Hello, friends, and welcome back
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to Behold the Lamb Presents.
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I'm Chris Shelton, your host.
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I wanna thank you
for tuning in today.
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Our message for
today is entitled
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Socialistic
Ideas, not God's Plan.
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Many Americans these days
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are simply
scratching their heads,
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trying to decide if
these socialistic ideas
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are political, social, economic,
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and social
ownership are a way of life
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that we really want
to adopt here in America.
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So as with most, any subject,
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if we want to
learn what truth is,
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where do we turn?
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We turn to God's Word
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and to see if that subject
is presented in Scripture,
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or if we can find
fundamental principles
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of a particular
subject that's addressed,
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then we have an
absolute teaching of truth
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from which we may
ascertain and gain
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a clear path of understanding
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upon such as
this one here today.
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And, of course, the
subject of socialistic ideas
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would clearly affect
each and every one of us
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in one way or the other.
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In the way we
live, the way we work,
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the way we
interact with one another.
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If these principles
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are ever fully adopted
here in the United States,
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obviously this
would also include
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how we are able
to share God's Word,
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televise His Word,
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mail out books that
are written about His Word,
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or even holding meetings
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speaking on His Word
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from my understanding
of socialistic ideology
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and it's connection,
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now listen,
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and its connection
with doing what is right
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for the common good of all.
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I know many of you have
heard that phrase before,
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for the common good of all.
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I believe that living in
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or adopting this type of society
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would no doubt
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have a great bearing upon
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what we teach from
God's Word or listen,
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what we don't
teach from God's Word
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for that matter.
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Psalms 119:105 states that,
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"The word of God
is a lamp unto my feet
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and a light into my path."
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Would it not then be wrong
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to not teach the Bible
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all that it offers to others
that we care about so deeply.
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That reminds me when
I thought about this,
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of the song, this
little light of mine,
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you know, where we would sing
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about hiding the light
under a bushel and the song,
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the answer is always,
no, we wouldn't do that,
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but is it possible
that the world is crying.
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Yes, hide it,
hide it under a bushel.
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We want to, we don't
want to see it anymore.
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Well, let's just
take a few moments
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and join Pastor Kenny Shelton
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and see what he's discovered
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as he studied about this title,
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the subject socialistic
ideas, not God's plan.
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But first we're
going to go and visit 3ABN
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and listen to a song
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that is entitled
In Times Like These.
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What an appropriate title,
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what an appropriate song
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In Times Like These
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with Stephanie Dawn,
Pastor John Lomacang,
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and accompanied by
Dan Thornton on the piano.
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In times like these
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You need a Savior
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In times like these
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You need an anchor
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Be very sure
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Be very sure
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Your anchor holds
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And grips the Solid Rock!
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In times like these
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You need the Bible
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In times like these
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O be not idle
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Be very sure
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Be very sure
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Your anchor holds
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and grips the Solid Rock!
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This Rock is Jesus
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Yes He's the One
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This Rock is Jesus
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The only One
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Be very sure
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Be very sure
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Your anchor holds
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And grips the Solid Rock!
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In times like these
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I have a Savior
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In times like these
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I have an anchor
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I'm very sure
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I'm very sure
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My anchor holds
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And grips the Solid Rock!
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This Rock is Jesus
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Yes He's the One
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This Rock is Jesus
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The only One
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Be very sure
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Be very sure
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Your anchor holds
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And grips the Solid Rock!
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Be very sure
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Be very sure
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Your anchor holds
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And grips the Solid Rock!
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Thank you for joining us here
at Behold the Lamb Ministries.
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And we appreciate so very much
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your cards, your
letters, your support,
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keep the message
going around the world.
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Again.
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We believe by the grace of
God that Jesus is coming soon.
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There's no doubt about it.
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Signs foretell this,
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we need to be wide
awake as God's people,
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and we believe
the message for today.
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Today, will, we pray
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'cause we're going to
hit home in your life.
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You may be struggling
with something you may be,
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you know, looking for answers.
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God has the answers for you.
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We're going to
be going to His Word
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and searching the scriptures.
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As we talk about this subject,
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you know, as I look
at and study this week,
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I thought, you know,
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God does have a
message for His people.
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God is speaking
to His people here.
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We're going to be talking about.
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And again, things
that are going on,
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so socialistic ideas,
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notice, not God's plan.
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Socialistic
ideas, not God's plan.
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And I think we'll
prove that as we go along.
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So again, we're glad
that you're with us today
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and get a pencil and
paper and get your Bible out
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because I think you need
to check the preacher out.
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That means all of them,
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no one gets a free
pass right in this life.
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We are supposed to
check him out to see
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whether it be so
based on the Word of God,
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if it's not,
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I guess I should be careful.
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I was going to
say, throw him out.
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But I guess I'll go
ahead and say that anyway.
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I've been known to
say things like that,
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because we need to
match up with the Word of God.
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I'm going to, you
don't have to if you want,
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that many people
say they join us.
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Every time we come on,
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you know, they're
home, they're watching,
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they get down
off of their couch,
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out of that easy chair
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and they get down on
their knees and they pray.
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Thank you for doing that.
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But I'm going to kneel up here
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and you can do what you
want to do there at home,
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but we need to ask
the blessings of God
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upon this service.
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Merciful Father in heaven,
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we thank You again for
the privilege of prayer.
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Thank You that we
can call You our Father.
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Thank You that
we have Your blood.
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We thank You that it cleanses us
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from all unrighteousness.
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We're thankful
for the Word of God
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reveal signs of the
times are everywhere
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and we need to be wide awake.
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We need not little fluffy
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wasn't or a message in
this hour that we live in.
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We need to be
determined by the grace of God
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to set our eyes, our
hearts, our minds upon heaven.
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And let nothing
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keep us from
walking down that road
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that you have for us.
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Thank You for Your
love and Your mercy.
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We ask now in a
special way, Your Holy Spirit
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will take
possession of my heart,
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my life, my mind.
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I ask for forgiveness,
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Lord of any sin,
anything in my heart and life
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that needs to not be there.
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Dear God, I need to
hear from you today.
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There Your people need
to hear from you today.
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We pray as you join us,
that we will in Jesus' name.
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Amen.
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Again, we're going to talk about
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socialistic
ideas, not God's plan.
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You know, there's
a story that was told
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this was taken from
here of Allan P. Kirby.
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And as I heard it,
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I thought it was
very, very interesting.
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And it does talk a little bit
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about what we're going
to be speaking on today.
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He's the, uh,
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works for the Center
of Constitutional Studies
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in the city, in Washington, DC.
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So he has quite a
big, important job
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and he on a speech
he gave this story.
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I thought it was
very, uh, interesting,
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and that it'd be
nice to share it today.
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He starts out with, he
said, I have three kids.
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As soon as I read that,
I said, bless his heart.
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That'll sink in for a
long, bless his heart.
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He said, I have
three kids. Notice this.
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He said, I have one 12
and I have nine and five.
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You know, that's
quite a difference
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in the age there.
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And so a lot of
different things are going on.
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He said, they're
just average kids.
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Most of the time, our children,
we think they're above average.
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They're a little bit
better than everybody else.
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A little bit better
looking than everybody.
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Okay. But he said,
these are just average kids.
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And he said, you
know, they're really good.
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He said, last fall,
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we're sitting
around the dinner table
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and you know, children,
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my 12 year old was
doing what he's best at,
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agitating the other ones.
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Have we been ever known
to do something like that?
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Yeah.
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Maybe some have, I
don't know if I have or not,
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but I've done my
share of agitation
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I'll tell you.
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But, you know, finally,
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the 12 year old was
there talking along.
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And then I said, oh my.
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And the little girl said,
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Oliver, Oliver, that
was a 12 year old's name.
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She said, "Would
you stop talking!"
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And then she looked
at him and she said,
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and, and forever.
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I've been told to
stop talking sometime
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or stop preaching, sit down.
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But I don't think
it's been forever.
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So naturally that kind of,
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you know, got him
riled up just a little bit.
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And then the
volley went back and forth
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with all three of them.
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You know, they were in,
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so finally dad
said, wait a minute here
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at the dinner table, you
know, let's stop in this.
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I want to restore some peace.
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So I'm going to
ask you a question.
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He said, I'm going
to ask you a question.
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I want an answer
from each one of you.
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He said, tell me what
you think free speech means.
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Since we are
challenged with that today,
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it deserves our attention.
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Is anybody with me?
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It deserves our attention
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and anybody
that says it doesn't,
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I just ask you to rethink it.
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Rethink it,
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the enemy is
trying to shut it down
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so that we
can't give the message
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that God wants us to give.
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So they said, okay,
well we can do that.
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So the 12 year old
went on and started talking
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and he said, you know,
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dad said, well, he's a
pretty serious student in school
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and pretty sharp guy.
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And he started out, he said,
"Congress shall make no law."
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I mean, he's really
going to lay it down.
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Congress shall make no law.
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And, then he
continued on after that
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and there contained several
more things he brought out.
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He talked about
the Constitution,
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the Bill of Rights
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and warnings
about certain exceptions
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for public safety and liable.
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Well, man, that's
quite a bit for a 12 year old
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and maybe a lot for us today.
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And dad, after
the son got finished,
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he said, I'm sure, glad
now that I heard all of that
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because of all the...
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I sent him to private
schools and it cost a lot.
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It sounds like
he's learning something.
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So now he switched
to the nine year old.
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Nine year old went next
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and they notice this,
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a rebel convinced
that everyone ignores her.
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So she's a rebel.
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Dad says,
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and she's convinced that
no one wants to listen to her.
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And she just, she
has a lot of ideas.
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And she said, you
know, I don't know
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what public safety is.
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I don't know what liable is.
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And it really doesn't matter
00:14:22.99\00:14:24.93
because to me nine-year-old
free speech should be,
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notice this, there should never
be any restrictions on anything
00:14:29.80\00:14:34.54
that anybody says
any time anywhere.
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Hmm.
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And she added, notice this,
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that we all could
start by listening to her
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what she has to say.
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She did have an ax
to grind, did she not?
00:14:47.58\00:14:50.52
She wanted
people to listen to her.
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So she has free speech
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so that the, well
that's pretty good.
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Now the five-year
old steps to the plate.
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He turns, and he says,
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you know, you could tell,
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he said, this is a girl said,
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she, she'd been thinking hard
00:15:04.47\00:15:05.80
about what she was going
to say when her turn came up.
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So she fixed a real stare
on her brother and sister.
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I mean, she was
really looking at them,
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five years old, remember now,
and she says, there's a stare,
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"Free speech,
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she says, is that
you can say what you want
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as long as I like it."
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That doesn't sound
a whole lot different
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than grown-ups
today in high places.
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You can say what you want,
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that's free speech
for as long as I like it.
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Huh.
00:15:38.93\00:15:41.97
Dad said, you know,
is that, that moment
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that I looked around
and I thought for a moment,
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and I said, you know,
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I realized that my oldest
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was a
constitutional conservative,
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my middle child, a libertarian,
00:15:54.55\00:15:58.62
and my youngest, notice this,
00:15:58.65\00:16:00.56
my youngest, a socialist
with totalitarian tendencies.
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A socialist,
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who with socialistic ideas,
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free speech.
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But I need to agree
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with what you're
saying before you say it.
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Doesn't sound like
anything that maybe
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that I think free
speech is all about.
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Deuteronomy Chapter 11,
we'll read these things,
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so just keep
this in mind as we go.
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There are three verses
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and so, you might say
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why usually you give
one passage of scripture
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and that suffices,
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but each one has
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just a something
little bit different,
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little touch,
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little something
that helps us understand
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as we go through this lesson.
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Deuteronomy Chapter, was it 15?
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Is it 11?
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Or is it 15 verse 11?
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Somebody help me.
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Okay. Deuteronomy 15.
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I'm going to read verse 11.
If it doesn't gel, you stop me.
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Okay.
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Verse 11,
Deuteronomy 15:11 says,
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"For the poor shall
never cease out of," what?"
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It shall never, notice that,
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because that's what we'll
talk about different times
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as we come back here.
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The Bible says,
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"The poor shall never
cease out of the land."
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But you notice
today there are plans
00:17:15.10\00:17:16.87
to try to get rid
of the poor as it were
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and to make everybody the same.
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But Jesus says right,
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through the holy
Spirit, through Moses,
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through the
writings here in Deuteronomy.
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"Thou shalt open thine
hand wide to thy brother,
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to the poor, and to
the needy in the land."
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God had a plan for those
of us who are less fortunate,
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kind of interesting, isn't it?
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Matthew 26, notice,
00:17:38.92\00:17:40.72
just in case,
we're still wondering.
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Turn to New
Testament, Matthew Chapter 26,
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little more
insight on this verse.
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11, Matthew, 26:11,
00:17:47.86\00:17:52.17
just a couple of lines,
but notice how powerful it is.
00:17:52.20\00:17:55.20
It says, "For
you have the poor..."
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Somebody will say what?
00:17:59.17\00:18:00.51
"You have the
poor always with you."
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So that kind of
gets to my, my all.
00:18:02.88\00:18:05.21
You mean there's,
that's not going to change?
00:18:05.25\00:18:07.68
Jesus said it
would never change,
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but the world says
it's going to change.
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It's going to have to change.
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Well, how they
going to make it change?
00:18:12.85\00:18:14.19
Jesus says, you're going
to have him with you always,
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but me, you know what?
00:18:15.86\00:18:17.49
You don't always have.
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You have not.
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One more Mark Chapter 14,
which says somewhat the same,
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but there's just a
little added jewel in there
00:18:23.60\00:18:26.63
that we don't want to miss.
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So turn with me to Mark
14, Mark 14 verse, was it 7?
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Mark 14:7.
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I always like to
say it and I'll say it
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time and time again.
00:18:36.58\00:18:37.91
I can't help us but
say, the Word of God says,
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the Word of God says.
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When the Word of God says
that settles, isn't that right?
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It should settle it.
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Where we get into
trouble many times
00:18:45.52\00:18:46.99
as we don't leave it
with God and God's Word.
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We try to add our
own little to bit.
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We try to add just a little bit.
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The Bible said,
verse 7, Mark 14,
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"For you have the
poor with you," what?
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"Always, whensoever you
will you may do them good."
00:18:58.83\00:19:03.84
Jesus said what?
00:19:03.87\00:19:05.21
Do the poor good, but
Me you have not always.
00:19:05.24\00:19:08.54
Now, remember
there was a squabble
00:19:08.58\00:19:09.91
that was going on
there at Simon's feast.
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You remember Mary came in
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while she had the spice
and she spent a lot of money.
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You know, that Judas was saying,
00:19:15.82\00:19:17.15
need to go to the poor.
00:19:17.19\00:19:18.62
He wanted to go to
his poor pocket within it.
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That's what he was
thinking about was the self.
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And so they just
couldn't understand that.
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But Jesus said,
hey, this is all right,
00:19:27.66\00:19:31.23
for you're going to
always have the poorest,
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what he says,
00:19:32.97\00:19:34.70
but there are
some times in our life
00:19:34.74\00:19:37.91
that there comes
situation where duty is,
00:19:37.94\00:19:40.78
notice this, transcended.
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There's something
that takes its place
00:19:42.81\00:19:44.28
even though it's duty,
00:19:44.31\00:19:46.41
buy something just like this.
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Jesus said it was okay.
00:19:49.92\00:19:52.02
Mary spent the money on what?
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Ointment,
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and the rest of the
disciples didn't dig it.
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They didn't want it.
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And certainly
Judas one of those coins
00:20:01.06\00:20:02.86
because there's about...
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What was, it was
about a year's work,
00:20:04.27\00:20:06.27
you know that she
sacrificed and worked hard
00:20:06.30\00:20:09.00
and get that
ointment to anoint to Jesus.
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Said, no, you need
to be giving to the...
00:20:12.44\00:20:13.78
You need to be
giving it to the poor.
00:20:13.81\00:20:16.08
Where does this fit in?
00:20:16.11\00:20:18.91
Me, you have not always,
Jesus makes it very clear,
00:20:18.95\00:20:23.79
try as though we may.
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Hmm.
00:20:26.79\00:20:28.82
To try to take from the rich
and try to and give to the poor
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or what I've been
hearing a lot of that,
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all things in common.
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Anybody hear that
out there all the time?
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All things what?
00:20:41.17\00:20:42.57
In common.
00:20:42.60\00:20:43.94
Let's not be scared
about some of these things.
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People don't like it.
00:20:45.54\00:20:46.88
Some of our own
people don't like it.
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It's the way it is.
00:20:49.28\00:20:50.61
It either is
truth or it's not truth.
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It's easier, is
things that are leading up
00:20:52.51\00:20:54.35
to the end of time.
00:20:54.38\00:20:55.82
And it behooves us
to take the warning
00:20:55.85\00:20:57.95
that God gives us.
00:20:57.99\00:20:59.42
The things that
we're discussing here
00:20:59.45\00:21:01.09
are things or avenues
00:21:01.12\00:21:02.52
that are leading to the
greater and bigger things
00:21:02.56\00:21:05.63
that's developing on
the horizon right now.
00:21:05.66\00:21:08.50
Get it.
00:21:08.53\00:21:09.86
A lot of times they'll say,
00:21:09.90\00:21:11.23
well, you know, this
might be a little bit far out.
00:21:11.27\00:21:12.60
Yeah, things are
going to get far out
00:21:12.63\00:21:13.97
before it's over.
00:21:14.00\00:21:15.34
So far out, you're not
going to make sense of it,
00:21:15.37\00:21:17.07
and I'm not going
to make sense of it.
00:21:17.11\00:21:18.84
But I need to know that
it's coming to that point,
00:21:18.87\00:21:22.81
because I hear people say,
00:21:22.84\00:21:24.18
well, we need to
have all things in common.
00:21:24.21\00:21:26.48
With man that is
an impossibility,
00:21:26.51\00:21:29.08
but I know Holy Spirit in Acts,
00:21:29.12\00:21:30.89
you know that they
had all things what?
00:21:30.92\00:21:32.95
Because they were
under the direction of what?
00:21:32.99\00:21:35.36
The Holy Spirit
of the living God.
00:21:35.39\00:21:37.66
Selfishness had gone.
00:21:37.69\00:21:39.03
Man's thoughts were gone
00:21:39.06\00:21:40.53
and his thought was upon
Christ and everybody else.
00:21:40.56\00:21:43.43
When I was in high
school, I worked at a body shop.
00:21:46.50\00:21:48.90
Then we had a man there.
00:21:48.94\00:21:50.27
His name was Dennis,
that's about far as I'll go.
00:21:50.31\00:21:54.71
And he said,
00:21:54.74\00:21:56.38
I never once saw
you get a break, right?
00:21:56.41\00:21:58.05
When you're working
along, you get a break.
00:21:58.08\00:21:59.91
And then there's a candy machine
00:21:59.95\00:22:01.62
or soda machine or
something right there.
00:22:01.65\00:22:03.55
And most generally I'd,
00:22:03.59\00:22:04.92
you know, I
wasn't really prepared
00:22:04.95\00:22:06.29
for that kind of stuff.
00:22:06.32\00:22:07.66
You know, I might've had
a dollar bill or something
00:22:07.69\00:22:09.02
and I'd say,
Dennis, you had some change
00:22:09.06\00:22:10.39
because he always had
00:22:10.43\00:22:11.76
a pocket full of change, always.
00:22:11.79\00:22:13.46
And every time I don't care,
if he had $5 worth of change,
00:22:13.50\00:22:17.07
he'd reached in his pocket.
00:22:17.10\00:22:19.03
He had pulled out
and he looked at me
00:22:19.07\00:22:20.40
and he'd say,
00:22:20.44\00:22:21.77
let's see if I have
enough for myself first.
00:22:21.80\00:22:25.54
He's making a point, didn't he?
00:22:25.57\00:22:26.91
I'll see if I've got
enough for myself for.
00:22:26.94\00:22:28.61
That's usually the way
00:22:28.64\00:22:30.05
that we think and we
shouldn't, but we do.
00:22:30.08\00:22:33.58
And then he
said, if I have enough,
00:22:33.62\00:22:35.52
then I'll help you.
00:22:35.55\00:22:37.39
Would that be
interesting if that reversed?
00:22:37.42\00:22:38.89
And he said,
00:22:38.92\00:22:40.26
I don't really
have enough change
00:22:40.29\00:22:41.62
for me and you both,
00:22:41.66\00:22:42.99
but why don't you take it.
00:22:43.02\00:22:44.36
Wow. Sacrifice.
00:22:44.39\00:22:49.00
But people in high
positions as I mentioned
00:22:49.03\00:22:51.70
are trying to change things up.
00:22:51.73\00:22:54.34
A world that I don't
hardly understand anymore.
00:22:54.37\00:22:59.01
The world I don't,
00:22:59.04\00:23:00.38
I don't recognize
00:23:00.41\00:23:02.58
like I used to.
00:23:02.61\00:23:04.25
Well, you say
you're getting old,
00:23:04.28\00:23:05.61
but let me tell you.
00:23:05.65\00:23:06.98
Even the young people
will say, things are changing.
00:23:07.02\00:23:10.05
Our vocabulary is changing.
00:23:10.09\00:23:11.89
You know, over words ever,
nothing means the same anymore.
00:23:11.92\00:23:14.62
And we're having to change
00:23:14.66\00:23:16.22
and the things that we
held at high esteem right now,
00:23:16.26\00:23:18.76
they're taken
down, they're burnt,
00:23:18.79\00:23:20.13
they're forgotten,
00:23:20.16\00:23:21.50
they're erased
from the history books.
00:23:21.53\00:23:22.86
We don't know what's going on.
00:23:22.90\00:23:24.23
Something big
is about to happen.
00:23:24.27\00:23:26.63
And we need to wake up.
00:23:26.67\00:23:29.67
People in high places
00:23:29.70\00:23:31.41
are trying to
redistribute wealth.
00:23:31.44\00:23:36.88
Ain't that true?
00:23:36.91\00:23:38.28
See, some people
will say that speculation.
00:23:38.31\00:23:40.88
And I say, it's not.
00:23:40.92\00:23:42.52
Is that okay to
be firm about it?
00:23:42.55\00:23:44.52
It is not.
00:23:44.55\00:23:46.22
They, it's in fact
over and over and over
00:23:46.25\00:23:48.66
we need to
redistribute the wealth
00:23:48.69\00:23:51.39
so that everybody
is on the same page.
00:23:51.43\00:23:54.06
And I say to you,
that is socialism,
00:23:54.10\00:23:57.23
and that is not
acceptable with God.
00:23:57.27\00:23:59.17
You may be, uh,
you may like socialism,
00:24:02.20\00:24:04.11
well, that's okay,
00:24:04.14\00:24:05.47
but since I
don't agree with today,
00:24:05.51\00:24:06.84
that's, it's my turn.
00:24:06.88\00:24:10.15
You can fuss with me later.
00:24:10.18\00:24:12.38
It's okay.
00:24:12.41\00:24:13.75
We can be different,
00:24:13.78\00:24:15.15
but that's one of the things
00:24:15.18\00:24:16.52
that's going on
in the world today.
00:24:16.55\00:24:18.59
And we need to find out
00:24:18.62\00:24:19.95
God's plan from
the enemy's plan,
00:24:19.99\00:24:23.93
because this is going
to be wide and separated
00:24:23.96\00:24:26.19
to where it's easy to
see if you want to see.
00:24:26.23\00:24:28.86
If you don't,
you close your eyes
00:24:28.90\00:24:30.23
and, boy, I'm
telling you you're in danger.
00:24:30.27\00:24:31.70
Huh.
00:24:31.73\00:24:33.07
Jesus said, the poor is
going to always be among us.
00:24:33.10\00:24:36.37
Evidently, they're
going to try some things,
00:24:36.40\00:24:38.17
but it's not going to work
00:24:38.21\00:24:41.08
because the heart and
the mind has not changed.
00:24:41.11\00:24:44.95
This world cannot change
00:24:44.98\00:24:47.08
unless the heart and the mind
is submitted to Jesus Christ.
00:24:47.12\00:24:49.72
Isn't that right?
00:24:49.75\00:24:51.09
When that mind is
there and it is converted,
00:24:51.12\00:24:53.32
then we will love God supremely
00:24:53.36\00:24:55.06
and our fellow man as ourselves.
00:24:55.09\00:24:56.59
Wouldn't it make sense to me.
00:24:56.62\00:24:59.09
They say, well,
it's going to work
00:24:59.13\00:25:01.00
if you let them
have the opportunity.
00:25:01.03\00:25:02.83
Jesus says, no.
00:25:02.86\00:25:04.90
Now you can choose who...
00:25:04.93\00:25:06.97
I'm going to stay with Jesus.
00:25:07.00\00:25:08.47
He says, no,
00:25:08.50\00:25:10.71
this kind of
thinking is promoted by many.
00:25:10.74\00:25:15.28
And it's going...
00:25:15.31\00:25:16.64
Listen, the reason I'm
talking about is because
00:25:16.68\00:25:18.01
it will affect
the people of God.
00:25:18.05\00:25:20.38
Who are the people of God?
00:25:20.42\00:25:21.75
Anybody that wants
to be the people of God.
00:25:21.78\00:25:24.19
Does that make sense?
00:25:24.22\00:25:25.55
Oh, it's this church.
00:25:25.59\00:25:26.92
Oh, it's that church.
00:25:26.96\00:25:28.29
Oh, it's that church.
00:25:28.32\00:25:29.66
It's anybody who wants to be,
00:25:29.69\00:25:32.33
you can be a part
of the family of God
00:25:32.36\00:25:34.30
if you want to be.
00:25:34.33\00:25:35.66
And you're
willing to come to Him
00:25:35.70\00:25:37.63
and willing to follow Him.
00:25:37.67\00:25:39.77
This business, I
was raised this way
00:25:39.80\00:25:41.70
and I've been this
way for 40 or 50 years.
00:25:41.74\00:25:43.47
And I've got an
edge. No, you don't.
00:25:43.51\00:25:46.51
By grace are you
saved through faith,
00:25:46.54\00:25:48.14
isn't that right?
00:25:48.18\00:25:50.65
Jesus says coming to him.
00:25:50.68\00:25:54.22
Yes.
00:25:54.25\00:25:56.08
I want to read a paragraph
00:25:56.12\00:25:58.95
that I found very interesting.
00:25:58.99\00:26:02.36
Now, some of you
might be acquainted with,
00:26:02.39\00:26:04.03
or some of you may not.
00:26:04.06\00:26:05.56
I'm going to say up front,
I love The Spirit of Prophecy.
00:26:05.59\00:26:10.60
I'm saying I love,
00:26:10.63\00:26:13.57
I do, The Spirit of Prophecy.
00:26:13.60\00:26:16.30
My mind is just not
maybe good like yours.
00:26:16.34\00:26:18.74
And I need something to
make it clear and simple
00:26:18.77\00:26:21.64
that I might understand it.
00:26:21.68\00:26:24.05
Does that make sense? Yeah.
00:26:24.08\00:26:25.41
If something really
clear, breaks it down for me,
00:26:25.45\00:26:28.98
I don't have to project.
00:26:29.02\00:26:30.35
It says that's
what the world is doing.
00:26:30.39\00:26:31.72
They think they've got a truth.
00:26:31.75\00:26:33.09
And then they
project all over the place.
00:26:33.12\00:26:34.76
And they're out in
the north 40 somewhere.
00:26:34.79\00:26:36.16
They don't know
where they're at.
00:26:36.19\00:26:38.66
I like to notice it, this
is the way, walk ye in it.
00:26:38.69\00:26:43.43
There's not,
well, just go out there
00:26:43.47\00:26:44.80
and find your way.
00:26:44.83\00:26:46.53
No.
00:26:46.57\00:26:50.21
Patriarchs and Prophets,
a beautiful book, page 535.
00:26:50.24\00:26:54.41
And I've always
encouraged if people need books.
00:26:54.44\00:26:57.81
One of the reasons
Behold the Lamb is here
00:26:57.85\00:26:59.48
is try to get you some books.
00:26:59.51\00:27:02.12
We're here to give
you the Word of God.
00:27:02.15\00:27:05.85
Notice what it says here.
00:27:05.89\00:27:07.22
It says, there are many,
00:27:07.26\00:27:08.59
this, this was
like it was written.
00:27:08.62\00:27:09.96
This was written 150 years ago.
00:27:09.99\00:27:11.33
This was like, it
was written yesterday.
00:27:11.36\00:27:13.56
That's how it pertains to me.
00:27:13.60\00:27:15.10
It says, "There are many
00:27:15.13\00:27:16.46
who urge with great enthusiasm,"
00:27:16.50\00:27:18.50
notice,
00:27:18.53\00:27:19.87
"that all men should be
00:27:19.90\00:27:22.20
no, have an equal share
00:27:22.24\00:27:24.17
in their temporal
blessings of God."
00:27:24.21\00:27:26.47
Is the same thing as well.
00:27:26.51\00:27:27.84
We just read,
men are saying what?
00:27:27.88\00:27:29.41
We need to take
from the, the rich
00:27:29.44\00:27:31.31
and give to the poor may.
00:27:31.35\00:27:32.71
It sounds pretty good
00:27:32.75\00:27:34.48
for maybe the
person don't want to work
00:27:34.52\00:27:36.02
or is you're lazy or
set back and do nothing,
00:27:36.05\00:27:38.89
and want something.
00:27:38.92\00:27:40.26
That's just lay it out.
00:27:40.29\00:27:42.32
Bible said, if you're
able, you should work.
00:27:42.36\00:27:45.39
If you don't work,
you don't need to eat.
00:27:45.43\00:27:47.40
That's what the Bible says.
00:27:47.43\00:27:48.76
I would get mad if we want to,
00:27:48.80\00:27:50.13
that you can talk it
over with God, not me.
00:27:50.17\00:27:53.74
So while we're able,
00:27:53.77\00:27:55.30
but we can,
situation is allowable.
00:27:55.34\00:27:57.51
Let's do what God says to do.
00:27:57.54\00:27:59.31
But notice it
here, way years ago,
00:27:59.34\00:28:02.08
it said the time
will come, notice this,
00:28:02.11\00:28:04.18
when people's going to
think this is all right,
00:28:04.21\00:28:06.35
that all men
should have an equal share
00:28:06.38\00:28:08.98
in the temporal
things of this world, right?
00:28:09.02\00:28:11.09
Blessings of God.
00:28:11.12\00:28:13.29
Listen, but...
00:28:13.32\00:28:15.46
"But this was not the
purpose of the Creator."
00:28:15.49\00:28:20.76
Did you get it?
00:28:20.80\00:28:22.13
So when you say
socialism or socialistic ideas,
00:28:22.16\00:28:26.47
it's not God's plan.
00:28:26.50\00:28:27.84
Then I say right here,
00:28:27.87\00:28:29.20
but this was not
the Creator's plan.
00:28:29.24\00:28:32.47
Man says, the plan is
we're going to redistribute.
00:28:32.51\00:28:34.71
We're going to
make everybody equal.
00:28:34.74\00:28:37.05
God says, that's not
the way I planned it.
00:28:37.08\00:28:39.81
That's not the
way I planned for them
00:28:39.85\00:28:41.72
to be taken care of.
00:28:41.75\00:28:43.08
But I planned that there be,
00:28:43.12\00:28:44.45
there would be rich
00:28:44.49\00:28:45.82
and there would
be the poor class.
00:28:45.85\00:28:47.19
And that would challenge
us to do the right thing.
00:28:47.22\00:28:50.53
It challenged us,
00:28:50.56\00:28:51.89
those who have
right need to be giving
00:28:51.93\00:28:53.29
and helping that have nots.
00:28:53.33\00:28:55.60
It's a challenge,
00:28:55.63\00:28:56.97
salvation is on the
line for both classes.
00:28:57.00\00:29:01.74
God intended there be a
diversity of conditions.
00:29:01.77\00:29:07.31
Hmm.
00:29:07.34\00:29:08.71
That's one of the
means by which God,
00:29:08.74\00:29:11.35
notice this, is going to prove,
00:29:11.38\00:29:13.75
and God is going to
develop your character and mine.
00:29:13.78\00:29:17.49
How often somebody
comes and they need something
00:29:20.86\00:29:24.69
and we give them
a pat on the head,
00:29:24.73\00:29:27.96
bless your heart.
00:29:28.00\00:29:29.60
Woo. Let's have prayer, right?
00:29:29.63\00:29:32.17
It's all right.
Let's pray about it.
00:29:32.20\00:29:35.64
Call somebody else in.
00:29:35.67\00:29:37.01
Let's have double
prayer, ain't that right?
00:29:37.04\00:29:39.91
Get the choir, sing to them.
00:29:39.94\00:29:43.85
But they say, I'm hungry.
00:29:43.88\00:29:45.21
I need a loaf of
bread or something.
00:29:45.25\00:29:46.72
Let's sing them another song.
00:29:46.75\00:29:49.48
Let's have another prayer.
00:29:49.52\00:29:52.75
And then we opened the
door and send them out.
00:29:52.79\00:29:54.22
And now realize there's...
00:29:57.23\00:29:59.09
Can I say users in the world?
00:29:59.13\00:30:01.26
And abusers?
00:30:01.30\00:30:03.26
And they liked little signs
00:30:03.30\00:30:04.63
like out from Behold
the Lamb or Church of God,
00:30:04.67\00:30:06.47
or whoever might be out here.
00:30:06.50\00:30:08.40
They make their rounds.
00:30:08.44\00:30:09.77
So I'm very well aware of that.
00:30:09.80\00:30:12.07
I talk to him frequently.
00:30:12.11\00:30:13.81
As I let one know yesterday,
00:30:18.25\00:30:20.08
you've come around an awful lot.
00:30:20.12\00:30:21.45
You think, you
fool me all this time.
00:30:25.99\00:30:30.63
You have not, but you know what?
00:30:30.66\00:30:34.63
He kept coming back.
00:30:34.66\00:30:36.00
Sometime he didn't
even know he was here,
00:30:36.03\00:30:39.93
but you couldn't ignore him
00:30:39.97\00:30:41.30
because he's
still a child of God.
00:30:41.34\00:30:43.61
That's right.
00:30:43.64\00:30:45.47
And there's always
hope where there's life.
00:30:45.51\00:30:49.84
And so the
church here treated him
00:30:49.88\00:30:53.95
with a little respect and
try to set him at the table
00:30:53.98\00:30:56.02
and feed him
00:30:56.05\00:30:57.39
when some of
you seen some weeks,
00:30:57.42\00:30:58.75
he fell at the table,
like fell out of his chair.
00:30:58.79\00:31:00.62
It was bad.
00:31:00.66\00:31:02.22
He didn't know where he
was at, still loved him.
00:31:02.26\00:31:04.69
Maybe someday, Lord,
maybe someday we said, huh?
00:31:07.80\00:31:11.93
I don't know he may
be out there setting now,
00:31:11.97\00:31:13.34
I don't really care.
00:31:13.37\00:31:16.60
He came and walked up the road.
00:31:16.64\00:31:19.47
Hadn't seen him
whether for month or whatever.
00:31:19.51\00:31:21.98
He come back up
the world and he said,
00:31:22.01\00:31:23.88
would you baptize me?
00:31:23.91\00:31:26.41
He was in his right mind.
00:31:26.45\00:31:29.02
He carried a Bible with him.
00:31:29.05\00:31:32.15
He knew more
than I ever dreamed.
00:31:32.19\00:31:36.99
I thought he'd
never read the Bible.
00:31:37.03\00:31:38.36
He was quoting
00:31:38.39\00:31:39.73
and turning the
pages to different
00:31:39.76\00:31:41.96
and set and reading to me.
00:31:42.00\00:31:44.43
He read so long.
00:31:44.47\00:31:45.80
We both got tired
and we both sat down.
00:31:45.83\00:31:48.84
Didn't we lady, somebody
sit in the chairs out front.
00:31:48.87\00:31:51.64
And I said, we should
have done this an hour ago.
00:31:51.67\00:31:56.88
But he began to read the mind
00:31:56.91\00:32:01.55
or somebody lent me his mind,
00:32:01.58\00:32:04.09
he shouldn't have had one.
00:32:04.12\00:32:06.35
Is that okay to say that?
00:32:06.39\00:32:07.72
He shouldn't
have, because the things
00:32:07.76\00:32:09.09
you take into your body could...
00:32:09.12\00:32:10.46
I'm not, I'm not degrading.
00:32:10.49\00:32:11.83
I'm not, I'm
praising God for it.
00:32:11.86\00:32:15.20
It should have
been ate up and gone.
00:32:15.23\00:32:18.07
But man was as sharp.
00:32:18.10\00:32:20.54
I said, wow, praise God.
00:32:20.57\00:32:24.74
And he was
praising God and giving Him
00:32:24.77\00:32:26.34
honor and glory and
saying, you know the Lord,
00:32:26.37\00:32:28.44
the Lord is changing my life.
00:32:28.48\00:32:30.01
Yeah.
00:32:33.92\00:32:35.25
God has a plan
exactly right for him.
00:32:35.28\00:32:39.15
Will you baptize me?
00:32:39.19\00:32:40.52
A lot of people will
say an Adventist for sure.
00:32:40.56\00:32:41.89
We can't do that
00:32:41.92\00:32:43.26
until we go
through all the studies.
00:32:43.29\00:32:44.63
And usually that'd be
so if we're going to be
00:32:44.66\00:32:46.33
fellowshipping together,
00:32:46.36\00:32:47.70
somebody that's coming through
00:32:47.73\00:32:49.06
is going back to
Indiana and so on and so forth.
00:32:49.10\00:32:50.87
Maybe like John in
the wilderness, right?
00:32:50.90\00:32:54.47
You want to be
baptized, come on.
00:32:54.50\00:32:56.44
Forgiveness of sin, go down
and come up in newness of life.
00:32:56.47\00:33:00.58
It may not happen, but
I feel the baptistery up.
00:33:00.61\00:33:05.51
I've got the
heater turned on. Okay.
00:33:05.55\00:33:09.48
No one liked that either we get
00:33:09.52\00:33:10.85
in the cold
water and you'll see.
00:33:10.89\00:33:12.92
Yeah, you'll see.
00:33:12.95\00:33:17.26
Yeah. Now, it may not be today.
00:33:17.29\00:33:19.69
He said it because he wanted
it right then right there.
00:33:19.73\00:33:22.53
But there was no
water, there was nothing.
00:33:22.56\00:33:23.90
You know what he said?
00:33:23.93\00:33:25.27
If you wait a couple hours,
then we can, well, anyway,
00:33:25.30\00:33:27.24
I'm just saying, we want
to make sure we do our part.
00:33:27.27\00:33:30.71
Right. Amen.
00:33:30.74\00:33:32.81
I've seen a tremendous change
00:33:32.84\00:33:35.64
that only God can bring in man.
00:33:35.68\00:33:39.88
Where will it go from here,
00:33:39.91\00:33:41.32
I have no idea,
but I've seen it.
00:33:41.35\00:33:44.22
He prayed for me.
00:33:44.25\00:33:47.52
He prayed for
me for all the time
00:33:51.46\00:33:56.56
he's coming over the
several years of asking,
00:33:56.60\00:33:58.97
help him, different things.
00:33:59.00\00:34:00.34
I didn't know he even knew God.
00:34:00.37\00:34:02.87
He said, we need to pray.
00:34:02.90\00:34:05.61
Interesting,
his name is Michael.
00:34:05.64\00:34:08.58
And I said that we do Michael
and I want you to pray for me.
00:34:08.61\00:34:13.62
Yeah. And he did.
00:34:13.65\00:34:17.95
Changes can come.
00:34:17.99\00:34:22.46
Oh, God has a plan.
00:34:22.49\00:34:26.29
He has a plan to
take care of His people.
00:34:29.36\00:34:34.00
And the enemy is
trying to change the plans
00:34:34.04\00:34:36.34
and the
blueprint and the designs
00:34:36.37\00:34:38.64
to be able to come
back and hurt God's people.
00:34:38.67\00:34:43.38
Hmm.
00:34:43.41\00:34:46.31
God's plan is
those who have much
00:34:46.35\00:34:48.75
or more be good stewards.
00:34:48.78\00:34:52.85
He's entrusted them means
00:34:52.89\00:34:54.32
where they might
help others along the way.
00:34:54.36\00:34:57.06
And while they
benefiting other people,
00:34:57.09\00:34:59.43
they are benefited.
00:34:59.46\00:35:01.30
You cannot outgive
the Lord as you will know.
00:35:01.33\00:35:05.57
No one that's ever
given, given, given, given,
00:35:05.60\00:35:07.64
has ever went to the poor house.
00:35:07.67\00:35:09.94
In fact, he
built a bigger house.
00:35:09.97\00:35:15.61
It's true. That's God. Why?
00:35:15.64\00:35:17.98
Because he said
I'll give to you, right?
00:35:18.01\00:35:19.75
In great measure.
Packed down, right?
00:35:19.78\00:35:22.88
You gave right here, press down.
00:35:22.92\00:35:24.25
He'll give 40 or
He'll give a hundred fold.
00:35:24.29\00:35:25.85
I mean, this,
that's not why you do it,
00:35:25.89\00:35:28.22
but it's because the
heart has been converted.
00:35:28.26\00:35:30.63
Five Testimonies 479
makes this statement.
00:35:30.66\00:35:33.53
Come on. Let's get, ooh, glory.
00:35:33.56\00:35:35.06
I'm not even going
to get started today.
00:35:35.10\00:35:38.20
Always say some
time, but I feel so good.
00:35:38.23\00:35:39.90
I could go for several
hours if you don't mind.
00:35:39.93\00:35:42.14
Yeah, brother, Jacob, it
might just be us left here.
00:35:46.24\00:35:48.78
Everybody else would
be gone eaten in there,
00:35:48.81\00:35:50.15
but we'll just go ahead.
00:35:50.18\00:35:51.68
It's all right. Yeah.
00:35:51.71\00:35:53.98
You've been a long time away.
00:35:54.02\00:35:55.58
So it's time you
listened for a little bit.
00:35:55.62\00:35:59.82
Yeah. Amen.
00:35:59.85\00:36:01.49
Yeah. We're glad you're here.
00:36:01.52\00:36:02.86
I was thinking
about you this week.
00:36:02.89\00:36:04.23
I haven't seen
him in a long time.
00:36:04.26\00:36:05.89
Look what God brings,
both of you, thank you.
00:36:05.93\00:36:08.20
Yes. Amen.
00:36:08.23\00:36:10.97
Five testimonies, 479.
00:36:11.00\00:36:12.90
God hadn't
forgotten you little weak
00:36:12.93\00:36:15.44
and shaky at times, but
God hasn't forgotten you.
00:36:15.47\00:36:17.91
You always come
back stronger than ever.
00:36:17.94\00:36:20.04
And I thoroughly
believe that's going to happen.
00:36:20.08\00:36:22.38
Five Testimonies, 479 says,
00:36:22.41\00:36:24.15
"The crisis is just before us
00:36:24.18\00:36:28.48
when each one will
need much strength from God
00:36:28.52\00:36:32.12
in order to stand
against the wiles of Satan."
00:36:32.15\00:36:34.69
That means to me,
it was Ephesians 6:11.
00:36:34.72\00:36:37.96
It says we need to
put on the whole what?
00:36:37.99\00:36:40.03
The whole armor of God.
00:36:40.06\00:36:41.76
Some of us are
putting on little bits
00:36:41.80\00:36:43.16
and pieces of and
thinking we're all right,
00:36:43.20\00:36:45.23
but the piece
where we really need it,
00:36:45.27\00:36:46.60
we're not putting it on
00:36:46.63\00:36:47.97
because we're
trying to do things
00:36:48.00\00:36:49.54
maybe we shouldn't do.
00:36:49.57\00:36:51.87
Put on the whole
armor of God, why?
00:36:51.91\00:36:54.54
Read on, for his deceptions
00:36:54.58\00:36:58.58
will come in
every conceivable form.
00:36:58.61\00:37:03.99
Don't ever
think you got it made.
00:37:04.02\00:37:06.86
Don't ever
think, oh, I've arrived.
00:37:06.89\00:37:09.06
You're not even
close. I'm not even close.
00:37:09.09\00:37:11.86
I'm traveling. He's
still working on me.
00:37:11.89\00:37:18.13
And I'm thankful
for the Holy Spirit
00:37:18.17\00:37:20.07
to when you get a
little carried away at times,
00:37:20.10\00:37:23.00
the Holy Spirit
says, you got carried away.
00:37:23.04\00:37:26.88
He's nice about it.
00:37:26.91\00:37:28.24
He doesn't push you
around or beat you up,
00:37:28.28\00:37:29.78
but he lets you know,
you got a little carried away
00:37:29.81\00:37:33.48
and then we can come
right to Him and say,
00:37:33.52\00:37:34.98
okay, God, I'm sorry.
00:37:35.02\00:37:36.92
Give me victory.
00:37:36.95\00:37:40.49
The enemy is going to
come against us so hard
00:37:40.52\00:37:43.49
before it's over here,
that our minds is going to be,
00:37:43.53\00:37:46.43
unless it stayed on Christ,
it's going to become confused
00:37:46.46\00:37:50.33
so that we cannot
discern between the things
00:37:50.37\00:37:52.83
that are divine and the satanic.
00:37:52.87\00:37:55.44
We're going to be combining
00:37:55.47\00:37:56.81
those things that are of God
00:37:56.84\00:37:58.34
and the things of
a common earth here
00:37:58.37\00:38:00.81
and trying to put them together.
00:38:00.84\00:38:03.65
Can't do that.
00:38:03.68\00:38:05.68
May I just
define socialism to you?
00:38:05.71\00:38:10.09
I know all of you know that,
but it's just, it's good that
00:38:10.12\00:38:13.12
we do it, it's
just for own mind.
00:38:13.15\00:38:16.79
And then why is the
enemy pushing so hard
00:38:16.83\00:38:19.89
in this direction
00:38:19.93\00:38:21.26
in a lot of
diff different areas?
00:38:21.30\00:38:23.50
According to Wikipedia,
00:38:23.53\00:38:24.87
you can look it up for
yourself,.org says this,
00:38:24.90\00:38:27.20
a socialist country
is a sovereign state
00:38:27.24\00:38:30.11
in which everyone is,
notice this, in society.
00:38:30.14\00:38:33.21
Everyone in society is equal.
00:38:33.24\00:38:36.34
It owns the
factors of production.
00:38:36.38\00:38:38.68
Let me tell you about that
there's four factors in here.
00:38:38.71\00:38:41.12
It just try to
labor capital goods,
00:38:41.15\00:38:45.19
natural resources
and entrepreneurship.
00:38:45.22\00:38:49.02
Kind of interesting.
00:38:49.06\00:38:51.16
Notice this, everyone
in a socialistic society
00:38:51.19\00:38:54.70
receives a share of
the productive production
00:38:54.73\00:38:58.63
based on his or her needs.
00:38:58.67\00:39:02.84
Not you work harder and longer
00:39:02.87\00:39:04.27
and you get more,
00:39:04.31\00:39:05.97
that'd be like
capitalism, wouldn't it?
00:39:06.01\00:39:08.81
But here under
socialism, as you work,
00:39:08.84\00:39:14.38
things are going to
be distributed to you.
00:39:14.42\00:39:17.99
Did you get it?
00:39:18.02\00:39:19.35
Based on needs and not on means.
00:39:19.39\00:39:22.42
Something maybe
you don't want in life.
00:39:22.46\00:39:25.66
Socialists country
is vastly different
00:39:25.69\00:39:28.43
we know from that of capitalism.
00:39:28.46\00:39:30.97
Now, I have to ask the question.
00:39:31.00\00:39:33.00
Do you think in principle,
00:39:33.03\00:39:35.00
which one do you
think God approves of?
00:39:35.04\00:39:38.81
Just think about,
00:39:38.84\00:39:40.18
which one do you think
God really approves of?
00:39:40.21\00:39:44.08
And it give just a few
examples real quick here.
00:39:44.11\00:39:46.18
The socialist
countries in the world,
00:39:46.21\00:39:47.65
some of the more,
00:39:47.68\00:39:49.02
just four or five
of them, North Korea.
00:39:49.05\00:39:50.95
You want to live
like North Korea,
00:39:50.99\00:39:52.39
China, Cuba, Vietnam, Venezuela.
00:39:52.42\00:39:57.83
And even not now,
00:39:57.86\00:39:59.19
but Germany when
it was under Hitler.
00:39:59.23\00:40:04.53
Today Christians
just cannot ignore
00:40:04.57\00:40:09.20
what's going on in the world.
00:40:09.24\00:40:10.57
We just can't.
00:40:10.61\00:40:14.31
That's going to bring
about some kind of issues.
00:40:14.34\00:40:17.38
That's going to have a major
effect on the people of God,
00:40:17.41\00:40:21.98
because I say this
by the grace of God,
00:40:22.02\00:40:23.99
we go, the crisis will come.
00:40:24.02\00:40:27.09
And with the crisis
to superficial and the...
00:40:27.12\00:40:31.79
I want to call
it the conservative
00:40:31.83\00:40:33.83
believer will go into apostasy.
00:40:33.86\00:40:37.97
The times you're going to have
00:40:38.00\00:40:39.33
to come to try the people of God
00:40:39.37\00:40:41.30
to see if you
are sincere or not.
00:40:41.34\00:40:44.21
If you're serious about
your relationship with Christ,
00:40:44.24\00:40:48.41
the times will come
where it's going to be proven
00:40:48.44\00:40:50.68
whether you are not.
00:40:50.71\00:40:55.65
When these crisis
come and they are coming
00:40:55.68\00:40:57.72
and they are here right now.
00:40:57.75\00:40:59.59
Decisions are
being made right now.
00:40:59.62\00:41:01.32
Many are going out, you know,
00:41:01.36\00:41:02.69
and older the world
looks better to them
00:41:02.72\00:41:04.96
than the world of God.
00:41:04.99\00:41:08.00
But when these things
happened in a good bit,
00:41:08.03\00:41:09.90
but a little bit
more pressure put on,
00:41:09.93\00:41:12.73
it's going to purge the church.
00:41:12.77\00:41:16.14
Did you get it?
00:41:16.17\00:41:17.51
It's going to purge the church
from questionable, notice,
00:41:17.54\00:41:21.18
didn't say just wrong,
00:41:21.21\00:41:22.54
questionable elements
from the midst of God's people.
00:41:22.58\00:41:28.68
God's still testing and
proving and trying what?
00:41:28.72\00:41:31.52
Is He not? His people.
00:41:31.55\00:41:35.19
As the crisis increases,
00:41:35.22\00:41:39.93
as it comes on us,
00:41:39.96\00:41:43.23
especially religiously.
00:41:43.26\00:41:46.43
If you become indifferent
or if you shift it to neutral,
00:41:46.47\00:41:51.44
it's a grievous crime to God.
00:41:51.47\00:41:54.64
This is no time for what?
00:41:54.68\00:41:56.21
Neutrality.
00:41:56.24\00:41:59.95
There's nothing
worse than the vehicle
00:41:59.98\00:42:01.32
that you can't get in gear.
00:42:01.35\00:42:06.05
Got this nice big...
00:42:06.09\00:42:07.59
I don't know if
anybody has one here or not,
00:42:07.62\00:42:08.96
a big Cadillac out there.
00:42:08.99\00:42:11.36
Now, what you do has gotten,
all you have is neutral in it.
00:42:11.39\00:42:13.53
Hey, right, give
me the Volkswagen.
00:42:13.56\00:42:18.43
Give me the bicycle.
Give me the tricycle.
00:42:18.47\00:42:20.30
You know I want one of
these, I need to go somewhere.
00:42:20.34\00:42:24.71
Seriously, God's people
00:42:24.74\00:42:26.84
we need to be
moving on right now.
00:42:26.88\00:42:28.88
The crisis will come.
00:42:28.91\00:42:30.25
They're going to
come with nations.
00:42:30.28\00:42:31.61
We see it.
00:42:31.65\00:42:32.98
The Bible said, Jesus said,
00:42:33.01\00:42:34.35
there'll be wars
and rumors of wars,
00:42:34.38\00:42:35.72
things that are going on.
00:42:35.75\00:42:37.09
There's going to be
disasters in families.
00:42:37.12\00:42:38.45
We see that all over crisis
in individuals more and more.
00:42:38.49\00:42:43.53
It never ends.
00:42:43.56\00:42:44.89
Well, my wife
talked about some time.
00:42:44.93\00:42:46.26
It never, as soon as one thing,
00:42:46.29\00:42:47.63
it's another and
another and another and another,
00:42:47.66\00:42:49.60
something points
the finger at God says
00:42:49.63\00:42:52.93
I'm coming.
00:42:52.97\00:42:56.04
Warning, I like
the book Testimonies,
00:42:56.07\00:42:58.04
Five Testimonies, 99
says this is interesting,
00:42:58.07\00:43:00.98
just a couple of award is said,
00:43:01.01\00:43:02.61
listen to this, warn off
events about to take place.
00:43:02.64\00:43:08.65
There's somebody with me now.
00:43:08.68\00:43:10.72
You need to warn of what?
00:43:10.75\00:43:13.02
The events that are what?
00:43:13.05\00:43:15.12
Soon to take place.
00:43:15.16\00:43:17.86
But somebody
may say speculation,
00:43:17.89\00:43:23.10
not trying to be rude or ugly.
00:43:23.13\00:43:24.47
I'm just simple
saying, some will say,
00:43:24.50\00:43:25.83
well, that hasn't happened.
00:43:25.87\00:43:27.20
So we got to wait
till that happened.
00:43:27.24\00:43:28.57
When it way it's
wrong. It's too late.
00:43:28.60\00:43:32.21
Jesus said, when
He gave a warning,
00:43:32.24\00:43:33.68
He gave the warning,
didn't He right then and there?
00:43:33.71\00:43:36.34
He gave warning
sometime 30 what?
00:43:36.38\00:43:38.05
30, 40 years in advance.
00:43:38.08\00:43:39.51
Remember, he's talking
about destruction of Jerusalem.
00:43:39.55\00:43:42.38
That right in AD 70,
00:43:42.42\00:43:44.09
it's almost 40 years in advance.
00:43:44.12\00:43:45.52
He was saying, beware that
00:43:45.55\00:43:47.92
your flight be
not in the winter,
00:43:47.96\00:43:49.49
nor on the Sabbath day.
00:43:49.52\00:43:51.36
Christ didn't
know of any change.
00:43:51.39\00:43:52.76
I'm glad you're
here on the seventh day
00:43:52.79\00:43:54.63
because that's the right day
according to the Word of God.
00:43:54.66\00:43:57.37
Jesus didn't know about changes
00:43:57.40\00:43:59.17
that people are
talking about today.
00:43:59.20\00:44:00.94
Things have been changed.
00:44:00.97\00:44:02.30
I'm so thankful
for the young man
00:44:02.34\00:44:03.67
the other day,
00:44:03.71\00:44:05.04
he thought, well,
didn't know diddly.
00:44:05.07\00:44:06.41
Can I say
diddly? I did it anyway.
00:44:06.44\00:44:07.94
He said, you
know, I didn't know.
00:44:07.98\00:44:09.31
He said, when I told
him to come tomorrow.
00:44:09.34\00:44:12.45
It's a Sabbath, seventh day.
00:44:12.48\00:44:14.12
I said, people
said it's been changed.
00:44:14.15\00:44:15.95
He looked at me and he said,
00:44:15.98\00:44:17.79
we serve a God that changes not.
00:44:17.82\00:44:21.89
I couldn't help, but love it.
00:44:21.92\00:44:23.26
I'm serious. I'm dead serious.
00:44:23.29\00:44:25.96
And I said, well,
that's good stuff.
00:44:25.99\00:44:30.80
Why can't the world see that?
00:44:30.83\00:44:35.20
This is all beautiful.
00:44:35.24\00:44:38.71
As the young man said yesterday,
00:44:38.74\00:44:40.08
he said, we need to be
00:44:40.11\00:44:42.28
in the presence
of the Holy Spirit
00:44:42.31\00:44:44.55
more than we are.
00:44:44.58\00:44:45.91
Amen.
00:44:45.95\00:44:48.18
I'm batting my
eyes and carrying on,
00:44:48.22\00:44:50.99
man, he's got it.
00:44:51.02\00:44:53.36
Just he needs to keep it.
00:44:53.39\00:44:56.09
And so I tried to encourage him.
00:44:56.12\00:44:57.99
Enemies not may,
00:44:58.03\00:44:59.36
but he's so mad
at you right now,
00:44:59.39\00:45:00.76
he can't see straight.
00:45:00.80\00:45:03.23
You've went
from being underneath
00:45:03.26\00:45:04.63
his banner to
the banner of Christ.
00:45:04.67\00:45:06.84
And he is not,
he is not going to,
00:45:06.87\00:45:09.60
he's determined not to lose you,
00:45:09.64\00:45:11.54
but we need to be
00:45:11.57\00:45:12.91
in the presence of
the Holy Spirit, right?
00:45:12.94\00:45:15.11
A God that doesn't change.
00:45:15.14\00:45:16.98
He's the same
yesterday, today and forever.
00:45:17.01\00:45:19.55
And what he's
anointed, what he's blessed,
00:45:19.58\00:45:21.78
what he's sanctified, right?
00:45:21.82\00:45:23.15
It remains that way.
00:45:23.18\00:45:25.42
Man, if we just,
people really believe that,
00:45:25.45\00:45:27.26
oh, we can say it and
we can talk about it right,
00:45:27.29\00:45:29.62
day in and day out,
blah-blah, blah-blah,
00:45:29.66\00:45:31.46
and blow a lot of hot air.
00:45:31.49\00:45:32.99
It has to be more than that.
00:45:33.03\00:45:34.80
It has to be the reality of
it. That's what the Bible says.
00:45:34.83\00:45:38.57
You either
believe it or you don't.
00:45:38.60\00:45:40.10
Call God a liar
if you're big enough.
00:45:40.14\00:45:43.97
I'm not big enough.
I'll never be big enough.
00:45:44.01\00:45:45.67
Nobody's big enough to do it.
00:45:45.71\00:45:48.38
He's the one said, I'll
fight the battle for you.
00:45:48.41\00:45:50.88
I know the devil's
coming against you.
00:45:50.91\00:45:52.35
What he said, I'm going
to be right there for you.
00:45:52.38\00:45:54.38
You can't do it,
Kenny, but I can.
00:45:54.42\00:45:56.58
Please let me do it.
Give me permission to do it.
00:45:56.62\00:46:02.09
Can you imagine the Creator
00:46:02.12\00:46:05.06
of the universe
standing beside you,
00:46:05.09\00:46:07.96
brother, will
stand beside you and say,
00:46:08.00\00:46:09.66
well, let me fight this for you.
00:46:09.70\00:46:12.97
I mean, to me,
that's just awesome.
00:46:13.00\00:46:15.37
Let me fight the battle.
00:46:15.40\00:46:16.74
The enemy is coming against you,
00:46:16.77\00:46:18.11
he's stronger than you are.
00:46:18.14\00:46:19.64
But with me, he's
not, he's a weakling.
00:46:19.67\00:46:23.31
He's defeated foe. Right?
00:46:23.35\00:46:27.65
Put him out in the
north 40, leave him out there.
00:46:27.68\00:46:30.12
And you know
what? Don't go get him.
00:46:30.15\00:46:33.22
Some of you do that
when you gain a victory.
00:46:33.25\00:46:35.86
You go put him in the north
40 somewhere and it ain't long
00:46:35.89\00:46:37.96
you're tiptoeing
through the tulips.
00:46:37.99\00:46:39.33
Yeah.
00:46:39.36\00:46:40.70
You're going back out
there to kind of bring him back
00:46:40.73\00:46:42.10
in for a little bit.
00:46:42.13\00:46:43.47
Oh, no, don't do that.
00:46:43.50\00:46:45.93
Jesus said to him,
get behind me, Satan.
00:46:45.97\00:46:47.70
You know what he
did. He got behind Him.
00:46:47.74\00:46:50.64
We say, get behind
him. He said, make me.
00:46:50.67\00:46:53.84
Ain't that right?
00:46:53.88\00:46:55.21
You see, the devil say to you,
00:46:55.24\00:46:56.58
make me, you'll say, well,
I can't do it, but Jesus can.
00:46:56.61\00:46:59.91
Oh, he's gone. He's gone.
00:46:59.95\00:47:02.35
We need to realize that.
00:47:02.38\00:47:05.52
We live in this hour, six
or seven minutes to get to.
00:47:05.55\00:47:08.19
The pope, Pope
Francis said this.
00:47:08.22\00:47:10.53
You may like to
hear about the pope.
00:47:10.56\00:47:12.03
You may not like to
hear about the pope.
00:47:12.06\00:47:13.96
Prophecy talks a
whole lot about it,
00:47:14.00\00:47:15.90
and we need to
be talking about it
00:47:15.93\00:47:17.27
here in the last days.
00:47:17.30\00:47:18.63
If we're God's last day,
00:47:18.67\00:47:20.00
people will be giving the three
angels' message to the world.
00:47:20.04\00:47:22.30
We're not going to
just give the first
00:47:22.34\00:47:23.91
and sit down and shut up.
00:47:23.94\00:47:25.27
We're not going to
just give the second
00:47:25.31\00:47:26.64
and then sit down and shut up.
00:47:26.68\00:47:28.01
We're going to give all three.
00:47:28.04\00:47:30.01
In fact, the
third angel's message
00:47:30.05\00:47:31.68
is the most fearful warning
in the Bible and the what?
00:47:31.71\00:47:36.02
The majority of people
just don't want to hear it.
00:47:36.05\00:47:40.02
Jesus says, they'll give it
00:47:40.06\00:47:42.22
whether they will
listen or forbear.
00:47:42.26\00:47:44.69
Remember what he says?
00:47:44.73\00:47:46.06
He said, give it, that
didn't mean force it on.
00:47:46.09\00:47:47.86
But he said,
there's going to be people.
00:47:47.90\00:47:49.56
And we're going to have to
go to the highways and byways
00:47:49.60\00:47:51.60
and compel them to come in.
00:47:51.63\00:47:53.57
We're going to
have to offer them
00:47:53.60\00:47:54.94
something better I
believe with all my heart
00:47:54.97\00:47:56.54
than we've ever offered before.
00:47:56.57\00:47:58.34
We need to offer him Jesus like
we've never offered it before.
00:47:58.37\00:48:00.91
Don't you believe that?
00:48:00.94\00:48:02.68
When we talk about
keeping the command,
00:48:02.71\00:48:04.11
we talk about
being Christ followers.
00:48:04.15\00:48:05.68
We talk about all
the identifying marks
00:48:05.71\00:48:07.28
of God's last day church.
00:48:07.32\00:48:08.65
We talk about
the sanctuary message
00:48:08.68\00:48:10.32
and the Seventh-day Sabbath.
00:48:10.35\00:48:11.69
And we talk about all
these beautiful truths,
00:48:11.72\00:48:15.49
death and hell, and
you know, sanctuary.
00:48:15.52\00:48:17.39
Oh, it's just,
they're beautiful.
00:48:17.43\00:48:19.33
When you find it
from the Word of God,
00:48:19.36\00:48:20.70
it gives you such peace,
00:48:20.73\00:48:22.06
but it's time to get
over just talking about it.
00:48:22.10\00:48:25.33
It's got to become part of us.
00:48:25.37\00:48:27.64
It's got to be so inside
that it comes from the men.
00:48:27.67\00:48:30.11
If you don't give it,
00:48:30.14\00:48:32.11
if you don't tell
somebody that day,
00:48:32.14\00:48:33.98
you feel like
you're going to explode.
00:48:34.01\00:48:37.25
In fact somebody gave
you a million dollars.
00:48:37.28\00:48:38.88
And he said, don't
say anything to anybody.
00:48:38.91\00:48:41.78
I'm going to explode
if I can't tell somebody.
00:48:41.82\00:48:45.62
Some of us
selfish ones might say,
00:48:45.65\00:48:46.99
I ain't gonna tell him
00:48:47.02\00:48:48.36
so because
everybody's my friend then.
00:48:48.39\00:48:49.92
Okay, you'll get it.
00:48:49.96\00:48:51.29
But you see what
I'm talking about?
00:48:51.33\00:48:52.66
There's times that I feel like
00:48:52.69\00:48:54.03
I'm going to explode
if I can't say something.
00:48:54.06\00:48:57.03
You see you're going to blow up.
00:48:57.07\00:48:58.57
He wants to come
out. He wants to come in.
00:48:58.60\00:49:00.84
Then he wants to get back out.
00:49:00.87\00:49:05.37
As we mentioned that the papacy,
00:49:05.41\00:49:06.74
the Pope Francis in
his booklet Laudato si'
00:49:06.78\00:49:09.18
written in 2015, I
want to mention this
00:49:09.21\00:49:11.71
quickly as we go on.
00:49:11.75\00:49:13.08
Notice, he content.
00:49:13.11\00:49:14.45
He has, he has laid
out a plan for the world.
00:49:14.48\00:49:19.32
Somebody's got to hear it.
00:49:19.35\00:49:21.16
If you've never heard it before,
00:49:21.19\00:49:22.52
just God bless you.
00:49:22.56\00:49:24.66
But he's laid out a
plan for the whole world
00:49:24.69\00:49:27.30
to follow with
him as the leader.
00:49:27.33\00:49:29.83
And as I look today, I
see based upon Scripture,
00:49:29.86\00:49:34.40
Spirit of Prophecy
that the whole world
00:49:34.44\00:49:36.81
is following in his steps.
00:49:36.84\00:49:40.81
Socialism could
be, the government is,
00:49:40.84\00:49:45.41
socialists are, we at time named
00:49:45.45\00:49:47.45
a lot of those things
which we look as very,
00:49:47.48\00:49:50.09
very simple to see.
00:49:50.12\00:49:51.59
He's, pope's said,
00:49:51.62\00:49:52.95
while I've laid
out a plan of common,
00:49:52.99\00:49:55.89
I'm going to come.
00:49:55.92\00:49:57.26
All things be in common
and for the common good of all.
00:49:57.29\00:50:00.80
Have you heard it?
That's what he says.
00:50:00.83\00:50:03.87
Now to ignore that
would be to ignore.
00:50:03.90\00:50:05.63
Maybe God's speaking to you
00:50:05.67\00:50:07.17
and kind of wake
you up and me up to say,
00:50:07.20\00:50:10.01
we just have a very limited time
00:50:10.04\00:50:12.17
to make a noise.
00:50:12.21\00:50:13.91
And next time you make a noise,
00:50:13.94\00:50:15.28
it may be because somebody lends
00:50:15.31\00:50:16.64
some stripes on your back.
00:50:16.68\00:50:18.21
You may be making
some noise next time,
00:50:18.25\00:50:19.58
because you're in jail.
00:50:19.61\00:50:20.95
And people say, oh,
that's not going to happen.
00:50:20.98\00:50:22.48
Man, wake up,
please somebody wake up.
00:50:22.52\00:50:25.25
My lands that we only had
00:50:25.29\00:50:26.62
the COVID thing and
people with mask on,
00:50:26.65\00:50:28.49
a person out there
in the ocean, right?
00:50:28.52\00:50:30.93
Was on some
kind of, what was it?
00:50:30.96\00:50:32.29
A canoe? What was it?
00:50:32.33\00:50:34.40
A kayak or something by
themselves, way out there,
00:50:34.43\00:50:37.93
quarter mile from shore.
00:50:37.97\00:50:39.50
The police went out
there and arrested them
00:50:39.53\00:50:41.47
because they didn't have a mask.
00:50:41.50\00:50:44.44
I'm talking about here.
00:50:44.47\00:50:45.81
Don't think, well,
00:50:45.84\00:50:47.18
this can't happen in
this country, it already is.
00:50:47.21\00:50:50.85
Do you believe
it. It already is.
00:50:50.88\00:50:52.95
That tells us, right?
00:50:52.98\00:50:54.32
It's not, they did not,
they haven't got it together.
00:50:54.35\00:50:58.12
Man's trying to
put back together
00:50:58.15\00:51:00.42
what is falling apart.
00:51:00.46\00:51:02.26
You can't keep cranking
out money, money, money, money,
00:51:02.29\00:51:04.79
and nothing to back it up.
00:51:04.83\00:51:06.33
It's going to
blow up in your face,
00:51:06.36\00:51:07.90
enjoy your $600 or your $1,200
00:51:07.93\00:51:11.43
or your little gift like
00:51:11.47\00:51:12.80
that's going to pull
you out of financial bind.
00:51:12.83\00:51:15.10
That's about as...
00:51:15.14\00:51:16.47
It's almost laughable.
00:51:20.01\00:51:21.34
Somebody agree with me
on that? I mean, really.
00:51:21.38\00:51:23.88
And I, you know, I'm thankful
we're trying to help people
00:51:23.91\00:51:25.81
and do different things.
00:51:25.85\00:51:27.18
But you know, if you, if
you've got a house payment,
00:51:27.22\00:51:28.85
you got a car
payment and you're trying to,
00:51:28.88\00:51:30.22
two or three kids in your house,
00:51:30.25\00:51:31.59
that won't go, hardly
buy groceries with that.
00:51:31.62\00:51:34.49
They're looking for answers.
00:51:38.03\00:51:40.10
The answers is
in the Word of God,
00:51:40.13\00:51:42.36
but they're going
farther and farther away.
00:51:42.40\00:51:46.67
All you do is read
that book Laudato si',
00:51:46.70\00:51:49.34
you will see the plan
00:51:49.37\00:51:50.71
that's laid out for
this country and the world.
00:51:50.74\00:51:53.68
I went through it
again the last several days
00:51:53.71\00:51:55.74
and read it again and
again, and I got goosebumps.
00:51:55.78\00:52:00.92
This book came out in 2015,
00:52:00.95\00:52:05.05
as I mentioned, if we had time,
00:52:05.09\00:52:10.63
maybe next time
I'll go on with it.
00:52:10.66\00:52:12.93
I don't know.
00:52:12.96\00:52:14.30
My wife gets mad
at me because I say,
00:52:14.33\00:52:15.66
we're going to do one part,
and I ended up doing two parts.
00:52:15.70\00:52:19.27
I don't know what to do.
00:52:19.30\00:52:21.60
But you know, to,
to look at this thing,
00:52:21.64\00:52:24.24
to look at it quickly.
00:52:24.27\00:52:25.61
Oh, my, it came out
in 2015 and people said
00:52:25.64\00:52:29.14
some of those things
ain't going to happen.
00:52:29.18\00:52:32.51
They're not going to happen.
00:52:32.55\00:52:34.55
You look at it five years later,
00:52:34.58\00:52:36.18
six years later,
look at five years,
00:52:36.22\00:52:37.55
six years later,
everything that was said about
00:52:37.59\00:52:39.95
what was going to take
place and what was planned
00:52:39.99\00:52:41.96
is taking place right now.
00:52:41.99\00:52:44.36
There's proof in the
pudding and to ignore that
00:52:44.39\00:52:47.96
is just dead wrong
as far as I'm concerned.
00:52:48.00\00:52:51.23
And they start with
things like, you know,
00:52:51.27\00:52:53.60
oh, I'm, we're socialism,
we're attacking free speech.
00:52:53.64\00:52:57.71
Hmm.
00:52:57.74\00:52:59.07
Socialism we're redis, you know,
00:52:59.11\00:53:01.18
redistributing all the wealth.
00:53:01.21\00:53:04.65
And we want socialism.
We want climate change.
00:53:04.68\00:53:08.58
Wish to have more
time to go into that.
00:53:08.62\00:53:10.29
It's an environmental
crisis, COVID-19, fear, force.
00:53:10.32\00:53:15.16
We need to stay close to God.
00:53:15.19\00:53:17.49
I have to close on
time or I'll get in trouble.
00:53:17.53\00:53:20.73
Surely I believe
that Jesus is coming.
00:53:20.76\00:53:24.67
I believe all this stuff right
00:53:24.70\00:53:26.03
here is just little
signs that foretell.
00:53:26.07\00:53:29.47
That means we need
to be making changes,
00:53:29.50\00:53:31.37
not just talking about them.
00:53:31.41\00:53:33.71
Making those changes
00:53:33.74\00:53:35.11
and by the grace of
God, isn't that right?
00:53:35.14\00:53:37.11
By the grace of
God make those changes.
00:53:37.15\00:53:40.15
God bless each
and every one of you,
00:53:40.18\00:53:41.52
I'm going to have prayer here.
00:53:41.55\00:53:42.88
We'll probably go out with that,
00:53:42.92\00:53:44.25
but I'm going to pray right now.
00:53:44.29\00:53:45.62
Would you pray
with me as we close?
00:53:45.65\00:53:49.59
Merciful Father in heaven,
we come to You and our minds
00:53:49.62\00:53:53.93
and hearts are just overwhelmed,
00:53:53.96\00:53:56.53
overwhelmed of the
goodness that You have for us.
00:53:56.56\00:54:00.64
The promises that You left
00:54:00.67\00:54:02.00
in Your Word,
You said, you know,
00:54:02.04\00:54:04.54
before these things take
place, I'm going to warn you.
00:54:04.57\00:54:09.78
And You are
warning us and sad to say
00:54:09.81\00:54:12.61
is possible that
00:54:12.65\00:54:13.98
the majority of the
world will not listen.
00:54:14.02\00:54:18.02
Lord, I pray through the
power of thy Holy Spirit.
00:54:18.05\00:54:21.99
There'll be someone today.
00:54:22.02\00:54:23.83
Someone who hears,
00:54:23.86\00:54:25.19
someone who
listens around the world,
00:54:25.23\00:54:26.96
part of this message, all of it,
00:54:27.00\00:54:28.33
one word, it doesn't matter.
00:54:28.36\00:54:29.70
Only Your Spirit can do
00:54:29.73\00:54:31.07
the convicting
and the converting.
00:54:31.10\00:54:32.90
All I've done is made a
mess of things I always do.
00:54:32.93\00:54:35.80
And always pray beforehand
that you'll take the mess
00:54:35.84\00:54:38.31
that I'm getting ready to make
and you'll make it a blessing.
00:54:38.34\00:54:41.18
Only You can do it.
00:54:41.21\00:54:42.54
I thank You that
You're going to do that
00:54:42.58\00:54:43.91
in the name of Jesus.
00:54:43.95\00:54:45.28
Thank You.
00:54:45.31\00:54:46.65
Thank You for those
who have made a decision.
00:54:46.68\00:54:48.02
Those who have maybe
been a little bit drowsy,
00:54:48.05\00:54:50.79
a little bit sleepy,
they're slumbering right now
00:54:50.82\00:54:54.59
know they're wide awake
and they can see the things.
00:54:54.62\00:54:58.89
As Jesus said in the Word,
00:54:58.93\00:55:00.26
we need to lift up our head
00:55:00.30\00:55:02.06
for our redemption draweth nigh.
00:55:02.10\00:55:04.00
Thank You for hearing.
00:55:04.03\00:55:05.37
Thank You for
answering prayer. Thank You.
00:55:05.40\00:55:07.00
You're such a
wonderful heavenly Father.
00:55:07.04\00:55:09.14
How you put up with
us, I will not understand
00:55:09.17\00:55:11.77
until I see Your
face in Jesus' name.
00:55:11.81\00:55:14.51
Amen.
00:55:14.54\00:55:17.28
Hello and welcome back, friends.
00:55:17.31\00:55:19.38
It seems like that old enemy
00:55:19.41\00:55:21.35
has his hand in
every aspect of life
00:55:21.38\00:55:23.79
that he can delve into.
00:55:23.82\00:55:25.55
He is certainly out to kill,
00:55:25.59\00:55:27.56
steal and to
destroy God's people.
00:55:27.59\00:55:30.19
He will never again.
00:55:30.23\00:55:31.59
He knows he'll never again
enjoy the atmosphere of heaven
00:55:31.63\00:55:36.23
that he once did, therefore,
he doesn't want you to either.
00:55:36.26\00:55:39.37
He doesn't want any
of us to ever enjoy that.
00:55:39.40\00:55:42.47
He wants you to serve him.
00:55:42.50\00:55:44.87
He wants you to
think the way he thinks,
00:55:44.91\00:55:48.28
to act the way he
acts, and he will do anything
00:55:48.31\00:55:50.98
that he possibly
can to persuade you
00:55:51.01\00:55:53.88
or to force you to
give him allegiance.
00:55:53.92\00:55:57.45
But praise be to
the God of heaven.
00:55:57.49\00:56:01.26
Those who worship
the God of heaven,
00:56:01.29\00:56:03.79
worship the King of glory,
00:56:03.83\00:56:05.69
the strong and mighty,
the Lord mighty in battle.
00:56:05.73\00:56:09.83
You can read about
this in Psalms 24:8.
00:56:09.86\00:56:13.94
Our King, our God in heaven
00:56:13.97\00:56:16.40
will never force any
of us to worship Him.
00:56:16.44\00:56:19.61
And He's never nor will
00:56:19.64\00:56:21.84
He ever lose a
battle against evil.
00:56:21.88\00:56:25.35
So to follow His
Word, now listen,
00:56:25.38\00:56:28.35
to follow His Word is victory.
00:56:28.38\00:56:31.19
It is victory to every lost soul
00:56:31.22\00:56:33.96
which is each
and every one of us.
00:56:33.99\00:56:36.62
Though the things of this earth
00:56:36.66\00:56:38.26
are truly growing strangely dim,
00:56:38.29\00:56:41.20
He will continue
to give us light,
00:56:41.23\00:56:43.23
which we know is
truth to guide our way
00:56:43.26\00:56:45.93
to His eternal kingdom.
00:56:45.97\00:56:47.77
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