Hello, friends,
and welcome once again
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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 tuning in.
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"Unless you're prepared
to surrender everything,
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don't surrender anything",
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is the title of
our message for today.
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As a people
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of the United States of America,
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we realize or we should realize
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that this nation
was founded upon freedom
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for its citizens.
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Most importantly
for a child of God,
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we have for over 245 years
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been given the
freedom to worship our God
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by the dictates of
our hearts to the leading
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and the power
of the Holy Spirit.
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However, whether due
to calamities by air,
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land or sea or the
pestilence by night,
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we are witnessing our freedoms
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in all democratic
societies around the world
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that are quickly
being vanished away.
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As an ordinary citizen outside
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of the political
law forming ranks,
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we simply often feel like sheep
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that are being
led to a slaughter.
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We, or should I ask,
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"Are we prepared to
surrender everything?"
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Often our
surrendering of our freedoms
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is flowered by
conscious convicting terms like,
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for the good of others.
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But is that really
the case most of the time,
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or is it a way to, kind of,
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tag on our
sympathies in order to make us
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more willing to comply?
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Have the children
of God ever experienced
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life-changing,
life-altering experience
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or a loss of religious liberties
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and freedoms of simple
everyday choices in the past,
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in all of Biblical past history?
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If so, what lessons may we glean
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from their experience?
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Unless we're prepared
to surrender everything,
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brothers and sisters,
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don't surrender
anything is our topic for today
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with Pastor Kenny Shelton.
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But before he speaks,
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let's visit the 3ABN
Studio and listen to a song
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that is entitled,
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He Knows My Name.
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Does He know your name?
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I hope so as
song by Hope Vasquez.
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I have a maker
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He formed my heart
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Before even time begin
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My life was in His hands
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He knows my name
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He knows my every thought
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And He sees each tear that falls
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And He hears me when I call
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I have a Father
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He calls me His own
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And He never leave me
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No matter where I go
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He knows my name
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He knows my every thought
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And He sees each tear that falls
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And He hears me when I call
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He knows my name
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He knows my every thought
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And He sees each tear that falls
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And He hears me when I call
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Yes, He hears me when I call
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Thank you for
joining us here once again
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at Behold the Lamb Ministries.
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I don't know about you,
but I'm excited once again
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that we have the opportunity
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and privilege to reach the world
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with a message that
I believe is timely,
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at least in my opinion.
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Now, as you pray about
the Holy Spirit impresses
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what needs to be said
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and the Holy Spirit will take it
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and put it in the ears,
in the hearts and the minds
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of those who want to receive it.
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I pray that those
who are here came,
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you came hungry.
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You came hungry.
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You want to set the
table, you want to eat.
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And I believe
those who are watching
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or those who would
be listening whatever,
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that you've been
praying for truth
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and we pray that it'll hit
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just what you need
in your life today.
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Thank you again for
your cards, your letter,
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your support your phone calls,
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and I'm
thankful for those orders
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that come in all
the time, saying,
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"Hey, we want this.
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We want to share
it with a neighbor.
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We want to share this
message with a friend."
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There's a lot of activity
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that's going on
in the world today.
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People are asking
questions, and by God's grace,
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we need to have an answer
for every man that asketh.
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And so praise God for that.
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We're going to be
talking about a subject today.
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It's kind of a long title,
but if you'll just forgive me
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it just kind of
came out this way.
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It says,
"Unless you are prepared
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to surrender everything,
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don't surrender anything."
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Did somebody get that?
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Unless you're
prepared to surrender what?
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Everything, don't
surrender anything.
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So we pray as we go along...
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That could go in
a lot of different
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directions, couldn't it?
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As we go along it
will, kind of, answer
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and what we're
talking about today.
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But first of all, we
want to pray once again.
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We are a believer in prayer.
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We see that God...
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When people pray,
God's arm begins to move,
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things begin to happen.
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And I pray today that
your ears, your heart,
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your mind is open.
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Let God do something
special for you today.
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Let him do it.
He wants to do it.
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He wants you to be prepared.
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So I'm going to
still kneel up here
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and I pray that at least
in your heart, in your mind,
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you're going to kneel with me
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and we're going
to pray together.
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Our loving Father in
heaven, again we solicit heaven.
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We solicit the Holy Spirit.
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Please, come into our midst.
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Open our hearts and
our minds, our lips.
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Help us to only say that
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which would be
pleasing in Thy sight,
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something will get
someone's attention
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that You can bring
conviction of the Holy Spirit
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upon the heart and
the life in the time
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that we are living in.
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Oh, Lord, we pray
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that You will help us right now.
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We commit ourselves in Thy care,
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in the keeping
and a fresh cleansing
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of Your blood
right now in my life.
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I pray, oh Lord, that
I may hear heaven's voice
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and may respond and share
it with my brothers and sisters
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in Jesus' name.
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Amen. Amen.
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Unless you're prepared
to surrender everything,
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don't surrender anything.
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I think most of
you are very much
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well aware of the world
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that we're living in
today and what is taking place.
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We are asked every
day to surrender something
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and usually it's freedoms.
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It's freedoms
that are surrendered
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that we probably will
not get back in this life.
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Every day somebody,
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the enemy is
chiseling at these freedoms,
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especially freedom of
conscience, freedom of,
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you know, you
talk about religion,
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freedom of speech.
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All of these
things are being attacked,
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and I believe
there's reason for it.
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The enemy
probably will tell you,
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"If I can get all of
these things out there,
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then God's messengers
will have a difficult time
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in getting the message out."
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If we can almost make every word
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that we utter a hate crime.
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Are you still with me?
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Hate speech, then
we can shut it off.
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If we can just take a word
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or maybe out of
context and just use it,
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we can take them off of YouTube
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or take them off
from a TV channel
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or radio or
whatever it might be.
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That by the grace of
God things are happening,
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we need to be well aware of it.
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I have in my hand here
something very interesting
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and I want to share it.
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Since least here of this
group, we are in Illinois.
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This pertains to us.
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Some have been
looking these things up
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and reading them.
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In case you have not,
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I feel it's my duty to
at least share it with you.
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Now, this is an amendment
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and an amendment to
the Senate Bill 1169.
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Anybody been reading about that?
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Now remember,
you can go on Google
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where you can get
it so on and so forth.
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But right now, hurried
right on through this amendment
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was passed by the House,
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Illinois House on Wednesday,
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and then it went
to Illinois Senate
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and it was passed,
I think like 31 to 24.
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In the House, it was 64 to 52.
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And so it was passed
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that some
changes must take place,
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they're saying, before...
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Now remember, this is
talking about the vaccine.
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Now, before they said in this...
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Again, we're
doing an amendment here.
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Before they said, "It
prohibits discrimination
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against anyone
for the, notice this,
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the contentious
refusal to receive,
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notice the words, to obtain,
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accept, perform,
assist, counsel..."
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May I tell you, when
lawyers get a hold of things,
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look out.
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It says, "To go contrary
to his or her conscience."
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So before Illinois
was saying right law
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that we can't discriminate
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if it's against
your personal conscience,
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if it may be against
your religious belief
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that it's going to be
okay in the workplace.
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But now, they seem fit to
say we need to amend that.
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We need to change it.
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Now remember, all
this needs right now
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is the governor signature,
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it is law and it
will take place...
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become law in the
June of next year.
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And he loves it.
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So he's going to
sign it, just count on it.
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Now remember, before
the people had a right,
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you know, a right to say
no, they had a right to their,
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you know, own
opinion and their conscience.
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But now effectively
through this Bill Right here
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because of
COVID-19, it's taken away.
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You're going to
see your freedoms
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taken away one by one.
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We've already seen it.
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It's happening.
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I believe God's people
need to be aware of that
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if you are not.
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There are a lot who are not.
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They're too busy with life,
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too busy with
things that are going on.
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They don't know what's happening
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in the world.
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We need to know what's happening
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because it will
affect us and therefore,
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we need to be prepared.
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And I'm going to
read this amendment to you
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if you'll just
allow me to do that.
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It's in Section Five.
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Yeah, it's amendment
now to the Senate Bill 1169.
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Here's how it reads.
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It's called,
notice, The Healthcare Right
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of Conscience Act.
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Section 13.5 says this,
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"Violations related
to COVID-19 requires..."
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Notice this,
interesting, what it requires,
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"It is not a
violation of this act
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for any person
or public official,
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or for any public
or private association,
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agency or corporation,
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entity, institution or employer
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to take any measures
or impose any requirements
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including but not limited
to any measures or requirements
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that involve
provisions of servers
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by a physician or
healthcare personnel,
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intended to prevent..."
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Notice this right,
"Or transmit COVID-19,
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any pathogens
that result in COVID-19
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or any of the subsequent..."
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Notice that, I
thought interesting,
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"The subsequent issues here."
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Now notice, "It
is not a violation
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of this act to enforce..."
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Notice the words
being used, enforce.
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"It is not a
violation of this act to enforce
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such measures or requirements,
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including," listen,
"by terminating employment,
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or excluding
individuals from a school,
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a place of employment
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or public or private premises
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in response to non-compliance."
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What is it saying?
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It's saying they
can terminate you.
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They can keep you out of school
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if they want to because
you won't get the vaccine.
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Are you there?
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Public or private
even says here premises,
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"This section is a
declaration of existing law
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and shall not be
construed as a new enactment."
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Very interesting,
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"According this section
shall apply to all actions
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commenced or pending
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on after the effective
date of this mandatory act."
00:14:40.74\00:14:45.95
So it's just
simply saying, "Well,
00:14:45.98\00:14:47.32
we're going to go back now
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because there's
so many lawsuits..."
00:14:48.72\00:14:50.05
Isn't that right?
00:14:50.09\00:14:51.42
"So many lawsuit
things are in the court,
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so we're going
to go back over here
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and say you can't
take us to court anymore.
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You can't sue us anymore."
00:14:56.86\00:14:59.16
Now it's unbelievable, isn't it?
00:14:59.19\00:15:00.96
And so now, they
say they have a right...
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Now measures in memory,
00:15:02.83\00:15:04.17
excluding individuals from what,
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include school,
place of employment,
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public or private
because it's simply,
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of non-compliance.
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So again, we're talking about...
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Here we're looking at
giving up some of our rights
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and some of our
freedoms that God has given us
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to decide what
we put into our body
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or what we don't put into it.
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They're being taken away
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and if you don't
follow along, you will suffer.
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Now this is Illinois.
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And He should sign
that any day and again,
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it'll take place in June.
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I thought, "How interesting."
00:15:38.40\00:15:39.73
Now notice
here, I looked at this
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and as I read
this, I thought, "Oh,
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I've read you know
the Laudato si' and,
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you know, the encyclical
of the Pope and so on.
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And he always
finishes everything up with,
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"For the common good of all."
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Is somebody still with me?
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For the common good of
all, they're saying here,
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you've got to
play along with this
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for the common good of all.
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If you don't play along with it,
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then you're going to suffer.
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You may lose your job
and then there's a fight.
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Some of you know
there that you...
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think, well maybe you can
draw on employment for a while.
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It's depending on
what group you mess with
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and how they
determine what is said
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in their by-laws or
their rules and regulations.
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Some will say, "No, you can't
because you're non-compliance
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with what we say we
want on this job site."
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So we need to be
praying because again,
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things are taken
away that we didn't think
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we'd ever see
happen or take place.
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There's some current problems
I just want to go over quickly
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as we go because we're seeing
every one of these issues.
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Believe it or not church,
every one of these issues
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that I'm going to
mention in through here
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has got something that is
going to affect your life,
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something that's
affecting my life
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and it's going to boil down
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that is going
to take away again,
00:16:50.47\00:16:51.81
your freedoms.
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Even, notice
here, freedom even to,
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oh boy, think for yourself.
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I'm going to read
a quote after while.
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I hope we get to that.
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Oh boy, some people
say, "Oh no, here we go."
00:17:04.15\00:17:05.99
That's right, here I go.
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Now, the Roman
Catholic Church that says
00:17:08.19\00:17:10.13
we shouldn't even be
able to think on our own.
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And they don't want us
to have religious freedom
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and that's been the
plan for a long time,
00:17:16.46\00:17:20.37
and now we see it coming.
00:17:20.40\00:17:22.07
There's the
fruits of it right now
00:17:22.10\00:17:23.44
that's out there.
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So some of
these current problems
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each will restrict
some of our freedoms.
00:17:26.37\00:17:29.58
That's what I'm talking about.
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I'm not doing as
a political basis,
00:17:30.98\00:17:33.05
or I'm taking this side
00:17:33.08\00:17:34.42
or I'm taking
that side about it.
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Open your mind, open
your heart, open your eyes
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and see these
issues the devil's using
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to cause division and
separation in the world,
00:17:40.69\00:17:43.66
and to bring about a
little time of trouble
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and then a big time of trouble
00:17:45.86\00:17:47.50
that this world has
never seen, Daniel says.
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And remember, he's
trying to get a sidetracked
00:17:51.43\00:17:55.54
because I do
believe that probation
00:17:55.57\00:17:57.54
could soon close.
00:17:57.57\00:17:59.91
And if he can
keep me and you fussing
00:17:59.94\00:18:01.68
and fighting about the
color of carpet in the church,
00:18:01.71\00:18:04.58
then we're not getting ready
00:18:04.61\00:18:05.95
to share heaven with Jesus.
00:18:05.98\00:18:07.32
You follow what I mean?
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If we're busy with
all this other stuff
00:18:08.72\00:18:10.22
that's going on in the world,
00:18:10.25\00:18:11.59
it may be good within itself
00:18:11.62\00:18:14.26
but we have to
realize where we are at.
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I mean, just recently you
look and you see education
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becomes a top issue
00:18:20.03\00:18:21.36
all this last
couple of weeks, isn't it?
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Teachers union strong,
00:18:23.80\00:18:25.67
unions will bring
about a time of trouble
00:18:25.70\00:18:27.60
this world has never seen.
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And we realize all of a
sudden, now in the last,
00:18:29.07\00:18:31.11
you know, several months,
00:18:31.14\00:18:32.47
all of a sudden they're
coming to the forefront.
00:18:32.51\00:18:34.58
They're running
the world almost.
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Now, I realize
they've done a lot of good
00:18:37.38\00:18:38.88
but you know the
devil do some goods
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in some areas too
00:18:40.52\00:18:41.85
before he pulls the
rug out from under you.
00:18:41.88\00:18:43.69
Did you get it?
00:18:43.72\00:18:45.05
If it was totally
all opposite and wrong,
00:18:45.09\00:18:46.62
we wouldn't go for it.
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But he'll shine
little light here
00:18:48.96\00:18:50.33
and there to get us
to go that direction
00:18:50.36\00:18:52.59
and then he tries to get you.
00:18:52.63\00:18:54.36
But notice, I thought the issues
00:18:54.40\00:18:56.36
were very interesting
00:18:56.40\00:18:57.73
and I think we
need to look at it.
00:18:57.77\00:18:59.20
Are we really
saying anymore all of us?
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Well, you look at your leaders,
00:19:03.14\00:19:04.61
you look what's
going on in the world
00:19:04.64\00:19:05.97
and some of the things,
00:19:06.01\00:19:07.34
even somebody
simple minded like me,
00:19:07.38\00:19:08.71
I look and say,
"That doesn't seem right."
00:19:08.74\00:19:10.95
And then I read the Word of God
and I say, "That's not right."
00:19:10.98\00:19:15.12
Unless we're prepared
to give everything up,
00:19:15.15\00:19:17.12
you know what I mean?
00:19:17.15\00:19:18.49
We got to be careful here
00:19:18.52\00:19:19.85
because once you
start giving things up,
00:19:19.89\00:19:21.22
and we've been doing
in this country for years.
00:19:21.26\00:19:24.06
And again, I say that
because it's going to come back
00:19:24.09\00:19:27.20
to hurt God's people
00:19:27.23\00:19:28.56
and getting the
message out to the world.
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We have a job to do.
00:19:32.53\00:19:33.87
Why do you think we're here?
00:19:33.90\00:19:35.24
I know you understand.
00:19:35.27\00:19:36.60
We have a job to
do and the devil says,
00:19:36.64\00:19:38.87
"I'm going to hedge him about
00:19:38.91\00:19:40.24
so they can't do
what they need to do."
00:19:40.28\00:19:42.11
Either the world needs
to hear what's going on
00:19:42.14\00:19:45.91
in this last day
church or it doesn't.
00:19:45.95\00:19:49.68
It's either given
of God, it's a warning,
00:19:49.72\00:19:51.62
it's bringing
back those old pasts,
00:19:51.65\00:19:53.99
right, bring back
these old truths or it's not.
00:19:54.02\00:19:56.26
We're going to have to decide.
00:19:56.29\00:19:58.03
But education was the
big issue and you know what?
00:19:58.06\00:20:01.10
It had to do with
inappropriate books.
00:20:01.13\00:20:06.87
Parents wanted to be involved
00:20:06.90\00:20:08.37
in what's taught in the schools.
00:20:08.40\00:20:11.01
Interesting, I
think I'd like to be too.
00:20:11.04\00:20:13.48
But I think, probably, in
the very beginning God says,
00:20:13.51\00:20:16.41
"You need to have homeschool."
00:20:16.44\00:20:19.88
Okay, we had one amen,
00:20:19.91\00:20:21.25
maybe for long
we'll get a couple more.
00:20:21.28\00:20:23.82
Yeah, I know that's all right.
00:20:23.85\00:20:25.75
You don't have to agree with me.
00:20:25.79\00:20:27.12
I just believe that
that's the way God set it up.
00:20:27.16\00:20:30.09
That's how God wanted it to be
00:20:30.13\00:20:32.59
because we find
out where we learn
00:20:32.63\00:20:34.13
all of our meanness,
00:20:34.16\00:20:36.87
bad habits is
usually from others
00:20:36.90\00:20:40.60
that doesn't
have God in the home.
00:20:40.64\00:20:43.00
And we're around them...
00:20:43.04\00:20:44.94
It's just food for thought.
00:20:44.97\00:20:46.84
But in our schools,
00:20:46.88\00:20:49.14
even in the lower grades
and certainly in high school,
00:20:49.18\00:20:51.71
this is going on
00:20:51.75\00:20:53.42
that they have
sex education books.
00:20:53.45\00:20:58.42
They're teaching and say,
00:20:58.45\00:20:59.79
"We don't want to
teach much history anymore."
00:20:59.82\00:21:03.43
And they're saying, here,
this is from New York Post,
00:21:03.46\00:21:05.56
October 27, '21.
00:21:05.59\00:21:06.96
That's just the other day,
00:21:07.00\00:21:08.90
"The National
School Board leaders
00:21:08.93\00:21:11.30
told the White House
00:21:11.33\00:21:13.27
that descriptive of
parents," notice this.
00:21:13.30\00:21:16.54
It says, "Those who
are disruptive parents
00:21:16.57\00:21:19.87
should be treated
as domestic terrorist."
00:21:19.91\00:21:25.18
Now that's nothing new
those who are watching news.
00:21:25.21\00:21:27.42
They absolutely wrote and
said they need to be treated...
00:21:27.45\00:21:29.92
If you come to the
school board and you're seeing
00:21:29.95\00:21:32.15
what kind of books
that they're presenting
00:21:32.19\00:21:33.79
and what they're
presenting to your kids
00:21:33.82\00:21:35.52
that you don't like,
00:21:35.56\00:21:36.89
that you don't appreciate,
00:21:36.93\00:21:38.66
they actually called on the FBI.
00:21:38.69\00:21:41.56
I'm just saying
I disagree with it.
00:21:41.60\00:21:42.93
I'm going to do that.
00:21:42.96\00:21:46.30
They absolutely did.
00:21:46.33\00:21:48.04
Of course, they denied it later
00:21:48.07\00:21:49.40
and then they
apologized a little bit later
00:21:49.44\00:21:50.77
for and so on so forth.
00:21:50.81\00:21:52.14
They denied it and
then some of the mothers
00:21:52.17\00:21:53.58
that were there
said, "I've seen them
00:21:53.61\00:21:55.21
with my own eyes."
00:21:55.24\00:21:56.85
But they said
to the White House,
00:21:56.88\00:21:59.85
"These people are disrupting,
they're domestic terrorist."
00:21:59.88\00:22:03.25
Do you realize what penalties?
00:22:03.28\00:22:06.42
I'm just talking
about now. Can we?
00:22:06.45\00:22:09.29
Are we really saying anymore?
00:22:09.32\00:22:11.19
Are things gotten so
bad that anything goes
00:22:11.23\00:22:13.33
and we don't understand?
00:22:13.36\00:22:14.70
Most generally, we say
nothing and we do nothing.
00:22:14.73\00:22:16.60
That's our problem.
00:22:16.63\00:22:18.87
We just accept it.
00:22:18.90\00:22:20.24
And when you do, the
devil will slam bang your head.
00:22:20.27\00:22:23.30
Are you with me?
00:22:23.34\00:22:24.67
He will not let off
on you or let off on me.
00:22:24.71\00:22:27.14
I pray as we get
into it little more,
00:22:27.18\00:22:28.54
we'll see how we can
approach some of these issues.
00:22:28.58\00:22:34.02
In fact, the book...
00:22:34.05\00:22:36.08
I'm not going to go into here.
00:22:36.12\00:22:37.75
But the mother
who was protesting
00:22:37.79\00:22:39.72
what was in these books,
00:22:39.75\00:22:41.09
Bruce, was protesting and said,
00:22:41.12\00:22:42.99
"I don't want
my kids reading it.
00:22:43.02\00:22:45.13
I don't want it brought up."
00:22:45.16\00:22:46.49
She just had the book
00:22:46.53\00:22:48.20
and she began to read
two or three lines in it.
00:22:48.23\00:22:51.00
And they cut her
microphone off and said,
00:22:51.03\00:22:53.97
"You can't read that out loud.
00:22:54.00\00:22:55.34
There's kids present."
00:22:55.37\00:22:58.74
That's how bad...
00:22:58.77\00:23:00.11
You see what, yeah...
00:23:00.14\00:23:01.48
I'm just saying what's going on?
00:23:01.51\00:23:04.41
And can we really expect
things to really just be like
00:23:04.45\00:23:08.22
they should be
based on the Word of God
00:23:08.25\00:23:10.09
or has the world lost its mind?
00:23:10.12\00:23:13.46
Yeah, well, I'm just...
00:23:13.49\00:23:15.36
We have to
question these things.
00:23:15.39\00:23:18.96
In the schools,
00:23:18.99\00:23:20.33
they're fighting
critical race theory.
00:23:20.36\00:23:23.30
They're fighting the
vaccination situation.
00:23:23.33\00:23:28.27
Teachers are
throwing up their hands.
00:23:28.30\00:23:31.71
Unions are putting forth...
00:23:31.74\00:23:34.38
flexing their
muscles, mask our problem.
00:23:34.41\00:23:39.61
I'm just saying a few
words but you know that
00:23:39.65\00:23:41.22
these are problems
that the American people,
00:23:41.25\00:23:44.59
the government,
United States of America
00:23:44.62\00:23:46.62
and all the other nations
are dealing with right now.
00:23:46.65\00:23:49.42
It seemed like
dealing with all the issues
00:23:49.46\00:23:51.09
rather than the
ones that we should be
00:23:51.13\00:23:52.86
and I know there's
some in there we need.
00:23:52.89\00:23:54.53
Do you follow me?
00:23:54.56\00:23:55.90
One of the big issue
we should be dealing with
00:23:55.93\00:23:57.40
is how are going to be prepared
for the coming of Jesus,
00:23:57.43\00:24:00.97
be focused on that with our life
00:24:01.00\00:24:03.41
being right with Jesus Christ.
00:24:03.44\00:24:05.57
But there's mask,
00:24:05.61\00:24:06.94
there's all
kinds of ship problems,
00:24:06.98\00:24:10.05
container
problems, labor problems,
00:24:10.08\00:24:13.05
shore-men
problems, gender ideology,
00:24:13.08\00:24:16.89
come on somebody.
00:24:16.92\00:24:19.59
Teachers, unions,
I mean, we look at...
00:24:19.62\00:24:21.36
These things can
happen and they are happening
00:24:21.39\00:24:24.83
but I was more or
less shocked a little,
00:24:24.86\00:24:26.19
they said it could happen.
00:24:26.23\00:24:27.56
They're going to bring it up
00:24:27.60\00:24:28.93
and I'm not trying to
hurt anybody or anything here.
00:24:28.96\00:24:31.47
But the
ministration says, "Right now,
00:24:31.50\00:24:33.94
we're going to
have to raise some taxes
00:24:33.97\00:24:36.71
on some hard-working people."
00:24:36.74\00:24:38.61
Are you still with me, Church?
00:24:38.64\00:24:40.14
"We're going to
have to raise some taxes
00:24:40.18\00:24:41.58
on some
hard-working families here
00:24:41.61\00:24:43.01
because, you know, we feel now
00:24:43.04\00:24:45.98
that we need to pay
00:24:46.01\00:24:49.12
illegal immigrant
families millions of dollars."
00:24:49.15\00:24:53.72
For what, to break the law?
00:24:53.76\00:24:55.86
They're talking $450-$500,000
00:24:55.89\00:24:59.69
for husband and
then same for the wife.
00:24:59.73\00:25:02.53
So if I was over there...
00:25:02.56\00:25:05.27
I'll be bit careful.
00:25:05.30\00:25:07.40
I'll stop.
00:25:07.44\00:25:08.94
I was going to say I
think I just went on over
00:25:08.97\00:25:11.24
because I'd be a millionaire.
00:25:11.27\00:25:13.34
Can I say that?
00:25:13.38\00:25:15.84
Brother Mark, can I say that?
00:25:15.88\00:25:17.38
I did say it, didn't I?
00:25:17.41\00:25:18.81
Get myself in trouble.
00:25:18.85\00:25:20.18
Oh, I'm just
saying that just comes out
00:25:20.22\00:25:21.55
because you think
about if all you do
00:25:21.58\00:25:24.55
is you come here
and if they pass it,
00:25:24.59\00:25:27.42
you're automatically
going to be a millionaire
00:25:27.46\00:25:30.53
for breaking the law
00:25:30.56\00:25:31.89
when we're teaching that
00:25:31.93\00:25:33.26
we should be keeping God's law
00:25:33.29\00:25:34.63
in the church and,
of course, in the world.
00:25:34.66\00:25:36.77
That's part of the issue.
00:25:36.80\00:25:38.17
I'm just saying...
00:25:38.20\00:25:39.53
again, I'm not trying to
criticize that they do it
00:25:39.57\00:25:41.10
because the
families have been separated
00:25:41.14\00:25:42.64
trying to get them back.
00:25:42.67\00:25:44.01
But I'm just simply saying
00:25:44.04\00:25:45.37
we need to look at
this and say, "Why?"
00:25:45.41\00:25:48.04
That means you're going to
have to work a little bit longer
00:25:48.08\00:25:49.91
and a little bit harder
00:25:49.94\00:25:52.55
to give more taxes.
00:25:52.58\00:25:57.55
Problems, I'm
looking, I'm saying,
00:25:57.59\00:25:58.92
"Look, there's
problems on the store shelves.
00:25:58.95\00:26:01.52
They're empty.
00:26:01.56\00:26:03.16
They're getting to be
problem with groceries.
00:26:03.19\00:26:04.56
They are all
getting together saying
00:26:04.59\00:26:05.93
we're going to raise the price."
00:26:05.96\00:26:07.30
There's labor problems.
There are union problems.
00:26:07.33\00:26:09.73
There are inflation problems.
00:26:09.76\00:26:11.37
There's COVID problems.
00:26:11.40\00:26:12.73
There are health
crisis, they say, problems.
00:26:12.77\00:26:14.80
There's gas price
problems, at the pump,
00:26:14.84\00:26:17.77
natural gas,
propane gas, police crisis.
00:26:17.81\00:26:23.11
And one of the top
generals are saying right now,
00:26:23.14\00:26:25.31
he said, "We need to watch
00:26:25.35\00:26:26.68
Chinese military
aggression right now."
00:26:26.72\00:26:28.92
Well, people say, "We know
we don't want to hear that."
00:26:28.95\00:26:31.29
Well, you need to hear it.
00:26:31.32\00:26:33.05
The Bible said, listen,
"There'd be wars," and what?
00:26:33.09\00:26:35.42
"And rumors of wars."
00:26:35.46\00:26:37.03
It could happen any time.
00:26:37.06\00:26:38.79
It'll change your world.
00:26:38.83\00:26:40.53
It'll change your freedoms.
00:26:40.56\00:26:42.70
You think COVID can't do it.
00:26:42.73\00:26:44.77
They can keep you off the plane.
00:26:44.80\00:26:46.13
They can keep you
not flying anymore.
00:26:46.17\00:26:47.50
We're looking at it right now.
00:26:47.54\00:26:48.87
If they continue
to press it right now,
00:26:48.90\00:26:50.71
you will not be
able to go anywhere
00:26:50.74\00:26:52.07
unless you have your vaccine.
00:26:52.11\00:26:53.61
You have your
little piece of paper
00:26:53.64\00:26:54.98
saying you've had it.
00:26:55.01\00:26:56.34
What will you do?
00:26:56.38\00:26:57.71
Some people say, "I'll
just go ahead and get it
00:26:57.75\00:26:59.08
because it's
convenient for me to fly."
00:26:59.11\00:27:01.05
I think there's some
principle involved here.
00:27:01.08\00:27:03.18
Unless you're willing
to sacrifice everything,
00:27:03.22\00:27:05.29
isn't that right?
00:27:05.32\00:27:07.82
Don't sacrifice anything.
00:27:07.86\00:27:10.76
Chinese and Taiwan tension,
00:27:10.79\00:27:14.43
it's caused tension in
the world with our allies
00:27:14.46\00:27:17.13
and United States of America,
00:27:17.17\00:27:18.97
much more than what we realize.
00:27:19.00\00:27:21.00
It's not to try to
scare anybody and say,
00:27:21.04\00:27:22.97
"Well, this group that group..."
00:27:23.00\00:27:24.34
It's still an issue
that we must look at.
00:27:24.37\00:27:28.61
And I say unless
my brothers and sister
00:27:28.64\00:27:30.38
you're prepared to
surrender everything,
00:27:30.41\00:27:32.11
don't surrender anything.
00:27:32.15\00:27:33.52
And, of course, I want to
make this clear is in matters,
00:27:33.55\00:27:36.42
certainly a spiritual position.
00:27:36.45\00:27:40.96
We cannot afford to
surrender anything right now.
00:27:40.99\00:27:43.86
To surrender means
00:27:43.89\00:27:45.23
that you've accepted
the side of the enemy
00:27:45.26\00:27:46.59
and he's going to take it,
00:27:46.63\00:27:47.96
and he's going to
take it all, guaranteed.
00:27:48.00\00:27:51.17
Exodus Chapter 2,
if you don't mind,
00:27:51.20\00:27:52.83
I'm going to read that.
00:27:52.87\00:27:54.20
Exodus Chapter 2,
00:27:54.24\00:27:55.57
again, I think maybe
it'll fit a little bit better
00:27:55.60\00:27:57.41
as we go along.
00:27:57.44\00:27:58.94
Exodus Chapter 2, you can
turn in your Bible with me
00:27:58.97\00:28:01.14
if you will, 23, 24 and 25.
00:28:01.18\00:28:04.25
Notice what the Bible says,
00:28:04.28\00:28:05.68
"And it came to
pass in process of time,
00:28:05.71\00:28:07.62
that the king of Egypt died.
00:28:07.65\00:28:09.52
Children of Israel..."
00:28:09.55\00:28:10.89
Notice what the
children of Israel did.
00:28:10.92\00:28:12.25
I kind of like to put my feet
00:28:12.29\00:28:13.96
in their shoes a
little bit and say,
00:28:13.99\00:28:15.32
"Man, what happened to
them, could it happen to us?"
00:28:15.36\00:28:19.66
Because sometime we read
Spirit of Prophecy and it said,
00:28:19.69\00:28:21.76
"We are slowly
retreating toward Egypt."
00:28:21.80\00:28:24.23
I don't want to
go back to Egypt.
00:28:24.27\00:28:27.97
Why would we say
we're retreating back there?
00:28:28.00\00:28:30.84
That's not a good place to
be if you study the Word of God.
00:28:30.87\00:28:33.74
Isn't that right?
00:28:33.78\00:28:37.15
Notice what they do,
"Children of Israel sighed,
00:28:37.18\00:28:40.12
they cried, they
carried on," don't blame them,
00:28:40.15\00:28:42.92
"for reason of their bondage."
00:28:42.95\00:28:44.52
Why, "Because
they were just like
00:28:44.55\00:28:46.55
people crying and sighing today
00:28:46.59\00:28:48.16
because they were slaves."
00:28:48.19\00:28:50.09
Does that make sense?
00:28:50.13\00:28:51.46
You say in
bondage, they were slaves.
00:28:51.49\00:28:53.09
That's almost the worst
kind of slavery there could be.
00:28:53.13\00:28:55.20
Your life wasn't
worth a penny, wasn't it?
00:28:55.23\00:28:59.63
These were the children of God.
00:28:59.67\00:29:02.94
What happened that they would be
00:29:02.97\00:29:04.31
in such a predicament?
00:29:04.34\00:29:06.68
Could it be that
maybe they disobeyed?
00:29:06.71\00:29:10.95
Is God the same
today as He was yesterday?
00:29:10.98\00:29:13.18
Does He still deal with us?
00:29:13.21\00:29:14.55
Absolutely, He does.
00:29:14.58\00:29:15.92
Notice, they
cried and notice this,
00:29:15.95\00:29:17.79
"And God heard their cry."
00:29:17.82\00:29:19.15
Did He?
00:29:19.19\00:29:20.52
"It came up before God
by reason of their bondage."
00:29:20.56\00:29:22.46
God did not
want them in bondage.
00:29:22.49\00:29:24.13
He wanted them to be free.
00:29:24.16\00:29:25.49
He wanted to get the
message out to the world
00:29:25.53\00:29:26.86
just like us today,
00:29:26.90\00:29:28.23
but some times
we are in bondage.
00:29:28.26\00:29:29.66
Some things that we
believe in some of the...
00:29:29.70\00:29:32.70
You know what I'm talking about.
00:29:32.73\00:29:34.50
We don't need to be in bondage,
we need to be free in Christ.
00:29:34.54\00:29:37.64
Verse 24, "And God
heard their groaning
00:29:37.67\00:29:39.54
and God remembered His covenant
with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.
00:29:39.57\00:29:43.04
God looked," I like
this, "looked upon" verse 25,
00:29:43.08\00:29:45.95
"the children of Israel,
God had respect for them."
00:29:45.98\00:29:50.99
Oh wow!
00:29:51.02\00:29:53.19
Aren't you glad
that God hears today
00:29:53.22\00:29:54.86
when we call upon Him?
00:29:54.89\00:29:57.39
This is something
maybe we're not doing.
00:29:57.43\00:29:58.86
We're just taking for granted
that God's going to hear us.
00:29:58.89\00:30:01.33
We're part of the family of God.
00:30:01.36\00:30:02.70
People say, "Hey."
00:30:02.73\00:30:04.07
They say to God here
today, they say, "Hey,
00:30:04.10\00:30:05.43
how is it going, bro?"
00:30:05.47\00:30:06.80
"I don't know. I'm saved.
00:30:06.84\00:30:08.17
I'm going to make it heaven.
00:30:08.20\00:30:09.54
No matter what
happens, I'm going to make it."
00:30:09.57\00:30:10.91
Well, we need to
have a positive response
00:30:10.94\00:30:13.58
to our relationship with Christ.
00:30:13.61\00:30:15.34
But while there's
life, we need to be careful.
00:30:15.38\00:30:19.18
Changes can
happen, isn't that right?
00:30:19.21\00:30:20.82
Changes can happen.
00:30:20.85\00:30:24.32
Interesting, I
heard another guy say
00:30:24.35\00:30:26.02
this week right here.
00:30:26.05\00:30:27.39
He said, "You know what?
00:30:27.42\00:30:29.32
I kind of feel
religion, I feel it.
00:30:29.36\00:30:31.99
That's all I
could do to keep quiet."
00:30:32.03\00:30:34.43
I'm telling you,
I want to jump up,
00:30:34.46\00:30:37.03
starting in but I
knew I shouldn't do it.
00:30:37.07\00:30:40.67
I was just listening.
00:30:40.70\00:30:43.81
He said, "I'm not
really interested."
00:30:43.84\00:30:45.64
He's talking to another
guy not too far from me.
00:30:45.67\00:30:47.84
He said, "I'm not too..."
00:30:47.88\00:30:50.31
He said, "I don't
care about doctrines
00:30:50.35\00:30:52.28
and teachings
of the Word of God.
00:30:52.31\00:30:54.12
I don't care about those things.
00:30:54.15\00:30:55.75
I feel it."
00:30:55.78\00:30:58.02
I know but he didn't care
about doctrines and teaching,
00:30:58.05\00:31:01.72
which Jesus taught.
00:31:01.76\00:31:03.36
Doctrine, simply
teachings of the Word of God,
00:31:03.39\00:31:05.16
isn't that right?
00:31:05.19\00:31:06.53
We must be very
careful about those things.
00:31:06.56\00:31:09.53
And I thought bless their heart.
00:31:09.56\00:31:12.90
Time had come for God's people
to be delivered from slavery.
00:31:12.93\00:31:17.17
Time had come for them
to be delivered from bondage
00:31:17.21\00:31:20.08
just like us.
00:31:20.11\00:31:22.01
Did you get it? Put
yourself in the shoes.
00:31:22.04\00:31:23.68
It's time.
00:31:23.71\00:31:25.05
God wants to
come back from bondage
00:31:25.08\00:31:28.82
and they cried and they pray.
00:31:28.85\00:31:30.39
I pray that you're
crying to God today
00:31:30.42\00:31:32.12
that you're
praying to God today,
00:31:32.15\00:31:33.49
"Lord, save me, save my family,
00:31:33.52\00:31:35.59
save the church,
save the people."
00:31:35.62\00:31:38.03
I pray that we are
praying every day and say,
00:31:38.06\00:31:40.60
"Oh Lord, help us to
get sin out of our life
00:31:40.63\00:31:43.50
that we may be like Jesus."
00:31:43.53\00:31:46.60
I wonder how many of us
are taking time to do that.
00:31:46.63\00:31:49.20
If we do, God
will hear your prayers.
00:31:49.24\00:31:51.44
God's going to
answer those prayers.
00:31:51.47\00:31:54.71
He's going to put you
where He wants you to be here
00:31:54.74\00:31:56.75
in these last
moments of earth's history.
00:31:56.78\00:31:58.71
God will remember the promise,
00:31:58.75\00:32:00.22
God will remember the covenant
00:32:00.25\00:32:01.98
that He's made
with His children,
00:32:02.02\00:32:04.42
and He's going to deliver us
00:32:04.45\00:32:05.79
from these difficult situations.
00:32:05.82\00:32:07.66
Man, I wish
somehow it could be said,
00:32:07.69\00:32:09.32
"Let the Holy Spirit do it today
00:32:09.36\00:32:11.39
of the difficult
times that are just ahead."
00:32:11.43\00:32:13.60
I don't like to talk about them.
00:32:13.63\00:32:14.96
As soon as I sit down,
there's somebody saying.
00:32:15.00\00:32:18.07
I'd already hear good
testimony what God has done.
00:32:18.10\00:32:20.44
But let me tell you,
to be a faithful watchman
00:32:20.47\00:32:22.77
on the walls of Zion
00:32:22.80\00:32:24.14
somebody has to cry out
00:32:24.17\00:32:26.61
and we all should
be willing to do that.
00:32:26.64\00:32:28.54
A faithful watchman
00:32:28.58\00:32:29.91
or a fraud
that's up on the wall.
00:32:29.94\00:32:33.35
There's too many
frauds on the walls of Zion.
00:32:33.38\00:32:37.82
You say, "Yeah,
well, frogs too."
00:32:37.85\00:32:39.45
I don't know if
somebody said, "Frog."
00:32:39.49\00:32:40.82
I said, "Frauds."
00:32:40.86\00:32:43.49
Some might as well be,
00:32:43.53\00:32:45.09
they're not saying anything,
they're just crookened.
00:32:45.13\00:32:46.80
That's right.
00:32:46.83\00:32:48.16
You know what I'm talking about?
00:32:48.20\00:32:49.53
Yes, you do.
00:32:49.56\00:32:51.37
The Bible said, "They
have to get that trumpet
00:32:51.40\00:32:52.77
at a certain sound."
00:32:52.80\00:32:55.20
When you see that sword coming,
man, somebody sound an alarm,
00:32:55.24\00:32:58.54
wake somebody up and
say, "That sword's coming."
00:32:58.57\00:33:00.41
And if you're not ready for it,
00:33:00.44\00:33:01.78
it's going to split
you in half and it will.
00:33:01.81\00:33:06.61
Faithful watchmen is
what God's looking for today
00:33:06.65\00:33:10.72
that will warn people of
what is soon to take place.
00:33:10.75\00:33:14.56
I'm glad today
that I serve a God
00:33:14.59\00:33:16.56
that wrote it down,
00:33:16.59\00:33:17.93
written through the
power of the Holy Spirit,
00:33:17.96\00:33:20.26
through men, holy men
of God as they were, right,
00:33:20.30\00:33:23.06
compelled by the Spirit
00:33:23.10\00:33:24.43
to write in the
book of the things
00:33:24.47\00:33:27.30
that are taking place and so on.
00:33:27.34\00:33:29.00
So that's why when
I read these things,
00:33:29.04\00:33:30.91
whether the Labor Union,
whether there are strikes,
00:33:30.94\00:33:32.81
whether this is going on,
I say, "The devil's at work.
00:33:32.84\00:33:35.68
Man, he's at work."
00:33:35.71\00:33:38.58
He's going to try
to make us just give up
00:33:38.61\00:33:40.38
and not fight anymore.
00:33:40.42\00:33:42.05
And if I could get
him to back away on one,
00:33:42.08\00:33:43.72
I'll get him to back
away on something else.
00:33:43.75\00:33:45.15
I back him down
here, I'll back him,
00:33:45.19\00:33:46.72
he'll back him
until he runs over you.
00:33:46.76\00:33:49.16
Don't let him do it.
00:33:49.19\00:33:50.53
By the grace of
God, we serve a God,
00:33:50.56\00:33:52.93
right, who sits on the throne.
00:33:52.96\00:33:55.00
We have power from on
high if we just tap into it.
00:33:55.03\00:33:58.47
Isn't that wonderful?
00:33:58.50\00:33:59.83
Man, somebody plug into it,
somebody tap into that power.
00:33:59.87\00:34:03.04
There's more power there
00:34:03.07\00:34:04.41
than what you
could possibly ever use.
00:34:04.44\00:34:06.68
That's why God said
there's really no excuse for us
00:34:06.71\00:34:08.71
sinning and doing wrong
00:34:08.74\00:34:10.08
because I've
offered you everything
00:34:10.11\00:34:11.45
to prevent, to help you not to.
00:34:11.48\00:34:14.05
"An empty heaven," He said.
00:34:14.08\00:34:15.42
That's beautiful
to think about that.
00:34:15.45\00:34:18.42
God says,
"Israel, I want to get you
00:34:18.45\00:34:20.79
out of bondage and slavery
00:34:20.82\00:34:22.16
because I want you to
go to the Promised Land."
00:34:22.19\00:34:25.39
When I think
about Promised Land,
00:34:25.43\00:34:26.76
I think about heaven, don't you?
00:34:26.80\00:34:28.83
The Promised Land
00:34:28.86\00:34:30.20
but before we get
to that Promised Land,
00:34:30.23\00:34:31.60
we have to open
our mind and say,
00:34:31.63\00:34:33.13
"What's taking
place in the world?
00:34:33.17\00:34:34.54
And how's that going to
affect our relationship?
00:34:34.57\00:34:36.74
Do I love Jesus enough?
00:34:36.77\00:34:39.04
Do I have that kind
of commitment to Christ
00:34:39.07\00:34:41.71
that when these things
come and the bottom falls?
00:34:41.74\00:34:44.21
Yeah, people say,
Oh, man, I've got it.
00:34:44.25\00:34:45.95
I've got it."
00:34:45.98\00:34:47.32
Oh, you're the first
one who's going to fall.
00:34:47.35\00:34:49.62
Think about it.
00:34:49.65\00:34:51.29
We're saved by God's
grace, isn't that right?
00:34:51.32\00:34:52.99
"By God's grace, we shall stand
in the midst of tribulation,
00:34:53.02\00:34:57.26
by God's grace."
00:34:57.29\00:34:59.33
But most of the time
now, if we miss a paycheck,
00:34:59.36\00:35:01.50
we missed $2 or
$3 or this or that,
00:35:01.53\00:35:03.47
we just start
crying out to God and say,
00:35:03.50\00:35:05.00
"What's the use?"
00:35:05.03\00:35:07.77
Test and trials will come.
00:35:07.80\00:35:10.97
These things that
we're talking about,
00:35:11.01\00:35:12.44
this is what's
taking place today.
00:35:12.47\00:35:16.98
Every day we are asked
to surrender principles
00:35:17.01\00:35:21.35
and freedoms
one after the other.
00:35:21.38\00:35:23.35
How far do we go as Christians?
00:35:23.39\00:35:25.69
How far do I go as a citizen?
00:35:25.72\00:35:28.82
How far do we go as a people?
00:35:28.86\00:35:32.99
Some people think as
Christians that you're a doormat
00:35:33.03\00:35:35.80
and they can wipe
their feet on you.
00:35:35.83\00:35:37.60
I've got news for you.
00:35:37.63\00:35:39.97
Is that okay to say?
00:35:40.00\00:35:42.34
You to make it...
00:35:42.37\00:35:44.04
Bruce, you've
got to make it clear.
00:35:44.07\00:35:45.67
Of course, as Christian,
you are not a doormat.
00:35:45.71\00:35:47.98
You're not for people
to wipe their feet on you.
00:35:48.01\00:35:50.48
You can be nice about it.
00:35:50.51\00:35:51.85
You can be friendly
but you can be bold.
00:35:51.88\00:35:54.15
Jesus said, "Come
boldly to the throne, right,
00:35:54.18\00:35:55.98
and find grace and
help in our time of need."
00:35:56.02\00:35:58.05
They can be said
with such clarity
00:35:58.09\00:36:00.19
that no one needs to
miss what you're saying.
00:36:00.22\00:36:04.09
That needs to be...
00:36:04.13\00:36:05.46
in the health
work too, it's good.
00:36:05.49\00:36:06.86
When you get helping
the people that are here,
00:36:06.90\00:36:09.00
they'll tell you
exactly the way that it is.
00:36:09.03\00:36:12.23
Now, if you like it, great,
00:36:12.27\00:36:13.60
if you don't,
well, bless your heart.
00:36:13.64\00:36:14.97
This is the way that it is.
00:36:15.00\00:36:17.81
We need that today.
00:36:17.84\00:36:19.17
We need clear thinking
and clear sound principle
00:36:19.21\00:36:22.94
of God's Word and stand on it.
00:36:22.98\00:36:25.18
Think about the talk about here
this says, "How far do we go?"
00:36:28.95\00:36:32.45
See, I was always taught...
00:36:32.49\00:36:33.82
I don't know about you but
I was always taught to obey
00:36:33.86\00:36:38.49
the laws of the land.
00:36:38.53\00:36:40.13
How about you?
00:36:40.16\00:36:41.66
I was always taught in the home,
00:36:41.70\00:36:43.20
"We need to obey
the laws of the land."
00:36:43.23\00:36:45.47
I thought, "Well, that's good."
00:36:45.50\00:36:47.44
And then it would
always come across
00:36:47.47\00:36:49.70
as long as it doesn't
cross over the laws of God,
00:36:49.74\00:36:53.64
as long as it doesn't come
in conflict with God's Word.
00:36:53.68\00:36:56.41
But when it comes in
conflict with God's Word,
00:36:56.44\00:36:58.61
you have to make a choice.
00:36:58.65\00:37:00.08
I have to make a decision.
00:37:00.12\00:37:01.52
I'm either going to
follow the rules of the world
00:37:01.55\00:37:03.52
or what's
happening or laws, or what?
00:37:03.55\00:37:05.99
Or follow what God has
said when it looks bleak.
00:37:06.02\00:37:09.79
It looks like maybe we're
not going to make it if we do.
00:37:09.82\00:37:11.89
But you know God says
every time, "You will.
00:37:11.93\00:37:14.16
You're going to come
out better than ever."
00:37:14.20\00:37:16.23
Man, that's beautiful.
00:37:16.26\00:37:17.60
You're going to come
out better than ever before.
00:37:17.63\00:37:19.30
I've got something
better in store for you.
00:37:19.33\00:37:21.10
But you know what?
00:37:21.14\00:37:22.47
If our faith is
a little bit weak,
00:37:22.50\00:37:23.84
you know what he
might say to us, Cletus?
00:37:23.87\00:37:25.21
He might say you're
going to have to wait
00:37:25.24\00:37:26.57
just a little bit longer
00:37:26.61\00:37:27.94
before I answer that prayer.
00:37:27.98\00:37:29.31
He will answer that prayer
if you stand for what is truth.
00:37:29.34\00:37:30.98
And like some of
you have been fired
00:37:31.01\00:37:33.28
because you
refuse to follow along
00:37:33.31\00:37:34.85
with man's rules.
00:37:34.88\00:37:36.82
God said, "I've
got something better
00:37:36.85\00:37:38.25
My eyes on you.
00:37:38.29\00:37:40.12
My eye is on you
00:37:40.16\00:37:41.49
and I'm not going
to take it off of you.
00:37:41.52\00:37:43.63
But I'm going to leave it
on just a little bit longer
00:37:43.66\00:37:45.53
because I want you ready.
00:37:45.56\00:37:47.53
I need you to be ready
00:37:47.56\00:37:48.96
because things are
going to get even worse."
00:37:49.00\00:37:52.50
Not that we want to
talk about it but it's true.
00:37:52.53\00:37:54.90
The Bible said in Exodus 20:3,
00:37:54.94\00:37:57.41
"Thou shalt have no
other gods before Me."
00:37:57.44\00:37:59.54
You remember that?
00:37:59.57\00:38:02.11
And we need to check
that a little bit closer.
00:38:02.14\00:38:04.18
I found the
paragraph in the Great...
00:38:04.21\00:38:07.12
Where is it, The
Great Controversy 452.
00:38:07.15\00:38:10.69
It starts out with
this and that's Isaiah 8:20,
00:38:10.72\00:38:14.12
but he said, "To the
law and to the testimony."
00:38:14.16\00:38:16.73
See, I'm gonna have to check out
00:38:16.76\00:38:18.09
what people
laws they're passing.
00:38:18.13\00:38:19.76
I'm going to have to gauge it,
00:38:19.79\00:38:21.13
whether it's in
the world or not.
00:38:21.16\00:38:22.50
I've got to gauge it with this.
00:38:22.53\00:38:24.17
This is a gauge right
here. Isn't that right?
00:38:24.20\00:38:26.40
This is what we
gauge everything to.
00:38:26.43\00:38:29.50
It has all the answers
00:38:29.54\00:38:32.07
if we just look to it
rather than look to man.
00:38:32.11\00:38:35.84
Man is just going
to lead you astray.
00:38:35.88\00:38:37.21
Man's going to let you down.
00:38:37.25\00:38:38.68
Man's going to hurt you.
00:38:38.71\00:38:40.12
They may not mean to,
00:38:40.15\00:38:41.48
but they're going to
disappoint you at times.
00:38:41.52\00:38:43.28
But you look to Jesus, right,
00:38:43.32\00:38:44.65
the author and
finisher of our faith.
00:38:44.69\00:38:46.25
He will never
ever, ever let you down.
00:38:46.29\00:38:49.72
Stay close to Him, to
the law and to the testimony,
00:38:49.76\00:38:53.63
The Great Controversy, 452.
00:38:53.66\00:38:56.87
Notice this, it says,
00:38:56.90\00:38:58.23
"While there's
conflicting doctrines..."
00:38:58.27\00:38:59.90
Is there conflicting
doctrines in the world today,
00:38:59.93\00:39:01.87
in the churches?
00:39:01.90\00:39:03.24
Oh, my lands of love,
00:39:03.27\00:39:04.61
the devil's had
his hand in things,
00:39:04.64\00:39:06.41
theories, all
kinds of people saying,
00:39:06.44\00:39:08.34
"I'm not sure I
think this is a theory."
00:39:08.38\00:39:12.15
"The law of God is
one of the unerring rule
00:39:12.18\00:39:17.25
by which, you'd
have to say all opinions,
00:39:17.29\00:39:20.62
all doctrines, all
theories are to be tested."
00:39:20.66\00:39:25.19
Because why?
00:39:25.23\00:39:26.56
Because the
prophet said, Isaiah 8:20,
00:39:26.59\00:39:28.53
"To the law and the testimony,
00:39:28.56\00:39:29.90
if they speak not
according to this is
00:39:29.93\00:39:31.63
because there is
no light in them."
00:39:31.67\00:39:34.97
"Oh, there's a
little bit of light."
00:39:35.00\00:39:36.34
I listen and said,
00:39:36.37\00:39:37.71
"No light in it is
what the Bible says."
00:39:37.74\00:39:39.54
I'm not trying to
be judgmental about it.
00:39:39.57\00:39:40.91
You're not
trying to be judgmental.
00:39:40.94\00:39:42.28
That's what the Bible said
00:39:42.31\00:39:43.65
wouldn't want controversies
with God, isn't it?
00:39:43.68\00:39:45.38
God said there's
no light in them.
00:39:45.41\00:39:48.15
You have people
today to say that,
00:39:48.18\00:39:50.05
"Let's just get it out.
00:39:50.09\00:39:52.12
Just get it out there.
00:39:52.15\00:39:53.49
We don't have to worry about
00:39:53.52\00:39:54.86
keeping God's Ten
Commandment law anymore.
00:39:54.89\00:39:56.52
There's no light in them."
00:39:56.56\00:39:58.26
Why, because to the
law and to the testimony,
00:39:58.29\00:40:01.60
if they speak
not according to this
00:40:01.63\00:40:03.30
is because there
is no light in them.
00:40:03.33\00:40:07.30
That's pretty straight.
00:40:07.34\00:40:08.67
That's the way that
it should be right now.
00:40:08.70\00:40:10.04
It doesn't mean they
don't have some good things
00:40:10.07\00:40:11.74
that are good or whatever.
00:40:11.77\00:40:13.11
He just said the
light of the Holy Spirit
00:40:13.14\00:40:14.51
is not in them
00:40:14.54\00:40:15.88
because the Holy
Spirit in John 16
00:40:15.91\00:40:17.48
will lead you into all truth,
00:40:17.51\00:40:20.48
not partial, but
all if you want it.
00:40:20.52\00:40:22.35
But do people really
want that truth today?
00:40:22.38\00:40:25.19
You've got to want it.
00:40:25.22\00:40:26.55
You got to strive for it.
00:40:26.59\00:40:27.92
You got to work for it.
00:40:27.96\00:40:29.32
You got to put forth an effort,
I believe with all my heart.
00:40:29.36\00:40:32.63
I hope we're
starting to see right now
00:40:32.66\00:40:34.53
with what's taking
place in the world today.
00:40:34.56\00:40:36.87
Then listen that
conscientious obedience
00:40:36.90\00:40:40.70
to the Word of God,
00:40:40.74\00:40:43.07
to our conscience will
be treated as rebellion.
00:40:43.10\00:40:47.38
Did anybody get that?
00:40:47.41\00:40:50.41
You read the Word of God
and your conscience says it
00:40:50.45\00:40:52.85
and you apply that
by the grace of God.
00:40:52.88\00:40:55.75
It's going to be
treated in this world
00:40:55.78\00:40:57.72
because of the situations
that are going on as rebellion.
00:40:57.75\00:41:01.82
Now, did you not see that?
00:41:01.86\00:41:05.89
Just talking
about the school board
00:41:05.93\00:41:09.66
because they rejected
what was going on there.
00:41:09.70\00:41:12.77
They didn't want
these nasty books,
00:41:12.80\00:41:15.47
can I say in there.
00:41:15.50\00:41:18.81
They were so rotten
00:41:18.84\00:41:20.18
that they wouldn't
let him read it out loud
00:41:20.21\00:41:22.48
to a bunch of adults.
00:41:22.51\00:41:23.95
Well, they're
gonna tell you something.
00:41:23.98\00:41:25.31
You know what
they said it would do?
00:41:25.35\00:41:26.68
"Oh my, you made a point here.
00:41:26.72\00:41:28.05
Oh, you made a point here.
00:41:28.08\00:41:29.42
We're going to
take them off the shelf
00:41:29.45\00:41:30.79
for a few days
and examine them."
00:41:30.82\00:41:32.15
Why didn't you examine them
00:41:32.19\00:41:35.49
before you put
them on the shelf?
00:41:35.52\00:41:36.96
Now, am I telling
you the truth or not?
00:41:36.99\00:41:38.56
I'm either lying to you
or I'm telling you the truth.
00:41:38.59\00:41:40.63
Examine it before
you put it out there.
00:41:40.66\00:41:42.93
Examine it before
you put it in your home.
00:41:42.96\00:41:45.53
Examine it before it ends
up in your children's hands
00:41:45.57\00:41:48.44
and in the room at night,
00:41:48.47\00:41:49.80
reading stuff they
shouldn't be reading.
00:41:49.84\00:41:51.61
Oh, boy.
00:41:51.64\00:41:53.14
You see what I mean?
00:41:53.17\00:41:55.28
It, kind of, gets to me
00:41:55.31\00:41:56.64
because I see this is
how the devil is working
00:41:56.68\00:41:58.18
and many will be lost
00:41:58.21\00:41:59.65
because no one
wants to just say it plain
00:41:59.68\00:42:03.69
because people
don't want to hear it.
00:42:03.72\00:42:05.05
"Oh, I don't want to
hear it. I don't want it."
00:42:05.09\00:42:06.62
it's too bad.
00:42:06.65\00:42:08.96
Yeah, I've had my
toes stepped on a lot.
00:42:08.99\00:42:10.96
I've had lot of spankings.
00:42:10.99\00:42:12.33
The Holy Spirit
spanked me a lot of times
00:42:12.36\00:42:14.66
and I thank God for
every one of those spankings.
00:42:14.70\00:42:17.00
Isn't that right?
00:42:17.03\00:42:18.37
Because he said he's going to...
00:42:18.40\00:42:19.73
He said He
chastised those whom He what,
00:42:19.77\00:42:21.74
that He loves.
00:42:21.77\00:42:23.14
Yeah.
00:42:23.17\00:42:25.14
Okay, I'll bring you back
00:42:25.17\00:42:26.51
on the right path
here, yeah, all of us.
00:42:26.54\00:42:31.01
There's moral issues at stake.
00:42:31.05\00:42:34.05
And when those
moral issues are at stake,
00:42:34.08\00:42:37.85
if we don't stand for them,
00:42:37.89\00:42:39.22
we're going to give them all up.
00:42:39.25\00:42:41.56
We've got to stand for them.
00:42:41.59\00:42:42.92
There's ways in
which it can be done.
00:42:42.96\00:42:44.36
Let me give you a quick
example about the Hebrews.
00:42:44.39\00:42:47.06
You remember the
Hebrews on the plain of Dura.
00:42:47.10\00:42:49.70
Here is it you
have this golden image
00:42:49.73\00:42:51.30
on the plain, isn't that right?
00:42:51.33\00:42:52.87
The king says,
"Oh, this is wonderful.
00:42:52.90\00:42:54.77
When you hear that
sound of the flute,
00:42:54.80\00:42:56.57
everybody bow
down and worship it."
00:42:56.60\00:42:58.51
Here's three sore thumbs.
00:42:58.54\00:43:02.04
They wouldn't
bow down, would they?
00:43:02.08\00:43:05.85
Remember listen, use this here.
00:43:05.88\00:43:08.98
This was the law of the land.
00:43:09.02\00:43:13.59
You're going to be
seeing some of those things
00:43:13.62\00:43:15.66
if we live a little longer here.
00:43:15.69\00:43:17.26
I think we're going to see
the law of the land will be,
00:43:17.29\00:43:20.23
you have to do it or else...
00:43:20.26\00:43:22.70
Then your conscience is
going to have to kick in.
00:43:22.73\00:43:25.17
A thus saith the
Lord is going to kick in.
00:43:25.20\00:43:27.77
We have to be willing to die
rather than knowingly do wrong.
00:43:27.80\00:43:31.87
God help us.
00:43:31.91\00:43:33.81
It's going to take a lot, man,
00:43:33.84\00:43:35.18
we need to draw close
to Jesus like never before.
00:43:35.21\00:43:40.05
He said, "When
you hear the sound,
00:43:40.08\00:43:41.65
you got to bow down."
00:43:41.68\00:43:43.25
They wouldn't do it.
00:43:43.28\00:43:44.62
Now, why wouldn't they?
00:43:44.65\00:43:45.99
Remember, it was
a law of the land,
00:43:46.02\00:43:47.36
they would not do it.
00:43:47.39\00:43:48.82
They knew what the
penalty was going to be.
00:43:48.86\00:43:51.03
Somebody said to
me, "The fiery furnace."
00:43:51.06\00:43:52.66
I'm going to say, "Wow,
I'm going to get out of town."
00:43:52.69\00:43:56.03
And that's the first thing,
we're going to run for it.
00:43:56.06\00:43:57.63
We're going to hide.
They're not going to catch us.
00:43:57.67\00:43:59.93
Yeah, they didn't do that.
00:43:59.97\00:44:03.57
They didn't try to hide it.
00:44:03.61\00:44:05.24
Like some people say
today, I hear people say,
00:44:05.27\00:44:07.01
"Well, now if that
kind of stuff happens,
00:44:07.04\00:44:08.74
I'll tell you what I'll do.
00:44:08.78\00:44:10.11
I'll just bow down.
00:44:10.15\00:44:11.48
God knows in my heart
that I don't mean it."
00:44:11.51\00:44:15.42
God's looking for
somebody that will stand up
00:44:15.45\00:44:17.95
and will be the sore thumb.
00:44:17.99\00:44:19.82
Do you get what
I'm talking about here?
00:44:19.85\00:44:21.29
Everybody is
going to look and say,
00:44:21.32\00:44:22.66
"Why in this world
didn't they bowed out?"
00:44:22.69\00:44:26.73
They knew they
were going to get thrown
00:44:26.76\00:44:28.10
in the furnace.
00:44:28.13\00:44:29.46
There must be something to this.
00:44:29.50\00:44:30.83
God was showing Himself.
00:44:30.87\00:44:32.20
He wanted to get it out there
that there's a God in heaven.
00:44:32.23\00:44:36.54
Wow!
00:44:36.57\00:44:39.71
Why didn't they do it?
00:44:39.74\00:44:41.08
Because God said
in His Commandments,
00:44:41.11\00:44:43.68
where is it?
00:44:43.71\00:44:45.05
Exodus 23:3, 4 and 5,
00:44:45.08\00:44:48.35
"Thou shalt not
make any graven images
00:44:48.38\00:44:51.45
or bow down and worship them."
00:44:51.49\00:44:55.26
Exodus 20:4-5,
please read those verses
00:44:55.29\00:44:58.86
if you haven't
read them in a while.
00:44:58.89\00:45:00.60
Please, don't somebody
give me the whole old story.
00:45:00.63\00:45:02.93
Well, that's Old Testament.
00:45:02.96\00:45:04.30
Well, too bad.
00:45:04.33\00:45:06.90
I'm going to do my
best to agitate you
00:45:06.94\00:45:08.30
so you get mad.
00:45:08.34\00:45:11.34
Now, why would I
say something like that?
00:45:11.37\00:45:13.58
Because the New Testament,
2 Timothy, it says what?
00:45:13.61\00:45:15.68
It talks about what?
00:45:15.71\00:45:17.05
"All scripture is
given by inspiration of God?"
00:45:17.08\00:45:19.18
How much?
00:45:19.21\00:45:20.55
All and you have no
right, I have no right to say,
00:45:20.58\00:45:23.82
"This doesn't apply."
00:45:23.85\00:45:26.12
One man I went to
study with one time,
00:45:26.15\00:45:27.69
he said, "We'll
study the Bible."
00:45:27.72\00:45:29.06
I said, "Oh
praise God, that's good."
00:45:29.09\00:45:30.43
He said, "We'll just
study the Book of Acts.
00:45:30.46\00:45:31.79
That's it." I said,
"That's not the Bible.
00:45:31.83\00:45:33.73
There are 66 books,
that's the only one."
00:45:33.76\00:45:37.30
Well, you see what I mean?
00:45:37.33\00:45:38.87
Maybe honest and
hard, so on and so forth
00:45:38.90\00:45:42.20
but still, it's not right.
00:45:42.24\00:45:43.97
"Oh that's Old Testament stuff."
00:45:44.01\00:45:45.34
Really?
00:45:45.37\00:45:46.71
Almost all the New Testament
came from the Old Testament.
00:45:46.74\00:45:50.28
Isn't that right?
00:45:50.31\00:45:52.01
Four hundred and some odd verses
00:45:52.05\00:45:53.38
in the book of...
00:45:53.42\00:45:54.75
Can I say Revelation?
00:45:54.78\00:45:56.12
I'm going to say
it, in Revelation,
00:45:56.15\00:45:57.49
200 and some of those
are just direct quotes,
00:45:57.52\00:45:59.59
or indirect quotes
from the Old Testament.
00:45:59.62\00:46:02.02
Man, that's pretty
good stuff, isn't it?
00:46:02.06\00:46:05.76
I'm just saying
this God inspired.
00:46:05.79\00:46:08.20
He didn't say this and that.
00:46:08.23\00:46:09.56
We got to open our
hearts and our minds right now.
00:46:09.60\00:46:13.74
So what should we
do when we're faced
00:46:13.77\00:46:16.30
with this kind of situation?
00:46:16.34\00:46:20.94
God's people need some spunk.
00:46:20.98\00:46:23.78
God's people need some,
00:46:23.81\00:46:25.15
now I'll say it
in the right way,
00:46:25.18\00:46:28.85
some fight, some
fire, that's right, of what?
00:46:28.88\00:46:30.99
Of the Holy Spirit.
00:46:31.02\00:46:32.59
Do we not see that?
00:46:32.62\00:46:33.96
Cloven tongues of
fire resting on the people
00:46:33.99\00:46:35.49
and they had holy boldness.
00:46:35.52\00:46:36.93
And they stood up and
said, "We will or we won't."
00:46:36.96\00:46:40.26
"Will you guys keep quiet?
00:46:40.30\00:46:41.63
I don't want to hear you
preach anymore in the corner.
00:46:41.66\00:46:43.03
You've been in
jail boards before.
00:46:43.06\00:46:44.70
We better not put
you back in jail again
00:46:44.73\00:46:46.50
because if we do, you
we're not going to get out."
00:46:46.53\00:46:48.24
You see what
people might do to you,
00:46:48.27\00:46:49.60
all sudden fear, you're running.
00:46:49.64\00:46:51.31
As soon as the
disciples got out,
00:46:51.34\00:46:52.67
they went right
to the street corner.
00:46:52.71\00:46:55.18
They started
preaching Jesus Christ
00:46:55.21\00:46:56.58
and Him
crucified, isn't that right?
00:46:56.61\00:46:58.65
They said, "We ought to obey God
00:46:58.68\00:47:00.08
rather than man."
00:47:00.12\00:47:01.45
So when these laws come up
and they crossover against God,
00:47:01.48\00:47:05.89
we have to as
Christians take a stand
00:47:05.92\00:47:07.56
on these issues and say, "No."
00:47:07.59\00:47:11.59
Remember, when
the laws of the land
00:47:11.63\00:47:13.46
go against the laws of God,
00:47:13.50\00:47:14.93
what are we to do?
00:47:14.96\00:47:17.07
Yeah, stay on God's side.
00:47:17.10\00:47:20.57
You may not realize it today,
00:47:20.60\00:47:22.17
most people are sneaky,
00:47:22.20\00:47:27.21
just kind of sneaky.
00:47:27.24\00:47:28.94
Not everybody, do
you know what I mean?
00:47:28.98\00:47:30.71
People who accept you
00:47:30.75\00:47:32.08
when you say you're a Christian,
00:47:32.11\00:47:33.75
they really don't like it.
00:47:33.78\00:47:35.42
Have you ever met anybody?
00:47:35.45\00:47:36.79
Secretly, they don't
say anything about it.
00:47:36.82\00:47:38.95
Prophets and King says
that like this page 512,
00:47:38.99\00:47:43.02
"There are many who
are filled with envy
00:47:43.06\00:47:47.03
toward the Christian
00:47:47.06\00:47:49.43
and you see a
religious bigotry."
00:47:49.46\00:47:54.20
What lesson can
we learn from this?
00:47:54.24\00:47:57.34
After all the
kings... Let go back now.
00:47:57.37\00:47:59.74
If I say king, I
won't say president.
00:47:59.77\00:48:01.41
Is that okay?
00:48:01.44\00:48:04.78
The king afterward saw
how God had saved the Hebrews,
00:48:04.81\00:48:08.22
did He not,
00:48:08.25\00:48:09.58
in the fiery furnace.
00:48:09.62\00:48:10.95
Whoa, there was three
went in there, I see four.
00:48:10.99\00:48:14.42
Old story but you know what?
00:48:14.46\00:48:15.79
It's just as
exciting to me today
00:48:15.82\00:48:17.43
as it was when I was a child,
00:48:17.46\00:48:19.09
even maybe more so now
00:48:19.13\00:48:20.46
with a little more understanding
00:48:20.50\00:48:21.83
by the grace of God.
00:48:21.86\00:48:23.20
"I see four men in there."
00:48:23.23\00:48:25.47
King Nebuchadnezzar said, "Wow!"
00:48:25.50\00:48:27.60
Do you remember?
00:48:27.64\00:48:28.97
He said, "Before
you better bow down
00:48:29.00\00:48:30.34
and worship that
image that's of me.
00:48:30.37\00:48:31.71
If you don't, I'll
throw you in a fiery furnace."
00:48:31.74\00:48:34.34
But he'd seen what?
00:48:34.38\00:48:35.71
God had turned it
around and worked a miracle.
00:48:35.74\00:48:37.45
And then he passed
another law to say,
00:48:37.48\00:48:39.71
"You better serve
the God of Daniel.
00:48:39.75\00:48:41.68
If you don't, I'm
going to have you killed."
00:48:41.72\00:48:43.22
He said, "If you
don't worship God,"
00:48:49.22\00:48:52.76
he's going to get rid of them.
00:48:52.79\00:48:54.13
Now you see he
just turned it upside
00:48:54.16\00:48:55.70
way around again.
00:48:55.73\00:48:57.07
But you know what?
00:48:57.10\00:48:58.43
God doesn't accept
that kind of worship.
00:48:58.47\00:49:01.30
It's only true, right, honest?
00:49:01.34\00:49:04.07
So again, the enemy
will always use force.
00:49:04.11\00:49:06.68
Anytime you see is forced...
00:49:06.71\00:49:08.31
I read there that we talked
about the Illinois Bill there,
00:49:08.34\00:49:12.28
the amendment, force was used.
00:49:12.31\00:49:15.32
We'll force.
00:49:15.35\00:49:16.95
We'll compel or if
you don't, we'll fire you.
00:49:16.99\00:49:22.16
Most people are scared
to death of being fired.
00:49:22.19\00:49:23.93
Thank God there are some few
who just said, "Fire me then."
00:49:23.96\00:49:28.36
That's not easy.
00:49:28.40\00:49:30.93
That's not easy at all
00:49:30.97\00:49:34.34
because I've
heard some said that,
00:49:34.37\00:49:35.70
"No better, I'm
going to go ahead
00:49:35.74\00:49:37.17
and take the shot
because I want to travel."
00:49:37.21\00:49:41.41
You see, I'm just...
00:49:41.44\00:49:45.01
I may not get on the
plane but I can probably drive
00:49:45.05\00:49:47.25
so far until they stop that.
00:49:47.28\00:49:48.75
You see what I'm saying?
00:49:48.78\00:49:50.12
It's not going to stop.
00:49:50.15\00:49:53.62
King Nebuchadnezzar
overstepped his bounds
00:49:53.66\00:49:57.29
when he made the law
against the God of Heaven.
00:49:57.33\00:50:01.86
Remember, God never compels
00:50:05.70\00:50:09.37
the obedience of men.
00:50:09.40\00:50:13.04
He leaves it for us to
choose whom we will serve.
00:50:13.07\00:50:17.38
"Choose you this day
whom you will," what?
00:50:17.41\00:50:19.25
"Serve."
00:50:19.28\00:50:20.85
Again, I say conscientious
00:50:20.88\00:50:23.28
obedience to the Word of God
will be treated as rebellion.
00:50:23.32\00:50:28.92
Listen, in some
cases before this is over,
00:50:28.96\00:50:31.73
it's going to be
counted as treason
00:50:31.76\00:50:33.53
against the country.
00:50:33.56\00:50:34.90
Listen, how did they
end up getting Jesus?
00:50:37.73\00:50:39.40
What did they do with Him?
00:50:39.43\00:50:41.07
They end up
accusing Him of what?
00:50:41.10\00:50:43.30
Treason.
00:50:43.34\00:50:46.27
He was nailed to
the cross for being...
00:50:46.31\00:50:49.51
He treason
against the government.
00:50:49.54\00:50:52.88
He said, "You're going
to have to walk the way
00:50:52.91\00:50:54.32
that I walked in."
00:50:54.35\00:50:55.75
Yeah, that's an
interesting word.
00:50:55.78\00:50:58.12
You say,
"Treason" because when...
00:50:58.15\00:51:00.32
You know, the government's
out there just like in COVID.
00:51:00.36\00:51:02.66
Well, if you
don't want to do it,
00:51:02.69\00:51:04.03
my lands of love,
we've got to do it.
00:51:04.06\00:51:05.39
You're going to
ruin the country.
00:51:05.43\00:51:06.76
You've got to go
ahead and do this.
00:51:06.80\00:51:08.63
If you don't, it'd be
better for a few to suffer...
00:51:08.66\00:51:11.50
You remember that they did.
00:51:11.53\00:51:12.87
It'd be better
for a few to suffer
00:51:12.90\00:51:14.24
than the whole world.
00:51:14.27\00:51:15.60
God will not allow that.
00:51:15.64\00:51:16.97
God will be there for us
when you do the right thing.
00:51:17.01\00:51:20.21
When test and trials come...
00:51:20.24\00:51:22.01
l believe this, I've
only got four some minutes.
00:51:22.04\00:51:23.38
What happened?
00:51:23.41\00:51:25.61
Daniel prayed, do you remember,
00:51:25.65\00:51:28.42
when it was
against the law to pray,
00:51:28.45\00:51:33.99
and he didn't
mealy-mouths around with it.
00:51:34.02\00:51:36.99
He wasn't a coward about it.
00:51:37.03\00:51:39.49
Open those windows.
00:51:39.53\00:51:42.00
He wasn't trying
to agitate anybody.
00:51:42.03\00:51:44.13
He was doing as
he always had done
00:51:44.17\00:51:46.13
and law should not permit you,
00:51:46.17\00:51:48.17
where you can't,
00:51:48.20\00:51:49.54
where you can't
pray, say you can't.
00:51:49.57\00:51:52.77
And so he just opened a window,
he prayed like he always did.
00:51:52.81\00:51:55.31
And they said, "Oh
man, the lion's dead.
00:51:55.34\00:51:56.71
Here he goes.
We've got him now."
00:51:56.75\00:51:59.91
The Prophet Daniel,
boldly, maybe quietly,
00:51:59.95\00:52:04.62
he didn't make a bunch of
noise like I do some time.
00:52:04.65\00:52:06.65
He humbly,
right, declared that no,
00:52:11.49\00:52:14.63
there was no earthly power
00:52:14.66\00:52:18.33
that had a right to
interpose between him and God.
00:52:18.37\00:52:22.50
There is no earthly power
00:52:22.54\00:52:24.77
that's come
between you and your God.
00:52:24.81\00:52:27.24
If you let that power do that
00:52:27.28\00:52:29.08
it will be the
power of the enemy.
00:52:29.11\00:52:31.41
It will not be God.
00:52:31.45\00:52:33.95
Man, the devil would
love to get in that position
00:52:33.98\00:52:35.95
because then you're going
to think it's the power of God
00:52:35.98\00:52:37.79
when it's the
power of the enemy.
00:52:37.82\00:52:40.52
A little quick
lesson from Daniel
00:52:40.56\00:52:42.12
there we need today
00:52:42.16\00:52:43.59
is when test and trials
come, and they're coming.
00:52:43.63\00:52:45.83
There's no doubt about it.
00:52:45.86\00:52:48.53
And certainly by God's grace,
00:52:48.56\00:52:50.87
we should be the same
when it's going haywire,
00:52:50.90\00:52:53.97
when it backfires in our face
00:52:54.00\00:52:55.64
as it was when
everything was going our way.
00:52:55.67\00:52:58.11
Our attitude should be the same
00:52:58.14\00:52:59.71
because we know
who's driving this wagon.
00:52:59.74\00:53:02.84
Isn't that right? We know.
00:53:02.88\00:53:04.21
If we don't know
who's driving it,
00:53:04.25\00:53:05.58
we'll get all torn up.
00:53:05.61\00:53:08.32
Don't tell God ever, "Hey,
get out of the driver's seat,
00:53:08.35\00:53:11.19
I want to drive for a while."
00:53:11.22\00:53:12.55
You'll crash it up.
00:53:12.59\00:53:15.26
Say, "Go ahead and
drive for me, Lord."
00:53:15.29\00:53:17.43
He wants to do
that for you and me.
00:53:17.46\00:53:19.39
And it says there,
the Bible talks about
00:53:19.43\00:53:20.86
a heart and a mind
that stayed upon Him, right?
00:53:20.90\00:53:26.67
So we need to
maintain our integrity
00:53:26.70\00:53:30.04
in the midst of a storm,
00:53:30.07\00:53:31.51
in the midst of
everything that's going wrong.
00:53:31.54\00:53:33.61
It's high time we need to say,
"However, oh, it's all well.
00:53:33.64\00:53:36.98
Everything's good.
Everything is good."
00:53:37.01\00:53:38.98
Well, if we just stopped to
be able to count all the things
00:53:39.01\00:53:40.88
it's going haywire at that time,
00:53:40.92\00:53:42.28
but we're looking
beyond the haywire
00:53:42.32\00:53:43.65
because we know God
knows how to fix that.
00:53:43.69\00:53:46.89
And all things are good,
they're going as He planned,
00:53:46.92\00:53:49.76
if we submit to Him.
00:53:49.79\00:53:52.73
So a person's heart and
mind who stayed upon Him,
00:53:52.76\00:53:56.56
He's going to keep them in what?
00:53:56.60\00:53:57.93
Somebody help me
in perfect, Isaiah 26,
00:53:57.97\00:54:00.27
He's going to keep
them in perfect peace
00:54:00.30\00:54:02.07
whose mind is stayed, what?
00:54:02.10\00:54:03.87
Is stayed upon Him.
00:54:03.91\00:54:05.57
Oh that's beautiful,
because he trusteth in Him.
00:54:05.61\00:54:10.15
Do you trust God today,
my brothers and sisters?
00:54:10.18\00:54:12.38
If you trust God,
you need to look like
00:54:12.41\00:54:14.12
we're looking today at things
00:54:14.15\00:54:15.48
that are going on right now.
00:54:15.52\00:54:16.85
Unless we are prepared
to surrender everything,
00:54:16.89\00:54:19.42
don't surrender anything.
00:54:19.45\00:54:23.53
Not near finished, but
I know my clock says I am.
00:54:23.56\00:54:27.73
But we have to realize
00:54:27.76\00:54:29.10
we're in that
stream of time right now
00:54:29.13\00:54:31.97
that we're
going to be challenged
00:54:32.00\00:54:33.50
by our job and
our home and things
00:54:33.54\00:54:35.54
that are happening
in the world today.
00:54:35.57\00:54:38.37
And they're going to
say, "It's the law of the land
00:54:38.41\00:54:40.24
that you do such and such."
00:54:40.28\00:54:41.94
The law of the land is
that you keep another day
00:54:41.98\00:54:44.88
rather than the Sabbath day.
00:54:44.91\00:54:46.25
What are you going to do?
00:54:46.28\00:54:49.45
You have to keep the Sabbath day
00:54:49.48\00:54:50.82
because that's
what the Bible says.
00:54:50.85\00:54:53.15
That day is just
around the corner.
00:54:53.19\00:54:54.59
That's where all this
stuff is leading up to.
00:54:54.62\00:54:57.23
The Pope will tell you
that, read his encyclical,
00:54:57.26\00:54:59.09
he's already told that
over and over and over.
00:54:59.13\00:55:01.90
He shall think to
change times and law.
00:55:01.93\00:55:03.47
He can't do it. God
sits on the throne today.
00:55:03.50\00:55:06.33
I want to
encourage everybody today
00:55:06.37\00:55:07.80
by the grace of God,
00:55:07.84\00:55:09.24
when these restrictions come,
00:55:09.27\00:55:10.91
place your
care, place your hand,
00:55:10.94\00:55:13.38
place your body,
everything in His hand and care.
00:55:13.41\00:55:15.68
He'll take care of you.
00:55:15.71\00:55:17.05
Let's pray, shall we
in our closing seconds
00:55:17.08\00:55:18.41
that we have.
00:55:18.45\00:55:19.78
Loving Father in
heaven, thank You for Your Word.
00:55:19.81\00:55:21.35
Thank You, You made
it so plain that we need,
00:55:21.38\00:55:22.95
none of us need
to misunderstand it.
00:55:22.98\00:55:24.62
Thank you for those
who made that decision
00:55:24.65\00:55:26.02
and choice right now
00:55:26.05\00:55:27.39
to follow You regardless
of where the world goes,
00:55:27.42\00:55:29.32
in Jesus' name, amen.
00:55:29.36\00:55:31.09
I just want to thank
each and every one of you
00:55:31.13\00:55:32.49
for joining us today.
00:55:32.53\00:55:33.86
God bless you.
00:55:33.90\00:55:35.23
Thank you for your
cards, your letters and support.
00:55:35.26\00:55:36.60
We'll see you next time.
00:55:36.63\00:55:39.23
Hello, friends and welcome back.
00:55:39.27\00:55:41.77
As a remnant people,
00:55:41.80\00:55:43.30
we have been told
for many years now
00:55:43.34\00:55:45.17
that great changes are coming
to this great land of ours.
00:55:45.21\00:55:49.61
And we thank God for the men,
00:55:49.64\00:55:52.35
the women who are
standing up to the very powerful
00:55:52.38\00:55:56.18
and very
influential entities to proclaim
00:55:56.22\00:55:59.12
what truth is in the
church as well as in the world,
00:55:59.15\00:56:03.19
as it is affecting the church
00:56:03.22\00:56:04.93
as never before
and modern history.
00:56:04.96\00:56:08.43
Unless, you're prepared
to surrender everything,
00:56:08.46\00:56:11.50
don't surrender anything
was the message presented today
00:56:11.53\00:56:14.74
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00:56:14.77\00:56:16.44
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the Lamb Ministries
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YouTube channel and
watch for the timely messages
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that are being
released on a weekly basis.
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Friends, until next time,
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may our precious Heavenly Father
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continue to richly
bless you and yours.
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