Hello and welcome to
Behold the Lamb Presents.
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I'm Chris Shelton, your host,
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I wanna thank
you for joining us.
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Our message for
today is entitled
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"Upon This Rock I
Will Build My Church."
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This title is taken
directly from Matthew 16:18,
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which is a passage
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that has confused thousands
of well meaning believers
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over the centuries.
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Let's read this
passage together.
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"And I say also unto
thee, thou art Peter,
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and upon this rock I
will build my church,
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and the gates of hell
shall not prevail against it."
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You know, several weeks ago,
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Pastor Kenny had given a message
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that was entitled
"Was Peter The First Pope?"
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which initially should
have addressed this question
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we are about to
embark upon today.
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However, Pastor ran out
of time during the message
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to fully cover whether or
not Peter was the first pope.
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Therefore, today,
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we are going to
take another look
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at this important question
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and centuries of
controversies over
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who Christ meant
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that He was going
build His church upon.
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A church that this
passage clearly states,
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that "the gates of hell
will not prevail against it."
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Clarity is needed, friends,
clarity upon this question,
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because millions of people
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have misinterpreted this passage
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over the centuries.
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And this misinterpretation
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has led them to
accept other traditions
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as the gospel of truth
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and join a church
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that is not founded
solidly upon the rock
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that this
passage is referring to.
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You know, I truly believe
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that who this rock is
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and who Christ's true
church has been built upon
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will become clear today
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as we study together
with Pastor Kenny Shelton
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this message that
is entitled once again,
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upon this rock I
will build my church.
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But first let's...
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We're going to be
blessed to go to 3ABN
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and listen to a
song that is entitled,
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"I bowed my knees"
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as sung by Ashley Sabol.
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I dreamed Of a city called Glory
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So bright and so fair
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When I entered that gates
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I cried, "Holy"
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The angels all met me there
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They carried me
From mansion to mansion
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And oh the sights I saw
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But I said,
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"I want to see Jesus
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The One who died for all"
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Then I bowed on
my knees And cried
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"Holy, O Holy
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He is O Holy He is
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My God is Holy"
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I clapped my
hands And sang,"Glory"
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And I sang,
"Glory to the Son of God"
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And I sang,
"Glory to the Son of God"
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And as I entered
the gates Of that city
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My loved ones they knew me well
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They took me down
The streets of Heaven
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O the scenes too many to tell
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I saw Abraham,
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Jacob and Isaac
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Spoke with Mark and Timothy
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But I said,
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Timothy
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I want to see Jesus
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'Cause He's the
One Who died for me
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Then I bowed on
my knees And cried
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"Holy, O Holy
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He is O Holy He is
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My God is Holy"
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I clapped my
hands and sang, "Glory"
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I sang glory,
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"O, Glory, Glory"
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I clapped my
hands and sang, "Glory"
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I clapped my
hands and sang, "Glory"
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I clapped my
hands and sang, "Glory"
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I sang, "Glory
to the Son of God"
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I sang, "Glory
to the Son of God"
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Thank you for joining us
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here once again at
Behold the Lamb Ministries.
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Again we
appreciate so very much.
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I know you appreciate my wife
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if she gets on here and
gives a nice big opening
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and gives you an idea
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of what we're
gonna be talking about.
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So I don't have to
spend that much time on it
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and just gives a
real good closing
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and kind of puts things together
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and better than I do the
whole 50 minutes I'm doing,
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she does it better in five.
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So anyway, we
thank God for that.
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We're gonna be talking about
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"Upon This Rock, I
Will Build My Church."
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And so we're gonna look again,
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everything in God's Word
is either is true, right?
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Or it could be a
lie of the enemy.
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So we wanna see what is truth.
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And truth does
make a difference.
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I've never seen like
the world that we live in,
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it seemed like some
people just don't care
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if it's truth or not.
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If it fits their lifestyle
that's just what they want.
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That's where they want to live.
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But that's not what God says
is gonna inherit eternal life.
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So again, we're
glad you've joined us,
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get your Bible, pencil, paper,
everything that you might need,
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as I will move
as quickly as I can,
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with 40 some minutes to go.
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There's a truth
to be learned here.
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There's also a foundation
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that we're gonna be building on.
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Praise God, we need to
build on this foundation.
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Because there's some truth here
that I believe it's essential
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that we understand and know
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as we are here
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in these last days
of earth's history.
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Once again, I'm gonna
kneel, have a quick prayer.
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Those of you who can
deal with me, wonderful.
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I'm glad that you do.
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But be sure you pray,
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you may not be able
to get on your knees.
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You may be going
down the road in the car
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a little bit later on
you have this message,
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maybe watch it on TV,
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but you can pray with me.
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Thank you.
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Our loving Heavenly Father,
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we thank You again for
the privilege of prayer.
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We ask now You clean our
hands, our hearts, our minds,
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will be covered by thy blood.
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We pray the Holy Spirit
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will just electrify
our hearts and our minds
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and our life right now
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with these beautiful truths
that You have in Your Word
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because I want to know
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who You've built Your church on.
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And we thank you
for everyone listening,
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everyone that will
view around the world
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in Jesus' name, amen.
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"Upon This Rock, I
Will Build My Church."
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Just a little
background quickly,
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we talk about
Satan has developed,
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we know this, but
let's go over you know,
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sometimes I go over things
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that where they
call milk of the Word,
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and the reason is,
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is because this is
a little more unique.
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I really don't
have time to go into it,
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but this is unique.
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Because we have new viewers
and listeners every week,
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every program,
there's somebody that's new
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that does not know Jesus.
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And so sometimes
some of the stuff
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that's the meat of the
word is hard for them to chew
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just as a baby trying
to chew on a piece of meat
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when there's, you know,
don't have any teeth yet.
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That makes sense?
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And so we need
some time go over thing
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you might call them
little elementary or not.
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But remember,
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Satan has developed
an error for every truth.
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Think about it, every truth
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so that he can simply
just cover up the truth.
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Truth is laid out in God's Word,
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that enemy said,
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"Let's get something that
will counteract that truth
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and cover it up,
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so people can't
see what the truth is."
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Remember, err
cannot stand by itself,
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err pops up over here.
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But if there's
not truth close by,
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err does like this.
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So what does err do?
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It say, it gets
down on its knees,
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somebody stay with me,
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gets on its knees and it crawls,
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and it attaches
itself to the truth.
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It tries to suck
like a parasite, right?
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The truth of God's Word
and get enough in that err
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that sometime we're just,
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you know, if we're just
kind of looking over the Word
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and just kind of casual readers,
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we're gonna be fooled.
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There's no doubt about it.
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It draws err, draws
its life from truth.
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And what does it do?
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It captivates the mind of
a lot of people out there.
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Theories are produced,
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commandments of men
are organized together.
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You know, Jesus said,
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"In vain do they worship
Me, teaching for doctrines
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the commandments of men."
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And notice err is passed on
from generation to generation
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and pretty soon
it's accepted as what?
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As truth.
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We don't know it.
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For instance,
Sabbath Sunday issue
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and let's get down to it.
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I mean, over
1000 years before...
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Oh, my lands,
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over 1000 years before
there was a Protestant.
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The change was made by
the Roman Catholic Church
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seventh day is the
first day of the week.
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Are you still with me?
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A thousand years
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that's why when
that came into being,
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it's all covered
up all these years.
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Sometime if we let something go
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just three or four
or five years we forget.
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Thirty years we forget, right?
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Four or five
generations we've forgotten.
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Let alone 1000 years or more.
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So we see like God wants us
to go back to what is truth.
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But you know what?
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Generation and generation,
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they accept it
now this err as truth.
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And we need to expose
that because the Bible says,
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you know, it says
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"You're going to be free,
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by their fruit
they will know them,
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by the fruit of
what is this truth
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you're going to know."
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And John 8:32,
it talks about here,
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"And the truth will, " do what?
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"You shall know the truth
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and the truth
shall set you free."
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We all want to be what?
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We all want to be free.
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Now I know, I
know everybody say,
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"Oh, we have the truth.
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We have the truth,
we have the truth."
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If you say you have the true,
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somebody get in the Word
and show me that you had it.
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Isn't that right?
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And we're gonna get into Word
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and show you that it is
the truth of God's Word.
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And this, can I say foolishness?
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This foolishness that it
doesn't make any difference.
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You can just
believe what you want,
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then heaven's gonna be opened up
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and you're going to go there.
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It's absolutely as
wrong as wrong can be.
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Not trying to criticize,
condemn anything or anybody
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except if you
want to go to heaven,
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we need to know what?
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What truth is.
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And when you
develop, 2 Thessalonians,
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a love for the truth.
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No one wants to hear a lie.
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No one likes to
hear lies all the time.
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But interesting
in the Word of God,
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we feed on and
many times as Christian
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and we don't know any better.
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We feed on lies
and lies and lies
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and we can't figure
out why we're backsliding,
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backsliding and backsliding.
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Because when you
get feed on truth,
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you're growing and growing
and standing taller and taller,
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reaching toward heaven by faith.
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We're gonna look
at one such parasite.
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Is it okay to say that?
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We're gonna look at one err,
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one parasite today
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that we're gonna
unmask from the Word of God.
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I'm convinced to this,
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the children of
light will obey truth.
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Children of what?
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Of light will obey what? Truth.
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Children of darkness will what?
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Reject truth.
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So today you're
going to be challenged
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with accepting
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what we're talking about
as a truth or it is a lie.
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You're gonna have to
decide what it's gonna be
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"Upon This Rock, I
Will Build My Church,"
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Matthew 16:18,
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"And I say into thee, "
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Matthew 16:18,
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"But I say into thee, "
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notice there's a comma,
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"that thou art Peter,
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and upon this rock I
will build my church,
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and the gates of hell
shall not prevail against it."
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If we had time we'd read 19,
00:15:07.17\00:15:08.50
maybe we'll do a
little bit later on,
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because it's talking about there
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and I will give thee the
keys of the kingdom of heaven
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and so on so forth
of heaven and earth.
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Some real power there
that the Lord is talking about.
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And I just want to say
again, quickly as I can.
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We here at Behold the Lamb.
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We want to by the grace of
God value what truth really is.
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We've tried by the
grace of God for many years
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to try to present.
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And we've been put in positions
00:15:33.36\00:15:34.96
to where we have to
take positional stances.
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And a lot of times,
we don't wanna do that
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because people throw
stones one way or the other.
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Whatever stance you take,
some will like it, some won't.
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Sounds almost like
politician, doesn't it?
00:15:44.77\00:15:48.11
No matter what you do,
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but we've tried
to track all the,
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you know, the basis of whatever
we're talking about here
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was we look at it,
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we try to take the stance
that the Word of God gives us.
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It's very important that
we stay on the Word of God.
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And again, despite so
many voices out there,
00:16:02.72\00:16:06.03
that's in your ear all the time,
00:16:06.06\00:16:08.06
despite all the
traditions that are out there
00:16:08.10\00:16:10.73
that poked in your
face so many times,
00:16:10.77\00:16:13.17
despite all the
commandments of men,
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you know, think
about doctrines of devils
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the Bible talks about,
00:16:18.51\00:16:20.44
despite all the
winds of doctrines
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that's blowing every which way,
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that's blowing many
00:16:24.75\00:16:26.08
who are not
anchored on that solid rock,
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they're blowing away.
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Despite the pressure
that's being applied,
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somebody listen to me,
within and without the church,
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despite the pressure.
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Because we know and
understand, Matthew 7:14.
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Matthew 7:14, the Bible
says, "Straight is the..."
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Come on church,
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"Straight is the
gate that leads," what?
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"Great and narrow is the
way that leads to eternal life
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and few there in that find it."
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I thought four
things real quick,
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you can speak the
whole hour on this,
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we will not do it.
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Four things are here,
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"straight, "
00:17:06.96\00:17:08.29
notice in that
verse and "narrow."
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Did you get it?
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And "few" and "find."
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Notice that few that find,
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straight and narrow is the gate.
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Oh, no, we're all gonna make it.
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You hear that a lot. Do you not?
00:17:17.73\00:17:19.40
It doesn't
matter what you believe.
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Just believe.
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Interesting what the Bible says,
00:17:22.17\00:17:23.51
"The devils
believe and tremble."
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They're not gonna
be in the kingdom,
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it must take
more than just belief.
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There's got to be some actions.
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Now if I sound like
there's little urgency to it,
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I believe there is an urgency
00:17:33.45\00:17:34.78
because of the hours
that we're living in,
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the mess that we
are in right now.
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The world is getting ready
00:17:37.89\00:17:39.22
to crumble around our shoulders.
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And most of us,
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you know, we're up to
here as it were already.
00:17:42.32\00:17:44.23
And it won't take
much before it's over here.
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We need a life
preserver. We need a solid rock.
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We need to make sure that
we're built on that rock that
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that is the
church that God built.
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And I guarantee you,
00:17:55.67\00:17:57.01
it's gonna float
amidst the storm.
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I guarantee you,
it's gonna go through,
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the real church will go through.
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We can look at the Word of God.
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But you look at this, you say,
00:18:05.15\00:18:06.72
I'm gonna
paraphrase that verse quickly.
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There's just so much,
00:18:09.18\00:18:10.52
somebody pray for
me I can get through.
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Notice it,
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you just paraphrase
without changing the meaning
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things that just
come in your mind
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how, notice this, the
meaning of that verse,
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"How narrow and how compressed,
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and how much self
denial is required
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to make it to heaven?
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Because so few
refuse to find it."
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Did you get that few?
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Why?
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Why it's just a
few people, you know,
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because they're not looking.
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Did you get, a few
there in that find it
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because they're not
looking, that's why.
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Because the Bible
says, Revelation 22:17,
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the Bible said,
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"He whosoever will."
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Did you get it?
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Well, we don't
know. We don't know.
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How can we can't find it?
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"Whosoever will,"
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if you want to find it,
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if you want to find
Christ, you will find Him.
00:19:00.80\00:19:03.44
If you want eternal
life, you will have it.
00:19:03.47\00:19:05.51
I guarantee you
if you miss heaven
00:19:05.54\00:19:07.31
it's because you
have chosen to miss it.
00:19:07.34\00:19:10.78
I'm gonna say don't
dare blame somebody else.
00:19:10.81\00:19:15.12
Oh, it was in my life.
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I had a bad
marriage and I had bad days,
00:19:16.52\00:19:18.35
and I had a bad that
00:19:18.39\00:19:19.72
and the preacher was
so blah-blah, blah-blah.
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Look in the mirror.
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That's what I have
to look in the mirror.
00:19:23.56\00:19:25.79
If I miss heaven,
00:19:25.83\00:19:27.16
it's because I've
chosen something else
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that's more important to me.
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And you know what?
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Many Adventists
today, better wake up
00:19:31.97\00:19:33.30
because it's time to wake up.
00:19:33.34\00:19:35.20
It's time to wake up,
time is fast approaching,
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Jesus is coming.
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Little article in a
magazine quickly Review
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and Herald,
3-9-1886 says this, listen,
00:19:41.01\00:19:44.75
"The privileges of
those who overcome,"
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I like this,
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you overcome by the what?
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By works and by going
to church on Saturday?
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No, no.
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"You overcome by
the blood of the Lamb
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and the word of their" what?
00:19:55.86\00:19:57.56
"Testimony,"
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and notice this,
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"is beyond comprehension."
00:20:00.33\00:20:02.50
To be able to
overcome the enemy,
00:20:02.53\00:20:04.80
think about all these things.
00:20:04.83\00:20:06.84
It's a privilege you
can't even imagine it.
00:20:06.87\00:20:10.64
It's beyond our understanding
00:20:10.67\00:20:12.87
the goodness and
the greatness of God
00:20:12.91\00:20:15.94
who is leading
in this world today,
00:20:15.98\00:20:18.18
amidst the storms,
00:20:18.21\00:20:20.18
amidst the winds
that are blowing,
00:20:20.22\00:20:23.05
everything that's
going on right now.
00:20:23.08\00:20:26.02
And they overcame him
by the blood of the Lamb.
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Praise God.
00:20:28.42\00:20:29.76
His ways are past
finding out what the Bible says.
00:20:29.79\00:20:33.56
Isaiah 55:9,
00:20:33.60\00:20:34.93
read that when you
have an opportunity.
00:20:34.96\00:20:37.70
His thoughts are
not your thoughts.
00:20:37.73\00:20:39.10
And I praise God
for that, don't you?
00:20:39.13\00:20:41.67
I don't want His
thoughts to be my thoughts.
00:20:41.70\00:20:44.61
But my thoughts need to
be His thoughts as it were,
00:20:44.64\00:20:46.61
but they're way
past finding out.
00:20:46.64\00:20:48.34
But God can
reveal those things to us
00:20:48.38\00:20:50.31
that we keep our
mind stay upon thee.
00:20:50.35\00:20:52.78
Now notice, it seems that
00:20:52.81\00:20:54.25
we are not hearing an awful lot.
00:20:54.28\00:20:56.02
And I just wanna say
this as nicely as I can
00:20:56.05\00:20:57.72
and go through.
00:20:57.75\00:20:59.09
Why?
00:20:59.12\00:21:00.46
Because the things that
are happening right now,
00:21:00.49\00:21:02.02
before we identify,
00:21:02.06\00:21:03.39
and we will get time to do that.
00:21:03.43\00:21:04.99
And we will get to it today.
00:21:05.03\00:21:06.36
Praise God, we've got to.
00:21:06.39\00:21:07.73
If we don't,
00:21:07.76\00:21:09.10
my wife will have me
do another teaching on it.
00:21:09.13\00:21:13.13
Okay.
00:21:13.17\00:21:15.04
Every once a while, she'll say,
00:21:15.07\00:21:16.71
"Well, the subject of this
00:21:16.74\00:21:18.07
was that you never
even got to the subject."
00:21:18.11\00:21:20.88
Hmm.
00:21:20.91\00:21:22.94
Yeah, that's all right.
00:21:22.98\00:21:24.95
So just a quick
few words on this,
00:21:24.98\00:21:27.05
we're not hearing a lot
about the third encyclical.
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You remember?
00:21:30.92\00:21:32.25
It was called
the Fratelli tutti.
00:21:32.29\00:21:34.72
That's what it's called,
00:21:34.76\00:21:36.09
it simply means
brothers and sisters all.
00:21:36.12\00:21:38.69
Remember, the
reason we go through this,
00:21:38.73\00:21:40.26
the third
encyclical of Pope Francis
00:21:40.30\00:21:42.16
is because he has laid out
right in front of your nose,
00:21:42.20\00:21:45.43
exactly what he
plans on accomplishing
00:21:45.47\00:21:47.97
and how he plans
on getting it done.
00:21:48.00\00:21:50.27
And we read it and
just kind of aha-aha,
00:21:50.31\00:21:52.31
when the Bible predicts exactly
that will happen that way.
00:21:52.34\00:21:55.44
Why don't we read
it? God is so good.
00:21:55.48\00:21:57.51
He said, I will not let
these things happen until what?
00:21:57.55\00:21:59.71
Till I warn my people
first, isn't that right?
00:21:59.75\00:22:02.78
He tells us first
that He's going to warn us,
00:22:02.82\00:22:05.45
He's going to
show us these things.
00:22:05.49\00:22:07.29
And then as they come to pass,
00:22:07.32\00:22:09.32
then you will know,
00:22:09.36\00:22:10.69
then you can lift up your heads
what the Bible talks about.
00:22:10.73\00:22:14.53
And the reason I
mentioned is because
00:22:14.56\00:22:15.90
we need to be
aware of these things.
00:22:15.93\00:22:18.27
Because just a couple
of things that he says,
00:22:18.30\00:22:20.34
you can take it and
leave it if you want to.
00:22:20.37\00:22:22.30
This is what was said,
00:22:22.34\00:22:23.67
this was on the catholicnews.com
00:22:23.71\00:22:26.27
not picking on them at all.
00:22:26.31\00:22:27.68
But I'm saying that
they're bold enough,
00:22:27.71\00:22:29.21
they wanna print it,
they wanna talk about it,
00:22:29.24\00:22:30.98
they wanna tell
00:22:31.01\00:22:32.35
how they're
gonna change the world,
00:22:32.38\00:22:33.72
they're gonna tell you
how they're gonna change this
00:22:33.75\00:22:35.08
and change all that stuff.
00:22:35.12\00:22:36.45
I want to know about it.
00:22:36.48\00:22:38.25
I want to know about it.
00:22:38.29\00:22:39.62
Because I believe the Bible
00:22:39.65\00:22:40.99
and prophecy is something
we need to be studying.
00:22:41.02\00:22:43.89
Pope say, what we need to do is
00:22:43.93\00:22:45.26
take this world and
change it into a Catholic world.
00:22:45.29\00:22:50.07
And if you do that,
00:22:50.10\00:22:51.43
it will take away
religious freedom,
00:22:51.47\00:22:53.84
they will take
away of that freedom,
00:22:53.87\00:22:55.77
that conscience.
00:22:55.80\00:22:57.17
It's gonna take
away free speech,
00:22:57.21\00:22:59.27
it's gonna push
for climate change.
00:22:59.31\00:23:01.64
Climate change means
automatic push for Sunday laws.
00:23:01.68\00:23:05.31
Automatically, he
says we're gonna push
00:23:05.35\00:23:07.18
and we're gonna change
00:23:07.22\00:23:08.55
the social
aspect of this country
00:23:08.58\00:23:10.32
and the political
aspect of this company,
00:23:10.35\00:23:12.29
can't you see it?
00:23:12.32\00:23:13.66
And the economy
00:23:13.69\00:23:15.02
and the
obligations that we have,
00:23:15.06\00:23:17.03
and we're gonna redistribute
the wealth of this country?
00:23:17.06\00:23:20.63
This is all in this book,
00:23:20.66\00:23:22.00
and then in the encyclicals
we ought to be reading to say,
00:23:22.03\00:23:23.97
"Oh," because he
says, you know what?
00:23:24.00\00:23:25.93
We're gonna have
goodwill toward everybody,
00:23:25.97\00:23:28.70
and common goals for all.
00:23:28.74\00:23:31.61
I don't know about you.
00:23:31.64\00:23:32.97
But all those
things are not common goals
00:23:33.01\00:23:34.34
for me at all.
00:23:34.38\00:23:35.71
I don't know about you.
00:23:35.74\00:23:37.08
We live in a
very prejudiced world.
00:23:37.11\00:23:38.45
Did you know that?
00:23:38.48\00:23:40.12
A very prejudiced world.
00:23:40.15\00:23:42.72
In many ways,
00:23:42.75\00:23:44.09
and specially I
believe in religion.
00:23:44.12\00:23:48.16
You know, finally
find out what truth there.
00:23:48.19\00:23:51.23
There is a danger,
00:23:51.26\00:23:52.59
I found a little
article I like it,
00:23:52.63\00:23:53.96
Testimonies to Ministers,
105 and 106 tells us this.
00:23:54.00\00:23:59.47
Now remember, people come
in sometimes to the church
00:23:59.50\00:24:03.20
and automatically,
they've got a problem.
00:24:03.24\00:24:08.74
They've got a
problem with what they think
00:24:08.78\00:24:10.45
that the church teaches.
00:24:10.48\00:24:12.61
Because they don't know
00:24:12.65\00:24:13.98
number one, they never read
it and never looked into it.
00:24:14.02\00:24:15.75
So how do they really know?
00:24:15.78\00:24:17.49
But there's a prejudice there.
00:24:17.52\00:24:18.85
When they come in,
00:24:18.89\00:24:20.22
they come in with a
wall built up already,
00:24:20.26\00:24:21.59
no matter what said,
00:24:21.62\00:24:22.96
no matter what you
read from Scripture,
00:24:22.99\00:24:24.33
the wall is so thick,
you can't get through.
00:24:24.36\00:24:25.73
Or may, whoo, I'm just gonna say
00:24:25.76\00:24:27.23
that the heads
are so thick sometime,
00:24:27.26\00:24:29.80
that we can't get
the Word of God through,
00:24:29.83\00:24:31.17
you see what I mean?
00:24:31.20\00:24:32.53
The Holy Spirit
we realize does that.
00:24:32.57\00:24:34.24
But let's get down to it.
00:24:34.27\00:24:35.64
We can't have
that kind of prejudice.
00:24:35.67\00:24:37.34
When the Word of
God is opened up,
00:24:37.37\00:24:38.81
our hearts and minds
need to be open regardless.
00:24:38.84\00:24:41.81
I always say the pope is gonna
preach from the Word of God.
00:24:41.84\00:24:44.21
I'm gonna hear
what he has to say.
00:24:44.25\00:24:45.88
And then I'm
gonna look and say now
00:24:45.91\00:24:47.25
is that what the Word of God
00:24:47.28\00:24:48.62
really is talking about here?
00:24:48.65\00:24:50.09
If wherever truth is, I
don't really care about it.
00:24:50.12\00:24:52.29
I really don't care
about, you know, if it's truth,
00:24:52.32\00:24:55.62
and it's founded
in the Word of God,
00:24:55.66\00:24:56.99
I'm loving it.
00:24:57.03\00:24:58.79
I'm loving it.
00:24:58.83\00:25:00.60
Because remember what
err even does, what's it do?
00:25:00.63\00:25:02.73
It clings to truth.
00:25:02.76\00:25:05.33
And so there's certain,
00:25:05.37\00:25:06.70
gonna be a
certain amount of truth
00:25:06.74\00:25:08.60
that will be in err.
00:25:08.64\00:25:10.07
But you know, I don't
want that kind of teaching.
00:25:10.11\00:25:12.01
I want it to be all truth
because Christ is all truth,
00:25:12.04\00:25:15.78
is He not?
00:25:15.81\00:25:17.71
Testimonies to
Ministers 105 and 106 says this.
00:25:17.75\00:25:20.92
We still have 30
something minutes,
00:25:20.95\00:25:22.28
so don't get discouraged.
00:25:22.32\00:25:23.65
If you say, "Oh,
he's not into it yet.
00:25:23.69\00:25:25.02
He's not into it yet."
00:25:25.05\00:25:26.39
I'm getting into it.
00:25:26.42\00:25:27.76
I hope you're getting into it.
00:25:30.33\00:25:32.79
God's people in these last days
00:25:32.83\00:25:34.16
are gonna really
be getting into it.
00:25:34.20\00:25:35.66
If you're not
gonna be getting into it,
00:25:35.70\00:25:37.03
you're gonna be
getting out of it.
00:25:37.07\00:25:39.23
Does that make sense?
00:25:39.27\00:25:41.24
And I'm talking
about the whole body,
00:25:41.27\00:25:42.60
the whole mind, the whole soul,
00:25:42.64\00:25:43.97
I'm gonna get into it
like God wants us to be
00:25:44.01\00:25:46.74
saturated in the power
of the Holy Spirit of God.
00:25:46.78\00:25:50.55
How desperately we're
gonna need this experience
00:25:50.58\00:25:53.21
that some are just saying,
00:25:53.25\00:25:54.58
"Oh, yeah, I
know, I know. I know."
00:25:54.62\00:25:55.95
And the very first
little disaster to hit,
00:25:55.98\00:25:57.65
you fall apart,
00:25:57.69\00:25:59.02
and you're looking for the glue
to glue yourself back together.
00:25:59.05\00:26:03.69
Think about it.
00:26:03.73\00:26:05.06
We've all come to that,
00:26:05.09\00:26:06.43
it's all
happened here and there.
00:26:06.46\00:26:07.80
But I'm saying
right now we need to come
00:26:07.83\00:26:09.16
that we need to be
fixed in Christians.
00:26:09.20\00:26:11.57
If we don't, we're not
gonna make it through this time,
00:26:11.60\00:26:13.90
if people only understood.
00:26:13.94\00:26:16.91
I think that's
our hearts cry today
00:26:16.94\00:26:19.97
is Lord help us all
including myself to understand
00:26:20.01\00:26:23.18
what's on the horizon
while we're playing church.
00:26:23.21\00:26:26.48
We're making a mess of
things. We're missing church.
00:26:26.51\00:26:29.32
We're fooling around.
00:26:29.35\00:26:30.69
We can go everyplace but church.
00:26:30.72\00:26:32.59
We put money into
everything but the church.
00:26:32.62\00:26:36.16
We can spend it for everything
00:26:36.19\00:26:37.53
but we can't spend it on
winning a soul to Christ,
00:26:37.56\00:26:40.03
and still call ourselves,
00:26:40.06\00:26:41.53
we're still okay
with God, are we?
00:26:41.56\00:26:44.17
We got to look in
the mirror and just see,
00:26:44.20\00:26:46.07
"Those who
allow prejudice to bar
00:26:46.10\00:26:47.77
the mind against
the reception of truth
00:26:47.80\00:26:50.21
cannot receive
divine enlightenment."
00:26:50.24\00:26:54.38
If your mind is closed,
and you have a prejudice,
00:26:54.41\00:26:57.01
"Well I'm gonna
the seventh day church,
00:26:57.05\00:26:58.78
but sure, I don't believe that
00:26:58.81\00:27:00.15
seventh day is the
Sabbath of the Lord thy God."
00:27:00.18\00:27:02.58
Boy, I tell you
00:27:02.62\00:27:03.95
if there's anything
clear in the Word of God,
00:27:03.99\00:27:05.32
I wanna know what it is.
00:27:05.35\00:27:07.56
If there's any clear just
one, two, three, the Bible said,
00:27:07.59\00:27:11.19
"The seventh day is the
Sabbath of the Lord thy God."
00:27:11.23\00:27:16.23
See, I mean it regardless
00:27:16.26\00:27:18.03
of how offensive it
might be to somebody else
00:27:18.07\00:27:19.97
how clear it is to me
and you have to look at,
00:27:20.00\00:27:23.30
"Oh, yeah, God changed it."
00:27:23.34\00:27:24.67
Really? Is God changeable?
00:27:24.71\00:27:26.41
Once this went out
of His mouth, He said,
00:27:26.44\00:27:27.78
"I cannot change or alter it.
00:27:27.81\00:27:30.35
If you love it, you
keep My commandments."
00:27:30.38\00:27:33.28
There will never be
a commandment breaker
00:27:33.31\00:27:34.82
enter the kingdom of God.
00:27:34.85\00:27:36.18
So get that right.
00:27:36.22\00:27:37.55
Praise God for that blood
that we've broken the law.
00:27:37.59\00:27:39.79
None of us are good.
00:27:39.82\00:27:41.16
We're all in the same boat here.
00:27:41.19\00:27:42.52
Not a one of us is any
better than anybody else here.
00:27:42.56\00:27:44.69
We've all sinned and come
short of the glory of God.
00:27:44.73\00:27:47.70
We all need a savior.
00:27:47.73\00:27:50.47
Remember, if heaven's
not gonna be your home,
00:27:50.50\00:27:53.10
dear friends,
you've wasted your life.
00:27:53.13\00:27:55.24
I've wasted my life
00:27:55.27\00:27:57.01
if heaven's not
gonna be my home.
00:27:57.04\00:27:59.77
What else is there?
00:27:59.81\00:28:01.58
Man just grow old
and cripple and die.
00:28:01.61\00:28:03.75
Come on now
there's gotta be more life.
00:28:03.78\00:28:06.82
There's a heaven, right?
00:28:06.85\00:28:08.18
Heaven to gain
and a hell to shun.
00:28:08.22\00:28:09.55
Isn't that right?
00:28:09.58\00:28:10.92
Testimonies of
Ministers 107 says this,
00:28:14.09\00:28:15.96
and I believe this
because God is working
00:28:15.99\00:28:18.69
in His last day church.
00:28:18.73\00:28:20.06
Now remember,
anybody can be a part of that
00:28:20.10\00:28:21.50
that wants to be.
00:28:21.53\00:28:22.86
But listen, you need to
be, you need to get in it.
00:28:22.90\00:28:25.40
Or I'm gonna be careful.
00:28:25.43\00:28:26.77
I'm gonna turn
my back or get out.
00:28:26.80\00:28:28.14
I don't wanna say that.
00:28:31.94\00:28:34.94
See I don't wanna say that
00:28:34.98\00:28:36.31
and somebody will
think that's too harsh.
00:28:36.34\00:28:38.15
But let me tell you,
00:28:38.18\00:28:39.51
it's either get in
or we need to get out
00:28:39.55\00:28:41.28
because Jesus
said, "I want you" what?
00:28:41.32\00:28:43.62
"Hot, not cold." Not lukewarm.
00:28:43.65\00:28:45.95
"Hot or cold."
00:28:45.99\00:28:47.69
Cold means you're not in, right,
00:28:47.72\00:28:49.62
hot means you are.
00:28:49.66\00:28:51.66
Puking hot
water, isn't that right?
00:28:51.69\00:28:53.53
That means you're not in either.
00:28:53.56\00:28:54.93
But you know what?
00:28:54.96\00:28:56.30
You're a bad
example on everybody else.
00:28:56.33\00:28:58.23
If I'm lukewarm,
00:28:58.27\00:28:59.60
I'm a bad
example on everybody else
00:28:59.63\00:29:00.97
because
everything's just liberal.
00:29:01.00\00:29:02.34
Everything you say,
it doesn't really matter.
00:29:02.37\00:29:04.01
Everything matters
because God says it matters.
00:29:04.04\00:29:07.28
And when will we get
that through our heads.
00:29:07.31\00:29:09.78
God help us to do it.
00:29:09.81\00:29:12.58
No, you get
splinters, that's all you get.
00:29:12.61\00:29:15.82
Testimonies of Ministers, 107.
00:29:15.85\00:29:17.19
"The Lord will raise up men
00:29:17.22\00:29:18.92
who will give the people
the message for this time."
00:29:18.95\00:29:21.29
Did you get it?
What will God do?
00:29:21.32\00:29:24.86
God will raise up
people He will make. Notice.
00:29:24.89\00:29:27.06
Yeah, He will raise up men,
00:29:27.10\00:29:28.43
people who will give
the message for this time.
00:29:28.46\00:29:31.13
And though He's gonna
give the books of Daniel,
00:29:31.17\00:29:33.10
He's gonna get the
books of Revelation
00:29:33.13\00:29:34.94
that we should be studying now.
00:29:34.97\00:29:36.64
That should have the
attention of God's people.
00:29:36.67\00:29:38.87
Ten years ago, 15 years ago,
00:29:38.91\00:29:40.48
that's all that
people talked about anymore.
00:29:40.51\00:29:42.58
You can't talk about Daniel,
00:29:42.61\00:29:43.95
you can't talk about
hardly Revelation anymore
00:29:43.98\00:29:45.65
because people
don't wanna hear it.
00:29:45.68\00:29:48.62
Am I telling you the truth?
00:29:48.65\00:29:50.45
Herb?
00:29:50.49\00:29:52.22
Okay, I'm getting his attention.
00:29:52.25\00:29:53.82
Because he loves it,
00:29:53.86\00:29:55.19
he loves Daniel and
he loves Revelation.
00:29:55.22\00:29:58.86
Because these are books
that reveal the end times.
00:29:58.89\00:30:02.00
The time has
come in this article,
00:30:05.30\00:30:07.04
it says that the
prophecies are to be fulfilled
00:30:07.07\00:30:10.01
all of them.
00:30:10.04\00:30:11.37
When the books are
better understood, I like this.
00:30:11.41\00:30:13.34
If we understand
the book of Daniel
00:30:13.38\00:30:14.74
and the book of
Revelation better,
00:30:14.78\00:30:16.61
we will have a different
kind of religious experience.
00:30:16.64\00:30:21.98
We need not say that
00:30:22.02\00:30:23.35
the church doesn't need
00:30:23.39\00:30:24.72
a different kind of
religious experience
00:30:24.75\00:30:26.12
I believe we
need a new experience
00:30:26.15\00:30:27.92
every day with Christ.
00:30:27.96\00:30:29.76
I believe that we need
that kind of experience,
00:30:29.79\00:30:32.09
a religious experience.
00:30:32.13\00:30:33.60
You know, heaven's gates
are going to be open wide.
00:30:33.63\00:30:37.93
The Holy Spirit
wants to be poured out.
00:30:37.97\00:30:40.87
And some of us have
closed the door to that
00:30:40.90\00:30:42.44
and we don't want it,
00:30:42.47\00:30:43.81
we are near the close
of this world's history.
00:30:43.84\00:30:47.61
These prophecies that
relate to these last days
00:30:47.64\00:30:51.35
demand our attention.
00:30:51.38\00:30:54.68
Think about demanded.
00:30:54.72\00:30:57.72
And as we near
the close of time,
00:30:57.75\00:31:01.59
they're going to be,
00:31:01.62\00:31:02.96
I read again, Testimonies
to Ministers, 117-118,
00:31:02.99\00:31:05.49
this is powerful,
please pay attention.
00:31:05.53\00:31:07.86
"As we near the close of time,
00:31:07.90\00:31:09.36
there will be
greater and still greater,"
00:31:09.40\00:31:13.37
notice this,
00:31:13.40\00:31:14.87
"external parades
of heathen powers."
00:31:14.90\00:31:18.94
As we near the end, what?
00:31:18.97\00:31:20.38
We're gonna see what?
00:31:20.41\00:31:22.31
More, you see, it's
gonna be out there in the open,
00:31:22.34\00:31:24.61
the heathen in other words.
00:31:24.65\00:31:25.98
That means the devil
is behind the movements
00:31:26.01\00:31:27.75
that's going on in the world.
00:31:27.78\00:31:29.35
Notice heathen deities
manifest their signal power,
00:31:29.38\00:31:34.06
and will exhibit
themselves before the cities.
00:31:34.09\00:31:38.76
Somebody is still not home.
00:31:38.79\00:31:40.83
See, most time, it
doesn't make any difference.
00:31:40.86\00:31:42.20
"I'm comfy, I've got a home,
00:31:42.23\00:31:43.57
I've got little money
in the bank, I'm good."
00:31:43.60\00:31:44.93
That's not gonna do
you any good at all.
00:31:44.97\00:31:47.24
Man, that's coming to an end.
00:31:47.27\00:31:49.80
Remember, the deities,
00:31:49.84\00:31:51.17
they're talking about the enemy,
00:31:51.21\00:31:52.54
Satan is going
to exhibit his power
00:31:52.57\00:31:54.14
and what really
rapid in the cities.
00:31:54.18\00:31:56.75
That's why we keep saying
00:31:56.78\00:31:58.11
you need to get
out of the cities
00:31:58.15\00:31:59.48
as fast as you can.
00:31:59.51\00:32:01.08
The time will
come when you cannot,
00:32:01.12\00:32:02.88
I will say it from week
to week and time to time,
00:32:02.92\00:32:05.02
I just, I don't want to,
you get saved when it gets old.
00:32:05.05\00:32:08.52
But I'm telling you,
it's a word from the Lord.
00:32:08.56\00:32:11.13
That's long time in
coming and we're not listening.
00:32:11.16\00:32:13.60
Many are not listening.
00:32:13.63\00:32:16.33
Perils of the
last days are honest.
00:32:16.36\00:32:19.07
In our work,
00:32:19.10\00:32:20.54
we are to warn the people
of the danger they are in.
00:32:20.57\00:32:24.97
Let not the solemn scenes,
00:32:25.01\00:32:27.18
which prophecy has
revealed be left untouched.
00:32:27.21\00:32:30.78
So why are we going here?
00:32:30.81\00:32:32.15
Because we don't want
these things left untouched.
00:32:32.18\00:32:34.52
I don't want to be accountable.
00:32:34.55\00:32:35.88
I don't want you
coming to me and say,
00:32:35.92\00:32:37.25
"Well, you knew but
you wouldn't tell me."
00:32:37.29\00:32:39.12
Somebody tell me what is truth.
00:32:39.15\00:32:42.06
Somebody tell me, you know what?
00:32:42.09\00:32:43.79
We have to feast on the truth.
00:32:43.83\00:32:46.39
Isn't about time we
had to feast on the truth?
00:32:46.43\00:32:48.86
Some of you're not hungry enough
00:32:48.90\00:32:50.23
when you're coming to the table.
00:32:50.27\00:32:51.70
We need to be hungry.
00:32:51.73\00:32:53.07
Today's subject
is closely related
00:32:53.10\00:32:55.04
to several other ones
00:32:55.07\00:32:57.01
that Behold the
Lamb has already done.
00:32:57.04\00:32:59.97
We've done a lot of in exposing
the Roman church or the papacy
00:33:00.01\00:33:03.51
and the errors that they teach.
00:33:03.55\00:33:05.35
Now it doesn't
matter if it's Rome,
00:33:05.38\00:33:06.88
doesn't matter if
it's another church
00:33:06.92\00:33:08.25
or another church,
00:33:08.28\00:33:09.62
if they're teaching
something that I believe
00:33:09.65\00:33:10.99
and you should
come to this point here
00:33:11.02\00:33:12.62
that the Bible says is an error,
00:33:12.65\00:33:14.66
then that means
00:33:14.69\00:33:16.02
that's not the
teachings of the Holy Spirit.
00:33:16.06\00:33:18.19
It is teachings of man,
which the enemy is behind,
00:33:18.23\00:33:21.33
which is what?
00:33:21.36\00:33:22.70
For every truth,
the devil has what?
00:33:22.73\00:33:24.37
A counterfeit.
00:33:24.40\00:33:27.10
And for anyone to stand up today
00:33:27.14\00:33:28.64
and say it doesn't matter,
00:33:28.67\00:33:30.01
then you're going to
have to go against God.
00:33:30.04\00:33:32.47
Because God says it does matter.
00:33:32.51\00:33:34.61
So this one, I wanna you see
00:33:34.64\00:33:36.08
that when we're
talking about this,
00:33:36.11\00:33:37.55
it's not trying
to be ugly and smart,
00:33:37.58\00:33:39.35
that we are faced
00:33:39.38\00:33:40.72
that we're going to
have to meet our maker.
00:33:40.75\00:33:43.82
And He's going to say to you,
00:33:43.85\00:33:45.29
"Haven't I given
you chance after chance
00:33:45.32\00:33:47.22
after chance after chance,
00:33:47.26\00:33:48.59
and you thrown
your chances away."
00:33:48.62\00:33:51.66
And so at Behold
the Lamb we feel that
00:33:51.69\00:33:53.03
we need to expose
the errors of Rome,
00:33:53.06\00:33:55.56
because it's
taking the world captive.
00:33:55.60\00:33:58.77
These errors.
00:33:58.80\00:34:00.14
Let me say you're
about to, you say,
00:34:00.17\00:34:01.50
"Oh, well,
there's not really it."
00:34:01.54\00:34:02.87
Take, if you read
the Great Controversy,
00:34:02.90\00:34:04.37
page 50, there's
just two lines in there
00:34:04.41\00:34:07.01
that will blow your mind
if your mind is there to blow.
00:34:07.04\00:34:09.54
Great Controversy 50
says this, about the papacy.
00:34:15.65\00:34:18.45
It said,
00:34:18.49\00:34:19.82
"It's a gigantic
system of false religion,
00:34:19.85\00:34:24.13
a masterpiece of Satan."
00:34:24.16\00:34:27.43
I don't revel in
that, I don't have a joy
00:34:27.46\00:34:30.87
and because you know people,
00:34:30.90\00:34:32.50
some people will
come here and they said,
00:34:32.53\00:34:34.27
"Oh, well you
talk about that stuff."
00:34:34.30\00:34:36.04
Spiritual things are
spiritually discerned.
00:34:36.07\00:34:37.94
If you're not on
spiritual note here,
00:34:37.97\00:34:39.54
on a spiritual high,
00:34:39.57\00:34:40.91
you're gonna say that's goofy.
00:34:40.94\00:34:42.28
Let's talk about something.
00:34:42.31\00:34:43.65
I think there's
something better to talk about
00:34:43.68\00:34:45.01
than shining shoes.
00:34:45.05\00:34:46.38
I think there's
something better talking about
00:34:46.41\00:34:47.75
then there is holidays,
00:34:47.78\00:34:50.25
and all these other
things that are going on
00:34:50.29\00:34:52.19
and how to get along with this
00:34:52.22\00:34:53.56
and get along
with that, blah-blah.
00:34:53.59\00:34:54.92
I want to get along with
God. I don't know about you.
00:34:54.96\00:34:57.89
This is life and death issues.
00:34:57.93\00:34:59.96
Did you just hear what I read?
00:35:00.00\00:35:03.83
And so the things
00:35:03.87\00:35:05.20
that they advocate
00:35:05.23\00:35:06.57
to the billions
in the world today
00:35:06.60\00:35:08.77
who are going that direction,
00:35:08.80\00:35:10.17
and even if you,
00:35:10.21\00:35:11.71
even if you don't
belong to that church,
00:35:11.74\00:35:13.54
we have accepted umpteen
doctrines in Protestantism
00:35:13.58\00:35:17.38
that came
directly from the church,
00:35:17.41\00:35:18.88
that Catholic Church.
00:35:18.91\00:35:20.82
I'm concerned about it
00:35:20.85\00:35:22.18
because it's
either truth or error.
00:35:22.22\00:35:23.55
The truth I want it,
00:35:23.59\00:35:24.92
I don't care where it
comes from, I told you.
00:35:24.95\00:35:26.65
That if it's error I know
where it come from the devil.
00:35:26.69\00:35:29.16
Let me just
read the second part,
00:35:29.19\00:35:30.53
Great Controversy 50 says this,
00:35:30.56\00:35:32.53
"The monument," did you get it?
00:35:32.56\00:35:34.43
"The monument of Satan's efforts
00:35:34.46\00:35:36.97
to rule the earth."
00:35:37.00\00:35:39.63
The Roman Church is a monument
00:35:39.67\00:35:42.14
to Satan's effort
to rule the earth.
00:35:42.17\00:35:45.81
Now if you can't
see that right now,
00:35:45.84\00:35:47.24
through going studying Daniel 2
00:35:47.28\00:35:48.61
and see if you don't
study Daniel chapter,
00:35:48.64\00:35:50.55
"Well, I know all the stuff."
00:35:50.58\00:35:51.91
You've got to
study Daniel Chapter 2,
00:35:51.95\00:35:53.28
you've got to
understand Daniel 7,
00:35:53.31\00:35:54.78
you've got to
understand Daniel 8,
00:35:54.82\00:35:56.32
you've got to
understand Daniel 11 and 12,
00:35:56.35\00:35:58.49
and Revelation.
00:35:58.52\00:35:59.85
You've got to
understand these books,
00:35:59.89\00:36:01.22
Revelation 13, and 17, and 18,
and it goes on and on and on.
00:36:01.26\00:36:04.69
Because it talks about beasts
00:36:04.73\00:36:06.06
that comes up and
persecutes God's people,
00:36:06.09\00:36:07.66
and death decrees that go out.
00:36:07.70\00:36:09.63
You see death
decrees that go out.
00:36:09.66\00:36:12.23
And the way we've seen
things change in this world
00:36:12.27\00:36:14.07
don't think that
can't happen, it can happen.
00:36:14.10\00:36:17.51
They've already threatened
just because of the COVID.
00:36:17.54\00:36:19.74
What they threatened to do?
00:36:19.77\00:36:21.54
You stay in your
house, don't you come out.
00:36:21.58\00:36:24.11
If you come out, you
better have a mask on.
00:36:24.15\00:36:26.08
If you don't, we will fine you.
00:36:26.11\00:36:27.58
And after, well, they said,
00:36:27.62\00:36:28.95
"Most of you are not
doing what we told you to do.
00:36:28.98\00:36:30.45
We're gonna throw
you in jail next time."
00:36:30.49\00:36:34.82
And then they said
left a blank after that.
00:36:34.86\00:36:36.66
And then this is
just, it's only just begun.
00:36:36.69\00:36:41.86
So I'm saying,
00:36:41.90\00:36:43.23
"Don't let this be
a surprise to you,"
00:36:43.26\00:36:44.63
expect, this is part of God's.
00:36:44.67\00:36:47.27
God right now, His children,
00:36:47.30\00:36:48.97
He's turning up the fire
00:36:49.00\00:36:50.77
of tests of those
who really love Him
00:36:50.81\00:36:53.21
and willing to go through
that fiery furnace with Him.
00:36:53.24\00:36:57.35
The straight
testimony expresses a message,
00:36:57.38\00:37:00.18
exposes the man of sin.
00:37:00.22\00:37:03.92
Dozens and dozens,
00:37:03.95\00:37:05.32
as I mentioned
are false teaching
00:37:05.35\00:37:07.36
that millions are
falling for today.
00:37:07.39\00:37:10.49
Now, why do we call
them false doctrines
00:37:10.53\00:37:13.16
and false
teaching coming from Rome?
00:37:13.19\00:37:15.46
Why?
00:37:15.50\00:37:17.37
Because they're not
founded in the Word of God.
00:37:17.40\00:37:21.20
Is that, I mean, see,
it's so simple it's like,
00:37:21.24\00:37:23.00
"Oh, there's got to be another."
00:37:23.04\00:37:24.74
No, they're false teachings
00:37:24.77\00:37:26.11
because they're not
founded in the Word of God.
00:37:26.14\00:37:29.24
And anybody
that uses one passage
00:37:29.28\00:37:31.08
or two passages of scripture
00:37:31.11\00:37:32.51
to try to build a
doctrine or teaching on,
00:37:32.55\00:37:34.25
you're fooling yourself.
00:37:34.28\00:37:36.25
You can't do that.
00:37:36.28\00:37:37.75
The Bible say,
"Line upon line," what?
00:37:37.79\00:37:39.92
"Precept upon precept,
00:37:39.95\00:37:41.29
here a little
and there a little, "
00:37:41.32\00:37:42.66
I need to hear what?
00:37:42.69\00:37:44.03
I need to hear
what John had to say
00:37:44.06\00:37:45.39
about this given subject.
00:37:45.43\00:37:46.76
I need to hear what
Paul had to say about it.
00:37:46.80\00:37:48.13
What John had to say,
what Isaiah had to say,
00:37:48.16\00:37:50.13
what Ezekiel had to say,
00:37:50.17\00:37:51.50
and they all talk
about these subjects.
00:37:51.53\00:37:54.87
And then you know, if
they all harmonize on it,
00:37:54.90\00:37:57.44
1500 years apart it might be,
00:37:57.47\00:37:59.31
1000 years
apart, 700 years apart,
00:37:59.34\00:38:01.34
they're saying the same thing
you know, you've got a truth.
00:38:01.38\00:38:04.55
No matter what
the world is doing,
00:38:04.58\00:38:05.91
doesn't matter what
the church is doing.
00:38:05.95\00:38:07.68
Doesn't matter what
this church is teaching,
00:38:07.72\00:38:09.05
whatever.
00:38:09.08\00:38:10.42
If it doesn't
harmonize with the Word of God,
00:38:10.45\00:38:11.79
then hey, throw it out.
00:38:11.82\00:38:13.15
I think it's pretty sad, I
think it's simple, don't you?
00:38:13.19\00:38:15.09
It's simple to do that.
00:38:15.12\00:38:17.16
That's why we call them false,
00:38:17.19\00:38:19.39
because they're man
made ideas and commandments.
00:38:19.43\00:38:22.20
Again today's teaching,
00:38:22.23\00:38:23.57
upon the rock, I
will build my church.
00:38:23.60\00:38:25.53
Let me say this, the Roman
Catholic Church claims that
00:38:25.57\00:38:28.80
Peter was the first pope.
00:38:28.84\00:38:30.31
Is that true?
00:38:30.34\00:38:31.71
Huh?
00:38:31.74\00:38:33.07
The Roman Catholic Church
00:38:33.11\00:38:34.44
claims that Peter
was the first pope.
00:38:34.48\00:38:37.81
Think it through.
00:38:37.85\00:38:39.18
Well, we know that's a
lie, but they did teach it.
00:38:39.21\00:38:40.82
Isn't that right, John?
00:38:40.85\00:38:42.18
Yeah. Okay.
00:38:42.22\00:38:43.55
Well, now I'll
ask an ex-Catholic.
00:38:43.59\00:38:46.32
Sure.
00:38:46.35\00:38:47.69
The Roman Church claims
that Peter was the first pope.
00:38:47.72\00:38:51.03
No, he wasn't the
successor of Christ they say.
00:38:51.06\00:38:55.10
Interesting.
00:38:55.13\00:38:56.46
Now, let's not miss this.
00:38:56.50\00:38:59.23
Pope Leo I.
00:38:59.27\00:39:01.50
This was in AD 445.
00:39:01.54\00:39:04.11
AD, what?
00:39:04.14\00:39:05.47
445 was the first pope.
00:39:05.51\00:39:09.51
What happened all
those other hundreds of years
00:39:09.54\00:39:11.35
kinda interesting?
00:39:11.38\00:39:12.71
Now again, claiming the title.
00:39:12.75\00:39:15.35
He's the first one that
interpreted Matthew 16:18,
00:39:15.38\00:39:20.56
to mean that Peter was the rock
00:39:20.59\00:39:24.59
that Christ would
build His church upon.
00:39:24.63\00:39:28.23
Why did he want this?
00:39:28.26\00:39:30.13
Why did he not only
wanted this Pope Leo 445 AD,
00:39:30.17\00:39:36.27
he insisted that this
position, his seat, his power,
00:39:36.30\00:39:40.88
and being the pope
came from the Word of God.
00:39:40.91\00:39:44.61
Interesting
when they didn't care
00:39:44.65\00:39:45.98
about the Word of God,
00:39:46.01\00:39:47.35
establishing any
other point of doctrine
00:39:47.38\00:39:49.22
that he wanted his position,
and he called himself as pope,
00:39:49.25\00:39:54.19
the successor of Jesus Christ.
00:39:54.22\00:39:55.96
He said, "I wanted to
come from the Word of God.
00:39:55.99\00:39:59.09
I'm Peter's successor."
00:39:59.13\00:40:02.20
Question: Why then did it
take 400 years more than that
00:40:02.23\00:40:08.37
to discover the so-called truth?
00:40:08.40\00:40:12.61
Think about it.
Don't let it go too deep.
00:40:12.64\00:40:15.34
Why didn't they
question 400 years earlier?
00:40:15.38\00:40:17.48
No one thought.
00:40:17.51\00:40:18.85
This is the first guy
first called pope that said,
00:40:18.88\00:40:21.18
"You know what?
Hey, why am I a pope?"
00:40:21.22\00:40:24.69
Oh, I can get it
from the Word of God
00:40:24.72\00:40:26.29
but most generally,
00:40:26.32\00:40:27.66
they don't really
care from the Word of God,
00:40:27.69\00:40:29.02
and I'll
approve in just a moment
00:40:29.06\00:40:30.39
is because they don't think
00:40:30.43\00:40:31.76
the Word of God
has any importance.
00:40:31.79\00:40:33.13
They said in Council
of Trent 1545 simply says,
00:40:33.16\00:40:36.13
"We value the word," what?
00:40:36.16\00:40:37.73
" Of men as it were,
tradition above the Bible."
00:40:37.77\00:40:43.77
Did you get it, above the Bible?
00:40:43.81\00:40:45.67
And so,
therefore, is he saying now,
00:40:45.71\00:40:47.28
well, I want to go
back on this point.
00:40:47.31\00:40:48.81
And so the Protestants
and everybody else can say,
00:40:48.84\00:40:50.85
"Ah, that came
from the Word of God."
00:40:50.88\00:40:52.98
Does that really so?
00:40:53.01\00:40:55.48
Why did it take 400 years?
00:40:55.52\00:40:57.92
Something
doesn't sound right here.
00:41:01.06\00:41:04.79
Because they took the Bible,
00:41:04.83\00:41:06.16
as you well
know, and they hid it
00:41:06.19\00:41:07.53
and they condemned
people for reading it
00:41:07.56\00:41:08.90
for many, many years.
00:41:08.93\00:41:10.50
Now the question is this.
00:41:10.53\00:41:13.03
Question boils down
00:41:13.07\00:41:14.87
on which to and
we're going to talk about
00:41:14.90\00:41:17.04
explain in just a moment.
00:41:17.07\00:41:18.67
Was the church built upon?
00:41:18.71\00:41:20.04
Was it built
upon Petros or Petra?
00:41:20.08\00:41:24.68
Did Christ establish His church?
00:41:24.71\00:41:26.88
Let's look what he built
it on. Number one, Peter.
00:41:26.92\00:41:31.55
Isn't that what the
Catholic Church says Peter,
00:41:31.59\00:41:33.86
the church built upon Peter.
00:41:33.89\00:41:35.89
Yeah. Peter in
the Greek is Petros.
00:41:35.92\00:41:39.86
Now notice what Petros means?
00:41:39.89\00:41:42.46
It means a little piece of rock.
00:41:42.50\00:41:45.87
Do you want your church
built on a little piece of rock?
00:41:45.90\00:41:49.07
No, it means a
single little stone.
00:41:49.10\00:41:53.61
It means
something that's movable.
00:41:53.64\00:41:57.01
It means
something that's insecure.
00:41:57.05\00:41:59.71
That means something
00:41:59.75\00:42:01.08
that would be shifting
00:42:01.12\00:42:03.05
that would, that would
mean something that's...
00:42:03.08\00:42:05.29
Oh my! Rolling.
00:42:05.32\00:42:07.39
And I don't want to
say the rolling stones.
00:42:07.42\00:42:11.79
Okay, I wake some of you up.
00:42:11.83\00:42:13.90
But really that's what it says
00:42:13.93\00:42:15.26
if you use those
words rolling stone.
00:42:15.30\00:42:17.07
I don't want my
church to be a rolling stone
00:42:17.10\00:42:19.43
that it just turns
over and rolls every time
00:42:19.47\00:42:21.64
somebody dreams up a
new teaching and doctrine.
00:42:21.67\00:42:23.87
We're gonna just roll
it around and find out
00:42:23.91\00:42:25.84
and change it but you know what?
00:42:25.87\00:42:27.21
The majority of the
churches go with this meaning,
00:42:27.24\00:42:30.28
just like the
Catholic Church does.
00:42:30.31\00:42:33.11
Okay, that's the first.
00:42:33.15\00:42:35.05
Now, let's look at the word rock
00:42:35.08\00:42:36.62
because there's
two words here right
00:42:36.65\00:42:38.22
that will
settle the whole issue.
00:42:38.25\00:42:40.52
We're looking
at, remember, Peter
00:42:40.56\00:42:42.82
and we're looking at the rock.
00:42:42.86\00:42:45.19
Who is the rock?
00:42:45.23\00:42:46.56
The word rock is Petra
00:42:46.59\00:42:48.66
in the Greek which means a rock.
00:42:48.70\00:42:51.93
Huh. It means a cleft.
00:42:51.97\00:42:54.60
It means a massive rock,
00:42:54.64\00:42:57.21
huge rock,
00:42:57.24\00:42:59.21
a solid formation fixed.
00:42:59.24\00:43:02.34
You know that's
fixed, immovable, enduring.
00:43:02.38\00:43:07.42
That's what I want
the church to built upon,
00:43:07.45\00:43:09.28
how about you?
00:43:09.32\00:43:10.65
It's enduring, right,
it's immovable, it's massive.
00:43:10.69\00:43:13.36
Nothing can change
it. Nothing can move it.
00:43:13.39\00:43:16.62
Huh.
00:43:16.66\00:43:19.73
Now who upon did the Christ
build His church, His decision?
00:43:19.76\00:43:23.43
Well, we have to let
the Bible then, right,
00:43:23.47\00:43:25.70
clarify this quickly.
00:43:25.73\00:43:27.07
We got 13 minutes,
00:43:27.10\00:43:28.44
we can take our
time in doing it,
00:43:28.47\00:43:29.80
and make sure
that we get it right
00:43:29.84\00:43:31.17
because there again
00:43:31.21\00:43:32.54
we have many by the
millions teaching error here.
00:43:32.57\00:43:38.05
Now remember if
the other way is right,
00:43:38.08\00:43:39.88
that's okay with me.
00:43:39.91\00:43:42.78
But I can look
at, I can look at it,
00:43:42.82\00:43:44.75
was it built upon Peter
00:43:44.79\00:43:46.96
or was it built upon the
Rock which is Jesus Christ?
00:43:46.99\00:43:51.06
Which you want,
you want one immovable.
00:43:51.09\00:43:53.16
You want, whoo, will
my, will your anchor hold
00:43:53.19\00:43:56.67
in the storm of life.
00:43:56.70\00:43:59.60
That's why when we sing it,
00:43:59.63\00:44:01.34
sometimes it
brings tears to your eyes.
00:44:01.37\00:44:04.24
Sometimes it gets you excited
that you want to stand up.
00:44:04.27\00:44:07.64
Sometime you want to shout,
00:44:07.68\00:44:09.01
well, your anchor
hold in the storms of life.
00:44:09.04\00:44:11.28
It's just. Let me look.
00:44:17.62\00:44:21.02
1 Corinthians 10:4,
quickly jot it down.
00:44:21.06\00:44:23.22
1 Corinthians 10:4,
00:44:23.26\00:44:24.69
very simple
passage of scripture.
00:44:24.73\00:44:28.06
The Bible says do you like that?
00:44:28.10\00:44:30.70
Come on church,
00:44:30.73\00:44:32.07
church needs to
look at the Bible said
00:44:32.10\00:44:33.50
somebody needs
to be looking it up.
00:44:33.54\00:44:34.90
Somebody needs to say,
00:44:34.94\00:44:36.27
"No, Pastor, that's a lie.
00:44:36.30\00:44:37.64
You're not
telling me the truth."
00:44:37.67\00:44:39.01
Or you say, "That's the truth.
00:44:39.04\00:44:40.38
That's what the
Word of God says."
00:44:40.41\00:44:41.74
And if you say that,
00:44:41.78\00:44:43.11
then that means
by the grace of God
00:44:43.14\00:44:44.48
that we're going to
embrace this as a truth
00:44:44.51\00:44:46.35
and we're going
to expose the other
00:44:46.38\00:44:47.72
because it is an error.
00:44:47.75\00:44:49.82
I do not want a church
00:44:49.85\00:44:51.19
that I attend to
be built upon man
00:44:51.22\00:44:53.15
or have anything to
do with man to be honest.
00:44:53.19\00:44:55.46
I want to build
upon that solid rock.
00:44:55.49\00:44:57.29
I want to build
upon Jesus Christ, right?
00:44:57.33\00:44:59.29
The Lamb of God
00:44:59.33\00:45:00.66
that taketh away
the sin of the world.
00:45:00.70\00:45:02.03
I want to build upon the one
00:45:02.06\00:45:03.40
I know that love me
with an everlasting love.
00:45:03.43\00:45:05.67
I want to build upon
the solid rock that said,
00:45:05.70\00:45:07.67
"I love you so much.
00:45:07.70\00:45:09.04
I'll go to
Calvary, you deserve to die.
00:45:09.07\00:45:10.61
You're rotten. You're no
good, Kenny, you're dirty.
00:45:10.64\00:45:12.91
There's none good."
00:45:12.94\00:45:14.28
The Bible said, "No, not one.
00:45:14.31\00:45:15.64
But I love you,
and I'll die for you."
00:45:15.68\00:45:17.55
And He did.
00:45:17.58\00:45:18.91
So the heaven would be my home
00:45:18.95\00:45:20.28
covered by the
blood of the Lamb.
00:45:20.32\00:45:22.15
See, that's exciting
to me to think about that.
00:45:22.18\00:45:25.39
That's what I want.
00:45:25.42\00:45:26.76
That's the church
that I want to attend
00:45:26.79\00:45:28.36
to know that He is leading out
00:45:28.39\00:45:30.19
because He is truth.
00:45:30.23\00:45:31.93
And if He is the truth,
00:45:31.96\00:45:33.29
and I want to know what
the Bible says is truth.
00:45:33.33\00:45:36.23
I've got to know that.
00:45:36.26\00:45:39.83
1 Corinthians
10:4 the Bible said,
00:45:39.87\00:45:41.60
"They drank of
that spiritual rock
00:45:41.64\00:45:46.14
that followed them."
00:45:46.17\00:45:47.51
Huh! They drank of what?
00:45:47.54\00:45:50.15
The spiritual rock
that followed them.
00:45:50.18\00:45:52.81
Oh, look
00:45:52.85\00:45:54.78
and that Rock was Christ.
00:45:54.82\00:45:59.85
We're looking at
right Peter, man,
00:45:59.89\00:46:02.19
or we're looking at Rock
00:46:02.22\00:46:03.56
on which one you want
your church built upon.
00:46:03.59\00:46:05.89
I want to hear where it says,
I want to build upon that Rock.
00:46:05.93\00:46:09.03
1 Corinthians 10:4,
said, "That Rock was Christ."
00:46:09.06\00:46:13.47
Remember, when you
study the Word of God,
00:46:13.50\00:46:15.47
you build up evidence, right?
00:46:15.50\00:46:17.94
Evidence, evidence.
00:46:17.97\00:46:19.74
I mean, they do
that in the court of law,
00:46:19.77\00:46:21.31
do they not?
00:46:21.34\00:46:22.68
They do that.
Give me some evidence.
00:46:22.71\00:46:24.41
Now cases are being
thrown out all the time,
00:46:24.45\00:46:26.18
because people doing
an awful lot of talking,
00:46:26.21\00:46:27.82
but they can't come
up with any evidence.
00:46:27.85\00:46:29.95
Should I get off
of that real quick?
00:46:29.98\00:46:33.02
It's just an illustration.
You see what I'm saying?
00:46:33.05\00:46:35.56
People can talk
and talk and talk
00:46:35.59\00:46:37.66
and you hear one group over say,
00:46:37.69\00:46:39.29
it's gonna go to court,
00:46:39.33\00:46:40.66
everything's
gonna be changed around,
00:46:40.70\00:46:42.06
everything's gonna be different.
00:46:42.10\00:46:43.57
And next people get there
00:46:43.60\00:46:44.93
and say there
is nothing to this.
00:46:44.97\00:46:47.50
There's nothing to this.
00:46:47.54\00:46:49.77
But this is evidence
based upon the Word of God.
00:46:49.80\00:46:51.94
So right quick,
I'm looking at what?
00:46:51.97\00:46:53.31
Rock and Peter
00:46:53.34\00:46:54.68
and Rock the Bible
said is Jesus Christ.
00:46:54.71\00:46:57.75
You want some
more evidence? I do.
00:46:57.78\00:46:59.81
That sounds good.
00:46:59.85\00:47:01.18
And I think it's clear but
that's how about some more.
00:47:01.22\00:47:02.68
Petra, rock, refers to Christ,
00:47:06.29\00:47:10.43
not to Peter.
00:47:10.46\00:47:11.79
Ephesians 2:20,
00:47:11.83\00:47:13.63
"Jesus himself being
the chief Cornerstone."
00:47:13.66\00:47:18.60
Who's the chief Cornerstone?
00:47:18.63\00:47:20.27
Who is the Rock?
00:47:20.30\00:47:22.60
You know how
important cornerstones are.
00:47:22.64\00:47:25.11
Herb knows,
anybody, Bill, you know,
00:47:25.14\00:47:26.47
how important to
get our corners, right?
00:47:26.51\00:47:27.84
Isn't it?
00:47:27.88\00:47:29.21
When you're
laying out a building,
00:47:29.24\00:47:30.58
how you get square,
how you get your corners,
00:47:30.61\00:47:31.95
you lay them out
first right there,
00:47:31.98\00:47:33.31
and you square your building,
and she comes up square.
00:47:33.35\00:47:35.48
Everything's going to be square,
00:47:35.52\00:47:36.85
it's all going to be right.
00:47:36.89\00:47:38.22
It's going to be
level, it's going to be good.
00:47:38.25\00:47:39.59
It's going to be solid.
00:47:39.62\00:47:40.96
Windows will fit right,
the doors will fit right,
00:47:40.99\00:47:42.32
the floors will be right.
00:47:42.36\00:47:45.09
We need that cornerstone,
00:47:45.13\00:47:46.56
the chief that
holds the weight together.
00:47:46.59\00:47:49.26
And that is Jesus
Christ is what the Bible said.
00:47:49.30\00:47:51.43
Now, let's use a what if.
00:47:51.47\00:47:54.34
Anybody like to think what if?
00:47:54.37\00:47:57.54
I hear no, then I hear
yes, I hear like, I don't care.
00:47:57.57\00:48:00.11
We're gonna do it anyway.
00:48:00.14\00:48:01.64
Now on to us is
going to have what if?
00:48:01.68\00:48:04.15
What if Peter is the rock
00:48:04.18\00:48:07.55
on which Christ
has built the church?
00:48:07.58\00:48:11.82
It would mean this.
00:48:11.85\00:48:13.19
It would mean
that Peter could not,
00:48:13.22\00:48:15.52
notice this,
could not be overcome,
00:48:15.56\00:48:18.06
and the gates of hell
could not prevail against him.
00:48:18.09\00:48:22.13
Oh, if he really
is, isn't that right?
00:48:22.16\00:48:25.97
Then that means he
couldn't be overcome.
00:48:26.00\00:48:28.00
But it's very interesting.
But what's the facts?
00:48:28.04\00:48:30.91
Does the Word of
God give the fact?
00:48:30.94\00:48:32.91
Peter was overcome,
00:48:32.94\00:48:34.51
and the gates of hell
did prevail against him.
00:48:34.54\00:48:37.11
And we can just
go back to one thing,
00:48:37.15\00:48:38.51
the gates of hell prevailed
against him because what?
00:48:38.55\00:48:40.72
Did he did not deny his Lord?
00:48:40.75\00:48:43.72
He denied his Lord.
00:48:43.75\00:48:46.32
He went down as it were.
00:48:46.35\00:48:49.66
Remember, the more
proof Matthew 16:23.
00:48:49.69\00:48:54.46
Here's Jesus talking to Peter.
00:48:54.50\00:48:56.16
Now you remember,
you remember this well,
00:48:56.20\00:48:57.87
Jesus speaking to Peter.
00:48:57.90\00:49:01.24
And He said to Peter,
00:49:01.27\00:49:02.60
because of a
conversation they were having,
00:49:02.64\00:49:04.27
and he said, Peter,
00:49:04.31\00:49:06.54
"Get behind Me, Satan:
00:49:06.57\00:49:10.05
thou art an offense to me."
00:49:10.08\00:49:14.95
Wow!
00:49:14.98\00:49:16.99
If he had been the first pope,
00:49:17.02\00:49:19.49
or if he because
they call them infallible
00:49:19.52\00:49:24.59
or if the church had been built,
00:49:24.63\00:49:27.26
had to be built on
something that right the solid
00:49:27.30\00:49:30.93
that would not
fall apart, a big rock.
00:49:30.97\00:49:35.30
But Jesus said,
"You're an offense to Me."
00:49:35.34\00:49:38.07
And then Peter
turns around and he says,
00:49:38.11\00:49:40.18
tells who the rock is.
00:49:40.21\00:49:43.08
He never
claimed he was the rock.
00:49:43.11\00:49:44.88
He told us who the rock is.
00:49:44.91\00:49:47.55
That's 1 Peter 2:7 jot it down,
read it, notice what it said.
00:49:47.58\00:49:50.59
"This is the stone
00:49:50.62\00:49:52.05
in which was setteth
not for of the builders
00:49:52.09\00:49:54.86
or you said the builders,
what, rejected or disallowed."
00:49:54.89\00:49:58.89
Jesus is what? The stone.
00:49:58.93\00:50:00.90
Jesus is the Rock
that they disallowed,
00:50:00.93\00:50:02.96
they didn't want in there.
00:50:03.00\00:50:04.33
They tried to throw
out, they throw it out,
00:50:04.37\00:50:05.87
they crucified Him.
00:50:05.90\00:50:07.54
Christ is the
Cornerstone of His church.
00:50:07.57\00:50:10.81
Christ is the Rock.
00:50:10.84\00:50:14.14
And this church that He
has today built upon Him.
00:50:14.18\00:50:18.51
Here you have Peter
and here you have Paul,
00:50:18.55\00:50:22.48
both in agreement,
and of course many others,
00:50:22.52\00:50:25.05
that Christ is the Rock.
00:50:25.09\00:50:27.72
Remember, the
Catholic Church says not so,
00:50:27.76\00:50:29.59
they say the pope is.
00:50:29.62\00:50:32.19
It's either true or it's not.
00:50:32.23\00:50:34.56
If it's not truth, it's a lie.
00:50:34.60\00:50:36.36
If it's not from
God, it's from the devil.
00:50:36.40\00:50:38.50
Hmm.
00:50:38.53\00:50:41.60
So they both agree
that Christ is the Rock
00:50:41.64\00:50:43.74
that the church
would be built on.
00:50:43.77\00:50:45.61
But we have a problem.
00:50:45.64\00:50:48.24
The pope claims
the title for himself.
00:50:48.28\00:50:53.35
So we have an issue,
00:50:53.38\00:50:54.72
the pope comes
up and say, title,
00:50:54.75\00:50:56.08
that, that's me here now.
00:50:56.12\00:50:59.65
The church is built upon
Peter and I've taken his place.
00:50:59.69\00:51:03.59
So we have to
make a choice here,
00:51:06.83\00:51:08.16
all of us will
have to make a choice.
00:51:08.20\00:51:10.47
And I believe this
passage will come into play
00:51:10.50\00:51:13.34
in Romans 3:4.
00:51:13.37\00:51:16.74
It's very
short, it's very final.
00:51:16.77\00:51:18.81
It's very powerful.
00:51:18.84\00:51:20.48
And it just
really cuts to the chase.
00:51:20.51\00:51:22.58
It said, "Let God be
true, but every man a liar."
00:51:22.61\00:51:29.12
Wow. Boy!
00:51:29.15\00:51:34.36
Because we know in
studying the Word of God,
00:51:34.39\00:51:37.33
Peter was not the head
of the church in his day.
00:51:37.36\00:51:42.30
Is that true?
00:51:42.33\00:51:43.73
You're gonna have
to make a decision
00:51:43.77\00:51:45.10
because the pope says he is.
00:51:45.13\00:51:48.70
He's the head of the church.
He's the successor of Peter.
00:51:48.74\00:51:51.64
The church is built on him.
00:51:51.67\00:51:53.38
We have the
Mother Church, he says.
00:51:53.41\00:51:55.58
But yet we look
at the Word of God.
00:51:55.61\00:51:57.01
But Peter himself
00:51:57.05\00:51:58.38
was not the head of
the church in his day.
00:51:58.41\00:52:00.62
He was never called Pope Peter.
00:52:00.65\00:52:03.22
Is somebody still there?
00:52:03.25\00:52:06.19
As far as I know,
00:52:06.22\00:52:07.56
he was never called
Father Peter, was he?
00:52:07.59\00:52:11.16
He was never
called Holy Father Peter.
00:52:11.19\00:52:15.90
In fact, the Bible says,
00:52:15.93\00:52:17.63
"Call no man Father on earth, "
00:52:17.67\00:52:20.64
how are we going to handle this?
00:52:20.67\00:52:22.84
"For one is your
Father which is in heaven."
00:52:22.87\00:52:26.04
Matthew 23:9.
00:52:26.07\00:52:27.81
This is a passage of scripture
we're gonna have to deal with,
00:52:27.84\00:52:30.58
we're gonna have
to have an answer
00:52:30.61\00:52:31.95
to every man that
asks us a question.
00:52:31.98\00:52:34.38
Well, we can't
call any man, Father,
00:52:34.42\00:52:36.25
what is this saying here?
00:52:36.28\00:52:38.29
Bible does say,
00:52:38.32\00:52:39.65
does not call no man
Father upon the earth.
00:52:39.69\00:52:44.13
It could not. I'm underlining.
00:52:44.16\00:52:46.33
It could not refer
to an earthly parent.
00:52:46.36\00:52:50.67
Listen to me.
00:52:50.70\00:52:52.03
It could not refer
to an earthly parent
00:52:52.07\00:52:54.17
the way some people want
to interpret this scripture.
00:52:54.20\00:52:56.71
And I'll tell you why.
00:52:56.74\00:52:58.34
But we go to here.
00:52:58.37\00:53:00.71
But it goes back to
the spiritual fathers.
00:53:00.74\00:53:04.71
That means some of
the spiritual leaders
00:53:04.75\00:53:06.68
of the church,
00:53:06.72\00:53:08.05
we're not to call them father,
00:53:08.08\00:53:10.25
the pastor or the priest.
00:53:10.29\00:53:13.72
We're not to call them father.
00:53:13.76\00:53:16.69
Huh.
00:53:16.73\00:53:18.06
Or any or you
talk about the popes.
00:53:18.09\00:53:21.23
Oh, we're not supposed to
put Reverend, Pastor, Reverend.
00:53:21.26\00:53:24.97
I see that in the paper sometime
00:53:25.00\00:53:26.33
when I do a funeral
00:53:26.37\00:53:28.30
and I just
about to go to pieces.
00:53:28.34\00:53:30.61
Reverend Kenny Shelton.
00:53:30.64\00:53:32.97
That means most
holy, there's no one,
00:53:33.01\00:53:34.64
only the Father in heaven,
isn't right, is most holy.
00:53:34.68\00:53:37.11
Any man that
would take that on his
00:53:37.15\00:53:39.78
put in front of
his name or behind it.
00:53:39.81\00:53:43.28
It needs to be
some changes take place
00:53:43.32\00:53:44.79
because that means most holy.
00:53:44.82\00:53:46.92
Who has the audacity
to stand up today and say,
00:53:46.96\00:53:48.92
"I'm most holy?"
00:53:48.96\00:53:50.29
Well, there's some that do.
00:53:50.33\00:53:51.66
That's what the Bible said.
00:53:51.69\00:53:53.03
Now, let me give
you a quick illustration
00:53:53.06\00:53:54.40
before our time runs out,
00:53:54.43\00:53:55.76
two and a half
minutes, somebody stay with me.
00:53:55.80\00:53:57.30
Spiritual leaders knows it.
00:53:57.33\00:53:58.73
Jesus said, you say,
00:53:58.77\00:54:00.10
"Yeah, but I'm not sure
00:54:00.14\00:54:01.47
if that's what he's
talking about here."
00:54:01.50\00:54:02.84
Jesus said,
00:54:02.87\00:54:04.21
"We are to respect
00:54:04.24\00:54:05.57
our earthly mothers and fathers.
00:54:05.61\00:54:07.74
Is that right?
00:54:07.78\00:54:09.11
And then notice,
and then Jesus quoted,
00:54:09.14\00:54:11.35
Jesus quoted there in Mark 7:10.
00:54:11.38\00:54:15.25
He said, "Honor thy
father and thy mother."
00:54:15.28\00:54:20.12
Do you see a difference?
00:54:20.16\00:54:21.49
Jesus said,
"Father, and mother, "
00:54:21.52\00:54:24.49
when talking about
the spiritual aspect.
00:54:24.53\00:54:26.80
Oh, friend, how we
need to be studying
00:54:26.83\00:54:28.43
and reading the Word of God.
00:54:28.46\00:54:32.23
Jesus chose Peter
to head the church.
00:54:32.27\00:54:36.54
Why in this world did
the rest of the disciples
00:54:36.57\00:54:39.04
keep fussing about who's
going to be the greatest?
00:54:39.07\00:54:42.44
Come on, church.
00:54:42.48\00:54:43.81
That makes sense?
00:54:43.85\00:54:45.18
If he was appointed,
Jesus pointed and said,
00:54:45.21\00:54:46.92
"Peter, you are the rock."
00:54:46.95\00:54:48.28
He said, "I'm gonna
build My church on you."
00:54:48.32\00:54:49.88
I don't want a
church built upon a man.
00:54:49.92\00:54:52.15
There's too much
of that foolishness
00:54:52.19\00:54:53.52
going on anyway,
nowadays, as you know that.
00:54:53.56\00:54:55.06
Read that in Mark 9:34.
00:54:58.46\00:55:00.13
They fussed among themselves
who's going to be the greatest?
00:55:00.16\00:55:02.96
No such appointment
was ever made by Christ.
00:55:03.00\00:55:05.80
Paul explains in
1 Corinthians 11:3,
00:55:05.83\00:55:08.07
he said, "The head
of every man is," what?
00:55:08.10\00:55:11.61
"The head of
every man is Christ."
00:55:11.64\00:55:13.84
Ephesians 1:22 says,
00:55:13.88\00:55:15.28
"God gave him to be
the head over all things,"
00:55:15.31\00:55:18.78
to what? talking about Christ,
00:55:18.81\00:55:20.28
"all things to Christ."
00:55:20.32\00:55:22.68
Long before Jesus was
ever born on this earth,
00:55:22.72\00:55:25.39
He was considered the Rock."
00:55:25.42\00:55:27.16
Isaiah 28:16, one
minute left, come on,
00:55:27.19\00:55:29.59
"Therefore saith
the Lord God, Behold,
00:55:29.62\00:55:31.59
I will lay in Zion
for a foundation a stone,
00:55:31.63\00:55:34.76
a tried stone, a
precious cornerstone,
00:55:34.80\00:55:37.37
a sure foundation."
00:55:37.40\00:55:38.97
He said, "A tried
stone is so beautiful."
00:55:39.00\00:55:41.00
He said, "I'm gonna put
a tested stone down there.
00:55:41.04\00:55:43.17
I'm gonna put a stone
00:55:43.20\00:55:44.54
that's been
examined down through there.
00:55:44.57\00:55:45.91
I'm gonna put a
stone that's been proved.
00:55:45.94\00:55:47.68
I'm gonna built stone down there
00:55:47.71\00:55:49.24
that's been
tempted at all points,
00:55:49.28\00:55:50.95
Hebrews 4:15, like
we yet without sin.
00:55:50.98\00:55:55.05
David said, Psalm 61:2,
00:55:55.08\00:55:57.59
"Lord, lead me to the
rock that's higher than I."
00:55:57.62\00:56:00.76
Let's pray, shall we?
00:56:00.79\00:56:02.12
loving Father in heaven,
00:56:02.16\00:56:03.49
we thank You for
Your precious Word.
00:56:03.53\00:56:04.86
Thank You that You
reveal truth in Your Word.
00:56:04.89\00:56:06.70
And now that
we're to accept that
00:56:06.73\00:56:08.06
by Your grace and Your
strength to say, there it is.
00:56:08.10\00:56:10.37
It's all in line. I accept it.
00:56:10.40\00:56:12.20
And I thank you
in Jesus' name, amen.
00:56:12.23\00:56:14.70
Wanna just say
00:56:14.74\00:56:16.07
just a quick
note on those again,
00:56:16.10\00:56:17.44
we thank you for your
love, and for your cards,
00:56:17.47\00:56:18.97
your letters and your support.
00:56:19.01\00:56:20.58
And we just, we're
going to be praying for you.
00:56:20.61\00:56:22.24
And we want you to pray for us.
00:56:22.28\00:56:23.85
Pray for us as we
continue by the grace of God,
00:56:23.88\00:56:26.45
to be able to expose
error and to present truth.
00:56:26.48\00:56:29.15
We love you. God loves you.
00:56:29.18\00:56:30.52
And thank you
for joining us today.
00:56:30.55\00:56:31.89
And we will see you next time.
00:56:31.92\00:56:35.79
Hello, and welcome back friends,
00:56:35.82\00:56:37.66
isn't it secure in knowing
that there is indeed a church
00:56:37.69\00:56:41.36
with a solid biblical foundation
00:56:41.40\00:56:43.63
because it was truly
built upon a solid Rock.
00:56:43.67\00:56:47.70
A Rock that has no one ever
00:56:47.74\00:56:49.84
will be moved by
any wind of doctrine
00:56:49.87\00:56:52.47
or any force of hell,
00:56:52.51\00:56:54.38
Christ is that Rock,
00:56:54.41\00:56:56.68
as Pastor Kenny
just shared with us,
00:56:56.71\00:56:59.31
Christ is our surety,
00:56:59.35\00:57:00.92
and it is our
total surrender to Him
00:57:00.95\00:57:03.92
that allows Him
to be our strength,
00:57:03.95\00:57:06.32
our help, and our hope
00:57:06.35\00:57:08.19
as He gently carries us
00:57:08.22\00:57:09.62
through the dips in
the valleys in our lives.
00:57:09.66\00:57:13.06
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again, entitled
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"The Desire of Ages."
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