Hello and welcome once again
to Behold the Lamb Presents.
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I'm Chris Shelton, your host,
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and I want to
thank you for joining us.
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Today's message is entitled
Evidence of Imminent Danger.
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Many are refusing
to accept the nearness
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of the coming of our
Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
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Instead of denying it
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all together as not being true,
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they simply say the
Lord delayeth His coming,
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or my grandparents said
that He would come soon,
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and He's not here yet,
and they've passed away.
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People simply put
the coming of the Lord
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way off into the distant future.
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But could this be
a dangerous concept
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putting it off?
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And why even the
thought of a delay in His coming
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if this be so?
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Are there conditions given
with His promise to return?
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In fact, some firmly believe
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through their
study of the Word of God,
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that Christ could
have come long before now.
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If that be true, who's at fault
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for Him not
appearing in the eastern sky
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before now?
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Is it His fault or ours?
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Surrounded by
danger on every side,
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what is our duty?
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As God's remnant people,
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should we not be looking
for and hastening His coming?
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Please stay tuned today
and join Pastor Kenny Shelton
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as he shares
evidence of imminent danger.
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But first, let's
visit our 3ABN Studio
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and listen to a
song that is entitled
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No One Ever
Cared for Me Like Jesus
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as sung by Jeff Pearls.
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I would love to tell you what
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I think of Jesus
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Since I found in Him a friend
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So kind of true
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I would tell you how He changed
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My life completely
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He did something that
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No other friend could do
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No one ever
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Cared for me
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Like Jesus
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There's no other friend
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So kind as He
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No one else
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Could take the sin
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And darkness from me
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O how much He cared
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For me!
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Every day He comes to me
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With new assurance
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More and more I understand
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His words of love
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But I'll never know
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Just why He came to save me
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Till that day I reached
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My blessed home
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Above
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No one ever
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Cared for me
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Like Jesus
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There's no other friend
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So kind as He
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No one else
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Could take the sin
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And darkness from me
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O how much He cared for me!
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O how much He cared
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For me!
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Thank you for
joining us once again here
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at Behold the Lamb Ministries.
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We always say and
we will continue to say
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that we appreciate you.
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Thank you very
much for your cards,
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your letter and your
support of Behold the Lamb
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that we may take the
message around the world.
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That's what we've
been commissioned to do
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by God, right?
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Take this message
to the whole world.
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And if we do, then
Jesus was going to come.
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So by God's grace,
we're getting into places
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that we couldn't
ordinarily get into.
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You know, you
go into the cities,
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some of you might be surprised,
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but you know,
there's a lot of bars on,
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you know, iron bars on
the windows and the doors
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and you can't get in,
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signs, big sign,
knows, solicitation,
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you can't give away anything.
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But you know what?
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The signals will
get into these homes
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and these
houses, these apartments,
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and these prisons,
we're getting letters,
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you know, from the prisoners.
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And I think it's rare,
but what a wonderful thing.
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There are several prisoners
who watch Behold the Lamb,
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you know, on TV,
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and they
actually, believe it or not,
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they actually send
some of their finances,
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which is very, very,
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you know, they get very
little while they're there,
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but they actually
tithe to Behold the Lamb.
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How wonderful that is,
and I praise God for that.
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That's, it's an awesome thing.
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Well, today, we're
going to be talking about
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evidence of imminent danger.
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And there is
evidence all over the place.
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Let's make sure that we're not,
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have our eyes
closed and our ears closed,
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and we're not listening,
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and not preparing
for the coming of Jesus.
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But as always,
again, we're thankful
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that you joined us.
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What we're going
to do as we always do
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before we study the
Word of God is we pray again.
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We need to be praying people.
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We need to
believe, have faith in God
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that He's going
to answer prayers.
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And today, if you're like
I am, I'm in need of prayer.
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And so I'm going to
kneel up here and pray
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and if you want to, you can sit,
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you can kneel or
those who get this,
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you know, DVD or CD later.
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There may be listeners
that are going down the road.
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I advise you not
to close your eyes,
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but go ahead and you
can pray along with me.
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Let's pray, shall we?
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Merciful Father in heaven,
thank You for the privilege
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that we have to be able
to come together as a people
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to study Your Word.
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What a time that is for us,
a time that will not always be.
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I pray that You will impress
all of our hearts and our minds
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that every
opportunity that we get
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to come together to study,
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we will do that.
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It will be a priority
in our heart, in our life.
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There's imminent danger,
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things are
happening in the world today,
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and we want to be aware of those
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so that we might be
prepared for Your soon coming.
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Thank you for the viewers.
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Thank you each and every one.
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Bless us, we pray with
Thy Spirit in Jesus' name,
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amen.
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Again you have your Bible.
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Remember, pencil and
paper, jot things down.
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You know, we
can't just stand and,
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you know, let a
lot of time go by
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in between passage of scripture.
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But we're going to say it
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where you can write
them down and go back
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and study to show
yourself approved unto God.
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Remember, you don't
just believe somebody
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because they
stand in the pulpit.
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You don't believe them
because they own television
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or they own radio or whatever.
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Bible says, "Try
the spirits and see."
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So you try to see what it is.
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And what is being
said must match up
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with the Word of God.
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We're going to look
in the Book of Ezekiel.
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I love the Book of Ezekiel.
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Man, but there is
some warnings in there.
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There's some
things that go on in there
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that we need to know about
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because not only did
it apply in their day,
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it applies to us today.
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Ezekiel Chapter 12,
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we're going to
read verses 27 and 28.
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Ezekiel 12:27-28.
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I love it
always, the Bible says,
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it's not somebody
said, some ministry said,
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or a minister
said, the Bible says,
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God says this from His Word,
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the Son of man
talking to Ezekiel here,
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you know, in vision,
He's talking to Ezekiel,
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He's getting his attention.
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"Behold, they of
the house of Israel say,
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the vision that he
seeth is for," what?
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"For many days," notice this,
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"and he prophesieth of
the times that are far off.
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Therefore, verse
28, say unto them,
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thus saith the Lord God,
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there shall none of my
words be prolonged any more,
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but the word
which is I've spoken
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shall be done,
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saith the Lord God."
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You notice how awesome
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that is when you
look at those words
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and dissect them
just a little bit.
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Many people were saying what?
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Oh, the vision, oh,
the coming of Jesus,
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or what was
happening was beginning
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to this
destruction of Jerusalem.
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This was really talking
about here was coming to pass.
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But, it also applies to our day
at the coming of Jesus Christ.
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Many say what?
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Well, Jesus is coming.
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Well, why hasn't
He come before now?
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You know, and Jesus
says right here to them
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through the
Spirit says right here,
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none of my promises I've made
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is going to be
prolonged anymore.
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It's going to come to pass,
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just like I said it
was going to come to pass.
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I want to read a
couple of scriptures
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that I believe is very important
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of evidence of imminent danger.
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Now you could go
through the Bible,
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and you can read a lot,
lot, many, many, many verses.
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But I've just
chosen a couple here.
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I'm going to start in
New Testament in 2 Peter.
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2 Peter, we're
going to look at verse 3.
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2 Peter 3, just read a couple,
just a couple of lines here,
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a couple of verses, 3:9-10.
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Are we there?
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2 Peter Chapter 3,
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we're going to
read verses 9 and 10.
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Now notice if there's evidences
of imminent danger here,
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when we read these passages.
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I think I'm in 1 Peter,
so I better go to 2 Peter,
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but if I get there right once.
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Now, if I started
reading, and it wasn't right,
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somebody should say
that's not right, ain't it?
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So follow along with me.
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Verse 9 and 10 says,
the Lord is not what?
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Yeah, "The Lord is not
slack concerning His promise,
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as some men count
slackness, but He's," what?
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"His longsuffering,
praise God, to us-ward,
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not willing that
any should perish,
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but that all should
come to repentance."
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So we see the word perish,
we see the word of repentance.
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And verse 10, notice this,
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"But the day of
the Lord will come
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as a thief in the night,
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in which the heavens
shall pass away with," what?
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"A great noise and the elements
shall melt with fervent heat,
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the earth also,"
notice, "and the works
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that are therein
shall be burned up."
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That should cause a little
bit of concern to us to say,
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"Look, this is what's
going to happen to this earth.
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Am I so attached to this world
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that I'm going to stay
with it and be burned up?"
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My evidence of
imminent danger right here.
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Are we making
other preparations?
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Make sure that we might not
be so attached to this world
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that we can't let loose of it
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and get a hold
of the hand of God,
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which we should be doing now.
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2, Peter, again, 2:9,
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notice what the Bible says,
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"The Lord knoweth how to deliver
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the godly out of," what?
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Good, "temptation," good,
"and to reserve the unjust
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to the Day of
Judgment to be punished.
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Do you notice this
what God is saying, right?
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To be what? To be punished.
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So I see that there's
evidence of imminent danger here
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because God said, I
can take care of you
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in the hour of your temptation,
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I'm there, I'm
going to help you,
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I can deliver you.
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But if you're not
willing to be delivered,
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there's going to come a time
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the Day of
Judgment to be punished.
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We're going to be punished.
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Interesting.
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Well, I'm just saying
evidence of imminent danger
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that makes me think, "Oh,
my, do we really want that."
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Revelation Chapter 14,
let's read another one.
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Revelation Chapter 14,
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we should know
these verses well.
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Go through your
Bible, read these
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because it's part of
the three angels' message,
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isn't that right?
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This is the center of Adventism.
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A message that we
are to give to the world
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that no one else is really
giving in the whole world,
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because they don't
see the importance of it.
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But let me tell
you the importance
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as we read in verses 9
and 10 of Revelation 14.
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This should really
spark a little bit.
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There's evidence of
imminent danger here
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that I may be involved.
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Notice, verse 9,
"And the third angel,
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follow them
saying with a loud voice,
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if any man worship," what?
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"The beast and his image
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and receive his
mark in their forehead,
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or in their
hand," notice verse 10,
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"the same shall
drink of the wine
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of the wrath of God,
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which is poured
out without mixture,"
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no grace, no mercy, "in
the cup of his indignation,
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and he shall be tormented
with fire and brimstone
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in the presence
of the holy angels
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and in the presence of," what?
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"Of the Lamb."
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Should that not cause us a
little bit of concern here?
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You say, "Oh, well, no,
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'cause that
doesn't apply to me."
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Make sure you're
calling an election is sure,
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you notice what
it says right here.
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Do we really know?
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This is what gets me some time.
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That we read
these things that said,
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they're going to
drink of the wine
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of the wrath of
God here, because why?
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If any man worshiped the beast,
we don't know who the beast is.
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Well, why don't we
get to study and find out?
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We don't know.
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You know what the
image is to the beast.
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We don't know these things,
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who received the mark
in his forehead or hand?
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Should we not be so concerned?
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It's dangerous not to
know what this is all about,
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because if you don't know
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and don't make
the right decision,
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you're going to drink of what?
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Of wine of the wrath of God
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that's poured out without mercy.
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Listen, every judgment
that's fallen in this world
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has always been mixed with what?
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Mercy of God.
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The time will come
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when that will not
be extended any more.
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Man, let's talk about is
going to be just poured out.
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Well, that's kind
of imminent danger.
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I don't want to
be involved in that.
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Revelation 16:1, notice
just another one real quick,
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Revelation 16:1.
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Again, I say,
here's what the Bible said.
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"And I heard a great
voice out of the temple saying
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to the seven angels,"
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notice, "go your
ways and pour out
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the vials of the wrath
of God upon the earth."
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What is it talking about here?
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It's talking about
pouring out the seven what?
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The seven last
plagues on the earth.
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Did you get that?
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Should that be
evidence of imminent danger
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to thank God that this
is just in the future here?
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We have to be very careful,
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because these
are the, notice this,
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these are the
seven last plagues.
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And, man, you just
need to read about them
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in just whole Chapter 16,
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just read about those plagues
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that's going to be falling
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and what it's
going to do to mankind.
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Imminent danger
here, we can avoid them
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by being part of
the family of God.
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And if we are
not, we will be there
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and we will see
these things take place.
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It's enough to
make us want to think.
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One more passage,
Matthew Chapter 24.
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Matthew Chapter 24.
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As we read this, I mean,
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in the Book of
Matthew Chapter 24,
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we see all kinds of signs that,
you know, the coming of Jesus.
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And this will remind us
in Matthew 24:7-9, it says,
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"For nations shall
rise against," what?
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"Nation and
kingdom against kingdom:
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there shall be
famines, and pestilences,
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and earthquakes,
in diverse places."
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Notice, "All of
these are the," what?
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"The beginning of
sorrows." Did you get it?
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What? Beginning.
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"Then shall they
deliver you up to be afflicted,
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and shall kill you
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and you shall be
hated of all nations
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for my name's sake."
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This applies to our day too.
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Did you get it?
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See, everybody reason and say
that, Jesus is speaking here.
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He said, you have to
realize when you see this thing,
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nations rising against nations,
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you know, each nation raising
its ugly head and threatening
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and saying things even nowadays,
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what they might do
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if the other
attacks or whatever.
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We need to be very careful,
there's going to be plagues
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and famine and
earthquakes in diverse places.
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Jesus said this is just
the beginning of sorrows.
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We're beginning
these things now.
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It behooves us to pay
attention by the grace of God.
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In the verses in
Ezekiel Chapter 12,
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we want to get
to that as quickly
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as we can right
now, because I think,
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you know, the warn...
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The Lord is warning His people
of those terrible judgments
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that were coming upon Jerusalem,
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and Zedekiah
going into captivity.
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So God was trying
to warn them here.
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But it also reminds us
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of the things that
happen in this country,
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in this world today.
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Notice what the prophet
was told to do, Ezekiel.
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Remember what was going on,
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God's people were
stiff-necked people.
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They would not listen.
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No matter what was said to them,
00:18:11.89\00:18:13.25
no matter what went on,
00:18:13.29\00:18:14.62
they just would not,
they did not want to listen.
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God said, "I've got a plan."
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How good God is to us.
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He has a plan.
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And He's telling
His prophet there,
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He's telling His
prophet, He's saying,
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"You know what, Ezekiel?
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Here's what I want you to do."
00:18:27.80\00:18:29.90
Now, if He was
talking to us one on one,
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He might say,
00:18:31.71\00:18:33.04
"This sounds a little bit goofy,
00:18:33.07\00:18:35.08
this sounds a
little bit strange,
00:18:35.11\00:18:36.64
but this is what
I want you to do."
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Maybe it will get the
attention of the people.
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See what does it take some time
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to get the attention of us?
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It takes more for one
than maybe it does the other.
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But notice here,
the prophet was told
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to remove his
stuff from Jerusalem.
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He was told to move out.
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Interesting,
because he was what?
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God was saying, "If
the people see the prophet
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is moving his
stuff out of the city,
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maybe they will pay attention
that destruction is coming."
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And the Bible said, okay,
00:19:08.28\00:19:09.61
that he began to
remove his stuff,
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to pack up his belongings,
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and to get out, to move,
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and he was to do it
in the daylight hours.
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He was doing so
the people could see
00:19:18.89\00:19:20.89
what he was doing,
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because if I seeing
some of you moving, I'd say,
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"What are you doing?
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What's going on? I
didn't know you were moving."
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These questions would be asked,
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and now, why was it
really done this way?
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And God says, "I'm
doing it because as a sign.
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This is a sign to the people,
the judgments would come."
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Ezekiel 12:3 tells us,
you know, why do it like this?
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And then the answer comes back.
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So it may be that
they will consider.
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Isn't God good?
00:19:55.12\00:19:56.49
Maybe if you do this
as the prophet of God,
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and they take you for
what I have called you to do,
00:20:00.06\00:20:02.66
maybe they'll consider it.
00:20:02.70\00:20:04.30
Maybe they'll listen,
00:20:04.33\00:20:05.70
though there is
a rebellious house.
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That's what it
says in Ezekiel 12:3.
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Interesting.
00:20:10.97\00:20:12.31
You can't take your
stuff in and out of the gate.
00:20:12.34\00:20:15.94
You can't just pack
up your household goods
00:20:15.98\00:20:18.11
and open the gate and
go out and go, blah-blah.
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He's told
Ezekiel, he say, "Ezekiel,
00:20:20.85\00:20:22.58
dig a hole in the wall."
00:20:22.62\00:20:25.85
Well, surely you
think he was nuts.
00:20:25.89\00:20:28.02
Would you not?
00:20:28.06\00:20:29.39
He's supposed to
a prophet of God,
00:20:29.42\00:20:30.76
he's over a corn and dig
00:20:30.79\00:20:32.13
and trying to get a
hole through the wall.
00:20:32.16\00:20:33.66
And then he's got a
knapsack on his back,
00:20:33.70\00:20:35.43
and He's taken his
stuff out that hole.
00:20:35.46\00:20:38.83
It seemed to the extreme,
00:20:38.87\00:20:40.20
but God was trying
to get the attention
00:20:40.24\00:20:42.80
of His people to
ask questions why.
00:20:42.84\00:20:45.64
Things are going
on in the world today,
00:20:45.67\00:20:47.28
we should be asking why?
00:20:47.31\00:20:49.81
What's going on here?
00:20:49.84\00:20:52.68
Are we asked to move?
00:20:52.71\00:20:54.05
Well, God was telling
them they were going to move
00:20:54.08\00:20:55.65
because Jerusalem was
going to be destroyed.
00:20:55.68\00:20:57.99
They were going
to go into captivity.
00:20:58.02\00:21:00.26
But, you know, dig
that hole in the wall
00:21:00.29\00:21:02.69
so all can see.
00:21:02.72\00:21:04.06
He said, "I have
set thee as a sign,"
00:21:04.09\00:21:06.93
Ezekiel 12:6.
00:21:06.96\00:21:09.13
Remember, I have set
thee, the prophet, as a sign.
00:21:09.16\00:21:14.10
And then sure enough,
the people began to look
00:21:14.14\00:21:16.17
as he's digging the
hole and going in and out,
00:21:16.20\00:21:17.81
they said, "What are you doing?
00:21:17.84\00:21:19.71
Man, we want to know
what you're doing here."
00:21:19.74\00:21:22.74
And God basically says to them,
00:21:22.78\00:21:24.55
whether they ask or
whether they don't ask,
00:21:24.58\00:21:27.92
you tell them
anyway, once again,
00:21:27.95\00:21:29.88
why you're doing this.
00:21:29.92\00:21:31.42
The prophet had some
very strange things to do
00:21:31.45\00:21:34.92
to get the
attention of the people.
00:21:34.96\00:21:37.46
Maybe, just maybe
00:21:37.49\00:21:38.83
God may ask you to
do something strange,
00:21:38.86\00:21:41.80
may ask you to do
something a little bit different
00:21:41.83\00:21:44.07
than it's been done.
00:21:44.10\00:21:46.30
Will you be willing to
do it by the grace of God?
00:21:46.33\00:21:50.31
You know what?
00:21:50.34\00:21:51.67
Still yet with all this stuff,
the majority still rebelled.
00:21:51.71\00:21:55.84
They still would not listen,
even though here in this verse,
00:21:55.88\00:22:00.25
you can see
00:22:00.28\00:22:01.65
that many of the
people recognize Ezekiel
00:22:01.68\00:22:05.02
as a real prophet of God.
00:22:05.05\00:22:07.19
So they didn't want to
say, "Ezekiel, you're a liar.
00:22:07.22\00:22:10.73
Ezekiel, you're
not telling the truth."
00:22:10.76\00:22:13.50
They didn't want to
come out and say that,
00:22:13.53\00:22:15.10
because they knew better,
00:22:15.13\00:22:16.46
they'd become
acquainted with him,
00:22:16.50\00:22:17.93
they knew God had
worked through him.
00:22:17.97\00:22:19.63
But they had to do something,
00:22:19.67\00:22:21.00
so they didn't have
to make any decisions
00:22:21.04\00:22:23.00
about moving.
00:22:23.04\00:22:25.94
So instead of telling him,
00:22:25.97\00:22:27.38
"Ezekiel, man,
the vision faileth.
00:22:27.41\00:22:30.45
It's not going to take place."
00:22:30.48\00:22:32.71
They decided
that they would say,
00:22:32.75\00:22:34.52
instead of doing that,
they may have had a meeting,
00:22:34.55\00:22:38.59
may have had a board meeting.
00:22:38.62\00:22:40.02
I've always said sometime
00:22:40.06\00:22:41.39
you have to take
the board to the board.
00:22:41.42\00:22:43.43
Hello, is anybody home?
00:22:43.46\00:22:45.06
Right, to get the
attention, you know?
00:22:45.09\00:22:47.86
And I think maybe
they got together,
00:22:47.90\00:22:49.93
maybe had a board meeting there.
00:22:49.96\00:22:51.30
And they said, "We
can't tell the prophet of God
00:22:51.33\00:22:53.94
that the Lord is delaying,
00:22:53.97\00:22:55.30
it's not going to happen.
00:22:55.34\00:22:56.67
But we need to find
another answer here.
00:22:56.71\00:22:58.17
So what we're going to say
is, rather than his word fails,
00:22:58.21\00:23:01.74
we're going to say,
00:23:01.78\00:23:03.65
'It's going to be
a long time off.'"
00:23:03.68\00:23:05.65
Some people are doing that today
00:23:05.68\00:23:07.02
with the coming of
Jesus, they're saying,
00:23:07.05\00:23:08.38
"That's going to
be a long time off."
00:23:08.42\00:23:10.09
Don't you kid
yourself, God knows,
00:23:10.12\00:23:12.85
but I'm telling
you, we need to be ready
00:23:12.89\00:23:14.22
in such an hour as you think not
00:23:14.26\00:23:15.76
the Son of man cometh.
00:23:15.79\00:23:17.13
You're here one minute,
and you may be gone the next.
00:23:17.16\00:23:20.96
Is it not?
00:23:21.00\00:23:22.33
Doesn't matter
about, "Well, I'm young."
00:23:22.36\00:23:23.93
Well, that's
nice. I'm glad you are.
00:23:23.97\00:23:26.97
But that doesn't
matter about age.
00:23:27.00\00:23:29.04
We are so close to
death each and every day,
00:23:29.07\00:23:31.37
just riding in our automobiles.
00:23:31.41\00:23:34.68
People are drinking and driving,
00:23:34.71\00:23:36.41
and drugged up all the time,
00:23:36.44\00:23:37.78
and you're going
60, 70, 80 miles an hour
00:23:37.81\00:23:40.18
down the road,
00:23:40.22\00:23:41.55
and you're about this
close to hit on, be lights out.
00:23:41.58\00:23:44.45
We never know, isn't that right?
00:23:44.49\00:23:46.86
When the Son of
man shall come as were
00:23:46.89\00:23:48.86
or our life will
be put to a close.
00:23:48.89\00:23:51.99
And so they
said, "You know what?
00:23:52.03\00:23:53.90
We're going to say that
the vision may will take place,
00:23:53.93\00:23:56.26
but it's going
to be a long time,
00:23:56.30\00:23:57.93
you know, in the future."
00:23:57.97\00:24:01.30
And again, I say
many are doing that today
00:24:01.34\00:24:03.87
about the Second
Coming of the Lord.
00:24:03.91\00:24:06.54
And they say it
maybe for several reasons.
00:24:06.57\00:24:08.94
Some I think
because they're not ready.
00:24:08.98\00:24:11.35
They know that
they're not ready.
00:24:11.38\00:24:14.28
Some don't care if
they're ready or not.
00:24:14.32\00:24:17.09
That shows they
don't know Jesus,
00:24:17.12\00:24:18.45
they don't know much
about the Word of God to say,
00:24:18.49\00:24:20.49
"Well, I don't really care."
00:24:20.52\00:24:23.83
Or maybe it's
something, I heard somebody say,
00:24:23.86\00:24:25.69
"Well, I don't want
the Lord to come right now
00:24:25.73\00:24:27.13
because there's a few things
00:24:27.16\00:24:28.66
I want to
accomplish first in life."
00:24:28.70\00:24:31.30
Have you really
looked around in this world
00:24:31.33\00:24:32.93
and what is it that
makes you want to stay here?
00:24:32.97\00:24:37.17
I mean, really with
the way things are going,
00:24:37.21\00:24:38.91
what makes you
want to stay here?
00:24:38.94\00:24:41.14
This world is not our home.
00:24:41.18\00:24:42.51
Isn't that right?
00:24:42.54\00:24:43.88
Or some people have told me
00:24:43.91\00:24:45.25
"Hey, I'm happy
the way things are.
00:24:45.28\00:24:47.18
I don't want them to change.
00:24:47.22\00:24:48.55
I'm happy we got a good
living or when we retire,
00:24:48.58\00:24:50.22
we got enough money to
take care of ourselves.
00:24:50.25\00:24:52.02
We're not worried
about anything else."
00:24:52.05\00:24:53.69
Oh, my.
00:24:53.72\00:24:55.62
That's a sign
of imminent danger.
00:24:55.66\00:24:57.96
There's no doubt about that.
00:24:57.99\00:25:02.06
They may say anything
that comes in their mind,
00:25:02.10\00:25:06.63
but their words
and their actions say
00:25:06.67\00:25:10.01
something different.
00:25:10.04\00:25:11.37
They tell us what
Jesus said in Matthew 24:48.
00:25:11.41\00:25:15.51
He simply said,
my God, notice this,
00:25:15.54\00:25:18.08
"My Lord delayeth His coming."
00:25:18.11\00:25:21.12
My Lord delayeth His coming.
00:25:21.15\00:25:22.78
Why?
00:25:22.82\00:25:25.35
And today I've heard people
00:25:25.39\00:25:27.32
pretty much quote the scripture,
00:25:27.36\00:25:28.69
maybe they didn't
even know that they were
00:25:28.72\00:25:30.33
in 2 Peter 3:4.
00:25:30.36\00:25:32.46
It says, "Where is
the promise of His coming?
00:25:32.49\00:25:36.13
For since the
fathers fell asleep,"
00:25:36.16\00:25:37.93
you remember this, "asleep,
00:25:37.97\00:25:39.63
all things continue
00:25:39.67\00:25:41.00
as they were
from the beginning."
00:25:41.04\00:25:45.17
You had people say
that, "Oh, my grandpa said it.
00:25:45.21\00:25:47.91
And my grandpa
before him and blah-blah,
00:25:47.94\00:25:49.94
you know, they go way back,
00:25:49.98\00:25:51.41
you know, they all said
He was coming in their day,
00:25:51.45\00:25:54.22
but He didn't come and
everything is continuing,
00:25:54.25\00:25:56.89
just like it continues on.
00:25:56.92\00:25:58.79
So why should
we believe it now?"
00:25:58.82\00:26:00.82
Well, it's something.
00:26:00.86\00:26:04.56
The Lord meets this
idea of postponement.
00:26:04.59\00:26:08.86
He doesn't leave it
there so we can say,
00:26:08.90\00:26:10.83
"Well, He's not coming,
00:26:10.87\00:26:12.20
He may not ever
come in our lifetime,
00:26:12.23\00:26:13.57
we need not worry about it."
00:26:13.60\00:26:14.94
He meets it with the
idea of saying, notice this,
00:26:14.97\00:26:18.14
He said, "Nothing I have
spoken shall be prolonged."
00:26:18.17\00:26:22.28
There in Ezekiel, and I
say, He's saying that today,
00:26:22.31\00:26:24.45
"Nothing that I have
spoken will be prolonged.
00:26:24.48\00:26:26.92
There is a time for My coming."
00:26:26.95\00:26:31.32
Are there people that's
ready for His coming right now?
00:26:31.35\00:26:34.06
Why hasn't He come?
00:26:34.09\00:26:35.56
I heard lot of times
00:26:35.59\00:26:36.93
He could have
come long before now.
00:26:36.96\00:26:38.46
So that's a question
00:26:38.49\00:26:39.83
that maybe we
can raise right now.
00:26:39.86\00:26:41.50
Why the apparent delay
of the coming of Jesus?
00:26:41.53\00:26:45.10
Apparent delay?
00:26:45.13\00:26:48.00
Maybe it's
because, someone says here,
00:26:48.04\00:26:49.84
but maybe
because we're not ready.
00:26:49.87\00:26:52.87
Many thought that He would
come long before this time.
00:26:52.91\00:26:58.75
But notice, I
found a little book
00:26:58.78\00:27:00.12
called Evangelism,
00:27:00.15\00:27:01.48
page 695 says this,
00:27:01.52\00:27:03.69
answers the question,
it's simple, it's powerful,
00:27:03.72\00:27:06.96
but yet we can understand it.
00:27:06.99\00:27:08.92
It says this,
00:27:08.96\00:27:10.29
"Has the Word of
the Lord failed."
00:27:10.33\00:27:12.56
See this is what wait, remember
He said, "I'm coming back."
00:27:12.59\00:27:14.56
Isn't that right?
There's a time for everything.
00:27:14.60\00:27:17.13
And so we have
to look at and say,
00:27:17.17\00:27:18.63
"Well, why hasn't He come back?"
00:27:18.67\00:27:20.00
They said, people say,
00:27:20.04\00:27:21.37
He's going to be
coming for a long time now,
00:27:21.40\00:27:22.74
He's not here yet.
00:27:22.77\00:27:24.37
But has the Word
of the Lord failed?
00:27:24.41\00:27:27.84
No, it hasn't failed.
00:27:27.88\00:27:29.98
What the Bible says
00:27:30.01\00:27:31.35
just a couple
passages of scripture,
00:27:31.38\00:27:32.71
Malachi 3:6, the Bible said,
00:27:32.75\00:27:34.98
"For I am the Lord
and I changed not."
00:27:35.02\00:27:38.29
Don't you like that?
00:27:38.32\00:27:39.65
I am the Lord thy
God, I changed not.
00:27:39.69\00:27:42.22
That applies to every
part of the Scripture.
00:27:42.26\00:27:45.06
I don't say, "Oh,
things have changed now
00:27:45.09\00:27:47.23
or we don't need to
worry about keeping law.
00:27:47.26\00:27:48.66
We don't need to be
worried about obedient
00:27:48.70\00:27:50.57
because we're
under grace and so on."
00:27:50.60\00:27:52.20
Praise God for grace,
but there's still obedience.
00:27:52.23\00:27:55.30
God requires us to be
obedient to His command.
00:27:55.34\00:27:58.17
I am the Lord and I do what?
00:27:58.21\00:28:00.18
I change not.
00:28:00.21\00:28:02.74
Oh, things have
changed right now.
00:28:02.78\00:28:04.48
We can go here on and
we can do this and do that,
00:28:04.51\00:28:06.61
God doesn't change.
00:28:06.65\00:28:08.38
Psalms 119:160 says,
00:28:08.42\00:28:10.79
"Thy Word is true
from the very beginning."
00:28:10.82\00:28:14.62
His Word is what?
00:28:14.66\00:28:16.16
His Word is true
from the very beginning,
00:28:16.19\00:28:18.39
praise God.
00:28:18.43\00:28:19.76
So does His Word failed?
00:28:19.79\00:28:21.36
Never.
00:28:21.40\00:28:22.73
Psalms 117:2,
00:28:22.76\00:28:24.10
"The truth of the
Lord endureth forever."
00:28:24.13\00:28:27.40
Passage after
passage of Scripture,
00:28:27.44\00:28:28.97
you could give and
just go on and on and on
00:28:29.00\00:28:31.17
how sure God's Word is.
00:28:31.21\00:28:33.41
So to say, "Oh, well,
He's delayed His coming,
00:28:33.44\00:28:36.78
He's not going to
come back maybe in my time.
00:28:36.81\00:28:39.05
I need not worry about that."
00:28:39.08\00:28:41.62
His Word has not failed.
00:28:41.65\00:28:43.72
There must be a
reason that He has.
00:28:43.75\00:28:47.29
Remember, the promises
00:28:47.32\00:28:49.02
and the threatenings of
God are alike, conditional.
00:28:49.06\00:28:53.73
Did you get it?
00:28:53.76\00:28:55.13
His promises and threatenings
alike are conditional.
00:28:55.16\00:28:59.17
And we'll look a couple
of passage of Scripture.
00:28:59.20\00:29:01.50
Let me give you a couple here
00:29:01.54\00:29:02.87
and just see if
you believe that.
00:29:02.90\00:29:05.07
I find Mark 11:26 is a promise.
00:29:05.11\00:29:09.41
Mark 11:26, again
example of conditional.
00:29:09.44\00:29:13.48
"But if you do not forgive,
neither will your Father
00:29:13.52\00:29:18.85
which is in heaven
forgive you your trespasses."
00:29:18.89\00:29:22.06
Now, what do you see about that?
00:29:22.09\00:29:23.96
If you do not forgive what?
00:29:23.99\00:29:26.70
If you don't forgive
somebody that's wounded you,
00:29:26.73\00:29:28.36
somebody that's hurt
you, I've heard people say,
00:29:28.40\00:29:30.30
"I'll never forgive them.
00:29:30.33\00:29:32.87
I don't care what happens.
00:29:32.90\00:29:34.24
I am not going to
forgive them ever.
00:29:34.27\00:29:35.67
They did me
wrong. They did me dirty.
00:29:35.70\00:29:38.31
Were unfair to me
maybe treated like this."
00:29:38.34\00:29:40.94
You've heard it,
"And I'm never going...
00:29:40.98\00:29:43.68
I'm never going
to forgive them."
00:29:43.71\00:29:45.35
You realize what the
Bible says about that
00:29:45.38\00:29:46.88
and you may have been hurt.
00:29:46.92\00:29:48.32
It may be almost unforgivable,
00:29:48.35\00:29:51.69
and maybe you shouldn't
have been treated that way.
00:29:51.72\00:29:53.42
Maybe it's all wrong.
00:29:53.46\00:29:54.82
But Jesus says to us right here,
00:29:54.86\00:29:57.09
if you do not forgive,
00:29:57.13\00:29:59.09
neither will Your
father which is in heaven
00:29:59.13\00:30:01.26
forgive you your trespasses.
00:30:01.30\00:30:03.37
I need to be forgiven.
00:30:03.40\00:30:04.73
I don't know about you.
00:30:04.77\00:30:07.64
But unless you see that promise,
00:30:07.67\00:30:10.21
that's a promise.
00:30:10.24\00:30:11.57
It's conditional,
that we forgive others,
00:30:11.61\00:30:16.38
then He will be
able to forgive us.
00:30:16.41\00:30:19.51
Let's use another one, shall we?
00:30:19.55\00:30:20.88
Matthew 6:31,
00:30:20.92\00:30:23.55
"Therefore take
no thought saying,
00:30:23.59\00:30:25.22
"What shall we eat?
00:30:25.25\00:30:26.59
Or, what shall we drink?
00:30:26.62\00:30:27.96
Or, wherewithal
shall we be clothed?"
00:30:27.99\00:30:30.29
You see, here's a promise,
promises that will never fail.
00:30:30.33\00:30:35.30
Take no thought.
00:30:35.33\00:30:37.50
He said, "If you
take no thought, saying,
00:30:37.53\00:30:38.93
'What shall we eat or drink?'"
00:30:38.97\00:30:40.30
Why?
00:30:40.34\00:30:41.67
Because He's promised by
faith, I'm going to be what?
00:30:41.70\00:30:43.47
I'll give you bread
and your water is sure,
00:30:43.51\00:30:46.81
or where you're
going to be clothed?
00:30:46.84\00:30:49.34
God has made a promise
00:30:49.38\00:30:50.71
He's going to take care of you
00:30:50.75\00:30:52.48
even though it
seems like you don't know
00:30:52.51\00:30:54.38
where your next
dollar is coming for,
00:30:54.42\00:30:56.48
I should say, $3.25
for a gallon of gas, maybe.
00:30:56.52\00:31:00.42
You may not know
where it's coming from.
00:31:00.46\00:31:03.49
But if you need it, right?
00:31:03.53\00:31:05.39
God's going to supply.
00:31:05.43\00:31:06.76
He says He will.
00:31:06.80\00:31:08.13
Don't ask Him
how He's going to do.
00:31:08.16\00:31:09.50
He's got ways
you'll never think about
00:31:09.53\00:31:10.87
or I'll never think about.
00:31:10.90\00:31:12.73
Just believe and trust
00:31:12.77\00:31:15.17
that He has something
better in store for you.
00:31:15.20\00:31:18.11
It may not seem like
it, it may try your faith,
00:31:18.14\00:31:20.88
it may discourage you,
00:31:20.91\00:31:22.48
it may make you a nervous wreck,
00:31:22.51\00:31:24.75
try not to be because He said,
00:31:24.78\00:31:26.48
"Don't take
thought for those things
00:31:26.51\00:31:29.22
because I'm doing it for you.
00:31:29.25\00:31:30.85
Let me do it for
you. I can do it.
00:31:30.89\00:31:32.72
You can't do it for yourself."
00:31:32.75\00:31:34.42
Let's do another
one. Matthew 6:33.
00:31:34.46\00:31:38.33
This is one very
familiar I like it.
00:31:38.36\00:31:40.16
It says, "But
seek ye first," what?
00:31:40.20\00:31:42.43
"The kingdom of God, and
His righteousness," notice,
00:31:42.46\00:31:45.67
"and all these things
shall be added unto you."
00:31:45.70\00:31:50.21
We can rely
upon Him, can we not?
00:31:50.24\00:31:52.47
But notice how
conditional this is.
00:31:52.51\00:31:55.04
Is somebody with me?
00:31:55.08\00:31:56.51
This is still
conditional promise,
00:31:56.54\00:31:58.31
I need this.
00:31:58.35\00:31:59.68
Kenny, if you seek Me first.
00:31:59.71\00:32:02.62
If you seek the
kingdom of God first.
00:32:02.65\00:32:04.42
See, a lot of people, we have
first, second, third, fourth,
00:32:04.45\00:32:06.86
we have, you know,
priorities in life.
00:32:06.89\00:32:08.92
But he said, "No, no,
I can't come in second,
00:32:08.96\00:32:11.73
I can't come in third,
I can't come in fourth.
00:32:11.76\00:32:14.23
But if you put me
first in your life,
00:32:14.26\00:32:16.20
then notice this what?
00:32:16.23\00:32:18.03
All these other things
will be added unto you."
00:32:18.07\00:32:21.10
What are all these things?
00:32:21.14\00:32:24.81
Anything that you have need of.
00:32:24.84\00:32:26.31
Isn't that right? He can do it.
00:32:26.34\00:32:28.08
All these other things
will be added unto you.
00:32:28.11\00:32:31.55
But we have to put Him first.
00:32:31.58\00:32:33.21
Majority of the world
is not putting Him first.
00:32:33.25\00:32:35.92
And they can't figure
out these promises He's made,
00:32:35.95\00:32:38.52
as He said, put Him
first, see what happens.
00:32:38.55\00:32:41.89
He said you what?
00:32:41.92\00:32:43.26
They'll all be added
unto you and they will.
00:32:43.29\00:32:45.13
Showing we can
really rely upon Him.
00:32:45.16\00:32:48.60
One more, oh, I just
love them 'cause Matthew 7:7,
00:32:48.63\00:32:51.03
the Bible says,
"Ask and it," what?
00:32:51.07\00:32:54.44
"Ask and it shall be given
you, seek and you shall," what?
00:32:54.47\00:32:57.67
"Find," and then what?
00:32:57.71\00:32:59.54
"Knock and it
will be opened to you."
00:32:59.57\00:33:01.48
Here is a triple condition.
00:33:01.51\00:33:03.58
Did you get it?
00:33:03.61\00:33:04.95
Not just a single condition.
00:33:04.98\00:33:06.38
This is a triple
condition that you ask,
00:33:06.41\00:33:09.05
and then you
seek, and then you what?
00:33:09.08\00:33:11.72
You knock.
00:33:11.75\00:33:13.09
When you knock
it's going to be opened.
00:33:13.12\00:33:14.46
I love it, you seek
and you're going to find.
00:33:14.49\00:33:15.82
Man, this is beautiful.
00:33:15.86\00:33:17.19
Ask and I'm going
to give it to you.
00:33:17.23\00:33:18.56
Remember, conditional.
00:33:18.59\00:33:20.86
His promises are
conditional upon us
00:33:20.90\00:33:23.00
responding positively to Him.
00:33:23.03\00:33:25.50
Praise God for that.
00:33:25.53\00:33:27.14
We can never realize,
00:33:27.17\00:33:29.10
this where people
think they're cheated
00:33:29.14\00:33:30.57
and they give up on
Christianity sometime.
00:33:30.61\00:33:33.01
They can't realize
00:33:33.04\00:33:34.38
the fulfillment of
God's promises here,
00:33:34.41\00:33:36.98
unless they comply
with the conditions.
00:33:37.01\00:33:40.72
We need to say it again.
00:33:40.75\00:33:42.08
They're not
realizing the fulfillment.
00:33:42.12\00:33:43.45
They can't see
God working marvelous
00:33:43.49\00:33:45.15
in and around and through them
00:33:45.19\00:33:47.02
and fulfilling promises to them
00:33:47.06\00:33:48.56
because they won't
meet the condition.
00:33:48.59\00:33:50.76
There is a
condition, praise God for that.
00:33:50.79\00:33:54.13
We want answers to
our prayers, do we not?
00:33:54.16\00:33:58.53
You know when we pray,
00:33:58.57\00:33:59.90
I believe that
God's going to answer
00:33:59.93\00:34:01.27
in some form of
fashion, don't you?
00:34:01.30\00:34:03.10
Not going to answer, or
He's not going to answer,
00:34:03.14\00:34:04.81
or He going to say
"Wait and while, Kenny,
00:34:04.84\00:34:06.17
it's not best
for you right now."
00:34:06.21\00:34:07.54
But He's going to do.
00:34:07.58\00:34:08.91
But some people just
pray and they're saying, "Man,
00:34:08.94\00:34:10.81
I might as well just pray just,
00:34:10.85\00:34:12.28
my prayers go no
higher than the ceiling."
00:34:12.31\00:34:14.85
That's about how
big their faith is.
00:34:14.88\00:34:17.15
I think I mentioned one
time a lady called me one time,
00:34:17.19\00:34:19.02
she said I want
you to pray with me.
00:34:19.05\00:34:20.39
I said, well, she always
said at least once a week.
00:34:20.42\00:34:24.06
And I said, "Well, sure, yeah.
00:34:24.09\00:34:25.56
What are we going to
pray about today, you know?"
00:34:25.59\00:34:27.36
She said, "Well, I
just tell you like this,
00:34:27.40\00:34:29.36
my prayers, I'm telling you,
00:34:29.40\00:34:30.97
they're just not going nowhere."
00:34:31.00\00:34:32.43
I said, "Really?
I wonder why not?"
00:34:32.47\00:34:34.34
"Well, my prayers just not go.
00:34:34.37\00:34:35.70
Well, they go up to the ceiling,
00:34:35.74\00:34:37.37
hit the ceiling,
they come back down."
00:34:37.41\00:34:40.24
I said, "That's how
strong your faith is."
00:34:40.28\00:34:42.74
You keep saying
they'll go to the ceiling
00:34:42.78\00:34:44.61
and they go to the ceiling.
00:34:44.65\00:34:46.38
Then you say they come down,
00:34:46.41\00:34:47.75
well, they're
going to come on down.
00:34:47.78\00:34:49.38
What you need to do is press it
to the very throne room of God,
00:34:49.42\00:34:52.69
isn't that right by faith?
00:34:52.72\00:34:54.36
And God will hear
and God will answer.
00:34:54.39\00:34:56.99
"Well, you're going
to have to do that."
00:34:57.03\00:34:58.36
I said, "No, not
until you're willing."
00:34:58.39\00:35:00.66
I can say that
I can pray for you
00:35:00.70\00:35:02.03
till the cows come home, right?
00:35:02.06\00:35:04.33
But you have to be willing,
00:35:04.37\00:35:05.70
we need to pray
one for the other.
00:35:05.73\00:35:07.07
Sure.
00:35:07.10\00:35:08.44
But we need to realize
our faith needs to extend
00:35:08.47\00:35:10.17
to the very throne room of God,
00:35:10.21\00:35:12.14
and that your faith
will move the arm of God
00:35:12.17\00:35:14.28
into action.
00:35:14.31\00:35:15.64
Nothing can stop Him.
00:35:15.68\00:35:17.08
Right?
00:35:17.11\00:35:18.45
Nothing can make
twist up His mind
00:35:18.48\00:35:19.91
where you don't
understand what's best for you.
00:35:19.95\00:35:22.92
He's got you on His mind.
00:35:22.95\00:35:24.49
That's beautiful
when we think about it.
00:35:24.52\00:35:27.69
I like the
Testimonies to the Church.
00:35:27.72\00:35:29.32
Second
Testimonies 441 says this,
00:35:29.36\00:35:32.19
"Christ followers are required
to come out from the world,
00:35:32.23\00:35:36.40
and be separate and
touch not the unclean."
00:35:36.43\00:35:40.74
Is somebody listening?
00:35:40.77\00:35:42.10
Notice, watch this,
this is tough sometime,
00:35:42.14\00:35:45.21
to really put us in perspective
the way God would have it.
00:35:45.24\00:35:47.81
His followers are required
to come out from the world
00:35:47.84\00:35:51.11
and be separate and touch.
00:35:51.15\00:35:53.85
You look up that
word touch in the Greek,
00:35:53.88\00:35:55.72
it means don't
fasten yourself to it.
00:35:55.75\00:35:58.15
Don't fasten
yourself to the world.
00:35:58.19\00:36:00.42
Don't, you know, don't
seatbelt yourself to it.
00:36:00.46\00:36:03.39
Don't glue yourself to it.
00:36:03.43\00:36:07.46
You got to come out and
it implies relationships.
00:36:07.50\00:36:12.00
Are you still with me?
00:36:12.03\00:36:14.17
Sometimes we get
in relationships,
00:36:14.20\00:36:15.77
and I'm not talking about bad,
00:36:15.80\00:36:17.14
I'm talking about just
friendship of the world,
00:36:17.17\00:36:18.67
and we think
more of the friendship
00:36:18.71\00:36:20.11
than we do of God's Word.
00:36:20.14\00:36:22.24
That says,
sometimes we have to separate
00:36:22.28\00:36:23.98
from those first
so-called friends
00:36:24.01\00:36:26.01
are leading us
down the wrong path.
00:36:26.05\00:36:28.85
They may not mean to do
it, but they still do it,
00:36:28.88\00:36:31.62
because God is
not in their thoughts
00:36:31.65\00:36:33.29
and in their
actions and in their deeds.
00:36:33.32\00:36:35.36
And sometimes we are
influenced with that.
00:36:35.39\00:36:39.53
Touch not the unclean,
00:36:39.56\00:36:41.96
2 Corinthians
6:17 tells you that,
00:36:42.00\00:36:44.03
if you want to read
about that little later.
00:36:44.07\00:36:46.47
And now, notice this, and
then, they have a promise.
00:36:46.50\00:36:50.71
Remember, what is it?
00:36:50.74\00:36:52.47
Christ is saying here,
come apart from the world,
00:36:52.51\00:36:55.21
separate, don't touch,
notice this, and then what?
00:36:55.24\00:36:59.25
Then they have the
promise of being sons
00:36:59.28\00:37:02.55
and daughters of
the Most High God.
00:37:02.58\00:37:06.09
What more do you
want in this life?
00:37:06.12\00:37:08.16
I don't want any more than that.
00:37:08.19\00:37:09.96
But He said, "I
have to come apart,
00:37:09.99\00:37:11.46
I have to be
careful who my friends are.
00:37:11.49\00:37:14.33
I have to be careful
about those who might lead me
00:37:14.36\00:37:16.33
in the wrong direction.
00:37:16.36\00:37:17.70
Those who might be
pulling me a little bit,
00:37:17.73\00:37:19.33
they say they love and
they're trying to help,
00:37:19.37\00:37:21.40
but they're pulling me
in the wrong direction.
00:37:21.44\00:37:22.97
My conscience says,
'No, don't go here.'
00:37:23.00\00:37:24.84
But they want me to go here.
00:37:24.87\00:37:26.27
I'm afraid of wounding them.'"
00:37:26.31\00:37:27.64
Be afraid more
about wounding God.
00:37:27.68\00:37:30.31
Make a stand and you might,
by the grace of God, win them
00:37:30.35\00:37:33.45
to the cause of Christ.
00:37:33.48\00:37:35.35
Remember, then the promises
00:37:35.38\00:37:37.12
I become the sons
and daughters of God.
00:37:37.15\00:37:39.62
So if we have not done that,
00:37:39.65\00:37:41.66
we are not the sons
and daughters of God.
00:37:41.69\00:37:44.69
If we've not come
apart from the world,
00:37:44.73\00:37:46.49
it stands to reason as
you dissect this scripture.
00:37:46.53\00:37:48.86
Is that right?
00:37:48.90\00:37:50.70
That's talking
about being members
00:37:50.73\00:37:52.07
of the royal family of God.
00:37:52.10\00:37:54.10
Whoa, I'm royal.
00:37:54.14\00:37:56.14
I wasn't born royal.
00:37:56.17\00:37:57.91
Didn't have
very much, very poor.
00:37:57.94\00:37:59.27
Now I'm royal.
00:37:59.31\00:38:00.64
Now my father is
rich in houses and lands.
00:38:00.68\00:38:04.11
He hold the wealth of
the world in His hands,
00:38:04.15\00:38:07.02
rubies and
diamonds, and silver and gold,
00:38:07.05\00:38:09.38
my coffers are full.
00:38:09.42\00:38:11.05
He has riches untold.
00:38:11.09\00:38:13.02
You talk about exciting.
00:38:13.05\00:38:14.39
You don't have to
have it in your wallet.
00:38:14.42\00:38:16.32
He's got it in His wallet.
00:38:16.36\00:38:18.69
Is that okay?
00:38:18.73\00:38:20.06
He's got it.
00:38:20.10\00:38:22.23
Whatever you need, He's got it.
00:38:22.26\00:38:24.50
That's good news as
far as I'm concerned.
00:38:24.53\00:38:28.37
But what,
there's conditions to it.
00:38:28.40\00:38:30.31
Did you get it?
00:38:30.34\00:38:31.67
If you're willing
to do these things,
00:38:31.71\00:38:33.04
then you're going to be
part of the family of God.
00:38:33.07\00:38:35.91
But let me tell you, if
we do not apply ourselves
00:38:35.94\00:38:39.35
to the conditions
that He's laid out for us,
00:38:39.38\00:38:41.88
we will never, we cannot,
00:38:41.92\00:38:43.92
we will not
realize the fulfillment
00:38:43.95\00:38:46.76
of any of the promises.
00:38:46.79\00:38:49.52
And if you're like me, I need,
00:38:49.56\00:38:51.29
I'm claiming those
promises day in and day out.
00:38:51.33\00:38:53.33
How about you?
00:38:53.36\00:38:54.76
These are things
that encourage us
00:38:54.80\00:38:56.13
in our Christian walk.
00:38:56.16\00:38:57.53
God has said, God has said,
00:38:57.57\00:39:00.94
and I go to him
many times in His Word,
00:39:00.97\00:39:02.70
not being presumptuous,
oh, Lord have mercy.
00:39:02.74\00:39:05.54
But He said, Lord,
you said in Your Word,
00:39:05.57\00:39:07.24
you promised in Your Word.
00:39:07.28\00:39:08.88
And you quote that
promise, whatever it might be.
00:39:08.91\00:39:11.68
I think He says,
"Oh, good, well done,
00:39:11.71\00:39:13.52
thou faithful servant."
00:39:13.55\00:39:14.88
Right? That's what
He wants you to do.
00:39:14.92\00:39:16.32
God said it, you may claim it,
00:39:16.35\00:39:18.75
and it's yours if you
will meet the condition.
00:39:18.79\00:39:21.59
If you don't, it's
not going to happen.
00:39:21.62\00:39:23.06
Some people say they're tired.
00:39:23.09\00:39:24.79
Listen to me, church.
00:39:24.83\00:39:26.16
Some people say and I get
tired of hearing them say,
00:39:26.19\00:39:29.36
"Is it okay to
come back on them?"
00:39:29.40\00:39:31.13
I get tired of hearing them say,
00:39:31.17\00:39:32.50
"You know well, ever, I
hear you say all the time,
00:39:32.53\00:39:35.74
time is short.
00:39:35.77\00:39:37.21
I don't want to hear
about time is short anymore.
00:39:37.24\00:39:39.94
Time is almost gone."
00:39:39.97\00:39:41.31
You ever heard
somebody say that?
00:39:41.34\00:39:42.68
"We don't. We
don't believe that.
00:39:42.71\00:39:44.05
We don't want to
hear that anymore."
00:39:44.08\00:39:45.95
I don't want to hear
00:39:45.98\00:39:47.32
or it could be very soon
and sooner than you think.
00:39:47.35\00:39:51.12
Jesus is going to come quickly,
"I don't want to hear that.
00:39:51.15\00:39:53.72
Oh, I don't want
to hear it anymore."
00:39:53.76\00:39:55.46
I wonder why they
don't want to hear it.
00:39:55.49\00:39:58.49
I need to hear it myself
so that I can reexamine myself
00:39:58.53\00:40:02.10
day in and day out.
00:40:02.13\00:40:04.60
I want to consider those words
00:40:04.63\00:40:06.94
and see if it's
okay that we use them.
00:40:06.97\00:40:09.67
Okay?
00:40:09.70\00:40:11.04
Let's consider
from the Word of God,
00:40:11.07\00:40:12.71
a few statements that
the Bible writers used
00:40:12.74\00:40:15.91
to show that they
always considered time,
00:40:15.94\00:40:19.51
listen, as very short.
00:40:19.55\00:40:21.35
They always
considered time as very short,
00:40:21.38\00:40:25.79
Old Testament and New Testament,
00:40:25.82\00:40:27.59
somebody's
listening, let's prove it.
00:40:27.62\00:40:29.92
Because we're looking at
evidence of imminent danger.
00:40:29.96\00:40:32.29
We're looking at things,
00:40:32.33\00:40:33.66
weighing the
evidences of Scripture
00:40:33.70\00:40:35.43
and see if we have a right
by the grace of God to say,
00:40:35.46\00:40:38.20
"Time is short."
00:40:38.23\00:40:41.04
Paul wrote to the Corinthians,
in 1 Corinthians 7:29.
00:40:41.07\00:40:45.51
Listen carefully.
00:40:45.54\00:40:46.88
Here's what Paul
said, anybody with Paul...
00:40:46.91\00:40:48.81
We say he's a prophet of God.
00:40:48.84\00:40:50.58
Was he good God's man?
00:40:50.61\00:40:51.98
Was he chosen by God
to do a specific work?
00:40:52.01\00:40:54.18
Yes.
00:40:54.22\00:40:55.68
God come
envisioned, isn't that right?
00:40:55.72\00:40:57.49
I mean, he had a
close connection,
00:40:57.52\00:40:59.49
right, with Jesus Christ.
00:40:59.52\00:41:01.32
Man, if there ever was,
00:41:01.36\00:41:02.69
you know, we get to the
kingdom by the grace of God
00:41:02.72\00:41:05.43
that may be one
of the first people
00:41:05.46\00:41:06.80
I'd like to look
up besides Jesus.
00:41:06.83\00:41:08.56
Are you still with me?
00:41:08.60\00:41:11.40
Man, the things
that he went through
00:41:11.43\00:41:12.77
and his faith was strong.
00:41:12.80\00:41:14.90
No matter what he faced,
00:41:14.94\00:41:16.94
he relied upon God to
take care of his needs.
00:41:16.97\00:41:19.21
Are we really doing that today?
00:41:19.24\00:41:20.68
Are we relying upon
ourselves in our own checkbook,
00:41:20.71\00:41:22.98
and what we can do,
what we can accomplish?
00:41:23.01\00:41:25.11
Oh, it's nothing.
00:41:25.15\00:41:26.55
That's all going
to be taken away.
00:41:26.58\00:41:27.92
If you're relying on that today,
00:41:27.95\00:41:29.48
I guarantee you it
will be taken away,
00:41:29.52\00:41:31.65
so you will rely upon
God or you're going to fall.
00:41:31.69\00:41:34.16
Okay?
00:41:34.19\00:41:35.52
Don't like to say
that, but it's true.
00:41:35.56\00:41:37.66
So he wrote to the
Corinthians and he said this,
00:41:37.69\00:41:40.43
"But this I say,"
Paul said, "this, I say,
00:41:40.46\00:41:43.53
brethren, time is short."
00:41:43.57\00:41:48.20
Oh, Paul said,
and we realize there
00:41:48.24\00:41:52.04
and Martin Luther
and many of them said,
00:41:52.07\00:41:54.01
that Christ is not
going to come in our days,
00:41:54.04\00:41:55.44
it's going to be at least
300 years into the future.
00:41:55.48\00:41:57.08
Remember that? They knew that.
00:41:57.11\00:41:58.45
But he was still
saying right here,
00:41:58.48\00:41:59.81
"Oh, time is short."
00:41:59.85\00:42:02.88
Yeah.
00:42:02.92\00:42:04.25
Again, Paul said, Romans 13:12,
00:42:04.29\00:42:06.35
He said, "The
night is far spent."
00:42:06.39\00:42:08.76
You remember that?
00:42:08.79\00:42:10.13
He said, "The day is at hand."
00:42:10.16\00:42:13.50
They're always
saying we need to be ready,
00:42:13.53\00:42:15.33
look out 'cause this
could be, the day is at hand.
00:42:15.36\00:42:18.67
And then John the
Revelator, in Revelation,
00:42:18.70\00:42:21.60
penned these
words, Revelation 1:3,
00:42:21.64\00:42:23.64
he said, "The time is at hand."
00:42:23.67\00:42:26.07
You would think when
you just read those verses
00:42:26.11\00:42:27.68
right then that
Jesus is coming tomorrow,
00:42:27.71\00:42:30.18
and the next day,
00:42:30.21\00:42:31.61
but He could as far as our
life is closed and finished.
00:42:31.65\00:42:36.12
I think I don't
know if it was last night
00:42:36.15\00:42:37.49
or sometime I said just
00:42:37.52\00:42:39.32
before I left for
the programs last night,
00:42:39.35\00:42:41.92
or maybe, we did
an afternoon program
00:42:41.96\00:42:44.03
at 3ABN from two to three,
00:42:44.06\00:42:46.46
an hour preaching and
then singing last night.
00:42:46.49\00:42:49.26
And I said in my office,
00:42:49.30\00:42:50.63
I have a picture of
my mother and my stepdad,
00:42:50.67\00:42:52.80
you know, in front of me,
and I just happen to walk by
00:42:52.83\00:42:54.37
and I stopped and I
looked on this close,
00:42:54.40\00:42:56.20
I'm looking at both of them.
00:42:56.24\00:42:58.64
And it just really, you
know, just really hits home.
00:42:58.67\00:43:00.74
I'm saying, you
know, their life's record
00:43:00.78\00:43:02.51
is closed for them.
00:43:02.54\00:43:05.65
It's closed, there's
nothing can be added,
00:43:05.68\00:43:07.65
there's nothing
that can be subtracted.
00:43:07.68\00:43:11.42
The next thing they will know
00:43:11.45\00:43:12.82
and I'll say this
right, heaven or hell.
00:43:12.85\00:43:16.32
And we like to think
positive, I understand that.
00:43:16.36\00:43:20.80
But the reality of it,
00:43:20.83\00:43:22.76
as you look at
those faces that you love,
00:43:22.80\00:43:26.53
life is closed.
00:43:26.57\00:43:28.90
There's nothing more.
00:43:28.94\00:43:30.77
Are we ready?
00:43:30.81\00:43:32.34
John said in Revelation 22:6-7.
00:43:32.37\00:43:34.94
He said, Jesus said,
"Behold, I come quickly."
00:43:34.98\00:43:38.21
Behold, I do what?
00:43:38.25\00:43:39.65
I come quickly.
00:43:39.68\00:43:41.02
And, of course, His reward
is with Him to give every man
00:43:41.05\00:43:42.98
according as his work shall be.
00:43:43.02\00:43:46.25
Of course, John and Paul saw,
00:43:46.29\00:43:48.92
you know, we're
talking about clearly,
00:43:48.96\00:43:51.13
toll of certain
events that would take place
00:43:51.16\00:43:54.30
before Jesus would
come, you remember that?
00:43:54.33\00:43:57.87
They always told of events.
00:43:57.90\00:43:59.60
Even though here in the church,
we may get tired of events.
00:43:59.63\00:44:02.74
We don't want to
hear about events anymore.
00:44:02.77\00:44:05.44
People tell me some time,
00:44:05.47\00:44:06.81
"I'm getting
tired of the events."
00:44:06.84\00:44:08.28
Well, too bad.
00:44:08.31\00:44:10.48
Is that okay?
00:44:10.51\00:44:12.68
These are things that
are left in the Word of God
00:44:12.71\00:44:15.45
that He says we need to share.
00:44:15.48\00:44:17.65
We need to say
how important it is.
00:44:17.69\00:44:19.55
It's at hand.
00:44:19.59\00:44:20.92
The Bible writer said,
00:44:20.96\00:44:22.29
God's men said
that in the Word of God,
00:44:22.32\00:44:24.06
the time is at hand.
00:44:24.09\00:44:25.43
It's here, we need to be ready.
00:44:25.46\00:44:28.93
And so we look
and said, "Oh events."
00:44:28.96\00:44:31.03
I'll give you an example.
00:44:31.07\00:44:32.60
In 2 Thessalonians
2:1-5, we won't read,
00:44:32.63\00:44:36.30
it's talking
about the man of sin.
00:44:36.34\00:44:38.17
Right? I use that a lot.
00:44:38.21\00:44:39.77
And I'm going to
continue to use it
00:44:39.81\00:44:41.14
because the man of
sin must be revealed
00:44:41.18\00:44:43.71
before Jesus comes.
00:44:43.75\00:44:45.25
The man of sin, most people say,
00:44:45.28\00:44:46.61
"Oh, the man of sin,
he's this, he's that."
00:44:46.65\00:44:48.58
Man, just read the Word of God.
00:44:48.62\00:44:50.85
It's very simple to
find who the man of sin is.
00:44:50.89\00:44:54.26
Man of Sin, notice
this, he would come
00:44:54.29\00:44:56.36
and who's behind the man
of sin would be revealed.
00:44:56.39\00:44:59.36
A man that's going to
exalt himself above God,
00:44:59.39\00:45:02.46
that tries to
sit in God's throne,
00:45:02.50\00:45:04.60
that wants
everybody to worship Him,
00:45:04.63\00:45:07.24
a form of the Antichrist,
a deadly poison of apostasy,
00:45:07.27\00:45:12.27
a blaspheming power.
00:45:12.31\00:45:15.18
Somebody still with me?
00:45:15.21\00:45:17.11
Blaspheming power
00:45:17.15\00:45:18.48
that nobody
really wants to try by,
00:45:18.51\00:45:20.15
trying to show himself as God.
00:45:20.18\00:45:23.52
Now why wouldn't we speak
against that as Christians?
00:45:23.55\00:45:26.35
Some imposter trying
to show himself as God,
00:45:26.39\00:45:29.22
that He is God,
00:45:29.26\00:45:30.59
and the world is worshiping Him.
00:45:30.63\00:45:32.93
Now remember
behind the him is, right?
00:45:32.96\00:45:35.16
It's the devil, it's
the enemy, it's Satan,
00:45:35.20\00:45:37.67
and there's no doubt about it.
00:45:37.70\00:45:40.17
Isaiah 14:14 just simply says,
00:45:40.20\00:45:42.74
"I will be like the Most High."
00:45:42.77\00:45:46.27
So that's quite a power,
00:45:46.31\00:45:47.91
I will be like
the Most High God,
00:45:47.94\00:45:51.31
claiming the prerogative of God,
00:45:51.35\00:45:54.68
those things that
just apply to God,
00:45:54.72\00:45:57.39
prerogatives of God.
00:45:57.42\00:46:00.42
To me, there's evidence
00:46:00.46\00:46:02.12
of imminent danger here.
00:46:02.16\00:46:06.76
I just want to
encourage you right now
00:46:06.80\00:46:08.46
it's time to
store the Word of God
00:46:08.50\00:46:11.23
in your mind and in your heart
00:46:11.27\00:46:13.03
now while you can still do it.
00:46:13.07\00:46:16.27
Now remember, some
of you is not hearing,
00:46:16.30\00:46:17.97
some of you are
not understanding
00:46:18.01\00:46:19.34
because spiritual things
are spiritually discerned.
00:46:19.37\00:46:21.74
We say that a
lot, and it's true.
00:46:21.78\00:46:24.15
But if we're not
spiritual minded now
00:46:24.18\00:46:25.95
that we're not
longing for something,
00:46:25.98\00:46:27.52
we're not trying to get,
00:46:27.55\00:46:28.95
you know, the
knowledge and get Christ
00:46:28.98\00:46:30.55
in our heart and our mind
00:46:30.59\00:46:31.92
and active
thinking along this line,
00:46:31.95\00:46:34.09
we're not going to understand.
00:46:34.12\00:46:35.46
We'll say, this
is all foolishness.
00:46:35.49\00:46:36.83
Man, don't you see
00:46:36.86\00:46:38.19
there's a
battle royale going on?
00:46:38.23\00:46:39.96
The battle between
good and evil, right?
00:46:40.00\00:46:42.60
God said, "I've got My
people, I'll seal My people,
00:46:42.63\00:46:45.73
My servants in their forehead."
00:46:45.77\00:46:48.04
God said, and the
devil says, "You know what?
00:46:48.07\00:46:49.44
I'm going to do the same thing.
00:46:49.47\00:46:51.04
I'm going to have my peoples."
00:46:51.07\00:46:52.41
It's only two banners,
00:46:52.44\00:46:53.78
you stand
underneath one or the other,
00:46:53.81\00:46:55.41
under God or under Satan.
00:46:55.44\00:46:56.98
Jesus said, "He who
is not with me is what?
00:46:57.01\00:46:59.81
He said, "He's against me."
00:46:59.85\00:47:01.18
Why don't we see it as such?
00:47:01.22\00:47:02.72
Instead of making excuses
for everything that we do,
00:47:02.75\00:47:04.95
just simply say, Jesus said,
00:47:04.99\00:47:06.52
"If you're not with
Me, you're against Me."
00:47:06.55\00:47:08.32
So if I look at you today,
and I said, "Are you with Him?"
00:47:08.36\00:47:10.63
I need to hear it,
"Yes, I'm with Him."
00:47:10.66\00:47:13.70
If you're not able
to say that, truthfully,
00:47:13.73\00:47:15.76
don't say it to
try to please somebody,
00:47:15.80\00:47:17.43
then you are under
the banner of the enemy.
00:47:17.47\00:47:19.27
It's time to get out
while the getting's good,
00:47:19.30\00:47:21.74
because I guarantee you,
00:47:21.77\00:47:23.10
He's not going
to let off for you
00:47:23.14\00:47:24.77
until Jesus
comes in and steps in
00:47:24.81\00:47:26.61
between you and the enemy.
00:47:26.64\00:47:28.31
You can't get away
from the devil by yourself.
00:47:28.34\00:47:30.48
Somebody still with me today?
00:47:30.51\00:47:32.81
Man alive, you know
what I'm talking about here?
00:47:32.85\00:47:35.22
This is
frustrating, just we see,
00:47:35.25\00:47:36.89
we think about
what the enemy is doing,
00:47:36.92\00:47:39.12
not necessarily
with this group here,
00:47:39.15\00:47:40.49
but with many of them
that we can't get away.
00:47:40.52\00:47:42.49
He's got us all hanged up.
00:47:42.52\00:47:43.93
Call Jesus into the scene.
00:47:43.96\00:47:47.36
He'll break those bonds,
00:47:47.40\00:47:49.46
those things that the
enemy tries to put us to.
00:47:49.50\00:47:51.90
Store in the
mind the Word of God.
00:47:51.93\00:47:56.37
I hear a lot
about the New Covenant.
00:47:56.40\00:47:58.51
Praise God for the New Covenant.
00:47:58.54\00:48:00.54
People talk about whether
there is a Ten Commandment Law,
00:48:00.58\00:48:02.74
the New
Covenant is the very same
00:48:02.78\00:48:04.61
as the Old Covenant
and the New Testament,
00:48:04.65\00:48:06.58
except God said in Hebrews 8:10,
00:48:06.61\00:48:09.32
He said, I'll write it where?
00:48:09.35\00:48:11.25
"I'll put my laws in their minds
00:48:11.29\00:48:13.19
and in their hearts."
00:48:13.22\00:48:15.26
He wrote them
on tables of stone,
00:48:15.29\00:48:17.09
it seemed did not do any good.
00:48:17.13\00:48:18.86
They seen them, right?
00:48:18.89\00:48:20.23
They come down broke them,
00:48:20.26\00:48:21.60
God had to give
again and bring them back
00:48:21.63\00:48:22.96
and be reminded all about
God's Ten Commandments Law,
00:48:23.00\00:48:24.63
blah-blah.
00:48:24.67\00:48:26.74
God said where they need to be
00:48:26.77\00:48:28.10
is not on tables
of stone out here,
00:48:28.14\00:48:29.64
they need to be in
your heart and your mind.
00:48:29.67\00:48:31.71
To where you see that
$10 bill laying over there,
00:48:31.74\00:48:33.84
and you know it's not
yours, leave it alone.
00:48:33.88\00:48:37.15
Does that make sense?
00:48:37.18\00:48:38.78
Because why would you
know to leave it alone?
00:48:38.81\00:48:40.85
Man, well, I found $10.
00:48:40.88\00:48:42.65
Hey, what you, and
you may outside somewhere,
00:48:42.68\00:48:46.25
you know what I'm talking about.
00:48:46.29\00:48:47.62
But you know that maybe
it belongs to someone else,
00:48:47.66\00:48:49.49
and you know who
that someone else is.
00:48:49.52\00:48:51.69
You know why?
00:48:51.73\00:48:53.06
You know,
because the Bible said,
00:48:53.09\00:48:54.43
the Ten Commandments,
thou shall not steal.
00:48:54.46\00:48:56.50
That's how you knew.
00:48:56.53\00:48:58.87
He wants to
write it on your heart.
00:48:58.90\00:49:00.24
So immediately, I
try by the grace of God,
00:49:00.27\00:49:03.14
I know each one
here tries to do,
00:49:03.17\00:49:04.77
if I happen to see something
I'm not supposed to be seeing,
00:49:04.81\00:49:07.48
they might catch
me at first time.
00:49:07.51\00:49:08.84
But by the grace of God,
00:49:08.88\00:49:10.21
I've tried to turn
and go the other way.
00:49:10.25\00:49:11.58
Somebody's still with me now?
00:49:11.61\00:49:14.92
If I take the second
look, when I know I shouldn't,
00:49:14.95\00:49:17.19
I'm asking for trouble.
00:49:17.22\00:49:19.35
Is that true?
00:49:19.39\00:49:20.72
It's true. Be honest about it.
00:49:20.76\00:49:22.36
That's the way that it is.
00:49:22.39\00:49:24.69
God said what?
00:49:24.73\00:49:26.06
Because we know that
we're not supposed to, right?
00:49:26.09\00:49:28.33
We know this is not right.
00:49:28.36\00:49:31.27
We hide the Word
of God in our heart
00:49:31.30\00:49:32.90
so that we might
not sin against Him.
00:49:32.93\00:49:35.00
Is that right?
00:49:35.04\00:49:36.50
We hide the Word
of God in our heart
00:49:36.54\00:49:37.97
because you know what?
00:49:38.01\00:49:39.34
The time is coming.
00:49:39.37\00:49:40.71
Listen carefully,
my church, listen.
00:49:40.74\00:49:42.08
The time will come
00:49:42.11\00:49:43.45
we will not be
able to meet like this.
00:49:43.48\00:49:44.91
The time is going to come
00:49:44.95\00:49:46.28
that we're going to be separated
00:49:46.31\00:49:47.65
by whatever comes around here.
00:49:47.68\00:49:50.42
It could be
health, it could be COVID,
00:49:50.45\00:49:52.42
it could be a lot
of different things,
00:49:52.45\00:49:54.29
or it could just be
by the laws of the land,
00:49:54.32\00:49:56.22
we will not be able to meet.
00:49:56.26\00:49:57.59
We're going to be separated,
and before Jesus shall come,
00:49:57.63\00:50:00.60
there'll be those
who will be taken from us
00:50:00.63\00:50:02.83
and separated.
00:50:02.86\00:50:04.20
I be careful with
it, by the government.
00:50:04.23\00:50:06.57
They're going to separate us
00:50:06.60\00:50:07.94
and put us in
different places of the world.
00:50:07.97\00:50:10.11
You will wish you
had come every week,
00:50:10.14\00:50:12.44
you will wish you had
studied the Word of God,
00:50:12.47\00:50:14.81
you would wish you
put it in your heart
00:50:14.84\00:50:16.44
and in your mind,
00:50:16.48\00:50:17.85
because that
will give you strength
00:50:17.88\00:50:19.71
in the midst of a storm
00:50:19.75\00:50:21.22
when you have nothing else.
00:50:21.25\00:50:22.88
When your bread and water,
00:50:22.92\00:50:24.25
you don't you say,
"Oh, I don't know."
00:50:24.29\00:50:25.62
But you say, "Oh,
the Word of God said
00:50:25.65\00:50:26.99
my bread and water is sure."
00:50:27.02\00:50:28.42
And you can say, "God, You
said it's going to be sure.
00:50:28.46\00:50:31.36
You said you'd
provide it for us.
00:50:31.39\00:50:32.83
And I trust you
and I believe you."
00:50:32.86\00:50:34.53
And what's quite God does.
00:50:34.56\00:50:36.87
We're going to be separated
00:50:36.90\00:50:38.63
or will not have the privilege
of meeting together ever again.
00:50:38.67\00:50:43.74
The old song says
if we never meet again,
00:50:43.77\00:50:46.68
this side of
heaven as we struggle
00:50:46.71\00:50:50.01
through this world
and it strive, right?
00:50:50.05\00:50:52.55
There's another meeting
place somewhere in heaven.
00:50:52.58\00:50:56.18
I'll meet you, right?
00:50:56.22\00:50:58.65
Oh, praise God,
00:50:58.69\00:51:00.02
we have to make that commitment.
00:51:00.06\00:51:04.26
People believe that Christ
could have come before now.
00:51:04.29\00:51:07.30
And I'm saying yes, I believe
He could have come before now.
00:51:07.33\00:51:11.03
But it's the same as
it was for Israel of old,
00:51:11.07\00:51:13.57
it's doubt, it's unbelief.
00:51:13.60\00:51:15.90
We've not done what
God has asked us to do.
00:51:15.94\00:51:18.04
He's waiting for us.
00:51:18.07\00:51:21.34
He could have
come long before now
00:51:21.38\00:51:23.81
to redeem His people.
00:51:23.85\00:51:27.58
And why would I say that?
00:51:27.62\00:51:28.95
We only have a
couple minutes left,
00:51:28.98\00:51:30.32
I can't really go into it.
00:51:30.35\00:51:31.75
But you remember, just
to give an illustration,
00:51:31.79\00:51:33.72
example, He could
have come for Israel.
00:51:33.76\00:51:37.46
Was it God's
plan that they wander
00:51:37.49\00:51:39.53
in the wilderness for 40 years?
00:51:39.56\00:51:41.36
No, not at all.
00:51:41.40\00:51:43.43
Straight there,
00:51:43.47\00:51:44.80
just a few
miles away as it were.
00:51:44.83\00:51:46.40
Straight there.
00:51:46.43\00:51:47.77
But because of
doubt and unbelief,
00:51:47.80\00:51:49.70
and people arguing
00:51:49.74\00:51:51.41
and fussing in the
church and carrying on
00:51:51.44\00:51:53.21
because of the
color of the carpet,
00:51:53.24\00:51:55.24
or they don't like
this, or they don't like that,
00:51:55.28\00:51:59.28
they couldn't go
into the Promised Land.
00:51:59.31\00:52:01.28
We've got to get
our mind off of that.
00:52:01.32\00:52:03.05
Can I say junk,
that kind of junk
00:52:03.08\00:52:05.32
that foolishness
is in here, right?
00:52:05.35\00:52:07.12
And let's do what
God has asked us to do
00:52:07.16\00:52:09.99
if we want to
hasten the coming of Jesus,
00:52:10.03\00:52:12.89
not delay it.
00:52:12.93\00:52:14.46
The reason is
delayed, there is a time,
00:52:14.50\00:52:16.43
His cup is almost full.
00:52:16.46\00:52:18.57
I'm assuming
reading the Word of God,
00:52:18.60\00:52:21.00
we're cleaning outside the cup,
00:52:21.04\00:52:22.47
and I'm going to encourage
you to clean the inside.
00:52:22.50\00:52:25.01
I want to clean
the inside of the cup
00:52:25.04\00:52:27.24
that I may be a
fit vessel for Him.
00:52:27.28\00:52:30.71
The work can be
completed and Christ can come,
00:52:30.75\00:52:33.98
He can redeem us, we
can spend eternity with Him.
00:52:34.02\00:52:39.15
But remember, He
doesn't come now,
00:52:39.19\00:52:42.36
because His church is not ready.
00:52:42.39\00:52:45.03
If we were ready, He would come.
00:52:45.06\00:52:46.83
But remember that
will not always be,
00:52:46.86\00:52:48.93
that mercy will
not always be extended.
00:52:48.96\00:52:51.20
Are we clear on that?
00:52:51.23\00:52:52.83
He's extending mercy
at this point in time
00:52:52.87\00:52:54.80
as far as I'm
concerned when I read.
00:52:54.84\00:52:57.71
But that mercy,
yeah, one of these days,
00:52:57.74\00:52:59.41
He's going to stand
and say, "That's enough."
00:52:59.44\00:53:01.24
No one else is going to come.
00:53:01.28\00:53:03.04
It's going to close off
00:53:03.08\00:53:04.41
and then my, my, my,
where will you stand?
00:53:04.45\00:53:06.68
Where will I stand?
00:53:06.72\00:53:08.05
I want to pray
with you, those at home
00:53:08.08\00:53:10.22
and those who are here,
00:53:10.25\00:53:11.95
that you will make that choice
and that decision right now
00:53:11.99\00:53:14.09
before it is too late.
00:53:14.12\00:53:15.62
Jesus wants to come
back. He's waiting on you.
00:53:15.66\00:53:17.69
He's waiting on me to get ready.
00:53:17.73\00:53:19.06
Shall we pray?
00:53:19.09\00:53:21.13
Merciful Father in
heaven, thank You for Your Word.
00:53:21.16\00:53:23.20
Thank You for
that You reminding us
00:53:23.23\00:53:24.57
that You are coming back.
00:53:24.60\00:53:26.30
You're coming back
to claim Your children,
00:53:26.33\00:53:28.04
to redeem us from
this miserable world
00:53:28.07\00:53:30.27
to spend eternity with You.
00:53:30.31\00:53:31.64
Lord, please
don't forget any of us,
00:53:31.67\00:53:33.31
we pray, and I know You won't.
00:53:33.34\00:53:34.74
Thank You for those
who made that choice
00:53:34.78\00:53:36.18
that decision right now,
00:53:36.21\00:53:37.81
You're claiming
them as Your children.
00:53:37.85\00:53:39.35
I thank You for
that in Jesus' name.
00:53:39.38\00:53:41.18
Amen.
00:53:41.22\00:53:43.35
God bless each
and every one of you.
00:53:43.39\00:53:44.72
Thank you again, for
your cards, your letters,
00:53:44.75\00:53:46.65
your support of
Behold the Lamb Ministry.
00:53:46.69\00:53:48.46
We look forward to
spending our time with you.
00:53:48.49\00:53:50.46
And, you know, we're going
to be having another message
00:53:50.49\00:53:52.83
by the grace of God to
perished people to meet Him.
00:53:52.86\00:53:56.70
Hello and welcome back.
00:53:56.73\00:53:58.43
Today's message,
Evidence of Imminent Danger,
00:53:58.47\00:54:01.90
is a stark reminder of the mercy
00:54:01.94\00:54:04.44
and the love that our God
00:54:04.47\00:54:06.51
has for each
and every one of us.
00:54:06.54\00:54:08.81
He is patiently,
patiently waiting
00:54:08.84\00:54:11.85
until His image
is fully reproduced
00:54:11.88\00:54:14.68
in each of us,
00:54:14.72\00:54:16.18
and that His children are sealed
00:54:16.22\00:54:18.79
for the kingdom of heaven
00:54:18.82\00:54:22.36
before He proclaims
00:54:22.39\00:54:23.93
those solemn words, it is done.
00:54:23.96\00:54:28.66
Let's read this proclamation
00:54:28.70\00:54:30.73
as recorded in the Book
of Revelation Chapter 21,
00:54:30.77\00:54:33.94
and we're going to
read verses 5 through 7.
00:54:33.97\00:54:37.21
It reads, "And He that
sat upon the throne said,
00:54:37.24\00:54:41.88
'Behold, I make all things new.'
00:54:41.91\00:54:45.25
And he said unto me, 'Write:
00:54:45.28\00:54:47.65
for these words
are true and faithful.'
00:54:47.68\00:54:50.52
And He said unto
me, 'It is done.'
00:54:50.55\00:54:56.19
I am Alpha and Omega,
the beginning and the end.
00:54:56.22\00:54:59.69
I will give unto Him
00:54:59.73\00:55:01.13
that is athirst of the fountain
of the water of life freely.
00:55:01.16\00:55:05.43
He that overcometh
shall inherit all things,
00:55:05.47\00:55:09.70
and I will be His God
and he shall be My son.'"
00:55:09.74\00:55:14.88
Friends, our duty is to be
in that number of the redeemed,
00:55:14.91\00:55:20.58
and to be an overcomer.
00:55:20.62\00:55:22.92
Not to put it off
in a future sense,
00:55:22.95\00:55:26.05
but being overcomer
right here and right now.
00:55:26.09\00:55:30.23
Oh, how we pray
that this is your desire.
00:55:30.26\00:55:33.70
This is the desire
of your heart today.
00:55:33.73\00:55:36.46
Don't put it off any longer.
00:55:36.50\00:55:38.83
Just take a
good look around you.
00:55:38.87\00:55:42.00
Listen to the news,
00:55:42.04\00:55:43.64
there is truly
evidence of imminent danger.
00:55:43.67\00:55:47.94
And you need, I need to
get into the ark of safety
00:55:47.98\00:55:52.25
while we still can.
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or if you feel
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we encourage you
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Don't put it off
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in the United
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And if you so choose to
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Evidence of Imminent Danger,
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And I don't want to end,
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I don't want to close
without saying thank you.
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Thank you, thank you, thank you
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for your prayers and
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of Behold the Lamb Ministries.
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Until next time,
may our precious Lord
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continue to richly
bless you and yours.
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