:15:26.76\00:15:28.92
Pritzker, I guess, is
the Illinois governor.
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And he's the one here.
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He said, I'm considering,
00:15:32.13\00:15:33.70
I'm considering
that staying home order.
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I'm going to give an order.
00:15:35.60\00:15:36.93
Everybody's going
to have to stay home.
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I don't like that, number
one, is that right to say that?
00:15:39.73\00:15:42.24
I don't like
that with it already.
00:15:42.27\00:15:45.41
Some of these people
would look in the Word of God,
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they're
overstepping their bounds,
00:15:47.51\00:15:48.98
but here's my point.
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We are entangled
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at where we were,
things were complicated.
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We need to hold, know
who's in control here,
00:15:54.35\00:15:57.55
are more lockdowns coming.
00:15:57.59\00:16:00.09
There are more
COVID restrictions
00:16:00.12\00:16:01.66
going on now.
00:16:01.69\00:16:03.43
There's lockdown
of American economy.
00:16:03.46\00:16:05.46
There's no doubt about though.
00:16:05.49\00:16:07.20
Pfizer says, now that they have,
00:16:07.23\00:16:08.90
you know, as you
well know, drug, what?
00:16:08.93\00:16:10.40
95% recovery vaccine,
95% sounds pretty good.
00:16:10.43\00:16:16.67
But then we have climate control
00:16:16.71\00:16:18.77
is coming back into the picture,
00:16:18.81\00:16:20.14
like never before.
00:16:20.18\00:16:21.51
And when climate
control comes back in,
00:16:21.54\00:16:23.31
we're one step
closer to a Sunday law.
00:16:23.35\00:16:25.71
Somebody needs to
be thinking about it.
00:16:25.75\00:16:29.65
And will COVID-19
vaccine become mandatory?
00:16:29.68\00:16:33.96
Man, you hear all
this talk that's going on.
00:16:33.99\00:16:36.26
And you'll say, that's not so,
00:16:36.29\00:16:37.66
but listen, we've got to
get your head out of the sand
00:16:37.69\00:16:39.89
of all the stuff that we've seen
00:16:41.06\00:16:42.40
in the last eight
months is nothing like
00:16:42.43\00:16:44.27
we've ever
experienced in our lifetime.
00:16:44.30\00:16:47.00
And so we have to know that
these other little movements
00:16:47.04\00:16:49.87
that they're
going to be very quick
00:16:49.90\00:16:51.24
and they're going
at lightning speed,
00:16:51.27\00:16:52.74
things are going
to come to an end.
00:16:52.77\00:16:54.41
How about immigration?
00:16:58.31\00:16:59.65
Oh, some concern.
00:16:59.68\00:17:02.18
Who's going to
receive the first shots?
00:17:02.22\00:17:04.72
See, when they go out,
there's already debate,
00:17:04.75\00:17:06.79
who's going to receive it first,
00:17:06.82\00:17:08.16
who's going to hit?
00:17:08.19\00:17:09.52
That's quite an undertaking
00:17:09.56\00:17:10.89
when you go into millions
and millions and millions.
00:17:10.93\00:17:14.23
We're just looking.
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These are things
that concern people,
00:17:15.63\00:17:17.57
racial tensions are at a high,
00:17:17.60\00:17:21.30
Black Lives Matter.
00:17:21.34\00:17:25.44
These are gangs.
00:17:25.47\00:17:28.61
Hello,
00:17:28.64\00:17:29.98
these are rioters,
00:17:33.15\00:17:34.48
they're
professional, they're paid.
00:17:34.52\00:17:37.55
Not people who
have the right mindset,
00:17:37.59\00:17:39.79
but those who
have the wrong mindset,
00:17:39.82\00:17:41.52
but it's still
going on in the country,
00:17:43.49\00:17:45.69
and we're concerned
00:17:45.73\00:17:47.06
because things are entangled
and they're complicated,
00:17:47.10\00:17:49.80
and we need to
know who's in control
00:17:49.83\00:17:51.90
when it seems like
00:17:51.93\00:17:54.47
some other groups are in control
00:17:54.50\00:17:56.47
more than we want them to be.
00:17:56.50\00:17:59.77
We find there's unrest in Iran
because of an assassination.
00:17:59.81\00:18:04.68
They're vowed to get even
the United States of America.
00:18:04.71\00:18:07.78
And China's threatening
Federal law, the execution,
00:18:07.82\00:18:13.99
you know is brought back
and they've even increased it,
00:18:14.02\00:18:18.06
do you know the death decree?
00:18:18.09\00:18:19.43
You know, we read the Bible said
00:18:19.46\00:18:20.80
the time will come
when there'll be what?
00:18:20.83\00:18:22.50
That may be a death decree.
00:18:22.53\00:18:24.63
And now they're
talking about here.
00:18:24.67\00:18:26.27
It can be by
injection, or it can by gas.
00:18:26.30\00:18:30.74
It can be by electrocution,
00:18:30.77\00:18:34.31
and it could even be in
front of a firing squad.
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Interesting, 'cause I think
it was on a right shut down
00:18:40.12\00:18:43.59
for what 17 years or something.
00:18:43.62\00:18:45.92
And now for some
reason, it's put back, why?
00:18:45.95\00:18:51.19
Mandatory mask,
the wearing of them.
00:18:51.23\00:18:55.06
What's going to
happen if there's mandatory?
00:18:55.10\00:18:56.70
You can't go out of your house.
00:18:56.73\00:18:58.07
In fact, the time
would come they might say,
00:18:58.10\00:18:59.53
you have to wear it
while you're in your house.
00:18:59.57\00:19:00.97
In fact, the president
elect, the new one says what?
00:19:04.54\00:19:08.68
He says, the first
100 days of his office,
00:19:08.71\00:19:12.05
he's wanting
everybody to wear mask
00:19:12.08\00:19:15.38
everywhere.
00:19:15.42\00:19:17.25
Didn't say, he's gonna
make you or make it mandatory.
00:19:17.29\00:19:19.39
But he said,
this is what he wants.
00:19:19.42\00:19:22.62
Where are you going to be
and where am I going to be?
00:19:22.66\00:19:26.39
Thousands of
businesses are shut down.
00:19:26.43\00:19:28.33
Labor unions fighting for power.
00:19:28.36\00:19:31.50
There's attack on
religious liberty,
00:19:31.53\00:19:33.97
freedom of speech,
00:19:34.00\00:19:36.60
hate crimes,
00:19:36.64\00:19:39.51
issues of
separation of church and state.
00:19:39.54\00:19:42.44
See, I'm just talking
about these things quickly,
00:19:42.48\00:19:43.98
you know these,
00:19:44.01\00:19:45.35
but this is part
of the entanglement
00:19:45.38\00:19:46.85
that complicated the things
that are going on in the world
00:19:46.88\00:19:51.52
that we need somebody
to straighten them out.
00:19:51.55\00:19:54.32
We need for things to change.
00:19:54.36\00:19:57.56
Socialism is just
around the corner,
00:19:57.59\00:20:01.16
followed by communism,
00:20:01.20\00:20:03.33
followed by big government.
00:20:03.37\00:20:06.70
And you're
going to live in that.
00:20:06.74\00:20:08.40
And I'm going to live in that.
00:20:08.44\00:20:09.77
I don't want to. You
think it's not possible.
00:20:09.80\00:20:12.27
I'm getting tired
of dealing with people
00:20:12.31\00:20:13.78
who said this can't happen.
00:20:13.81\00:20:15.14
Is it okay to say that?
00:20:15.18\00:20:16.51
I don't mean
that in an ugly way.
00:20:17.51\00:20:18.85
I'm just simply saying you talk
to supposedly sane individuals
00:20:18.88\00:20:22.32
and say, look at
all of these things
00:20:22.35\00:20:24.29
lining up in a row
00:20:24.32\00:20:26.65
and they'll say,
well, I don't think
00:20:26.69\00:20:28.02
that can happen in this country.
00:20:28.06\00:20:29.39
Well, somebody wake up.
00:20:29.42\00:20:30.76
Pope Francis
comes out and he says,
00:20:32.79\00:20:34.46
you know, if a common
good has become global,
00:20:34.50\00:20:37.90
the common good.
00:20:39.57\00:20:41.10
Sacrifice for the common good.
00:20:41.14\00:20:43.84
Don't worry about
what is right necessarily,
00:20:43.87\00:20:46.54
but for the common
good of everybody else,
00:20:46.57\00:20:48.14
we're going to let go
00:20:48.18\00:20:49.51
and we're going to
follow the mother church
00:20:49.54\00:20:51.05
as he would call it.
00:20:51.08\00:20:53.45
In fact, few days ago,
the Louisville, Kentucky mayor
00:20:53.48\00:20:56.58
signed an executive order
00:20:56.62\00:20:58.02
declaring that
racism is a health crisis.
00:20:58.05\00:21:02.52
Somebody is not with me.
00:21:02.56\00:21:03.89
My lands of love,
that health imagine,
00:21:03.93\00:21:07.20
racism is a
public health crisis.
00:21:07.23\00:21:10.20
They know when
they label anything
00:21:10.23\00:21:12.23
under a health crisis,
00:21:12.27\00:21:13.97
it can be passed just like that.
00:21:14.00\00:21:15.90
Like your COVID
shots, everything here.
00:21:15.94\00:21:17.67
Oh, it's health epidemic.
00:21:17.71\00:21:19.61
Oh, we pass all
the red tape and hmm,
00:21:19.64\00:21:23.45
listen, there's three
kinds, I found this out.
00:21:23.48\00:21:24.81
There's three kinds
of people in the world.
00:21:24.85\00:21:28.58
There's the wills,
and there's the won'ts,
00:21:28.62\00:21:32.89
and there's the can'ts.
00:21:32.92\00:21:35.06
And you're going to
be one or the other,
00:21:35.09\00:21:37.19
the wills or the
won'ts or the can'ts.
00:21:37.23\00:21:39.59
The first, the wills
accomplish everything.
00:21:39.63\00:21:43.97
The second, the
won'ts, they oppose everything.
00:21:44.00\00:21:48.60
You can find that in the church.
00:21:48.64\00:21:51.01
And third, we find the can'ts.
00:21:51.04\00:21:53.48
They fail at
everything they go to do.
00:21:53.51\00:21:57.38
And you're going to fit
into one of those categories.
00:21:57.41\00:22:01.12
And some of us might even fit
into the greatest achievements
00:22:01.15\00:22:05.45
that's ever been
accomplished in this world
00:22:05.49\00:22:07.82
has really been accomplished
by two groups of people.
00:22:07.86\00:22:10.39
I thought it was
very in two types of men,
00:22:10.43\00:22:13.63
those who were smart enough
to know that it could be done.
00:22:13.66\00:22:18.13
Did you get it?
00:22:18.17\00:22:19.50
Think that, they're
smart enough to know
00:22:19.53\00:22:20.87
that it could be done.
00:22:20.90\00:22:22.50
And then you, yeah, and
then you have the two dumb
00:22:22.54\00:22:27.38
that didn't know
it couldn't be done.
00:22:27.41\00:22:29.81
Somebody's not with me.
00:22:29.84\00:22:31.18
Can I say dumb up front?
00:22:31.21\00:22:32.55
The reason I ask
that I always says,
00:22:35.78\00:22:37.12
don't say dumb sometime,
but don't say, is that right?
00:22:37.15\00:22:40.19
You see the
shocked look on the people.
00:22:40.22\00:22:41.72
It's true.
00:22:41.76\00:22:43.32
You realize how
things are accomplished
00:22:43.36\00:22:45.43
because a person
doesn't know it can't be
00:22:45.46\00:22:48.53
and I'll just refer to
and say no more about it,
00:22:48.56\00:22:51.07
3ABN is an example of that.
00:22:51.10\00:22:54.84
Did you get it?
00:22:54.87\00:22:56.20
People who started out,
00:22:59.44\00:23:00.78
I'm going to say it nicely
00:23:00.81\00:23:02.14
were too dumb to
realize it couldn't be done.
00:23:02.18\00:23:05.25
But God knew that it
could, praise God for that.
00:23:05.28\00:23:07.98
So surely, surely
we can ask ourself
00:23:08.02\00:23:09.72
the question of
who's running this world.
00:23:09.75\00:23:12.52
Just thinking about
a few of those things
00:23:12.55\00:23:14.06
we went over just this
verily just on the top.
00:23:14.09\00:23:18.26
So it's enough to really concern
00:23:18.29\00:23:19.63
and say, oh my,
all of these things
00:23:19.66\00:23:21.00
and dozens and hundreds of more.
00:23:21.03\00:23:24.13
Where can we get the answers?
00:23:24.17\00:23:26.74
Will we really pay
attention to the answers?
00:23:26.77\00:23:29.17
Where can we get
the answers right now?
00:23:29.20\00:23:31.61
You see if you're like I am,
00:23:31.64\00:23:32.97
I want something done right now.
00:23:33.01\00:23:34.71
Don't you?
00:23:34.74\00:23:36.08
When you go right now, I
don't want to wait next week.
00:23:36.11\00:23:37.45
I want to know right now,
00:23:37.48\00:23:39.98
because I believe the
world is falling apart.
00:23:40.02\00:23:45.39
It seems to get worse and worse.
00:23:45.42\00:23:49.72
If we go to the Word of
God, can it really help us?
00:23:49.76\00:23:52.83
Doesn't God know
everything in advance
00:23:52.86\00:23:54.83
before it happens?
00:23:54.86\00:23:56.36
Doesn't God have the
answers to every dilemma
00:23:56.40\00:23:58.57
that goes on in the world.
00:23:58.60\00:24:00.60
I think He does.
Let's start here.
00:24:00.64\00:24:02.14
Romans Chapter 13 in your Bible,
00:24:02.17\00:24:03.64
just quick in Romans 13.
00:24:03.67\00:24:05.07
Time's flying by
quickly here, 13:1.
00:24:05.11\00:24:07.88
Now you don't have to
deal about 30 more minutes.
00:24:07.91\00:24:09.58
So bless your heart.
00:24:09.61\00:24:10.95
Anybody gets sleepy,
00:24:10.98\00:24:12.31
you stand up and
yawn if you want to,
00:24:12.35\00:24:13.68
it's not going to bother me.
00:24:13.72\00:24:15.05
Romans 13:1 says,
00:24:18.25\00:24:19.69
"Let every soul be
subject unto the higher power.
00:24:19.72\00:24:23.59
For there is no
power, but of God:
00:24:23.63\00:24:26.80
the powers that be
are ordained of" what?
00:24:26.83\00:24:29.76
"Of God." Romans 13:1.
00:24:29.80\00:24:33.17
So what do we have here?
00:24:33.20\00:24:34.54
Notice that, there's
no power, but of God,
00:24:34.57\00:24:37.87
the power that be
are ordained of God.
00:24:37.91\00:24:42.61
Here, we have some meaning
00:24:42.64\00:24:43.98
that might look a little closer
00:24:44.01\00:24:45.35
into those who are set
in authority over others.
00:24:45.38\00:24:49.15
There are those who are
set in authority over others
00:24:49.18\00:24:51.42
to rule or to govern.
00:24:51.45\00:24:54.96
But we have to realize
that there's no human authority.
00:24:54.99\00:24:59.33
It cannot exist,
except by God's permission.
00:24:59.36\00:25:03.47
Isn't that good to know?
00:25:03.50\00:25:04.83
See if you're
thinking about the government,
00:25:04.87\00:25:06.23
the way things are run today,
00:25:06.27\00:25:07.67
there's no power that can exist
00:25:07.70\00:25:10.14
unless God gives
permission for it to exist.
00:25:10.17\00:25:12.97
That helps me,
that encourages me
00:25:13.01\00:25:15.64
and that which has
gone forth is what,
00:25:15.68\00:25:18.35
he's controlling it.
00:25:18.38\00:25:20.28
It may seem to out of control.
00:25:20.32\00:25:22.28
It may seem like it
can't be put back in,
00:25:22.32\00:25:24.35
you know, in order,
but it can be because what?
00:25:24.39\00:25:27.36
He's got it under control.
00:25:27.39\00:25:29.52
We just read that
00:25:29.56\00:25:30.89
in the Book of
Daniel, did we not?
00:25:30.93\00:25:32.26
Just three little verses.
00:25:32.29\00:25:33.63
God simply says,
00:25:33.66\00:25:35.00
He sets them up
and He takes them down.
00:25:35.03\00:25:36.87
Man, that encourages me.
00:25:36.90\00:25:38.40
I need not worry
about the election.
00:25:38.43\00:25:40.10
I need not worry about
who's sitting on the throne.
00:25:40.14\00:25:42.10
I need not worry about
what's going on in the world
00:25:42.14\00:25:44.57
because God sits on that throne.
00:25:44.61\00:25:46.84
His eye is on the sparrow,
00:25:46.88\00:25:48.64
and I know that
He watches over me.
00:25:48.68\00:25:52.28
See, what does
Paul really mean here
00:25:52.31\00:25:54.75
when he talks about
these ruling powers,
00:25:54.78\00:25:57.75
these human governments.
00:25:57.79\00:26:00.06
Remember God had those
and He set them into operation
00:26:00.09\00:26:02.89
because He wanted it to help us.
00:26:02.92\00:26:05.73
See, God set them in
operation to protect His people
00:26:05.76\00:26:09.00
by the purpose of God, you know.
00:26:09.03\00:26:11.30
But now what?
00:26:11.33\00:26:12.67
It went haywire,
00:26:12.70\00:26:14.04
some of these things
that's been put into motion.
00:26:14.07\00:26:16.71
These powers that
they're corrupted by man.
00:26:16.74\00:26:19.71
Man has corrupted it.
00:26:19.74\00:26:21.08
Let me read something
quickly in Review and Herald.
00:26:21.11\00:26:23.18
This is 10-1-95.
00:26:23.21\00:26:25.68
Now, remember when
I say 95, I mean 1895.
00:26:25.71\00:26:29.18
And it sounds just
exactly like today's news.
00:26:29.22\00:26:32.45
Are you still with me? Why?
00:26:32.49\00:26:33.92
Because truth is truth.
00:26:33.96\00:26:36.32
And things that have
happened is going to be repeated
00:26:36.36\00:26:38.19
and we need to.
00:26:38.23\00:26:39.56
Some of us just haven't learned
a lesson about all the things
00:26:39.59\00:26:41.76
that are being
repeated right now
00:26:41.80\00:26:43.13
over and over and over.
00:26:43.16\00:26:44.50
We need to learn. We
need to have ears to hear.
00:26:44.53\00:26:48.14
This article says this, listen,
00:26:48.17\00:26:49.97
"One of the most
deplorable things upon the earth
00:26:50.01\00:26:53.74
is the fact
00:26:53.78\00:26:55.11
that there are
passionate governors."
00:26:55.14\00:26:57.48
Does anybody
want to come up here.
00:27:00.55\00:27:01.88
I'll just talk to
somebody who wants to come.
00:27:01.92\00:27:03.35
We'll just talk
a little bit here.
00:27:03.39\00:27:06.19
One of the things
that's very concerning.
00:27:06.22\00:27:08.16
Notice this, the article
says Review and Herald, says,
00:27:08.19\00:27:10.99
it's deplorable condition
and think about it today.
00:27:11.03\00:27:14.36
One of the
deplorable condition of,
00:27:14.40\00:27:17.97
so I don't get too
political here, right?
00:27:18.00\00:27:19.37
Of things that are going
on in some of our states.
00:27:19.40\00:27:23.10
Notice, she calls them
up on and notice it says,
00:27:23.14\00:27:26.01
one of the most
deplorable things
00:27:26.04\00:27:27.38
upon the earth,
00:27:27.41\00:27:28.74
the fact that there
are passionate governors.
00:27:28.78\00:27:31.18
This means what?
00:27:31.21\00:27:32.55
This means there are
those who have strong emotions.
00:27:32.58\00:27:35.32
These are those and listen,
00:27:35.35\00:27:36.69
one word says
00:27:36.72\00:27:38.05
the ones that
have big, bad tempers,
00:27:38.09\00:27:40.76
you don't want to cross them.
00:27:40.79\00:27:42.12
They'll show you how
the hog ate the cabbage.
00:27:42.16\00:27:45.99
They'll show you.
00:27:46.03\00:27:47.76
And then it goes on, governors
and then unjust judges.
00:27:47.80\00:27:52.90
See, this is 1895, Brother
Jan, this is talking about here.
00:27:52.93\00:27:55.87
This is what we're seeing
today at least in our opinion,
00:27:55.90\00:28:00.38
these governors,
these judges, they forget,
00:28:00.41\00:28:04.41
they are under the
authority of the great governor.
00:28:04.45\00:28:09.38
The all wise God
00:28:09.42\00:28:12.22
who is above every ruler, Huh?
00:28:12.25\00:28:17.49
He's above every prince.
00:28:17.53\00:28:19.59
He's above every king.
00:28:19.63\00:28:22.96
They forget, they
think they're God.
00:28:23.00\00:28:27.24
They think they have
your life in their hand.
00:28:27.27\00:28:30.31
They may think they do,
but God has them In His hand.
00:28:30.34\00:28:35.64
He can take them
out anytime He wants to.
00:28:35.68\00:28:39.75
Now, remember,
00:28:39.78\00:28:41.12
rulers, rulers in office
00:28:41.15\00:28:42.98
are supposed to
be God's servants.
00:28:43.02\00:28:46.76
And they're supposed to
keep the way of the Lord.
00:28:46.79\00:28:49.96
We're putting anybody
and everybody in there
00:28:49.99\00:28:51.86
where they believe in God
00:28:51.89\00:28:53.23
or where they
don't believe in God
00:28:53.26\00:28:54.60
or where they have a
conscience whether they don't.
00:28:54.63\00:28:58.17
But these rulers are
supposed to be God's servant
00:28:58.20\00:29:01.47
to keep the way of
the Lord and to do just,
00:29:01.50\00:29:04.34
and notice this and judgment.
00:29:04.37\00:29:07.21
Now, why are we quickly?
00:29:07.24\00:29:08.58
Why are we as a
nation falling apart?
00:29:08.61\00:29:10.85
This is my opinion.
00:29:10.88\00:29:12.21
You take it or
leave it if you want.
00:29:12.25\00:29:13.58
I feel like our
country is falling apart
00:29:13.62\00:29:15.35
before my very eyes.
00:29:15.38\00:29:18.15
In the last couple of years,
it's been an amazing fall.
00:29:18.19\00:29:21.86
There's a reason for it
00:29:21.89\00:29:24.99
not to try to
criticize those in high places,
00:29:25.03\00:29:28.06
but to show that
Bible prophecy has predicted
00:29:28.10\00:29:30.80
these things would take place.
00:29:30.83\00:29:33.87
The Great Controversy.
00:29:33.90\00:29:35.24
I love the Great Controversy,
00:29:35.27\00:29:37.14
584 says this,
00:29:37.17\00:29:39.37
"Men who refuse to
submit to the government of God
00:29:39.41\00:29:44.38
are wholly unfitted
to govern themselves."
00:29:44.41\00:29:48.38
Think we have those
00:29:48.42\00:29:50.82
who refuse to submit
to the government of God
00:29:50.85\00:29:53.66
or to the law of God or
to the Ten Commandments.
00:29:53.69\00:29:57.73
You see, when you
get away from that,
00:29:57.76\00:29:59.09
you go any
direction you want to,
00:29:59.13\00:30:03.00
But if they don't
go along with that,
00:30:03.03\00:30:04.80
the guideline, right,
00:30:04.83\00:30:06.17
that God has given to us,
00:30:06.20\00:30:07.67
they're unfit to
even govern themselves,
00:30:07.70\00:30:09.77
let alone a nation,
00:30:09.80\00:30:11.14
let alone a
country, let alone a city.
00:30:11.17\00:30:16.04
And when a nation,
and we're seeing it.
00:30:16.08\00:30:19.31
Instead of taking
care of you and me,
00:30:19.35\00:30:24.29
instead of taking care of us,
00:30:24.32\00:30:26.52
protecting its
citizens, like it's supposed to,
00:30:26.55\00:30:29.19
that's what
they're supposed to do.
00:30:29.22\00:30:33.36
When they become so proud
00:30:33.40\00:30:35.96
and they become
so cruel as it were,
00:30:36.00\00:30:41.07
and they're holding as it were,
00:30:41.10\00:30:43.30
they're holding men
and women today back
00:30:43.34\00:30:47.14
from being successful
00:30:47.18\00:30:48.54
because they've taken
their work away from them.
00:30:48.58\00:30:51.08
They've taken their
jobs away from them,
00:30:51.11\00:30:52.65
making a living.
00:30:52.68\00:30:54.98
Listen, when that takes place
00:30:55.02\00:30:56.65
when those in high
places are inflicting punishment
00:30:56.69\00:30:59.29
upon those who are
trying to do the right thing,
00:30:59.32\00:31:01.86
be sure that country,
that nation is going to fall.
00:31:01.89\00:31:05.89
I can stand here
based on the Word of God
00:31:05.93\00:31:08.03
and say, America
is ready to fall.
00:31:08.06\00:31:10.10
It's ready to crumble.
00:31:10.13\00:31:11.47
Not that I want it to,
00:31:11.50\00:31:12.83
not that I'm trying
to be political about.
00:31:12.87\00:31:14.37
And only time I say that
00:31:14.40\00:31:15.74
is because you have people
write letters and they're just,
00:31:15.77\00:31:17.54
I'm telling you right
now, you're wasting your time.
00:31:17.57\00:31:19.44
Ooh, I don't like
to say it that way,
00:31:19.47\00:31:20.94
but it's wasting your time
00:31:20.98\00:31:22.31
because God's
Word has predicted.
00:31:22.34\00:31:24.01
Revelation 13:11-18,
00:31:24.05\00:31:25.78
United States in Bible prophecy.
00:31:25.81\00:31:27.52
It comes up like what?
00:31:27.55\00:31:28.88
Like a lamb with two horn,
but it begins to speak as what?
00:31:28.92\00:31:31.52
Begins to speak as the dragon.
00:31:31.55\00:31:33.36
Listen, we don't need a
nation speaking as a dragon.
00:31:33.39\00:31:35.69
If it ever spoke as a
dragon, I tell you right now,
00:31:35.72\00:31:38.13
it's speaking
right now as the dragon,
00:31:38.16\00:31:40.36
it's going against everything
00:31:40.40\00:31:41.73
that God ordained
that He is the principle.
00:31:41.76\00:31:43.63
It's going against everything
00:31:43.67\00:31:45.00
that we thought
was our principles
00:31:45.03\00:31:46.37
of our Constitution
and our Bill of Rights.
00:31:46.40\00:31:49.17
Our religious freedom,
00:31:49.20\00:31:50.54
everything is being
attacked on every side.
00:31:50.57\00:31:52.87
And my plea is
can't we see it happening.
00:31:52.91\00:31:56.04
Work for the night is coming.
00:31:56.08\00:31:57.88
The fall is certain, why?
00:32:01.18\00:32:05.19
Because again,
once again, as a nation,
00:32:05.22\00:32:07.29
we have rejected
God's principles.
00:32:07.32\00:32:10.79
We've rejected His commandments.
00:32:10.83\00:32:14.53
And when you begin to reject
what God's plan is for us,
00:32:14.56\00:32:17.77
the glory and listen,
00:32:17.80\00:32:19.20
the United States of America
00:32:19.23\00:32:20.57
has had a glory
about it for years.
00:32:20.60\00:32:22.07
Is that right?
00:32:22.10\00:32:23.44
It was specially blessed of God,
00:32:23.47\00:32:25.14
special country.
00:32:25.17\00:32:27.31
But we see that glory
fading right now, because why?
00:32:27.34\00:32:30.28
Because we're going
against God's plan for us
00:32:30.31\00:32:32.98
as His people.
00:32:33.01\00:32:34.35
And you'll see the glory
fades and then the power fades.
00:32:34.38\00:32:37.19
And then somebody
comes in and takes over.
00:32:37.22\00:32:39.55
Ooh, see we've
seen the glory depart.
00:32:39.59\00:32:43.83
We've seen as it were
00:32:45.96\00:32:49.33
the power that
we've been talking about
00:32:49.36\00:32:52.07
and others are saying
whoo, they've got other,
00:32:52.10\00:32:53.94
there's other powers over here.
00:32:53.97\00:32:55.30
And as it had, has
it been in Scripture,
00:32:58.24\00:33:00.38
if you look at the world powers,
00:33:00.41\00:33:01.74
Babylon,
Medo-Persia, Greece, Rome, papal
00:33:01.78\00:33:03.38
and pagan Rome,
papal Rome and so on,
00:33:03.41\00:33:04.75
there comes a time...
00:33:04.78\00:33:06.75
Is it time?
00:33:06.78\00:33:08.12
Could it be
happening that we are falling?
00:33:08.15\00:33:10.29
We've come to the, you know,
the point in Bible prophecy
00:33:10.32\00:33:14.62
where the United
States, as it were, goes down.
00:33:14.66\00:33:17.29
We've reputed every, you know,
00:33:17.33\00:33:18.86
every point of the Constitution
00:33:18.89\00:33:20.90
of the United States.
00:33:20.93\00:33:22.76
We fought
everything tooth and nail.
00:33:22.80\00:33:24.90
And God says, my
cup is almost full,
00:33:24.93\00:33:27.30
enough is enough.
00:33:27.34\00:33:29.37
If you don't believe that,
00:33:29.40\00:33:30.74
man, just look
it back in history.
00:33:30.77\00:33:32.11
Look what the history has done.
00:33:32.14\00:33:35.11
Babylon, right, the
great one world power.
00:33:35.14\00:33:38.41
It lost, its
glory started to fade
00:33:38.45\00:33:41.42
as they went away from
God, then it lost its power.
00:33:41.45\00:33:44.35
Still thought it had its power.
00:33:44.39\00:33:45.99
It was overtaken as
it were without a shot.
00:33:46.02\00:33:48.09
You know what I'm
talking about struggle.
00:33:52.39\00:33:56.36
Despite all of this,
00:33:56.40\00:33:58.30
all the stuff that we're seeing,
00:33:58.33\00:33:59.77
all the stuff that
we're hearing right now,
00:33:59.80\00:34:03.30
and I'm sad to say, it's like,
00:34:03.34\00:34:05.44
you know, it's a broken country.
00:34:05.47\00:34:09.14
I don't think
there's any kind of a glue
00:34:09.18\00:34:10.68
that can hold it back.
00:34:10.71\00:34:14.62
And I've to say it's sad,
you know, sometime I'll say,
00:34:14.65\00:34:17.39
"Oh, I wished it
was like it used to be."
00:34:17.42\00:34:19.42
And then you get
letters and people say,
00:34:19.45\00:34:21.22
"Oh yeah, like it used to be
00:34:21.26\00:34:22.59
when this didn't have
this right and this privy,
00:34:22.62\00:34:24.03
you don't want to go,
blah, blah, blah, blah, blah."
00:34:24.06\00:34:26.36
I don't know,
00:34:26.39\00:34:27.73
but there was a
time it seemed like
00:34:27.76\00:34:29.10
there was a little
bit of peace and safety.
00:34:29.13\00:34:30.47
There has bad
things on other coin of it.
00:34:30.50\00:34:32.13
You can only look at
your own life and say,
00:34:32.17\00:34:33.94
will it ever
return like it used to be?
00:34:33.97\00:34:36.44
No, I don't think it ever will.
00:34:36.47\00:34:38.91
We are past,
00:34:38.94\00:34:41.68
we're at the
valley of no return.
00:34:41.71\00:34:43.95
I don't want to say that.
00:34:43.98\00:34:45.31
I don't wanna even believe that,
00:34:45.35\00:34:46.68
but I know that it's true.
00:34:46.72\00:34:49.75
Yeah, Bible says that
00:34:49.78\00:34:51.12
that definitely
wax worse and worse.
00:34:51.15\00:34:52.79
But as we've seen
00:34:52.82\00:34:54.16
through the last
seven, eight, ten year
00:34:54.19\00:34:55.52
things that are happening,
00:34:55.56\00:34:56.89
we never get past that.
00:34:56.93\00:34:58.29
We just implement more laws,
more laws, more things against,
00:34:58.33\00:35:01.43
more freedom's gone,
more this, more of that
00:35:01.46\00:35:03.26
that one of these days,
they're going to come out here
00:35:03.30\00:35:05.03
and they're going
to close those doors
00:35:05.07\00:35:06.40
and they're going to put a chain
00:35:06.43\00:35:07.77
around those doors.
00:35:07.80\00:35:09.14
Then what will you do?
00:35:09.17\00:35:10.51
Those who have been
lazy about coming to church,
00:35:10.54\00:35:11.87
those who look
for every opportunity
00:35:11.91\00:35:13.34
in which to not to make us
00:35:13.38\00:35:15.08
and say, well, they
don't have to come to church.
00:35:15.11\00:35:16.91
You will be
wishing that you had,
00:35:16.95\00:35:19.28
is that true?
00:35:19.31\00:35:20.65
Think about it.
00:35:20.68\00:35:22.02
Remember, maybe the
time comes, we have to...
00:35:22.05\00:35:24.12
Well gain what?
00:35:24.15\00:35:25.49
Gain, what is it?
00:35:25.52\00:35:26.86
Warmth from the coldness.
00:35:26.89\00:35:28.22
You read that of others.
00:35:28.26\00:35:31.33
From the coldness of others.
00:35:31.36\00:35:33.33
I want to be around
people that's red hot.
00:35:33.36\00:35:36.06
That's on fire for Jesus Christ.
00:35:36.10\00:35:37.83
Isn't that right? I
want to be around that.
00:35:37.87\00:35:39.67
I want to be a part of
that because I know there's one,
00:35:39.70\00:35:42.57
as the devil is going to
try to put your fire out.
00:35:42.60\00:35:45.91
He can't do that.
00:35:45.94\00:35:48.28
Fight, there's hope.
00:35:48.31\00:35:50.11
Education 178. I love it.
00:35:50.15\00:35:51.85
There's, ooh,
there's hope, I like that.
00:35:51.88\00:35:55.08
There's hope today.
00:35:55.12\00:35:56.72
There's encouragement today.
00:35:56.75\00:35:59.25
I need not worry about me
00:35:59.29\00:36:00.62
and I need not worry
about the look on their face.
00:36:00.66\00:36:02.66
I need not worry
about their smart remarks.
00:36:02.69\00:36:04.63
I need not to worry
about what they might call you,
00:36:04.66\00:36:08.23
because I know who I serve.
00:36:08.26\00:36:09.76
Do you know who you serve?
00:36:09.80\00:36:12.13
Education 178 says this,
00:36:12.17\00:36:13.87
notice this,
this is interesting.
00:36:13.90\00:36:15.27
It says, "The complicated
play of human events,"
00:36:15.30\00:36:19.24
whoo! "Is under divine control."
00:36:19.27\00:36:22.61
If I could just say that?
00:36:22.64\00:36:23.98
I should have, Brother Jan,
00:36:24.01\00:36:25.35
I should have said that
and just sat down, had prayer,
00:36:25.38\00:36:27.28
but you know what?
00:36:27.32\00:36:28.65
Some of us won't
glean from just a few words.
00:36:28.68\00:36:31.69
Did you notice the words? No.
00:36:31.72\00:36:33.46
Most of you are in and out.
00:36:33.49\00:36:34.86
You're somewhere else.
00:36:34.89\00:36:36.22
Not necessarily
talking about this group here.
00:36:36.26\00:36:37.79
They're going to, devil's
going to try and make sure
00:36:37.83\00:36:39.39
you miss these lines
that you need and that I need.
00:36:39.43\00:36:43.16
And we won't go
around squalling and balling
00:36:43.20\00:36:45.07
and carrying on
00:36:45.10\00:36:46.43
that we don't serve a
God that can take care of us.
00:36:46.47\00:36:49.44
Man, I just want to
put it out there today.
00:36:49.47\00:36:51.11
Let you think about it.
00:36:51.14\00:36:52.47
I'm not,
00:36:52.51\00:36:53.84
it's just hurtful
sometime, you see it.
00:36:53.88\00:36:55.51
Now notice again.
00:36:55.54\00:36:56.88
It says, "The complicated
play of human events."
00:36:56.91\00:37:02.35
Remember sermon title
entangled and complicated.
00:37:02.38\00:37:07.12
The complicated
play of human events
00:37:07.16\00:37:10.26
is under divine control.
00:37:10.29\00:37:13.86
Whoo!
00:37:13.90\00:37:16.83
I mean, that's good news.
00:37:16.87\00:37:18.93
Notice it says,
no, and it goes on.
00:37:18.97\00:37:20.77
It gets, I don't want
to say it gets better.
00:37:20.80\00:37:22.37
It does get better.
00:37:22.40\00:37:24.67
I don't want to say it,
but I'm going to say it.
00:37:24.71\00:37:26.61
Notice it says,
00:37:26.64\00:37:27.98
amidst the strife, are we there?
00:37:28.01\00:37:30.35
We're in strife
and tumult of nations.
00:37:30.38\00:37:33.98
He that setteth
above the cherubims.
00:37:34.02\00:37:36.52
Who is that? Yeah.
00:37:36.55\00:37:37.99
Still guides the
affairs of the earth.
00:37:38.02\00:37:42.12
He overrules all
00:37:42.16\00:37:44.23
for the
accomplishment of His purpose.
00:37:44.26\00:37:46.46
We serve a God that does what?
00:37:46.49\00:37:47.83
He overrules all
00:37:47.86\00:37:49.50
for the
accomplishment of His purpose.
00:37:49.53\00:37:51.57
You need not worry to go around.
00:37:51.60\00:37:54.24
I tell you, it's hurtful to God.
00:37:54.27\00:37:55.94
There's no doubt about it
00:37:55.97\00:37:57.31
when you and I as
a Christian and say,
00:37:57.34\00:37:58.67
we know Christ,
00:37:58.71\00:38:00.04
and we're going around
whining and complaining.
00:38:00.08\00:38:01.58
Whoo!
00:38:01.61\00:38:02.98
Like there's no hope.
00:38:03.01\00:38:04.48
There's no help.
00:38:04.51\00:38:05.85
Man, we've got it right here.
00:38:05.88\00:38:07.85
He guides in the
affairs of the earth.
00:38:07.88\00:38:10.05
He overrules all, the
devil says let's charge.
00:38:10.09\00:38:13.49
And God says to him,
00:38:13.52\00:38:14.86
you're not
charging anywhere, son,
00:38:14.89\00:38:16.22
get over there and sit down.
00:38:16.26\00:38:17.59
He'll go over
there and sit down.
00:38:17.63\00:38:18.96
He has no choice,
but to go sit down.
00:38:18.99\00:38:20.93
God said, when sin came,
00:38:20.96\00:38:22.33
you remember in
the Garden of Eden,
00:38:22.36\00:38:23.80
remember the old
serpent went to where?
00:38:23.83\00:38:25.17
To the tree, isn't that right?
00:38:25.20\00:38:26.60
Was he allowed to roam
all over Garden of Eden?
00:38:26.63\00:38:28.30
No.
00:38:28.34\00:38:29.67
God said, you
get up in that tree.
00:38:29.70\00:38:31.27
Get up in that
tree and you sit there
00:38:31.31\00:38:33.78
and don't go anywhere
till I tell you to go.
00:38:33.81\00:38:36.51
And he got up in that tree.
00:38:36.54\00:38:37.88
He set up there and
he didn't go anywhere
00:38:37.91\00:38:39.25
until he was told to go.
00:38:39.28\00:38:41.32
See you have God on your side.
00:38:41.35\00:38:42.68
That's what God can
do that to the enemy.
00:38:42.72\00:38:46.62
He really didn't go any place.
00:38:46.65\00:38:49.82
The problem was, we went to him.
00:38:49.86\00:38:53.16
Does that make sense?
00:38:53.19\00:38:54.60
Just like we're
doing in the world today,
00:38:54.63\00:38:56.10
we're going to him.
00:38:56.13\00:38:57.47
We're going to the
things of the earth
00:38:57.50\00:38:59.33
when we should not be,
throw those things out.
00:38:59.37\00:39:01.54
Lord have mercy on us.
00:39:01.57\00:39:03.37
Whoo.
00:39:03.41\00:39:04.74
I love it.
00:39:04.77\00:39:06.11
The Bible is clear, you
know, Haggai was it 2:22.
00:39:06.14\00:39:10.35
It talks about, he
says, he's going to,
00:39:10.38\00:39:12.28
I will overthrow he
said, I will overthrow.
00:39:12.31\00:39:15.42
That's just what we read here.
00:39:15.45\00:39:16.79
You can read it
in Ezekiel 21:27.
00:39:16.82\00:39:20.26
He says, he's going to overturn,
00:39:20.29\00:39:22.22
overturn, overturn.
00:39:22.26\00:39:23.99
He repeats it
three times to say what?
00:39:24.03\00:39:25.66
No matter what
man has put in, right?
00:39:25.69\00:39:27.93
I will overturn it if I see fit.
00:39:27.96\00:39:30.60
See, this is good news
00:39:30.63\00:39:32.80
because everything
seemed like it's a mess now,
00:39:32.83\00:39:34.50
it seemed like we're
headed for socialism.
00:39:34.54\00:39:35.87
It seemed like
00:39:35.90\00:39:37.24
the next step I
mentioned before is communism.
00:39:37.27\00:39:38.91
The next step is
limited under communist rule
00:39:38.94\00:39:41.21
and the government houses.
00:39:41.24\00:39:42.84
And you know what
I'm talking about,
00:39:42.88\00:39:44.41
taking everything
that you've ever made
00:39:44.45\00:39:45.81
or ever will made here
00:39:45.85\00:39:47.18
and giving you a
little stipends to live.
00:39:47.22\00:39:48.75
They'll take care of you.
00:39:48.78\00:39:50.12
They'll feed you.
They'll pay your loans off.
00:39:50.15\00:39:52.75
And most people will
go for that big time.
00:39:52.79\00:39:54.92
Lord have mercy, don't do it.
00:39:54.96\00:39:57.09
Oh, don't do it.
00:39:57.13\00:39:58.46
You know,
majority will Brother Jan.
00:39:58.49\00:39:59.83
Majority is going to do it
when the pressure is applied.
00:39:59.86\00:40:02.13
This is why I talk
about all the time is don't,
00:40:02.16\00:40:04.80
we're being warned
before it takes place.
00:40:04.83\00:40:06.63
Don't do it by the grace of God.
00:40:06.67\00:40:10.57
One illustration so
good in Daniel Chapter 10:13.
00:40:10.61\00:40:13.48
Whoo!
00:40:13.51\00:40:14.84
Time's going by,
somebody pray for me.
00:40:14.88\00:40:16.58
Whooee!
00:40:16.61\00:40:18.51
Daniel 10:13, but notice this,
00:40:18.55\00:40:20.88
this tells how, how
God is so close to us.
00:40:20.92\00:40:23.39
How He's watching every move,
00:40:23.42\00:40:25.25
how He's not gonna let the devil
00:40:25.29\00:40:26.62
win any battles, right?
00:40:26.65\00:40:28.12
Unless we just give in.
00:40:28.16\00:40:30.53
Notice what it says,
00:40:30.56\00:40:31.89
"But the prince of
the kingdom of Persia
00:40:31.93\00:40:33.66
withstood me, what?
00:40:33.70\00:40:35.03
One and 20 days, 21
days, you remember that.
00:40:35.06\00:40:37.40
But Michael,
00:40:37.43\00:40:40.34
one of the chief
princes came to help me,
00:40:40.37\00:40:43.71
and I remained there
with the king of Persia."
00:40:43.74\00:40:46.57
Boy, how beautiful that is.
00:40:46.61\00:40:48.01
And every time you say
Michael, everybody will say,
00:40:48.04\00:40:49.64
well, who's Michael?
00:40:49.68\00:40:51.15
Lord have mercy.
00:40:51.18\00:40:53.65
Lord have mercy.
00:40:53.68\00:40:55.02
God's people need
to know who Michael is.
00:40:55.05\00:40:58.72
Daniel 12:1.
00:40:58.75\00:41:00.09
We're going to find Michael's
00:41:00.12\00:41:01.46
going to stand
up for His people,
00:41:01.49\00:41:02.82
isn't that right?
00:41:02.86\00:41:04.19
We need to find
out who Michael is.
00:41:04.23\00:41:06.83
He's Israel's protector
there in 12:1, Daniel 12:1.
00:41:06.86\00:41:11.10
Here is where we have to go
00:41:11.13\00:41:12.47
if you want to
find out what this is.
00:41:12.50\00:41:13.84
We receive letters.
00:41:13.87\00:41:15.20
Please tell us who
did, we have no idea.
00:41:15.24\00:41:16.57
And it may be, they
may be honest in heart
00:41:16.60\00:41:18.24
and I'm not trying
to chuckle about that.
00:41:18.27\00:41:20.44
But somebody who'd
been in the Word of God
00:41:20.48\00:41:21.81
for 30, 40 years and
you still don't know.
00:41:21.84\00:41:26.18
We need to know,
00:41:26.21\00:41:27.65
because it will give
you help and encouragement.
00:41:27.68\00:41:30.69
What we do? Isaiah
20, come on somebody?
00:41:30.72\00:41:33.49
Isaiah 28:10.
00:41:33.52\00:41:35.16
Remember it says,
00:41:35.19\00:41:36.52
when you want to know
what truth is, you do what?
00:41:36.56\00:41:38.26
Come on, line upon line,
00:41:38.29\00:41:40.16
precept upon precept
here a little and what?
00:41:40.20\00:41:42.73
And there are little
to know what truth is.
00:41:42.76\00:41:44.50
Daniel 12:1 and we
see that there's Michael.
00:41:44.53\00:41:46.94
And then we go
to Jude Chapter 9,
00:41:46.97\00:41:48.84
just jot it down quickly.
00:41:48.87\00:41:50.44
He is termed, Michael
is termed as the archangel.
00:41:50.47\00:41:53.61
Did you get it? The archangel.
00:41:53.64\00:41:55.68
And then in 1
Thessalonians 4:16,
00:41:55.71\00:41:58.41
we find that it is the
voice of the archangel.
00:41:58.45\00:42:01.75
That when that voice
of the archangel sounds,
00:42:01.78\00:42:03.79
the dead in Christ rise where?
00:42:03.82\00:42:06.09
Yeah.
00:42:06.12\00:42:07.46
And then we go to John 5:28.
00:42:07.49\00:42:09.12
It says, when Jesus comes,
the dead would hear His voice,
00:42:09.16\00:42:13.40
they'd hear the
voice of the Son of man.
00:42:13.43\00:42:15.76
Put those together
quickly as you can.
00:42:15.80\00:42:17.83
Michael is Christ.
00:42:17.87\00:42:19.20
There's no doubt
about it, isn't it?
00:42:19.23\00:42:21.80
There's no doubt about it
who's going to raise the dead?
00:42:21.84\00:42:24.21
Christ.
00:42:24.24\00:42:27.04
We praise Him.
00:42:27.08\00:42:29.51
Early Writings
164, quickly says this.
00:42:29.54\00:42:31.85
Remember, there's
just the kind of talk,
00:42:31.88\00:42:33.21
we talked about.
00:42:33.25\00:42:34.58
This is what the Bible
says in Early Writings,
00:42:34.62\00:42:35.95
Spirit of Prophecy. I
love Spirit of Prophecy.
00:42:35.98\00:42:37.49
I'm going to use it. I
pray to God till I die.
00:42:37.52\00:42:40.96
I won't say, I
won't be choked on it.
00:42:40.99\00:42:42.52
Somebody still with me,
00:42:42.56\00:42:43.96
just be, I can't
teach you anymore.
00:42:43.99\00:42:47.20
Early Writings 164 says this,
00:42:47.23\00:42:48.83
"Moses pass
through death, but, Whoo!
00:42:48.86\00:42:51.93
Look, but Michael came down
00:42:51.97\00:42:55.00
and gave him life
00:42:55.04\00:42:57.24
before his body
had seen corruption,
00:42:57.27\00:43:00.04
Michael resurrected
Moses and took him to heaven."
00:43:00.08\00:43:04.01
Man, you can read
some of the verse,
00:43:04.05\00:43:05.38
you say, man, I
don't see all that,
00:43:05.41\00:43:06.85
line upon line,
00:43:06.88\00:43:08.22
precept upon precept,
00:43:08.25\00:43:09.58
here a little, there a little.
00:43:09.62\00:43:10.95
Read Jude
Chapter, verse 9, Jude 9.
00:43:10.99\00:43:13.59
It talks about here.
00:43:13.62\00:43:14.96
Remember that
the devil did what?
00:43:14.99\00:43:16.39
He come in and he
wanted the body of Moses.
00:43:16.42\00:43:18.09
He said, he's mine.
00:43:18.13\00:43:19.46
He sense that
there's dispute about it.
00:43:19.49\00:43:21.53
But then you go to the new,
to New Testament, Matthew17:3.
00:43:21.56\00:43:26.37
You'll find at
the transfiguration,
00:43:26.40\00:43:28.40
come on,
somebody, transfiguration,
00:43:28.44\00:43:30.24
ain't it right?
00:43:30.27\00:43:31.61
Well, Jesus came
and He was lifted that
00:43:31.64\00:43:32.97
disciples were there
and they were looking
00:43:33.01\00:43:34.34
and Jesus was talking
with Moses and Elijah.
00:43:34.38\00:43:37.71
That means what?
00:43:37.75\00:43:39.08
Elijah, it represents
those who will be what?
00:43:39.11\00:43:41.08
Translated without seeing death.
00:43:41.12\00:43:43.28
Moses represented
those who die in the Lord.
00:43:43.32\00:43:45.75
And they come forth at
the sound of His voice.
00:43:45.79\00:43:48.06
Isn't that wonderful?
00:43:48.09\00:43:49.42
Moses is in the heaven
because Bible says that he is.
00:43:49.46\00:43:52.66
Come on, I mean,
this is good news.
00:43:52.69\00:43:54.73
This is exciting. Yeah.
00:43:54.76\00:43:56.10
Extremely so.
00:43:56.13\00:43:57.57
It's exciting to know,
00:43:57.60\00:43:58.93
you study the Word
of God and say, wow,
00:43:58.97\00:44:01.00
God gave His people
evidence and more evidence.
00:44:01.04\00:44:06.11
And He does it
in our time of need
00:44:06.14\00:44:08.98
every time because the
Bible, wasn't in Psalms 146,
00:44:09.01\00:44:12.21
He said He's ever our, whoo,
00:44:12.25\00:44:14.02
ever our present
help in time of need
00:44:14.05\00:44:16.58
or in time of trouble.
00:44:16.62\00:44:17.95
He's our what
when you're in trouble?
00:44:17.99\00:44:19.59
He's our ever present.
00:44:19.62\00:44:20.96
He's ever present there for you.
00:44:20.99\00:44:22.82
He's ever present there for me.
00:44:22.86\00:44:24.56
Why should we stew?
Why should we worry?
00:44:24.59\00:44:26.29
Why should we fret?
00:44:26.33\00:44:27.66
I don't have a house payment.
I don't have a car payment.
00:44:27.70\00:44:29.20
I don't have gas
money to get anywhere.
00:44:29.23\00:44:31.23
You'll have it if you need it.
00:44:31.27\00:44:32.67
That's what I'm saying.
God said, I'll supply it.
00:44:32.70\00:44:35.20
I've watched Him
supply it over the years.
00:44:35.24\00:44:36.57
I saw it.
00:44:36.60\00:44:37.94
I seen Him work miracles,
00:44:37.97\00:44:39.77
And He continues to
work those miracles.
00:44:39.81\00:44:41.38
But you know what?
00:44:41.41\00:44:42.74
He does it for those
00:44:42.78\00:44:44.11
who have committed
their life 100% to Him.
00:44:44.15\00:44:46.61
If you're fiddle falling
around you don't carry it on,
00:44:46.65\00:44:49.25
you're 60% for Him.
00:44:49.28\00:44:50.92
You can forget it.
00:44:50.95\00:44:52.29
If you're 80% for
Him, you can forget it.
00:44:52.32\00:44:53.96
If you're 90% for
Him, we can forget.
00:44:53.99\00:44:55.72
Is it okay to say that?
00:44:55.76\00:44:59.63
See, it's Bible principle.
00:44:59.66\00:45:01.80
It's like nine
commandments is okay, it's not.
00:45:01.83\00:45:05.03
James 2:10, right?
00:45:08.47\00:45:09.80
You offend at one
point, you're guilty of all
00:45:09.84\00:45:11.27
is what the Bible said.
00:45:11.31\00:45:14.01
All we have to do is
look, we should not fear.
00:45:14.04\00:45:16.95
We should not be
concerned about the future.
00:45:16.98\00:45:20.82
Don't be fearful
about these things.
00:45:20.85\00:45:22.48
You know what fear is?
00:45:22.52\00:45:23.85
Come on now church,
fear is a lack of faith.
00:45:23.89\00:45:27.22
Fear is what?
00:45:27.26\00:45:28.76
Fear is a lack of faith.
00:45:28.79\00:45:32.09
A lack of faith in
the promises of God.
00:45:32.13\00:45:34.63
All we have to do is
claim the promises of God.
00:45:34.66\00:45:38.40
When He says it simple,
oh, I'll never leave you,
00:45:38.43\00:45:40.90
I'll never forsake you.
00:45:40.94\00:45:42.54
Oh, that's solid as a
rock as far as I'm concerned.
00:45:42.57\00:45:46.07
There's nothing to fall apart.
00:45:46.11\00:45:47.58
It's all seeming it together.
00:45:47.61\00:45:49.31
It's got rebar.
00:45:49.34\00:45:51.41
It's got rebar in it.
00:45:51.45\00:45:52.78
You know what I'm talking about?
00:45:52.81\00:45:55.05
It's solid when he says that.
00:45:55.08\00:45:58.62
There's only one problem.
00:45:58.65\00:45:59.99
It's us. It's us.
00:46:00.02\00:46:01.49
Let me read you
something quickly about,
00:46:01.52\00:46:02.86
we're talking about fear.
00:46:02.89\00:46:04.23
Oh, Lord, have mercy,
I'm invisible and behind.
00:46:04.26\00:46:06.36
2 Testimonies 140 says,
00:46:06.39\00:46:07.76
it's about fear and
this is what we need
00:46:07.80\00:46:09.60
even as God's, you
say last day people.
00:46:09.63\00:46:11.87
People that go to
church, they'll talk it,
00:46:11.90\00:46:13.84
they'll carry on about it.
00:46:13.87\00:46:15.20
But when it comes into
one little disaster hit,
00:46:15.24\00:46:16.87
they fall apart,
they're down, they're out.
00:46:16.91\00:46:18.54
It is the, notice,
00:46:21.74\00:46:23.08
is the absence
of faith and trust,
00:46:23.11\00:46:25.85
which brings perplexity.
00:46:25.88\00:46:28.48
If you have
perplexity in your life
00:46:28.52\00:46:30.15
and you meet people there,
00:46:30.19\00:46:31.52
they live in a
state of perplexity.
00:46:31.55\00:46:33.82
You meet some people
they're just living in distress
00:46:33.86\00:46:36.09
and distressed all the time.
00:46:36.12\00:46:38.36
They never come out of it.
00:46:38.39\00:46:40.86
I'm not trying
to criticize that,
00:46:40.90\00:46:42.23
but I'm saying, no,
00:46:42.26\00:46:43.60
God wants something
better for your life.
00:46:43.63\00:46:44.97
He wants
something better in my life.
00:46:45.00\00:46:46.63
I don't have time to go
around depressed and stressed
00:46:46.67\00:46:49.54
and torn up all the time
00:46:49.57\00:46:51.07
because we have a
work to do for Him.
00:46:51.11\00:46:53.38
Somebody in this world
00:46:53.41\00:46:54.74
wants to see
somebody with a smile.
00:46:54.78\00:46:56.71
Somebody wants to see somebody
in the midst of this storm
00:46:56.75\00:46:59.71
that you can say,
I know that my whoo,
00:46:59.75\00:47:02.02
I know that my Redeemer liveth.
00:47:02.05\00:47:04.35
I know He did. I know
who sits on the throne.
00:47:04.39\00:47:07.42
See, this is what is
people need that today.
00:47:07.46\00:47:12.53
Oh, God's going to do
great things for His people,
00:47:12.56\00:47:17.40
when, notice this,
00:47:17.43\00:47:18.77
when they put their
entire trust in Him.
00:47:18.80\00:47:20.94
Don't say you're
putting your entire trust in Him
00:47:20.97\00:47:22.60
and you're really not.
00:47:22.64\00:47:23.97
God knows what you're doing.
00:47:24.01\00:47:25.34
He knows what I'm doing.
00:47:25.37\00:47:27.48
An interesting,
there's a little book,
00:47:27.51\00:47:30.45
I think Sons
and Daughters of God
00:47:30.48\00:47:32.15
makes a little statement.
00:47:32.18\00:47:33.52
It says, "The
sense of God's presence
00:47:33.55\00:47:36.42
banishes fear."
00:47:36.45\00:47:38.32
This what?
00:47:38.35\00:47:39.69
Just to know that God
is near banishes fear.
00:47:39.72\00:47:42.92
Perfect love cast out all fear.
00:47:42.96\00:47:46.73
Millions are in bondage.
00:47:46.76\00:47:48.63
They need to be set free
00:47:48.66\00:47:50.90
and only God's Word can do that.
00:47:50.93\00:47:53.60
Little book Steps to Christ,
00:47:53.64\00:47:55.17
I think this is the one
we offered on this program,
00:47:55.20\00:47:56.71
is it not?
00:47:56.74\00:47:58.17
Okay, good, Steps to Christ.
00:47:58.21\00:47:59.54
Oh, you need that book.
00:47:59.57\00:48:00.91
If you haven't got it,
00:48:00.94\00:48:02.28
you need to get
that book in your home.
00:48:02.31\00:48:03.65
One of the best books about,
00:48:03.68\00:48:05.01
you know, having a
relationship with Jesus Christ.
00:48:05.05\00:48:07.42
It'll give you encouragement
00:48:07.45\00:48:08.78
when you think you're down
and out and there's no way up.
00:48:08.82\00:48:11.79
He shows you exactly what you do
00:48:11.82\00:48:13.66
when you're
tempted and you think
00:48:13.69\00:48:15.02
I can't stand it anymore.
00:48:15.06\00:48:16.39
It was told exactly
how we can get out of it
00:48:16.42\00:48:17.89
by the grace of God,
00:48:17.93\00:48:19.26
lift ourself above
the dolents of this world.
00:48:19.29\00:48:22.66
See, we should not, notice this.
00:48:22.70\00:48:24.03
Here's the problem
00:48:24.07\00:48:25.40
when you find
people who are fearful.
00:48:25.43\00:48:26.77
Number one is,
00:48:26.80\00:48:28.14
we should not
make self the center.
00:48:28.17\00:48:30.81
Lot of people
are just me, my, I,
00:48:30.84\00:48:33.11
self all the time.
00:48:33.14\00:48:34.94
And indulgent, anxiety and fear
as whether we shall be saved.
00:48:34.98\00:48:39.55
See, we're not
to spend the time,
00:48:39.58\00:48:40.92
I wonder if I'm
going to be saved.
00:48:40.95\00:48:42.28
I wonder about
it. That depresses me.
00:48:42.32\00:48:43.82
Come on, why?
00:48:46.99\00:48:49.52
Because God says in His
Word, we know we claimed, right?
00:48:49.56\00:48:53.29
What do we do, Brother
John, you remember what we do?
00:48:53.33\00:48:54.86
Somebody ask us,
have we been saved?
00:48:54.90\00:48:56.83
And we realized save
in a saving relationship,
00:48:56.87\00:48:59.53
our answer will be what?
00:48:59.57\00:49:01.14
By what?
00:49:01.17\00:49:02.70
By God's grace,
we're going to be there.
00:49:02.74\00:49:04.64
Don't stand around and act like
00:49:04.67\00:49:06.01
you've lost your
tongue and your mind
00:49:06.04\00:49:07.38
when somebody wants to
know from another church,
00:49:07.41\00:49:09.31
do you know what
grace is all about?
00:49:09.34\00:49:11.01
Will you be
saved in God's kingdom?
00:49:11.05\00:49:12.48
You say, by God's grace.
00:49:12.51\00:49:14.22
Every time by God's
grace, I'm going to be there.
00:49:14.25\00:49:16.65
That's the only way
we're ever going to get there.
00:49:16.69\00:49:18.75
There's nothing
we can do to earn it,
00:49:18.79\00:49:20.12
we know that.
00:49:20.16\00:49:22.49
It's time that we begin to talk
00:49:22.52\00:49:24.33
rather than, you know,
00:49:24.36\00:49:25.69
and to live the
message like never before.
00:49:25.73\00:49:27.40
God can do things,
00:49:27.43\00:49:28.76
I'm telling you to His children.
00:49:28.80\00:49:30.13
This is no time
00:49:30.17\00:49:31.50
for God's people to
hide in the basement.
00:49:31.53\00:49:35.64
You know what I'm talking about.
00:49:35.67\00:49:37.97
And there's a lot of Christians
00:49:38.01\00:49:39.34
that's hiding in
the basement right now.
00:49:39.37\00:49:42.04
No.
00:49:42.08\00:49:44.11
There's no use to be afraid.
00:49:44.15\00:49:46.25
Let's get out
and venture something
00:49:46.28\00:49:48.75
for the cause of Christ.
00:49:48.78\00:49:50.65
Let's get out.
00:49:50.69\00:49:53.49
Challenge God to
open the windows of heaven
00:49:53.52\00:49:55.22
and pour out
those blessings on you.
00:49:55.26\00:49:57.39
I'm not even going to get into,
00:49:57.43\00:49:58.76
but I'm going to
touch just a little bit
00:49:58.79\00:50:00.13
on Ezekiel Chapter 1.
00:50:00.16\00:50:01.50
Woo! I love Ezekiel.
00:50:01.53\00:50:03.23
Ezekiel Chapter 1,
the prophet of God.
00:50:03.26\00:50:05.93
Notice all he saw.
00:50:05.97\00:50:07.54
Remember, I want you to get this
00:50:07.57\00:50:09.10
if we get
nothing else for today.
00:50:09.14\00:50:11.01
We'll come back another time.
00:50:11.04\00:50:12.37
We'll do more on this
because we just have to,
00:50:12.41\00:50:15.01
we just have to, because
we needed as God's people.
00:50:15.04\00:50:17.71
Not only we need to be aware
00:50:17.75\00:50:19.61
and let me just
say to some people,
00:50:19.65\00:50:21.88
and I certainly know one here.
00:50:21.92\00:50:23.89
I may be the preacher
00:50:23.92\00:50:25.25
that you call the
preacher of doom and gloom,
00:50:25.29\00:50:27.02
but I'm going to do it anyway.
00:50:27.06\00:50:29.06
How old are you, brother?
00:50:29.09\00:50:31.39
When you want to
preach Bible prophecy
00:50:31.43\00:50:33.43
and what's taking place
in the Book of Revelation.
00:50:33.46\00:50:35.43
If you're not
spiritually connected
00:50:35.46\00:50:37.00
with the Most High God,
00:50:37.03\00:50:38.47
you're going to say
all doom and gloom again,
00:50:38.50\00:50:40.37
all doom and gloom again.
00:50:40.40\00:50:41.74
I invite each one
and there's people
00:50:41.77\00:50:43.24
who do it that
doesn't understand.
00:50:43.27\00:50:44.61
I know that, I'm not
trying to criticize that.
00:50:44.64\00:50:47.11
But those of us
who should know better
00:50:47.14\00:50:48.58
that know this message.
00:50:48.61\00:50:50.18
Just praise God,
00:50:50.21\00:50:51.55
because there's a voice
crying in the wilderness,
00:50:51.58\00:50:53.45
prepare to meet Jesus.
00:50:53.48\00:50:54.82
Isn't that what it's all about?
00:50:54.85\00:50:56.25
And you can do it
with a combination
00:50:56.28\00:50:58.12
of realizing who's in charge,
00:50:58.15\00:50:59.95
realizing that we're in a mess,
00:50:59.99\00:51:02.06
realizing things are entangled
00:51:02.09\00:51:04.23
around about, but Jesus says,
00:51:04.26\00:51:05.79
I'm going to
straighten them out.
00:51:05.83\00:51:07.63
Know this, we've got to get it.
00:51:07.66\00:51:11.77
He never ever takes
His eye, eyes off of you.
00:51:11.80\00:51:16.40
So you can make that statements
and have prayer and sit down.
00:51:19.77\00:51:22.38
We should go out,
00:51:22.41\00:51:23.75
skipping and
hopping and shouting.
00:51:23.78\00:51:25.58
Remember there's never a time
00:51:25.61\00:51:26.95
that He takes
His eyes off of you
00:51:26.98\00:51:30.85
because He wants to help.
00:51:30.89\00:51:32.49
He's not wanting to hurt.
00:51:32.52\00:51:34.99
He wants you to
spend eternity with Him.
00:51:35.02\00:51:39.46
He proved it.
00:51:39.49\00:51:40.83
You say, "Well, I'm not so sure,
00:51:40.86\00:51:42.20
everything in
life is going haywire."
00:51:42.23\00:51:43.67
Calvary proves
it. Calvary proves it.
00:51:43.70\00:51:48.27
My eyes on you,
so I can help you.
00:51:48.30\00:51:50.31
Why is it that you
watch your little child
00:51:50.34\00:51:52.41
when they're just getting
up and start learning to walk
00:51:52.44\00:51:54.91
and they're going around
the coffee table as it were,
00:51:54.94\00:51:56.95
whatever it might be.
00:51:56.98\00:51:58.31
You're reaching over,
00:51:58.35\00:51:59.68
putting your hand between
them and the sharp corners.
00:51:59.71\00:52:01.62
And you're keeping them,
00:52:01.65\00:52:02.98
make sure the hot
pans are away from them
00:52:03.02\00:52:04.35
because you care for
them, because you love them.
00:52:04.39\00:52:06.35
You don't want them
to have to go through
00:52:06.39\00:52:08.39
some unnecessary pain.
00:52:08.42\00:52:11.83
He never takes
His eyes off of you.
00:52:11.86\00:52:15.43
I'm getting excited.
00:52:19.20\00:52:20.54
I'm going to talk more about it.
00:52:20.57\00:52:21.90
I can't help it.
00:52:21.94\00:52:24.81
This is encouragement
that the last day people need.
00:52:24.84\00:52:27.88
And I just say, listen,
you haven't seen anything yet.
00:52:27.91\00:52:31.78
Oh, I want to go to Ezekiel 1:1,
00:52:31.81\00:52:33.48
but I just can't
hardly do it right now, Will,
00:52:33.52\00:52:34.95
because I've got
other things on my mind.
00:52:34.98\00:52:36.48
This has only just begun.
00:52:41.59\00:52:46.19
I'm not happy to say that,
00:52:46.23\00:52:48.40
but it's a
warning to God's people.
00:52:48.43\00:52:50.03
If you're just stressed out,
00:52:50.07\00:52:53.17
if you're just torn up about it,
00:52:53.20\00:52:56.64
why not recommit yourself to God
00:52:56.67\00:52:58.71
and say, you know what?
00:52:58.74\00:53:00.41
I knew this, but
I just kinda beat.
00:53:00.44\00:53:02.24
It's just kind of been
thrown out to me again today
00:53:02.28\00:53:04.91
that I know who's
running this thing.
00:53:04.95\00:53:08.58
See, I know who's running it.
00:53:08.62\00:53:11.29
And it says He runs it.
00:53:11.32\00:53:12.75
He's got His eye on you
00:53:12.79\00:53:14.16
to help you and
to strengthen you
00:53:14.19\00:53:16.39
when you need it.
00:53:16.42\00:53:19.36
Life is worth the
living, ain't that right?
00:53:19.39\00:53:24.27
It can only be worth the living
as we come to Jesus Christ
00:53:24.30\00:53:28.04
and give our life to Him.
00:53:28.07\00:53:30.01
Now I'm encouraging
you to do that today
00:53:30.04\00:53:33.14
and we'll cover
some of this other,
00:53:33.17\00:53:34.51
I love it when the
God's prophet had visions
00:53:34.54\00:53:37.81
and they seen things
that were going on in heaven
00:53:37.85\00:53:42.68
and they were all overwhelmed.
00:53:42.72\00:53:44.22
And I think it's
time God's people begin
00:53:44.25\00:53:45.92
to have a vision
00:53:45.95\00:53:47.66
about the things
that are going on
00:53:47.69\00:53:49.02
in heaven right now
00:53:49.06\00:53:50.39
in preparation to come back,
00:53:50.43\00:53:53.13
and bracing for
the great battle.
00:53:53.16\00:53:55.10
The last battle
between the enemy,
00:53:55.13\00:53:57.00
the great controversy
between good and evil,
00:53:57.03\00:54:00.80
the battle of Armageddon,
00:54:00.84\00:54:03.94
how many, you
know, will be ready.
00:54:03.97\00:54:05.97
How many will be prepared
for what's coming on this world
00:54:06.01\00:54:09.14
as an overwhelming surprise?
00:54:09.18\00:54:13.21
Since we're so entangled
and things are so complicated.
00:54:13.25\00:54:18.42
Today, I'm convinced.
00:54:18.45\00:54:19.79
And just a few Bible
texts, God is in control.
00:54:19.82\00:54:24.93
We have nothing to worry about.
00:54:24.96\00:54:26.39
And if we worry
while we know that
00:54:26.43\00:54:28.36
it's because we
have a lack of faith
00:54:28.40\00:54:30.70
and the Bible says
faith cometh by hearing
00:54:30.73\00:54:33.30
and hearing by what?
00:54:33.34\00:54:34.67
The Word of God.
00:54:34.70\00:54:36.04
Get in the word of
God a little bit more.
00:54:36.07\00:54:37.41
I want to pray for those
who made a decision right now
00:54:37.44\00:54:38.77
for Christ.
00:54:38.81\00:54:40.14
Just have a few seconds left.
00:54:40.18\00:54:41.51
Would you just
pray with me right now?
00:54:41.54\00:54:42.88
I know you've made
that decision for Christ
00:54:42.91\00:54:44.25
and I want you to hold
on to His hand right now.
00:54:44.28\00:54:45.61
Let's pray.
00:54:45.65\00:54:46.98
Father in Heaven,
00:54:47.02\00:54:48.35
thank You for
Your precious Word.
00:54:48.38\00:54:49.72
Thank You that it's powerful,
00:54:49.75\00:54:51.09
sharper than
any two edged sword.
00:54:51.12\00:54:52.52
You're just getting
Your people awake right now
00:54:52.55\00:54:54.82
for what's coming on this earth
00:54:54.86\00:54:56.42
that we say as an
overwhelming surprise.
00:54:56.46\00:54:58.39
Those who made that
decision today, we praise You,
00:54:58.43\00:55:00.60
give You honor, give you glory,
00:55:00.63\00:55:01.96
and thank you for that
decision in Jesus' name.
00:55:02.00\00:55:04.00
Amen.
00:55:04.03\00:55:05.93
God bless you.
00:55:05.97\00:55:07.30
We look forward to
seeing you next time.
00:55:07.34\00:55:10.97
Welcome back, friends.
00:55:11.01\00:55:12.34
We find
assurance, comfort and hope
00:55:12.37\00:55:14.78
in knowing that
through the entanglements,
00:55:14.81\00:55:17.15
complication, strife
and extreme heartache
00:55:17.18\00:55:19.91
that this world has to offer
00:55:19.95\00:55:22.45
that our Lord and Savior
is working out our salvation
00:55:22.48\00:55:25.82
and His plan to
restore this earth
00:55:25.85\00:55:28.09
to its original glory.
00:55:28.12\00:55:29.96
And it is our hope and prayer
00:55:29.99\00:55:31.99
that you felt the Holy Spirit
speaking to your mind today,
00:55:32.03\00:55:36.16
to make ready
your hearts and lives
00:55:36.20\00:55:38.50
to be in that number of souls
00:55:38.53\00:55:40.54
whom will inhabit
the earth made new.
00:55:40.57\00:55:43.30
I want to be in that number.
00:55:43.34\00:55:45.04
I know that my
husband, Pastor Kenny Shelton
00:55:45.07\00:55:47.18
desires to be in that number.
00:55:47.21\00:55:50.35
Won't you make
that same choice today.
00:55:50.38\00:55:52.88
The choice to be in that number
00:55:52.91\00:55:54.68
by the love and
the grace of our Lord
00:55:54.72\00:55:57.09
and Savior Jesus Christ.
00:55:57.12\00:55:58.85
And if you want,
00:55:58.89\00:56:00.39
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00:56:00.42\00:56:02.72
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00:56:02.76\00:56:06.06
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