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>>WELCOME TO SACRAMENTO CENTRAL
SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH.
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IT IS BY NO ACCIDENT THAT
YOU HAVE FOUND US - WHETHER IT'S
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LIVE ON THE INTERNET TO STUDY
WITH US THIS MORNING OR ON THE
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RADIO, ON TELEVISION - HOWEVER
YOU'VE JOINED US WE ARE SO GLAD
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THAT YOU CONTINUALLY AND
FAITHFULLY TUNE IN WITH US AND
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STUDY GOD'S WORD TOGETHER.
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WE'RE LIKE ONE BIG HAPPY FAMILY
AND SOMEDAY SOON IN HEAVEN WE
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ARE GOING TO SEE THE CULMINATION
OF ALL OF US TOGETHER AT THE
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SAVIOR'S FEET.
AMEN. I CAN HARDLY WAIT.
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BUT UNTIL THEN WE WILL CONTINUE
TO STUDY AND SING TOGETHER.
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TODAY IS NO EXCEPTION.
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I INVITE YOU INTO YOUR HYMNALS
- FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE HOME
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PULL THEM OUT AND
SING ALONG WITH US.
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WE'RE GOING TO DO A
ROUND A LITTLE LATER SO YOU CAN
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DETERMINE AT HOME WHO IS
GOING TO SING WHAT PART WITH US.
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HYMN #308 - 'WHOLLY THINE'
- IS OUR FIRST HYMN TODAY.
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THIS COMES AS A REQUEST FROM
JACQUELINE IN CANADA, FLORENCE,
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MARVIN, LAUREL, JIM, DIANE,
JAMIE, AND BUFFY IN FLORIDA,
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WILFRED, KAREN, AND STACY
IN GRENADA, SHAROLA IN GUYANA,
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EMRON IN JAMAICA, JOYANN IN NEW
YORK, GILBERT AND BENITO IN THE
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PHILIPPINES, HAKIM IN ST. LUCIA,
FREDDY AND SANDY IN THE SOLOMON
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ISLANDS, TITO AND ALMA IN SOUTH
DAKOTA, GRACE IN TENNESSEE,
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TRINITY ADVENTIST INTERNATIONAL
CHURCH IN THAILAND, AND DENISE
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IN TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO.
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SO HYMN #308 AND WE
WILL SING ALL THREE VERSES.
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(MUSIC)
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>>IF YOU HAVE A FAVORITE
HYMN YOU'D LIKE TO SING WITH US
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ON A COMING STUDY, IT'S
VERY SIMPLE. YOU JUST GO TO
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OUR WEBSITE AT 'SACCENTRAL.ORG'
AND THERE YOU CLICK ON THE
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'CONTACT US' LINK AND YOU CAN
REQUEST ANY HYMN IN OUR HYMNAL
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AND, AS YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE
TUNING IN WEEK BY WEEK YOU KNOW
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THAT WE ARE ACTUALLY GOING
THROUGH THE HYMNAL AND LEARNING
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ALL THE SONGS THAT TOTALLY GET
SKIPPED OVER AND WE ARE FINDING
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SOME TREASURES IN THERE.
SO GO AHEAD AND MAKE YOUR
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REQUESTS AND WE WILL
LOVE TO SING THOSE WITH YOU.
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TODAY IS NO EXCEPTION OF A NEW
SONG - HYMN #58 - AND THIS IS A
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ROUND SO WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO
IS THE THREE OF US ARE GOING TO
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SING TOGETHER THE SONG ALL THE
WAY THROUGH AND THEN WE'RE GOING
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TO DO IT IN A ROUND. I'M
GOING TO TAKE THE FIRST PART
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AND DANIELLA AND JENNIFER ARE
GOING TO TAKE THE SECOND PART.
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SO HERE WE GO - 'HARK THE
VESPER HYMN IS STEALING' -
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IT'S VERY SIMPLE.
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(MUSIC)
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>>AMEN. IF ANY OF YOU PAID
ATTENTION, AT THE VERY BOTTOM OF
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THE HYMN IT SAYS, 'JUBILATE
MEANS BE JOYFUL' - THAT IS EVERY
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CHRISTIAN'S OPPORTUNITY
AND HONOR - IS IT NOT? -
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TO BE JOYFUL BECAUSE WE ARE
REDEEMED AND JESUS IS COMING
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AGAIN SOON. AMEN. LET'S PRAY.
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OUR FATHER IN HEAVEN, WE ARE
JOYFUL THIS MORNING THAT THIS IS
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NOT ALL THERE IS AND WE ARE
THANKFUL THAT YOU HAVE PROMISED
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IN YOUR WORD THAT YOU ARE COMING
SOON AND AS WE LOOK AROUND US WE
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KNOW THAT YOUR WORDS ARE TRUE SO
LORD JUST KEEP US FAITHFUL AND
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KEEP US HOOKED INTO YOU ALWAYS,
EVERY DAY - EVERY MOMENT OF
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EVERY DAY. HELP US
TO BE SHINING LIGHTS TO
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A DARK WORLD AROUND US AND LORD,
TO GIVE OTHERS HOPE AND TO POINT
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THEM TO YOU -
THAT IS OUR ONLY HOPE.
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WE INVITE YOU NOW AS WE STUDY
YOUR WORD, LORD, JUST OPEN OUR
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EARS AND OUR HEARTS TO YOU SO
THAT WE HAVE A DEEPER AND RICHER
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RELATIONSHIP WITH YOU THAT YOU
LONG FOR. HELP US TO LONG FOR
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THE SAME THING 'TIL
WE SEE YOU FACE TO FACE.
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LORD, WE CAN HARDLY
WAIT SO KEEP US FAITHFUL.
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WE PRAY THESE THINGS IN YOUR
PRECIOUS AND HOLY NAME, AMEN.
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OUR STUDY TODAY WILL BE BROUGHT
TO US BY PASTOR HAROLD WHITE.
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HE IS THE ADMINISTRATIVE PASTOR
HERE AT SACRAMENTO CENTRAL.
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>>GOOD MORNING. THANK
YOU FOR OUR MUSICIANS.
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JUBILATE - THAT'S A
GOOD WORD, ISN'T IT?
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WELL, WE WANT TO WELCOME ALL OF
YOU WHO ARE HERE IN SACRAMENTO
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AND EVERYONE WHO IS JOINING
US BY LIVE STREAMING, RADIO, TV,
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SATELLITE - WE WANT TO
WELCOME YOU IN A SPECIAL WAY
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THIS MORNING ALSO.
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IT SEEMS LIKE A LONG TIME SINCE
I'VE BEEN UP HERE AND IT'S JUST
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THE WAY THE
SCHEDULE WORKS OUT SOMETIMES.
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MAYBE THAT'S WHY SOME PEOPLE
SAY - HAVE BEEN COMING UP TO ME
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SAYING, 'PASTOR WHITE, I HEAR
YOU'RE RETIRING.' MAYBE THAT'S
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WISHFUL THINKING ON SOME
PEOPLE BUT NO, I'M NOT RETIRING.
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BY THE WAY, DON'T YOU HAVE TO
BE OLD TO RETIRE? RIGHT. RIGHT.
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NO, YOU DON'T HAVE TO
BE, I GUESS, BUT ANYWAY.
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I'M GETTING OLD, YEAH,
THAT PART IS ACCEPTABLE TOO.
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WELL, WE HAVE A FREE
OFFER TO OFFER THIS MORNING.
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IT'S #156 - IT'S ENTITLED 'THE
HIGH COST OF THE CROSS' AND IT
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DISCUSSES THINGS IN HERE
LIKE 'WHY DID CHRIST DIE?'
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TO FREE US FROM THE PENALTY
OF OUR SINS - AND 'WHAT WERE THE
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HIDDEN COSTS OF
CHRIST'S SACRIFICE FOR YOU?'
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THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.
AND 'WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE
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BETWEEN THE FIRST
AND THE SECOND DEATH?'
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THOSE ARE SOME OF THE ISSUES IN
THIS LITTLE BOOKLET AND YOU CAN
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GET IT BY
CALLING 1-866-788-3966.
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ALSO, THIS BOOKLET CAN
BE READ ONLINE SO JUST GO TO
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'AMAZINGFACTS.ORG AND
SEARCH FOR THAT TITLE.
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CAN'T GET ANY
EASIER THAN THAT, CAN IT?
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WELL, WE'RE HAVING SOME GOOD
STUDIES IN THE OLD TESTAMENT AND
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I JUST HAPPENED TO BE LUCKY TO
GET ZECHARIAH ENTITLED 'HEAVEN'S
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BEST GIFT' AND, OF COURSE,
THAT'S TALKING ABOUT JESUS.
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ZECHARIAH HAD A LOT TO SAY ABOUT
THE COMING MESSIAH AND WE GET
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SOME OF OUR JEWELS ABOUT JESUS
IN THIS PARTICULAR BOOK SO WHAT
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A WONDERFUL LESSON. YOU
CAN'T GO WRONG BY TALKING
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ABOUT HEAVEN'S BEST GIFT.
IT'S JUST A WONDERFUL THING.
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AND SO, IF YOU WOULD JOIN
ME THIS MORNING IN READING THE
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MEMORY TEXT - IT'S THE
NIV VERSION - ZECHARIAH 9:16.
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I APPRECIATE YOU JOINING ME.
"THE LORD THEIR GOD WILL SAVE
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THEM ON THAT DAY AS
A FLOCK OF HIS PEOPLE.
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THEY WILL SPARKLE IN HIS
LAND LIKE JEWELS IN A CROWN," -
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THAT'S A NICE VERSE, ISN'T IT?
ZECHARIAH, OF COURSE, LIVED IN
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OLD TESTAMENT TIMES AND HE
WAS WRITING SPECIFICALLY TO THE
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JEWISH NATION AND WE COULD
SAY THEN OH, OF COURSE, THIS IS
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APPLICABLE TO THE NATION OF
ISRAEL AND WE WOULD BE CORRECT.
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BUT WE WOULD ALSO BE CORRECT
THAT IT IS APPLICABLE TO US
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BECAUSE - ESPECIALLY -
ESPECIALLY, PERHAPS - WHEN YOU
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ARE TALKING ABOUT THE COMING
MESSIAH AND THE MESSIAH WE KNOW
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THAT ALREADY CAME - EVERYTHING
THAT IS SAID ABOUT HIM IS
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APPLICABLE TO US IN OUR TIMES.
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MANY OF THE PROPHECIES ABOUT
MESSIAH ARE FOR ALL TIMES AND
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FOR ALL PEOPLE AND IN ALL
PLACES. MANY OF THE PROPHECIES
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THAT HAVE BEEN EXACTLY FULFILLED
DOWN TO SUCH MINUTE DETAILS,
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IS SURE INSPIRING TO
ONE'S FAITH, ISN'T IT?
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I MEAN, YOU CAN JUST - YOU CAN
JUST HAVE SUCH FAITH IN THE FACT
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THAT THIS BIBLE
IS, INDEED, GOD'S WORD.
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ONLY GOD COULD PREDICT THINGS
THOUSANDS OF YEARS IN ADVANCE
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AND THEM BEING
FULFILLED EXACTLY AS THEY WERE.
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I'D LIKE TO HAVE SOMEBODY START
US OFF THIS MORNING BY READING
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JOHN 5:39. I DON'T -
HAVE THAT RIGHT OVER HERE.
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JOHN 5:39 IS A NEW TESTAMENT
SCRIPTURE, OF COURSE, AND JESUS
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IS THE ONE TALKING IN THIS
PARTICULAR PASSAGE OF SCRIPTURE
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AND IT SAYS A LOT ABOUT - ON HOW
WE SHOULD APPROACH THE STUDY OF,
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PARTICULARLY THE OLD TESTAMENT.
SO JOHN CHAPTER 5, VERSE 39.
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>>"YOU SEARCH THE SCRIPTURES,
FOR IN THEM YOU THINK YOU HAVE
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ETERNAL LIFE; AND THESE
ARE THEY WHICH TESTIFY OF ME."
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>>OKAY. THANK YOU VERY
MUCH. SO JESUS IS SAYING,
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'SEARCH THE SCRIPTURES.'
WHAT SCRIPTURES EXISTED WHEN
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JESUS SAID THAT?
ONLY THE OLD TESTAMENT.
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SO THIS IS A VERY WONDERFUL
PASSAGE FOR SOME OF THOSE
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CHRISTIANS WHO SAY, 'WE'RE
JUST NEW TESTAMENT CHRISTIANS.
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WE DON'T REALLY WANT TO
GO BY THAT OLD TESTAMENT.'
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BUT JESUS KNEW HOW
IMPORTANT THE OLD TESTAMENT WAS.
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ONE OF THE PLEASURES OF WORKING
HERE AT SACRAMENTO CENTRAL IS
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ASSOCIATING WITH THE OTHER
PASTORS AND HOW - SUCH INSIGHTS
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THEY HAVE TO THE WORD OF GOD IN
SOME OF OUR STAFF MEETINGS AND
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LISTENING TO
THEM PREACH AND TEACH.
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PASTOR BATCHELOR - ONE OF HIS
- I DON'T KNOW - FAVORITE THINGS
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TO DO IS FIND THE TYPE OF
CHRIST IN OLD TESTAMENT PEOPLE.
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HAVE YOU EVER NOTICED THAT?
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HE CAN FIND AND APPLY HOW CHRIST
APPLIES TO OLD TESTAMENT PEOPLE
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- SOMETIMES WHETHER THEY
WERE GOOD OR NOT SO GOOD.
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IT'S JUST AMAZING HOW
THE BIBLE DOES THAT. OKAY.
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WELL WE WANT TO TURN TO SUNDAY'S
LESSON AND IN MY QUARTERLY - I
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DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOUR
QUARTERLY - BUT IT WAS ENTITLED
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'THE ROBE OF A JEW'. NOW
I SEARCHED THIS PAGE OVER
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AND OVER AND I SEARCHED
THE CHAPTER IN ZECHARIAH AND I
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WONDERED, 'WHAT IS IT TALKING
ABOUT 'THE ROBE OF A JEW'?
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WELL, I FINALLY CAME TO
THE CONCLUSION THERE WAS A
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TYPOGRAPHICAL ERROR. IT
MEANS 'THE ROLE OF A JEW' -
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I REALLY THINK THAT'S WHAT
HAPPENED THERE. SOMEBODY HAS
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ZECHARIAH 8, VERSES 1 THROUGH
5 AND WE WANT TO GET THAT GOING
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THIS MORNING. ZECHARIAH 8 -
THIS WILL KIND OF LAUNCH US INTO
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OUR SUBJECT MATTER FOR
THE MORNING AND ESPECIALLY
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HERE ON SUNDAY
ENTITLED 'THE ROLE OF A JEW' -
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NOT THE ROBE OF A JEW
BUT THE ROLE OF A JEW.
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ZECHARIAH CHAPTER 8,
VERSES 1 THROUGH 5. OKAY.
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>>"AGAIN THE WORD OF THE LORD OF
HOSTS CAME TO ME, SAYING, 'THUS
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SAITH THE LORD OF HOSTS; 'I
WAS JEALOUS FOR ZION WITH GREAT
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JEALOUSY; AND I WAS JEALOUS
FOR HER WITH GREAT FURY.'
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THUS SAITH THE LORD; 'I AM
RETURNED UNTO ZION, AND WILL
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DWELL IN THE MIDST OF JERUSALEM:
AND JERUSALEM SHALL BE CALLED A
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CITY OF TRUTH; AND THE MOUNTAIN
OF THE LORD OF HOSTS, THE HOLY
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MOUNTAIN.' THUS SAITH THE LORD
OF HOSTS: 'THERE SHALL YET BE
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OLD MEN AND OLD WOMEN DWELL
IN THE STREETS OF JERUSALEM,
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AND EVERY MAN WITH HIS STAFF IN
HIS HAND FOR VERY AGE. AND THE
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STREETS OF THE CITY SHALL BE
FULL OF BOYS AND GIRLS PLAYING
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IN THE STREETS THEREOF.'"
>>OKAY. THANK YOU RICHARD.
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THE LESSON POINTS OUT IT WAS
GOD'S PLAN FOR JERUSALEM TO ONCE
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AGAIN BE A SAFE PLACE WHERE OLD
PEOPLE WOULD SIT IN THE STREETS
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FILLED WITH CHILDREN
PLAYING AND LAUGHING.
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DOESN'T THAT SOUND PEACEFUL?
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YOU KNOW, WHEN I GREW UP HERE IN
AMERICA IN A LITTLE BITTY TOWN
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IN IOWA, THE STREETS
WERE EXTREMELY SAFE. NOBODY -
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WE DIDN'T LOCK OUR HOUSE -
NEVER THOUGHT OF LOCKING A CAR.
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ALL OF OUR TOYS - I BOUGHT A
BRAND-NEW SCHWINN BIKE - NEVER
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THOUGHT OF PUTTING IT
IN THE HOUSE OR ANYWHERE.
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IT WAS ALWAYS RIGHT OUTSIDE
- NEVER ANYBODY BOTHERED IT.
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BUT YOU CAN'T DO
THAT NOW, CAN YOU?
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YOU CAN'T HARDLY GO
ANYWHERE AND DO THAT NOW.
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I DON'T CARE IF YOU'RE IN A
GATED COMMUNITY - I HEARD ABOUT
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A GATED COMMUNITY JUST RECENTLY
THAT PEOPLE WERE GETTING IN AND
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SOME OF THE NEW HOMES - THEY
WERE STRIPPING THEM OF ALL THE
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COPPER AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
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YOU CAN RUN, BUT THERE IS
NO PLACE TO HIDE THESE DAYS.
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AND THAT'S KIND OF WHAT
THE CONDITION OF JERUSALEM HAD
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BECOME AND IT WAS A LONGING OF
THE PROPHET AND THE MANY PEOPLES
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THAT IT WOULD GET - BE PEACEFUL
AGAIN AND THAT'S - THERE JUST
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DOESN'T SEEM TO
BE ANY SAFE PLACE.
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SO WHAT MAKES OUR WORLD UNSAFE?
AND WHAT WAS IT THAT MADE
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JERUSALEM SO UNSAFE?
WELL, FOR JERUSALEM IT WAS
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BECAUSE THEY HAD BEEN CONQUERED
BY ANOTHER NATION AND THEY
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WERE UNDER THEIR
CONTROL, FOR ONE THING.
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AND WHY WERE THEY OVERRUN BY
CONQUERORS? WELL, BECAUSE THEY
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HAD GOTTEN AWAY FROM THE
DIVINE PLAN OF GOD, RIGHT?
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EVERY TIME THEY WOULD STRAY FROM
GOD SOMEBODY WOULD COME IN AND
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TAKE THEM CAPTIVE AND THEY WOULD
BE THEN IN SUBJECTION TO THIS
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NATION - SUCH AS BABYLON
AT ONE TIME AND SO FORTH.
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OUR CITIES AND OUR TOWNS
HAVE BEEN TAKEN OVER - HAVE BEEN
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CONQUERED, HAVEN'T THEY?
MAYBE NOT BY ANOTHER NATION, BUT
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BY THINGS - BY
HOLLYWOOD, TELEVISION, VIDEOS.
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I MEAN, OUR COUNTRY HERE IN
AMERICA IS BEING TAKEN OVER BY
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AMUSEMENTS OF THE LOWEST NATURE,
GANGS, AND GUNS, AND SEXUAL
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PROMISCUITY. AREN'T
THESE THINGS CONQUERING
00:16:45.40\00:16:47.63
OUR NATION TOO? AND
IT'S BECAUSE OF SIN,
00:16:47.63\00:16:50.53
ISN'T IT? SIN IS TAKING OVER.
00:16:50.53\00:16:52.46
AS A CHILD, ONE OF MY MAJOR
FEARS - AS A CHILD GROWING UP
00:16:52.46\00:16:57.06
HERE IN AMERICA, ONE OF MY MAJOR
FEARS WAS THAT SOME COMMUNIST
00:16:57.06\00:17:01.63
COUNTRY WAS GOING TO COME OVER
AND BOMB US AND TAKE CONTROL OF
00:17:01.63\00:17:05.10
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
00:17:05.10\00:17:06.86
NOW, I SUPPOSE PEOPLE IN THOSE
COUNTRIES - MAYBE THEIR FEAR WAS
00:17:06.86\00:17:10.06
THAT WE WERE GOING
TO DO THAT TO THEM.
00:17:10.06\00:17:12.33
BUT I REMEMBER BOMB
SHELTERS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
00:17:12.33\00:17:15.90
AND WE'D HAVE ROUTINES IN
SCHOOLS THAT IF THIS HAPPENED
00:17:15.90\00:17:18.43
WE'D DO THIS AND DO THAT -
KIND OF LIKE TORNADO DRILLS.
00:17:18.43\00:17:22.66
WELL, THAT NEVER HAPPENED
BUT NOW WE LIVE IN A DAY AND AGE
00:17:22.66\00:17:27.70
WHERE TERRORISTS ARE TRYING
TO INFILTRATE OUR COUNTRY AND WE
00:17:27.70\00:17:31.10
SEE THAT ON EVERY HAND.
AND, AS I SAID, SOME OF THE
00:17:31.10\00:17:36.33
UNHOLY AND SINFUL PRACTICES IN
OUR WORLD ARE LIKE TERRORISTS TO
00:17:36.33\00:17:40.63
THE CHRISTIAN
PERSON, AREN'T THEY?
00:17:40.63\00:17:42.93
ONE THING I'VE NOTICED THROUGH
THE YEARS - THAT SOME OF OUR
00:17:42.93\00:17:47.10
SCHOOLS - MOST OF OUR SCHOOLS
THAT I'VE EVER BEEN AROUND -
00:17:47.10\00:17:50.46
SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST CHRISTIAN
SCHOOLS - HAVE BEEN KIND OF A
00:17:50.46\00:17:55.00
SANCTUARY OF PEACE COMPARED TO
SOME OF THE PUBLIC SETTINGS IN
00:17:55.00\00:18:00.23
THE WORLD. AND
THAT'S A WONDERFUL BLESSING.
00:18:00.23\00:18:02.96
I MEAN, THEY DON'T - FOR THE
MOST PART THAT I'VE EVER KNOWN -
00:18:02.96\00:18:06.83
THEY DON'T HAVE THE DRUGS - I
MEAN, THERE'S BAD THINGS HAPPEN
00:18:06.83\00:18:09.06
ON ALL KINDS OF CAMPUSES -
CHRISTIAN AND NON-CHRISTIAN -
00:18:09.06\00:18:12.26
BUT FOR THE MOST PART THERE'S
BEEN VERY PEACEFUL SETTING AND
00:18:12.26\00:18:15.03
NOT THE TERRIBLE
THINGS THAT YOU SEE.
00:18:15.03\00:18:17.30
NOW, THE THING THAT WE NEED
TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT - WHEN
00:18:17.30\00:18:22.13
CHURCHES AND SCHOOLS STRAY FROM
THE DIVINE PLAN OF GOD, ARE WE
00:18:22.13\00:18:27.33
ANY MORE - ARE WE ANY LESS
SUSCEPTIBLE TO BE TAKEN OVER
00:18:27.33\00:18:31.33
THAN WERE THE CHILDREN
OF ISRAEL IN THEIR DAY?
00:18:31.33\00:18:35.00
AND WE LET OUR GUARD DOWN AND
THESE PLACES OF SANCTUARY AND
00:18:35.00\00:18:38.30
PEACE MAY NOT BE SO PEACEFUL.
WE MUST MAKE SURE WE PROTECT OUR
00:18:38.30\00:18:43.73
CHURCHES AND SCHOOLS WITH, OF
COURSE, A 'THUS SAITH THE LORD'.
00:18:43.73\00:18:47.43
BUT ONE LESSON WE LEARNED FROM
ZECHARIAH'S DAY IS THAT VERY
00:18:47.43\00:18:53.03
TRUTH - THAT VERY FACT.
IF WE LET DOWN OUR GUARD WITH
00:18:53.03\00:18:55.76
TRUTH AND RIGHTEOUSNESS,
WE WILL BE IN FOR TROUBLE.
00:18:55.76\00:18:58.33
NOW SOMEBODY HAS 1 CORINTHIANS
CHAPTER 10, VERSE 11.
00:18:58.33\00:19:02.00
WHO HAS THAT
ONE? RIGHT OVER HERE.
00:19:02.00\00:19:05.60
1 CORINTHIANS
CHAPTER 10, VERSE 11.
00:19:05.60\00:19:07.83
I THINK THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT
TEXT FOR US TO CONSIDER AS WE GO
00:19:07.83\00:19:11.46
THROUGH ANY KIND OF AN OLD
TESTAMENT STUDY SUCH AS WE'RE
00:19:11.46\00:19:15.60
DOING THIS MORNING IN ZECHARIAH.
OKAY. IF YOU'D READ THAT FOR US.
00:19:15.60\00:19:20.56
>>"NOW ALL THESE THINGS HAPPENED
UNTO THEM FOR EXAMPLES: AND THEY
00:19:20.56\00:19:24.80
ARE WRITTEN FOR OUR ADMONITION,
UPON WHOM THE ENDS OF THE WORLD
00:19:24.80\00:19:28.36
ARE COME." >>OKAY. THANK YOU.
00:19:28.36\00:19:30.90
PAUL WAS SAYING - ABOUT ALL
THE THINGS THAT HAD BEEN WRITTEN
00:19:30.90\00:19:34.20
FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT WERE
WRITTEN AS AN EXAMPLE FOR US
00:19:34.20\00:19:37.30
THAT WE WOULD LEARN.
00:19:37.30\00:19:38.50
WE MUST STUDY THESE THINGS
AND LESSONS, LIKE WE'VE BEEN
00:19:38.50\00:19:41.90
STUDYING THIS QUARTER FROM
THE OLD TESTAMENT, NOT JUST AS A
00:19:41.90\00:19:44.46
MATTER OF HISTORY LESSONS
- AS INTERESTING AS THAT IS.
00:19:44.46\00:19:48.50
I MEAN, HISTORY WASN'T MY
FAVORITE SUBJECT AS A CHILD IN
00:19:48.50\00:19:51.20
SCHOOL, BUT SINCE YOU BECOME
A CHRISTIAN IT REALLY BECOMES A
00:19:51.20\00:19:53.66
MUCH MORE INTERESTING SUBJECT,
DOESN'T IT? BUT IT SHOULDN'T BE
00:19:53.66\00:19:57.36
JUST A HISTORICAL LESSON.
WE MUST FIND SOME PERSONAL
00:19:57.36\00:20:01.53
PRACTICAL APPLICATION FOR OUR
LIVES TODAY AND THAT'S WHAT WE
00:20:01.53\00:20:04.76
WANT TO DO FROM THIS BOOK OF
ZECHARIAH. THERE IS SOMETHING
00:20:04.76\00:20:09.86
ELSE THAT WE MUST PUT WITH THIS
THOUGH, THAT IT IS UP-TO-DATE
00:20:09.86\00:20:13.23
TESTIMONIES THAT HAVE
BEEN GIVEN TO THE CHURCH.
00:20:13.23\00:20:15.40
I'LL GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE: ONE OF
THE GREATEST TERRORIST ATTEMPTS,
00:20:15.40\00:20:18.23
I THINK, USED TO BRING GOD'S
PEOPLE DOWN TODAY IS NOT - AT
00:20:18.23\00:20:23.90
LEAST HERE IN
AMERICA - IS NOT PERSECUTION.
00:20:23.90\00:20:26.93
NOT TOO MANY OF US
WERE PERSECUTED THIS WEEK.
00:20:26.93\00:20:30.90
ANYBODY PERSECUTED THIS
WEEK BECAUSE OF THEIR FAITH?
00:20:30.90\00:20:33.43
NOT HERE IN SACRAMENTO ANYWAY.
MAYBE SOME - IT HAPPENS - BUT
00:20:33.43\00:20:36.83
NOT ON A LARGE BASIS.
WE'RE NOT BEING SHOT AT OR
00:20:36.83\00:20:39.73
KILLED OR TRY TO BE KILLED
BECAUSE OF OUR FAITH IN THE
00:20:39.73\00:20:43.43
BIBLE OR GOD. BUT
THE BIGGEST TOOL THAT THE
00:20:43.43\00:20:47.20
DEVIL USED TODAY
- GUESS WHAT IT IS.
00:20:47.20\00:20:49.20
IT'S
PROSPERITY. IT'S PROSPERITY.
00:20:49.20\00:20:52.63
THE DEVIL SAW, IN TIMES PAST,
WHERE HE USED PERSECUTION AND
00:20:52.63\00:20:55.83
PEOPLE SHED THEIR BLOOD AND
BECAME MARTYRS, THAT THIS BLOOD
00:20:55.83\00:21:00.13
BECAME THE SEED OF EVANGELISM
AND THE CHURCH GREW AND
00:21:00.13\00:21:03.03
PROSPERED. AND THE
DEVIL SCRATCHED HIS HEAD
00:21:03.03\00:21:05.23
AND SAID, 'THAT
ISN'T GOING TO WORK.
00:21:05.23\00:21:06.96
WE'VE GOT TO CHANGE OUR
TACTICS.' AND HE WENT TO WORK -
00:21:06.96\00:21:10.70
TURNED THINGS AROUND TO
BLESS - BLESS WITH PROSPERITY.
00:21:10.70\00:21:15.36
IN TIMES OF EASE AND PROSPERITY
IS A TIME MOST WHEN GOD'S PEOPLE
00:21:15.36\00:21:20.43
HAVE STRAYED. AND IN
AMERICA - I JUST HEARD IT
00:21:20.43\00:21:23.10
THIS PAST WEEK ON THE RADIO
- NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO - THAT
00:21:23.10\00:21:26.96
ACCORDING TO THE LATEST SURVEYS,
THERE ARE MORE AGNOSTICS AND
00:21:26.96\00:21:32.00
ATHEISTS THAN EVER BEFORE
HERE IN THE UNITED STATES.
00:21:32.00\00:21:36.36
MORE THAN EVER BEFORE. AND
LESS PEOPLE GOING TO CHURCH.
00:21:36.36\00:21:41.00
AND, OF COURSE, AS WE KNOW, EVEN
A LOT OF TIMES PEOPLE GOING TO
00:21:41.00\00:21:44.06
CHURCH BECOME VERY FORMALISTIC
- IT'S JUST DENYING THE POWER
00:21:44.06\00:21:49.96
THEREOF - REMEMBER THAT
VERSE? DENY ITS REAL POWER?
00:21:49.96\00:21:53.30
EVEN IN OUR OWN
CHURCHES WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL.
00:21:53.30\00:21:56.23
I MEAN, YOU CAN HEAR A POWERFUL
SERMON ON THE NEARNESS OF
00:21:56.23\00:21:59.93
CHRIST'S RETURN - I THINK YOU
COULD PREACH THAT SERMON JUST
00:21:59.93\00:22:03.63
ABOUT ANYTIME THESE DAYS, RIGHT?
00:22:03.63\00:22:05.86
JESUS MUST BE COMING SOON WITH
ALL THE THINGS GOING ON AND YOU
00:22:05.86\00:22:08.80
HEAR THIS POWERFUL SERMON
IN CHURCH ON SABBATH MORNING.
00:22:08.80\00:22:12.00
YOU FILE OUT AND
SAY, 'NICE SERMON PASTOR.
00:22:12.00\00:22:15.20
WHERE'S THE FOOD?'
AND 'WHAT'D YOU DO THIS
00:22:15.20\00:22:18.46
WEEKEND?' AND
'OH, LOOK - LOOK WHAT I
00:22:18.46\00:22:20.20
BOUGHT THIS WEEKEND.'
'OH, ISN'T THAT NICE?'
00:22:20.20\00:22:22.76
AND WE GET TO TALKING ABOUT
EVERYTHING UNDER THE SUN OTHER
00:22:22.76\00:22:25.56
THAN THE FACT THAT
JESUS IS COMING SOON.
00:22:25.56\00:22:28.60
ISN'T THAT HOW WE ARE SOMETIMES?
JESUS IS COMING SOON, RIGHT?
00:22:28.60\00:22:34.36
AMEN. WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT IT.
00:22:34.36\00:22:36.20
WE NEED TO LIFT THAT UP IN OUR
THOUGHTS AND OUR MINDS AND IT'S
00:22:36.20\00:22:41.73
- GREAT CONTROVERSY -
LISTEN TO THIS - PAGE 519.
00:22:41.73\00:22:45.53
"SATAN WELL KNOWS THAT ALL WHOM
HE CAN LEAD TO NEGLECT PRAYER
00:22:45.53\00:22:49.70
AND THE SEARCHING OF THE
SCRIPTURES WILL BE OVERCOME BY
00:22:49.70\00:22:51.56
HIS ATTACKS.
THEREFORE, HE INVENTS EVERY
00:22:51.56\00:22:54.60
POSSIBLE DEVICE
TO ENGROSS THE MIND.
00:22:54.60\00:22:58.03
THERE HAS EVER BEEN A
CLASS PROFESSING GODLINESS WHO,
00:22:58.03\00:23:01.66
INSTEAD OF FOLLOWING ON TO
KNOW THE TRUTH, MAKE IT THEIR
00:23:01.66\00:23:04.83
RELIGION TO SEEK SOME FAULT OF
CHARACTER OR ERROR OF FAITH IN
00:23:04.83\00:23:09.83
THOSE WITH WHOM
THEY DO NOT AGREE.
00:23:09.83\00:23:13.10
SUCH ARE SATAN'S
RIGHT-HAND HELPERS.
00:23:13.10\00:23:15.93
ACCUSERS OF THE BRETHREN ARE NOT
FEW AND THEY ARE ALWAYS ACTIVE
00:23:15.93\00:23:21.10
WHEN GOD IS AT WORK AND HIS
SERVANTS ARE RENDERING HIM TRUE
00:23:21.10\00:23:24.56
HOMAGE." WHEW -
AND SOMETIMES THESE
00:23:24.56\00:23:28.16
ACCUSERS OF THE BRETHREN ARE
PEOPLE WHO REALLY STUDY A LOT.
00:23:28.16\00:23:31.43
THEY STUDY AND STUDY AND
STUDY BUT IT NEVER REALLY
00:23:31.43\00:23:33.43
HUMBLES THEM AND THEY BECOME
ACCUSERS OF THE BRETHREN AND
00:23:33.43\00:23:36.83
THAT'S NOT A
GOOD THING TO HAPPEN.
00:23:36.83\00:23:38.30
NOW WE CAN BE GRATEFUL THAT WITH
THE PRESENCE OF A FEW RIGHTEOUS
00:23:38.30\00:23:44.56
PEOPLE, GOD HOLDS
BACK THE FORCES OF EVIL.
00:23:44.56\00:23:48.76
THAT'S WHAT HE'S DOING IN
THE WORLD, ISN'T HE? STILL?
00:23:48.76\00:23:51.53
HE'S HOLDING BACK THE
WINDS OF STRIFE, TO SOME DEGREE.
00:23:51.53\00:23:55.10
IT DOESN'T SEEM TO BE
POLITICALLY CORRECT TO EVER
00:23:55.10\00:24:00.63
CONNECT THE DOTS BETWEEN
CALAMITIES AND SINFUL PEOPLE.
00:24:00.63\00:24:06.30
AND WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL.
00:24:06.30\00:24:07.66
WE CAN'T BE THE JUDGE THAT IF
SOMETHING BAD HAPPENS TO PEOPLE
00:24:07.66\00:24:10.10
IT'S BECAUSE YOU'RE A SINFUL
PERSON, BUT WE MUST UNDERSTAND
00:24:10.10\00:24:13.30
THAT SIN BRINGS CALAMITIES AND
WHEN WE HAVE VOTES TAKING PLACE
00:24:13.30\00:24:18.90
IN OUR SENATES AND SO FORTH THAT
ARE TOTALLY AGAINST THE LAW AND
00:24:18.90\00:24:23.93
THE WORD OF GOD, THEN WE KNOW
THERE'S GOING TO BE CALAMITIES
00:24:23.93\00:24:26.06
IN OUR LAND AND THEY'RE GOING
TO GET MORE AND MORE FREQUENT.
00:24:26.06\00:24:30.13
NOW, I'D LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING
THAT MAYBE SOME PEOPLE MAY NOT
00:24:30.13\00:24:33.33
AGREE WITH AND, SO I'LL SAY
IT CAREFULLY AND I'LL SAY IT -
00:24:33.33\00:24:36.63
ACTUALLY, PREFACE IT WITH
THE CONCEPT THAT I REALLY CAN'T
00:24:36.63\00:24:39.86
PROVE, IN A WAY, WHAT I'M GOING
TO SAY, IN A SENSE, BUT I'D LIKE
00:24:39.86\00:24:44.13
TO THINK THAT ENOUGH OF - IF
ENOUGH OF US HERE IN SACRAMENTO
00:24:44.13\00:24:47.80
CENTRAL WERE CHOOSING TO LIVE
AND SURRENDER OUR ALL TO CHRIST
00:24:47.80\00:24:54.26
AND ALLOWING HIM TO COME INTO
OUR LIVES TO LIVE A RIGHTEOUS
00:24:54.26\00:24:57.73
LIFE AND PROMOTE A RIGHTEOUS
TRUTH TO THE WORLD AROUND US,
00:24:57.73\00:25:02.40
I'D LIKE TO HOPE AND THINK THAT
THAT MAY HOLD OFF SOME OF THE
00:25:02.40\00:25:07.46
CALAMITIES
HAPPENING HERE IN SACRAMENTO.
00:25:07.46\00:25:10.26
YOU THINK THAT'S POSSIBLE?
I MEAN, IT'S HAPPENED IN THE
00:25:10.26\00:25:14.06
PAST, HASN'T IT?
REMEMBER A CONVERSATION BETWEEN
00:25:14.06\00:25:16.86
ABRAHAM AND GOD? VERY
INTERESTING, IN GENESIS 18,
00:25:16.86\00:25:21.23
GOD HAS THIS CONVERSATION -
ABRAHAM HAS IT WITH GOD AND HE
00:25:21.23\00:25:24.76
SAYS, 'WELL, GOD, YOU KNOW, BEG
YOUR PARDON, BUT IF WE CAN FIND
00:25:24.76\00:25:32.13
50 RIGHTEOUS PEOPLE WILL YOU
SPARE SODOM AND GOMORRAH - DON'T
00:25:32.13\00:25:35.30
DESTROY THEM?' AND
GOD SAID, 'SURE, YEAH, IF
00:25:35.30\00:25:36.96
YOU FIND 50 PEOPLE.' AND
SO ABRAHAM COMES BACK AGAIN,
00:25:36.96\00:25:40.20
'OH, PERADVENTURE,
LET ME TALK TO YOU AGAIN.
00:25:40.20\00:25:43.46
WHAT IF I BRING IT DOWN FIVE?'
AND HE KEPT BRINGING IT DOWN TO
00:25:43.46\00:25:46.10
TEN - HE FINALLY GOT DOWN TO TEN
AND GOD SAID, 'YES, IF YOU FIND
00:25:46.10\00:25:49.40
TEN PEOPLE I WON'T
DESTROY SODOM AND GOMORRAH.'
00:25:49.40\00:25:53.43
HE COULDN'T FIND TEN, BUT HE
WOULD HAVE SAVED THEM FOR TEN
00:25:53.43\00:25:56.80
PEOPLE. WHAT IF
THERE'S 1400 PEOPLE HERE
00:25:56.80\00:26:00.76
IN THE SACRAMENTO CENTRAL
CHURCH REALLY TUNED INTO GOD?
00:26:00.76\00:26:04.13
MAYBE WE CAN WARD OFF SOME OF
THE CALAMITIES. OH, THEY'RE ALL
00:26:04.13\00:26:06.73
- THEY'RE GOING TO COME
EVENTUALLY. WE KNOW THAT, RIGHT?
00:26:06.73\00:26:10.46
THEY'RE GOING TO FALL EVERYWHERE
BUT MAYBE WE CAN - BUY - BUY
00:26:10.46\00:26:14.96
SOME TIME. THAT'S
NOT A GOOD WAY TO SAY IT
00:26:14.96\00:26:16.73
EITHER, BUT IT'S SOMETHING
TO THINK ABOUT, AT LEAST.
00:26:16.73\00:26:20.83
RIGHTEOUS LIVING DOES
PAY OFF THOUGH, RIGHT?
00:26:20.83\00:26:26.43
IT IS THE BEST WAY TO GO.
THAT'S THE LEAST LESSON THAT
00:26:26.43\00:26:29.30
NEEDS TO BE LEARNED.
THERE IS SOMETHING EVEN BIGGER
00:26:29.30\00:26:32.33
THAT'S BORNE OUT - SOMEBODY
HAS ZECHARIAH 14, VERSE 9.
00:26:32.33\00:26:36.16
SOMEBODY WANT TO
HAVE THAT? WAY BACK THERE.
00:26:36.16\00:26:39.83
ZECHARIAH 14, VERSE 9 - AND
THIS IS A BIGGER LESSON THAT WAS
00:26:39.83\00:26:45.03
APPLICABLE TO THE CHILDREN OF
ISRAEL AND IT IS ALSO APPLICABLE
00:26:45.03\00:26:49.63
TO US WHO CLAIM TO BE
GOD'S CHILDREN IN THESE TIMES.
00:26:49.63\00:26:53.86
OKAY, IF YOU'D READ
FOR US ZECHARIAH 14:9.
00:26:53.86\00:26:58.06
>>"AND THE LORD SHALL BE KING
OVER ALL THE EARTH: IN THAT DAY
00:26:58.06\00:27:02.03
SHALL THERE BE ONE
LORD, AND HIS NAME ONE."
00:27:02.03\00:27:06.16
>>OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
AND THE LESSON BRINGS OUT HOW
00:27:06.16\00:27:10.76
GOD'S PEOPLE WERE NOT TO
BE ISOLATED, BUT THEY HAD A
00:27:10.76\00:27:14.60
RESPONSIBILITY -
THEY HAD A MISSION.
00:27:14.60\00:27:16.26
THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO GO OUT AND
TELL THE WHOLE WORLD THAT THERE
00:27:16.26\00:27:19.36
WAS ONE KING - ONE LORD
- ONE GOD. THEY DIDN'T DO
00:27:19.36\00:27:23.23
VERY GOOD WITH THEIR
RESPONSIBILITIES, BY THE WAY.
00:27:23.23\00:27:26.43
THE WHOLE WORLD WAS TO BE DRAWN
TO WORSHIP THE ONE TRUE GOD.
00:27:26.43\00:27:30.53
THAT'S THE IDEAL.
THEY DIDN'T DO WELL.
00:27:30.53\00:27:33.43
INSTEAD, WHAT WE OFTEN
FIND WAS THEY DESPISED PEOPLE.
00:27:33.43\00:27:39.06
THEY DESPISED THE PEOPLE THEY
SHOULD HAVE BEEN WINNING TO GOD.
00:27:39.06\00:27:42.53
NOW YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GET THE
GOSPEL COMMISSION FILLED VERY
00:27:42.53\00:27:47.03
QUICKLY IF YOU DESPISE PEOPLE
YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE WINNING TO
00:27:47.03\00:27:49.46
GOD. I MEAN, IF YOU - IF
YOU REALLY HATE SOMEBODY,
00:27:49.46\00:27:53.16
DO YOU THINK YOU'RE GOING TO
WIN THAT PERSON TO CHRIST? NO.
00:27:53.16\00:27:56.96
IT TAKES UNCONDITIONAL
LOVE TO BE ABLE TO DO THIS.
00:27:56.96\00:27:59.13
GOD HAS UNCONDITIONAL
LOVE FOR US OR WE'D BE SUNK.
00:27:59.13\00:28:02.83
I REMEMBER GIVING BIBLE STUDIES
TO MANY PEOPLE THROUGH THE YEARS
00:28:02.83\00:28:05.76
AND SOME OF THEM SAY THINGS LIKE
THIS: 'PASTOR WHITE, YOU'RE NOT
00:28:05.76\00:28:09.36
GOING TO EVER GET ME TO DO
THIS.' OR 'YOU'RE NEVER GOING TO
00:28:09.36\00:28:11.93
TAKE THAT AWAY FROM ME.'
AND I'D SAY THINGS - I'D SAY,
00:28:11.93\00:28:14.40
'WELL, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT
HERE TO GET YOU TO DO ANYTHING.
00:28:14.40\00:28:17.30
I'M NOT HERE TO TAKE
ANYTHING AWAY FROM YOU.
00:28:17.30\00:28:19.30
I'M HERE JUST TO
STUDY THE BIBLE.'
00:28:19.30\00:28:21.53
AND OVER THE COURSE OF TIME IT
WAS VERY INTERESTING TO SEE THE
00:28:21.53\00:28:24.10
SPIRIT OF GOD WORK UPON THEIR
HEARTS AND THEN GIVE UP WHAT
00:28:24.10\00:28:27.50
THEY TOLD ME 'I
WAS NEVER GOING TO'.
00:28:27.50\00:28:30.26
OF COURSE, I COULDN'T MAKE THEM
GIVE IT UP, BUT GOD GOT THROUGH
00:28:30.26\00:28:32.53
TO THEM AND THAT'S THE POWER
OF GOD. AND THAT'S JUST SIMPLY
00:28:32.53\00:28:36.73
GOING OUT AND MINGLING
WITH PEOPLE AND LOVING THEM WITH
00:28:36.73\00:28:40.20
UNCONDITIONAL LOVE DESPITE THE
CHOICES THEY ARE MAKING, RIGHT?
00:28:40.20\00:28:44.93
THAT'S OUR MISSION AND, AS I
SAID, EARLIER THIS LESSON WAS
00:28:44.93\00:28:51.73
ENTITLED 'THE ROBE OF A JEW' BUT
I BELIEVE IT WAS 'THE ROLE OF A
00:28:51.73\00:28:55.56
JEW' AND THAT SAME ROLE
IS OUR ROLE TODAY, IS IT NOT?
00:28:55.56\00:29:01.06
WE HAVE A GOSPEL COMMISSION
TO TAKE TO THE ENTIRE WORLD.
00:29:01.06\00:29:09.10
WE ACTUALLY HAVE BEEN GIVEN THE
MAGICAL SOLUTION - WELL, THERE'S
00:29:09.10\00:29:14.56
NOTHING MAGIC ABOUT ANYTHING IN
RELIGION - TRUE RELIGION - BUT
00:29:14.56\00:29:20.96
WE HAVE BEEN GIVEN THE SIMPLE
SOLUTION AND THAT IS SIMPLY TO
00:29:20.96\00:29:26.16
LIFT UP JESUS AND
WHAT IS THE PROMISE?
00:29:26.16\00:29:29.50
THAT HE WILL DRAW
THE WHOLE WORLD TO HIM.
00:29:29.50\00:29:32.20
SO OUR RESPONSIBILITY IS
JUST SIMPLY TO LIFT JESUS UP.
00:29:32.20\00:29:35.93
IF WE DO THAT WHEN WE STUDY WITH
PEOPLE, IF WE DO THAT WITH OUR
00:29:35.93\00:29:39.63
LIVES, THEN WE WILL
SEE PEOPLE DRAWN TO JESUS.
00:29:39.63\00:29:45.63
SO IN ALL OF OUR MESSAGES, IN
ALL OF OUR DAY-TO-DAY LIVING, WE
00:29:45.63\00:29:49.26
ARE TO LIFT UP
JESUS. NOW, HOW ABOUT THIS?
00:29:49.26\00:29:52.80
CAN WE LIFT HIM UP IF WE MAKE
A CHOICE TO DO SOMETHING OTHER
00:29:52.80\00:29:57.46
THAN HIS DIVINE WILL? NOPE.
00:29:57.46\00:30:02.30
CAN'T LIFT HIM UP IN
A RIGHT WAY THAT WAY.
00:30:02.30\00:30:04.93
CAN YOU LIFT UP JESUS BY
BEING GRUMPY AND NEGATIVE?
00:30:04.93\00:30:10.60
OR BY EXPRESSING
A LACK OF FAITH? NO.
00:30:10.60\00:30:14.43
YOU'RE NEVER GOING TO LIFT UP
JESUS EVEN IF YOU JUST EXPRESS
00:30:14.43\00:30:18.13
DOUBT ALL THE TIME OR EVEN HALF
THE TIME. WE ARE TO BE PEOPLE OF
00:30:18.13\00:30:22.70
FAITH AND JOY AND POSITIVE AND
HOPEFUL AND FILLED WITH COURAGE.
00:30:22.70\00:30:29.93
THAT'S LIFTING UP JESUS BECAUSE
THAT'S HOW HE ALWAYS WAS AND I
00:30:29.93\00:30:34.93
ASSURE YOU
THAT'S HOW HE IS TODAY.
00:30:34.93\00:30:42.43
WE PROBABLY CAN'T ASK OURSELVES
A MORE IMPORTANT QUESTION THAN
00:30:42.43\00:30:45.53
THIS: ARE WE SHARING GOD WITH
THE WORLD AROUND US OR ARE WE
00:30:45.53\00:30:48.83
ALLOWING THE WORLD AROUND US TO
INFILTRATE OUR LIVES MORE THAN
00:30:48.83\00:30:53.50
WE'RE SHARING HIM TO THE WORLD?
MOST OF US WOULD PROBABLY BE
00:30:53.50\00:30:58.70
SHOCKED, MAYBE, IF WE DID
AN ACTUAL WORKSHEET ON OUR TIME
00:30:58.70\00:31:03.20
SPENT. WE WOULD
PROBABLY FIND THAT IT'S
00:31:03.20\00:31:06.26
SUCH A SMALL FRAGMENT OF TIME
THAT WE REALLY DEVOTE TO GOD
00:31:06.26\00:31:12.36
STUDYING, PRAYING, AND SHARING.
YOU THINK ABOUT YOUR WEEK.
00:31:12.36\00:31:17.23
HOW MUCH TIME THIS WEEK DID YOU
STUDY, DID YOU PRAY AND DID YOU
00:31:17.23\00:31:24.30
SHARE JESUS WITH SOMEBODY?
SMALL, SMALL AMOUNT OF TIME FOR
00:31:24.30\00:31:28.46
PROBABLY MOST OF US. NOW
I CAN'T SAY THAT FOR YOU -
00:31:28.46\00:31:31.40
MAYBE THAT'S NOT TRUE. I
HOPE SO - I HOPE IT'S NOT.
00:31:31.40\00:31:34.06
AND IT ISN'T THAT WE
DON'T WANT GOD - WE DO.
00:31:34.06\00:31:39.36
BUT WE CAN OFTEN BE LIKE THE
PEOPLE FOUND IN MONDAY'S LESSON
00:31:39.36\00:31:42.43
ENTITLED 'THE KING OF
PEACE'. SOMEBODY HAS ZECHARIAH
00:31:42.43\00:31:45.86
CHAPTER 9, VERSE 9. WHO
HAS THAT ONE? RIGHT OVER HERE.
00:31:45.86\00:31:50.30
ZECHARIAH 9, VERSE 9 IS A
PROPHETIC UTTERANCE OF SOMETHING
00:31:50.30\00:31:55.40
THAT WOULD BE FULFILLED IN THE
BOOK OF MATTHEW, FOR EXAMPLE, IN
00:31:55.40\00:31:59.56
ONE PLACE CHAPTER 21, IS
SOMETHING THAT JESUS DID NOT TOO
00:31:59.56\00:32:05.10
LONG BEFORE HE
WAS GOING TO CALVARY.
00:32:05.10\00:32:08.16
SO IF YOU WOULD READ
ZECHARIAH 9, VERSE 9, PLEASE.
00:32:08.16\00:32:12.23
>>"REJOICE GREATLY, O DAUGHTER
OF ZION; SHOUT, O DAUGHTER OF
00:32:12.23\00:32:17.80
JERUSALEM: BEHOLD, THY KING
COMETH UNTO THEE: HE IS JUST,
00:32:17.80\00:32:22.60
AND HAVING SALVATION; LOWLY, AND
RIDING UPON AN ASS, AND UPON A
00:32:22.60\00:32:27.00
COLT THE FOAL OF AN ASS."
00:32:27.00\00:32:29.33
>>THANK YOU.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
00:32:29.33\00:32:31.80
SO AS I SAID, THIS PROPHECY
FOUND FULFILLMENT IN MATTHEW 21
00:32:31.80\00:32:35.40
WHEN JESUS TOLD HIS DISCIPLES
TO GO AND GET THIS ANIMAL AND HE
00:32:35.40\00:32:40.06
WOULD SIT ON THE BACK AND THIS
WAS A COMMON SCENE FOR KINGS
00:32:40.06\00:32:45.26
TAKING THE THRONE AND SO
THE PEOPLE WERE FILLED WITH
00:32:45.26\00:32:48.26
ANTICIPATION - 'HE'S FINALLY
GOING TO TAKE OVER THE THRONE.
00:32:48.26\00:32:51.40
WE'RE FINALLY GOING TO
BE FREE FROM THE ROMANS.
00:32:51.40\00:32:53.86
IT'S FINALLY GOING TO
HAPPEN. HE'S GOING TO BE KING.'
00:32:53.86\00:32:58.33
AND I WOULD IMAGINE THAT YOU
HAVE WONDERED - AS MANY OTHERS
00:32:58.33\00:33:01.70
HAVE - WHY IN THE
WORLD DID JESUS DO THAT?
00:33:01.70\00:33:05.30
WHY DID HE BUILD UP
THEIR ANTICIPATION SO MUCH?
00:33:05.30\00:33:08.53
HE KNEW HOW THEY
WERE GOING TO REACT.
00:33:08.53\00:33:10.36
WHY DID HE - WHY DID HE ALLOW
THIS TO HAPPEN TO - THAT THEY -
00:33:10.36\00:33:14.26
HE KNEW THAT THEY WERE GOING
TO BE THINKING, 'THIS IS IT!
00:33:14.26\00:33:16.43
HE'S GOING TO BE KING!'
AND THEN JUST A SHORT DAY OR SO
00:33:16.43\00:33:19.76
LATER HE WAS GOING TO BE
CRUCIFIED AND I DON'T KNOW THAT
00:33:19.76\00:33:23.36
IT COULD BE SAID ANY BETTER THAN
A LITTLE PLACE IN 'DESIRE OF
00:33:23.36\00:33:26.83
AGES', PAGE 571. IT
SAYS, "IT WAS NECESSARY THEN
00:33:26.83\00:33:31.80
THAT THE EYES OF ALL THE PEOPLE
SHOULD NOW BE DIRECTED TO HIM.
00:33:31.80\00:33:35.66
THE EVENTS WHICH PRECEDED HIS
GREAT SACRIFICE MUST BE SUCH AS
00:33:35.66\00:33:41.06
TO CALL ATTENTION TO THE
SACRIFICE ITSELF. AFTER SUCH A
00:33:41.06\00:33:46.53
DEMONSTRATION AS THAT ATTENDING
HIS ENTRY INTO JERUSALEM,
00:33:46.53\00:33:50.73
ALL EYES WOULD FOLLOW HIS RAPID
PROGRESS TO THE FINAL SCENE."
00:33:50.73\00:33:58.00
THAT'S WHY HE DID
IT. HE HAD TO DO IT.
00:33:58.00\00:34:00.60
HE HAD TO GRAB THE
PEOPLE'S ATTENTION.
00:34:00.60\00:34:03.76
'NOW YOU'RE GOING TO SEE WHAT
I CAME TO DO.' IT'S LIKE PARENTS
00:34:03.76\00:34:09.60
WITH CHILDREN, IF YOU DON'T GET
THEIR ATTENTION, YOU'RE SUNK.
00:34:09.60\00:34:14.03
YOU'VE GOT TO GET THEIR
ATTENTION FIRST OR THEY'RE NOT
00:34:14.03\00:34:16.56
GOING TO DO WHAT
YOU WANT THEM TO DO.
00:34:16.56\00:34:18.53
GET THEIR ATTENTION. MY
WIFE'S A PRESCHOOL DIRECTOR.
00:34:18.53\00:34:20.66
SHE'S WORKING WITH
LITTLE ONES ALL THE TIME.
00:34:20.66\00:34:22.43
ONE OF HER FAVORITE SAYINGS, I'M
SURE IS - I'VE HEARD HER SAY IT
00:34:22.43\00:34:26.63
MANY TIMES - 'DO YOU
HEAR WHAT I'M TELLING YOU?
00:34:26.63\00:34:30.46
DO YOU HEAR THE
WORDS I'M TELLING YOU?'
00:34:30.46\00:34:32.76
AND SHE SAYS IT OVER AND OVER
UNTIL THEY - SHE HAS THEIR FULL
00:34:32.76\00:34:35.96
ATTENTION AND THEN SHE TELLS
THEM WHAT SHE WANTS TO TELL THEM
00:34:35.96\00:34:38.76
AND THAT'S WHAT
JESUS WAS DOING HERE.
00:34:38.76\00:34:41.43
PEOPLE WERE DISAPPOINTED BUT
THEY COULDN'T HELP BUT CATCH THE
00:34:41.43\00:34:46.60
MESSAGE THAT CHRIST
REALLY WANTED THEM TO GET.
00:34:46.60\00:34:50.00
IT DIDN'T COME ALL AT ONCE, BUT
AS THEY SAW HIM CRUCIFIED, AS
00:34:50.00\00:34:53.23
THEY SAW THE EVENTS UNFOLD -
ESPECIALLY AFTER HE ROSE FROM
00:34:53.23\00:34:56.76
THE GRAVE AND THEN ASCENDED
TO HEAVEN - THEN ALL THE PIECES
00:34:56.76\00:34:59.93
CAME TOGETHER BECAUSE THEY
WERE RIVETED UPON HIM FOR THAT
00:34:59.93\00:35:03.36
SPECIAL WEEKEND. AND
THE LESSON ASKS US 'WHAT CAN
00:35:03.36\00:35:07.30
WE LEARN FROM THIS EVENT
ABOUT THE DANGER OF FALSE
00:35:07.30\00:35:09.86
EXPECTATIONS?' I CAN'T
TELL YOU HOW MANY PEOPLE
00:35:09.86\00:35:13.80
I'VE TALKED TO OVER THE YEARS
WHO'VE COME TO ME AND THEY HAVE
00:35:13.80\00:35:16.70
ALL KINDS OF EXPECTATIONS - FULL
OF ENERGY AND HOPE AND FAITH -
00:35:16.70\00:35:21.86
THEY JUST KNOW
SOMETHING'S GOING TO HAPPEN.
00:35:21.86\00:35:23.93
THEY JUST KNOW GOD'S GOING TO
BLESS IN THIS ADVENTURE OR THIS
00:35:23.93\00:35:27.10
AND THAT AND SO OFTEN IT DOESN'T
HAPPEN LIKE THEY THOUGHT IT WAS
00:35:27.10\00:35:34.06
GOING TO HAPPEN OR HOPED IT WAS
GOING TO HAPPEN. DID YOU EVER
00:35:34.06\00:35:36.93
NOTICE THAT GOD ANSWERS OUR
PRAYERS SOMETIMES WITH WHAT'S
00:35:36.93\00:35:42.06
BETTER FOR US INSTEAD
OF WHAT WE REALLY WANTED?
00:35:42.06\00:35:44.93
THAT SEEMS HOW GOD DOES IT
AND I'M GLAD HE DOES IT BECAUSE
00:35:44.93\00:35:50.93
OFTEN THE BLESSINGS NEVER COME
IN EXACTLY THE WAY WE WANT THEM.
00:35:50.93\00:35:54.60
SO I GUESS THE QUESTIONS WE HAVE
TO ASK OURSELVES, AGAIN, 'WHAT
00:35:54.60\00:35:57.73
KIND OF CHRIST ARE WE SERVING?'
ARE WE SERVING ONLY THE KINGLY
00:35:57.73\00:36:01.80
CHRIST OR ARE WE SERVING THE
LOWLY SACRIFICIAL SAVIOR THAT
00:36:01.80\00:36:07.33
TREAD THIS PATH TOWARDS
CALVARY? WHAT DID JESUS SAY?
00:36:07.33\00:36:14.33
HE SAID, 'TAKE UP YOUR
CROSS AND FOLLOW AFTER ME.'
00:36:14.33\00:36:17.86
HE DIDN'T SAY 'TAKE UP
YOUR CROWN AND FOLLOW ME.'
00:36:17.86\00:36:20.86
THE CROWN COMES EVENTUALLY,
BUT TAKE UP YOUR CROSS.
00:36:20.86\00:36:25.83
WELL HOW DO WE KNOW?
00:36:25.83\00:36:27.26
HOW DO WE KNOW
WHICH ONE WE'RE FOLLOWING?
00:36:27.26\00:36:30.16
ARE YOU WILLING TO WORK FOR
CHRIST EVEN IF IT'S A LOWLY TASK
00:36:30.16\00:36:35.46
- SOMETHING THAT YOU MAY NEVER
EVER GET CREDIT FOR OR SOMETHING
00:36:35.46\00:36:39.16
YOU MIGHT NEVER BE
ADMIRED FOR? GET RECOGNITION OF?
00:36:39.16\00:36:45.60
OR ARE YOU WILLING TO GO THE
EXTRA MILE SOMETIMES AS JESUS
00:36:45.60\00:36:50.20
ALWAYS WAS? HE
ALWAYS WENT THE EXTRA MILE.
00:36:50.20\00:36:53.76
ANOTHER WAY TO CHECK YOUR
ATTITUDE IS TO ASK YOURSELF 'HOW
00:36:53.76\00:36:56.46
DO YOU RESPOND WHEN YOU
DON'T GET WHAT YOU WANT?'
00:36:56.46\00:36:59.46
DO YOU GO AROUND POUTING ABOUT
IT OR SAY, 'WELL, THE LORD HAD A
00:36:59.46\00:37:05.60
BETTER PLAN AND I'M GOING TO
FOLLOW THE LORD WHATEVER THAT
00:37:05.60\00:37:09.00
PLAN IS.' I OFTEN
THINK OF THE DISCIPLES
00:37:09.00\00:37:11.46
WHEN THEY WERE ON THE BOAT - YOU
REMEMBER WHEN JESUS WAS TIRED
00:37:11.46\00:37:15.03
AND HE WENT TO SLEEP AND
THE STORM CAME UP AND IT WAS A
00:37:15.03\00:37:17.96
DESPERATE STORM AND THEY STARTED
GETTING THEIR BUCKETS AND
00:37:17.96\00:37:21.10
BAILING OUT THE WATER AND
AS FAST AS THEY BAILED OUT THE
00:37:21.10\00:37:24.96
WATER THIS BOAT KEPT SINKING
MORE AND MORE AND THEY WERE
00:37:24.96\00:37:28.60
DOOMED TO DIE - IN THEIR
MINDS THEY WERE GOING TO DIE.
00:37:28.60\00:37:32.06
AND THEN A FLASH OF LIGHTNING
SHINES ON JESUS AND THEY SEE HIM
00:37:32.06\00:37:35.43
AND THEY WAKE HIM UP AND THEY
SAY, 'MASTER, DON'T YOU CARE?'
00:37:35.43\00:37:37.96
WHICH IS ABOUT THE MOST STUPID
QUESTION YOU COULD EVER ASK
00:37:37.96\00:37:41.26
JESUS BECAUSE THAT'S
ALL HE EVER DID WAS CARE.
00:37:41.26\00:37:44.86
BUT THEY SAID,
'HERE, MASTER, WAKE UP!'
00:37:44.86\00:37:47.00
NOW HERE - WHAT IF THEY'D
DONE THIS: 'MASTER WAKE UP!
00:37:47.00\00:37:50.30
HERE'S A BUCKET.
HELP US WITH OUR BUCKETS.
00:37:50.30\00:37:54.66
SAVE US!' YOU SEE,
THAT'S WHAT I THINK WE
00:37:54.66\00:37:56.63
DO WITH GOD, WE SAY 'LORD, I'VE
GOT THIS PROBLEM - I'M SINKING -
00:37:56.63\00:38:01.03
I HAVE THIS
PROBLEM. HERE'S MY BUCKET.
00:38:01.03\00:38:03.43
HERE'S HOW I
WANT YOU TO FIX IT.'
00:38:03.43\00:38:06.20
AND THEN WHEN GOD DOESN'T TAKE
THE BUCKET FROM US AND FIX IT
00:38:06.20\00:38:09.70
THE WAY WE THINK HE SHOULD WE
SAY, 'I DON'T KNOW, SERVING GOD
00:38:09.70\00:38:13.40
JUST DOESN'T PAY OFF.' BUT
WHAT THE CHRISTIAN SHOULD DO
00:38:13.40\00:38:20.43
IS SAY, 'LORD, YOU TAKE
YOUR BUCKET AND YOU USE WHATEVER
00:38:20.43\00:38:23.20
BUCKET YOU WANT TO AND FIX
MY PROBLEMS OR HELP ME FIX IT OR
00:38:23.20\00:38:27.66
WHATEVER. I DON'T
KNOW THE ANSWERS BUT I
00:38:27.66\00:38:30.56
KNOW YOU KNOW THE ANSWERS.'
WELL, THAT'S WHY JESUS TOLD US
00:38:30.56\00:38:36.43
WE MUST BE WILLING
TO TAKE UP THE CROSS.
00:38:36.43\00:38:39.93
ARE YOU BEARING THE CROSS FOR
JESUS? I HOPE SO. NOW, I KNOW
00:38:39.93\00:38:44.13
HOW EASY IT IS TO CATEGORIZE OUR
LIST OF DUTIES JUST IN NORMAL
00:38:44.13\00:38:50.33
LIFE. YOU KNOW HOW IT IS. YOU'VE
GOT THIS TO DO, THIS TO DO,
00:38:50.33\00:38:53.80
THIS TO DO, AND THIS TO
DO. FOUR THINGS, LET'S SAY.
00:38:53.80\00:38:56.16
AND IN YOUR MIND YOU KIND OF
CATEGORIZE THEM 'THIS IS AN 'A'
00:38:56.16\00:38:59.00
THING - IT REALLY IS
IMPORTANT BUT IT'S HARD.
00:38:59.00\00:39:02.36
THIS IS A 'B' -
IT'S NOT QUITE SO HARD.
00:39:02.36\00:39:04.93
IT'S KIND OF - IT'S
REALLY IMPORTANT TOO.
00:39:04.93\00:39:06.46
AH, 'C' THAT'S AN EASY ONE.
'D' IS REALLY - OH THAT'S WHERE
00:39:06.46\00:39:11.70
I'LL START. I'LL
START WITH ITEM #D.
00:39:11.70\00:39:14.83
OH BOY, THIS IS GOOD.'
AND THEN WHEN IT GETS DOWN TO
00:39:14.83\00:39:18.20
THE CRUCIAL MOMENT YOU'RE STUCK
WITH 'A' AND 'B' AND YOU DON'T
00:39:18.20\00:39:22.60
HAVE TIME TO DO THEM ANYMORE AND
THINGS ARE GETTING ALL MESSED UP
00:39:22.60\00:39:25.86
ON YOU. ISN'T
THAT HOW WE OFTEN DO?
00:39:25.86\00:39:28.70
PRIORITY #1 IS TO
SHARE GOD WITH THE WORLD.
00:39:28.70\00:39:32.03
THAT'S PRIORITY
#1 FOR THE CHRISTIAN.
00:39:32.03\00:39:34.70
BUT YOU KNOW HOW IT IS.
IT'S EASIER TO DO OTHER THINGS.
00:39:34.70\00:39:39.00
I'M NOT CHASTISING, THAT'S
JUST THE WAY THE WORLD IS.
00:39:39.00\00:39:42.83
BUT I'VE FOUND, IN MY OWN LIFE
AT LEAST, WHEN I HAVE THOSE 'A',
00:39:42.83\00:39:46.60
'B', 'C' AND 'D' PRIORITIES,
IF I DO THE 'A'S AND 'B'S FIRST,
00:39:46.60\00:39:50.93
BOY LIFE BEGINS TO HUM
ALONG AFTER YOU GET THEM DONE.
00:39:50.93\00:39:55.10
LIFE IS JUST SO MUCH MORE
PLEASANT WHEN YOU DO THAT.
00:39:55.10\00:39:57.70
WELL, ANYWAY, SOMEBODY -
LET'S TURN TO TUESDAY'S 'THE ONE
00:39:57.70\00:40:02.50
PIERCED'. SOMEBODY
HAS ZECHARIAH 12:10.
00:40:02.50\00:40:05.56
WHO HAS THAT? RIGHT HERE.
00:40:05.56\00:40:07.30
SOMEBODY ELSE HAS
JOHN 19:34 THROUGH 37.
00:40:07.30\00:40:10.60
RIGHT HERE IN THE FRONT AND
WE'LL GET THAT ONE AFTER THAT.
00:40:10.60\00:40:13.53
AND WHILE THEY'RE LOOKING THOSE
UP, I'M GOING TO READ REVELATION
00:40:13.53\00:40:16.06
1:7, WHICH SAYS IN - IT'S
IN KEEPING WITH THESE VERSES -
00:40:16.06\00:40:21.73
REVELATION 1:7 SAYS, 'BEHOLD,
HE COMETH WITH CLOUDS; AND EVERY
00:40:21.73\00:40:26.33
EYE SHALL SEE HIM, AND THEY
ALSO WHICH PIERCED HIM: AND ALL
00:40:26.33\00:40:30.30
KINDREDS OF THE EARTH
SHALL WAIL BECAUSE OF HIM.
00:40:30.30\00:40:33.53
EVEN SO, AMEN." SO
KEEP THAT TEXT IN MIND WHILE
00:40:33.53\00:40:36.83
SOMEBODY SHARES WITH
US NOW ZECHARIAH 12:10.
00:40:36.83\00:40:40.50
>>"AND I WILL POUR UPON THE
HOUSE OF DAVID, AND UPON THE
00:40:40.50\00:40:45.16
INHABITANTS OF JERUSALEM,
THE SPIRIT OF GRACE AND OF
00:40:45.16\00:40:48.63
SUPPLICATIONS: AND THEY SHALL
LOOK UPON ME WHOM THEY HAVE
00:40:48.63\00:40:52.30
PIERCED, AND THEY SHALL MOURN
FOR HIM, AS ONE MOURNETH FOR HIS
00:40:52.30\00:40:55.96
ONLY SON, AND SHALL BE IN
BITTERNESS FOR HIM, AS ONE THAT
00:40:55.96\00:40:59.93
IS IN BITTERNESS
FOR HIS FIRSTBORN."
00:40:59.93\00:41:02.53
>>OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
00:41:02.53\00:41:04.10
AND NOW, I THINK HE HANDED
THE MICROPHONE RIGHT UP HERE IN
00:41:04.10\00:41:07.00
FRONT TO YOU. RIGHT
HERE. AND THAT'S JOHN 19:34-37.
00:41:07.00\00:41:12.33
>>JOHN 19:34-37, "BUT ONE OF THE
SOLDIERS PIERCED HIS SIDE WITH A
00:41:12.33\00:41:17.40
SPEAR, AND IMMEDIATELY
BLOOD AND WATER CAME OUT.
00:41:17.40\00:41:21.00
AND HE WHO HAS SEEN HAS
TESTIFIED, AND HIS TESTIMONY IS
00:41:21.00\00:41:25.36
TRUE; AND HE KNOWS THAT HE IS
TELLING THE TRUTH, SO THAT YOU
00:41:25.36\00:41:29.16
MAY BELIEVE. FOR
THESE THINGS WERE DONE THAT
00:41:29.16\00:41:32.03
THE SCRIPTURE
SHOULD BE FULFILLED.
00:41:32.03\00:41:33.66
'NOT ONE OF HIS
BONES SHALL BE BROKEN.'
00:41:33.66\00:41:36.26
AND AGAIN ANOTHER SCRIPTURE
SAYS, 'THEY SHALL LOOK ON HIM
00:41:36.26\00:41:40.50
WHOM THEY
PIERCED.'" >>OKAY. THANK YOU.
00:41:40.50\00:41:43.26
BOY, WE'VE GOT
SOME GOOD READERS.
00:41:43.26\00:41:44.93
THAT'S WHAT I SAY.
PEOPLE WITH SOME GOOD VOICES.
00:41:44.93\00:41:47.20
THAT'S REALLY
GOOD. THANK YOU EACH ONE.
00:41:47.20\00:41:50.50
WHAT WILL LOOKING ON THE
ONE PIERCED DO FOR PEOPLE?
00:41:50.50\00:41:54.23
WELL, THAT DEPENDS ON THE
PERSON, WHERE HE'S AT IN LIFE,
00:41:54.23\00:41:57.53
THE CIRCUMSTANCES AND SO
ON. YOU WILL NOTICE THAT THE
00:41:57.53\00:42:01.03
PURPOSE, AT LEAST, THAT GOD
DESIRED OF THOSE THAT LOOKED
00:42:01.03\00:42:03.56
UPON THE ONE WHO WAS
PIERCED, HAD TO DO WITH GRACE.
00:42:03.56\00:42:06.50
DID YOU NOTICE
THAT WORD IN ZECHARIAH?
00:42:06.50\00:42:10.13
IN THE TEXT THAT WAS JUST READ?
HE WANTED TO POUR THE SPIRIT OF
00:42:10.13\00:42:14.40
GRACE ON HIS
PEOPLE. THAT'S HIS DESIRE.
00:42:14.40\00:42:18.16
NOW WHAT IS GRACE? WELL,
GRACE IS UNMERITED FAVOR,
00:42:18.16\00:42:21.63
RIGHT? UNMERITED FAVOR.
00:42:21.63\00:42:24.46
GRACE COVERS A GAMUT OF ISSUES
FROM THE FORGIVENESS OF SIN,
00:42:24.46\00:42:29.26
WHICH IS TRULY UNMERITED
FAVOR - FORGIVES US OF SINS.
00:42:29.26\00:42:32.93
HE DOESN'T HAVE TO
FORGIVE US OUR SINS.
00:42:32.93\00:42:35.30
WELL, IN A SENSE, MAYBE HE DOES.
00:42:35.30\00:42:38.83
SINCE JESUS DIED ON THE CROSS -
THINK ABOUT IT - MAYBE HAVING TO
00:42:38.83\00:42:42.86
FORGIVE US OUR SINS IS NOT THE
RIGHT WAY TO SAY IT, BUT SINCE
00:42:42.86\00:42:47.46
JESUS DIED ON THE CROSS, IF
WE TRULY REPENT, DOESN'T GOD THE
00:42:47.46\00:42:52.13
FATHER ALMOST HAVE
TO FORGIVE OUR SINS?
00:42:52.13\00:42:54.80
HE WILL AUTOMATICALLY
BECAUSE OF JESUS' DEATH.
00:42:54.80\00:42:58.50
SO ANYWAY - BUT THERE'S MORE
TO GRACE THAN JUST FORGIVENESS.
00:42:58.50\00:43:05.53
GRACE EXTENDED TO THE REPENTANT
SINNER SUPPLIES THE POWER THAT
00:43:05.53\00:43:09.63
WE NEED TO CHANGE. THAT'S
WHAT REPENTANCE IS ALL ABOUT.
00:43:09.63\00:43:13.56
YOU SIN, YOU ASK FOR FORGIVENESS
- THAT'S GOOD - BUT YOU ASK FOR
00:43:13.56\00:43:17.56
A HEART OF REPENTANCE THAT MEANS
YOU TURN AROUND FROM THAT SIN
00:43:17.56\00:43:20.73
AND DON'T DO THAT
SAME THING OVER AND OVER.
00:43:20.73\00:43:22.90
AND GRACE IS THE POWER THAT
GIVES US THAT KIND OF EXPERIENCE
00:43:22.90\00:43:26.86
ALSO. SO GRACE
IS A WONDERFUL WORD.
00:43:26.86\00:43:30.33
NOW, RIGHT NOW, THOSE THAT LOOK
UPON THE ONE PIERCED ARE OFTEN
00:43:30.33\00:43:34.46
CONVICTED IN THEIR HEART THAT
'IT WAS MY SINS THAT PIERCED THE
00:43:34.46\00:43:38.43
SON OF GOD AND PUT
HIM ON THAT CROSS.'
00:43:38.43\00:43:40.86
PIERCED HIS SIDE - IT WAS
ME - IT WASN'T JUST THE ROMAN
00:43:40.86\00:43:43.06
SOLDIERS, I AM
RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT HAPPENING.
00:43:43.06\00:43:45.63
AND IT BRINGS GREAT REMORSE AND
CONVICTION TO THE HEART AND WE
00:43:45.63\00:43:49.26
CONFESS OUR SINS AND THAT'S
GOOD. OTHERS LOOK AND TURN AWAY
00:43:49.26\00:43:53.50
AND SAY, 'I DON'T
WANT ANY PART OF THAT.'
00:43:53.50\00:43:55.16
BECAUSE OF THE CHANGES THEY
THINK ARE IN STORE FOR THEM.
00:43:55.16\00:44:00.16
AND SO, THAT'S THE QUICK
LOOK AND THAT'S - UNFORTUNATELY,
00:44:00.16\00:44:03.16
THESE PEOPLE WILL LOOK AGAIN
- ONCE AGAIN THEY WILL LOOK UPON
00:44:03.16\00:44:08.03
THE ONE PIERCED, ONLY THIS
LOOKING WON'T BE A GOOD ONE, IT
00:44:08.03\00:44:12.40
WILL BE A TIME WHEN THEY LOOK UP
WITH THE MOST HORRENDOUS HORROR
00:44:12.40\00:44:17.93
THAT COULD BE EXPERIENCED
BY MANKIND BECAUSE THEY WILL
00:44:17.93\00:44:20.90
REALIZE THAT THEY COULD HAVE
ACCEPTED THE ONE PIERCED AND
00:44:20.90\00:44:26.40
THEY DIDN'T - THEY REJECTED IT -
AND THEY WILL BE SUBJECT TO THE
00:44:26.40\00:44:29.30
SECOND DEATH. AND AGAIN,
THE WORDING IN THE TEXT IN
00:44:29.30\00:44:33.36
CHAPTER 12 IS VERY INTERESTING.
'THOSE WHO CORRECTLY LOOK AT THE
00:44:33.36\00:44:37.66
ONE PIERCED, MOURN FOR HIM
AS ONE WHO MOURNS FOR HIS ONLY
00:44:37.66\00:44:42.46
SON.' THAT'S A CORRECT RESPONSE
FROM THOSE WHO TRULY LOOK UPON
00:44:42.46\00:44:48.06
THE ONE WHO WAS
PIERCED FOR THEM.
00:44:48.06\00:44:51.10
NOW, AGAIN, IT'S NOT SOMETHING
THAT WE CAN ACT OUT AND
00:44:51.10\00:44:55.06
SOMETHING THAT WILL JUST COME AS
A QUICK LOOK EVERY NOW AND THEN.
00:44:55.06\00:45:00.90
IF YOU'RE NOT MOURNING OVER THE
UPLIFTED ONE AND THE PIERCING
00:45:00.90\00:45:05.66
THAT WAS DONE TO HIM BECAUSE OF
YOUR SINS AND MY SINS, THEN THAT
00:45:05.66\00:45:12.93
KIND OF INDICATES THAT YOU'RE
NOT LOOKING TO THE ONE PIERCED
00:45:12.93\00:45:15.86
IN THE CORRECT WAY. AND
PERHAPS YOU WERE FEELING
00:45:15.86\00:45:19.13
KIND OF GOOD ABOUT
YOUR SUPPOSED GOODNESS.
00:45:19.13\00:45:21.93
WELL, - OR YOUR SUPPOSED
RIGHTEOUSNESS - BUT WHAT DOES
00:45:21.93\00:45:27.13
THE BIBLE SAY
ABOUT OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS?
00:45:27.13\00:45:29.66
IT'S LIKE FILTHY RAGS,
ISAIAH 64:6 I BELIEVE IT IS.
00:45:29.66\00:45:33.30
AND IF YOU REALLY WANT TO
UNDERSTAND THAT TEXT, GO TO A
00:45:33.30\00:45:35.93
COMMENTARY SOMETIME - IT'S NOT A
TEXT WE SHOULD DISCUSS PROBABLY
00:45:35.93\00:45:39.50
IN PUBLIC, BUT IT REALLY TELLS
YOU HOW SERIOUS GOD TAKES THAT.
00:45:39.50\00:45:43.83
BUT THOSE ONLY WHO GO ON TO
REALIZE THAT THEY NEED HELP FROM
00:45:43.83\00:45:47.06
HIM TO CHANGE THEIR WAYS OR ELSE
THEY WILL CONTINUE TO PIERCE HIM
00:45:47.06\00:45:51.50
AND BECAUSE OF THAT
WILL DIE THE ETERNAL DEATH.
00:45:51.50\00:45:54.46
SO THE CORRECT LOOK WILL LEAD
TO CHANGES. OKAY, LET'S SEE.
00:45:54.46\00:46:01.23
AS WE SAID, ONE QUICK GLANCE
NOW AND THEN IS NOT ENOUGH.
00:46:01.23\00:46:05.16
IT IS THE REASON THAT WE HAVE
BEEN TOLD THAT WE SHOULD SPEND A
00:46:05.16\00:46:08.73
THOUGHTFUL HOUR WITH
JESUS EVERY DAY, RIGHT?
00:46:08.73\00:46:11.50
WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT BEFORE
- I HAVE - AND IF WE SPEND A
00:46:11.50\00:46:15.50
THOUGHTFUL HOUR WITH JESUS EVERY
DAY, ESPECIALLY THE CLOSING
00:46:15.50\00:46:19.33
SCENES OF HIS LIFE, THAT IS THE
BEST WAY TO LEAD US TO MOURN AS
00:46:19.33\00:46:25.03
WE SHOULD OVER OUR SINFULNESS.
I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MANY PEOPLE
00:46:25.03\00:46:29.26
HAVE COME TO ME OVER THE YEARS
COMPLAINING ABOUT HOW TERRIBLE
00:46:29.26\00:46:33.16
THINGS ARE GOING IN THEIR LIFE
AND HOW LOW THEIR FAITH IS AND
00:46:33.16\00:46:37.16
SO ON AND SO FORTH. AND
I CAN ALMOST GUARANTEE YOU
00:46:37.16\00:46:40.73
IN MOST OF THOSE CASES
THOSE PEOPLE WERE NOT SPENDING A
00:46:40.73\00:46:44.30
THOUGHTFUL HOUR MEDITATING ON
THE LIFE OF JESUS BECAUSE IF YOU
00:46:44.30\00:46:49.76
REALLY DO THAT, YOU'RE
GOING TO BE DRAWN TO JESUS.
00:46:49.76\00:46:52.86
WE OFTEN SAY, YOU KNOW, 'LIFT UP
JESUS SO THE WORLD CAN BE DRAWN
00:46:52.86\00:46:58.43
TO HIM.' AND WE
APPLY THAT TO THE WORLD,
00:46:58.43\00:47:01.76
WHICH WE SHOULD - WE SHOULD LIFT
HIM UP SO THE WORLD CAN BE DRAWN
00:47:01.76\00:47:05.46
TO JESUS, BUT WE NEED TO LIFT
UP JESUS SO THAT WE CAN FOREVER
00:47:05.46\00:47:10.66
STAY ATTACHED TO JESUS. WE
MUST LIFT HIM UP IN OUR OWN
00:47:10.66\00:47:14.40
MIND - IN OUR OWN LIFE. AND
WHEN WE SPEND THAT TIME WITH
00:47:14.40\00:47:17.86
JESUS, WHEN WE COME TOGETHER
WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT
00:47:17.86\00:47:20.26
JESUS AND WHAT HE'S DONE FOR YOU
THIS WEEK AND WHAT HE'S GOING TO
00:47:20.26\00:47:23.53
DO FOR YOU IN THE NEAR
FUTURE. WELL, WE MUST MOVE ON TO
00:47:23.53\00:47:28.26
WEDNESDAY ENTITLED
'THE GOOD SHEPHERD'.
00:47:28.26\00:47:31.33
SOMEBODY HAS ZECHARIAH
13:7 THROUGH 9 - ZECHARIAH 13 -
00:47:31.33\00:47:37.26
ALRIGHT, OVER HERE. OKAY.
ZECHARIAH 13:7-9. WE HAVE QUITE
00:47:37.26\00:47:42.90
THE PANORAMA GIVEN US IN THIS
PASSAGE ABOUT THE GOOD SHEPHERD
00:47:42.90\00:47:48.96
AND THE ACCURACIES OF THESE
PROPHECIES AND HOW THEY WERE
00:47:48.96\00:47:53.80
EXACTLY FULFILLED IN THE PERSON
OF CHRIST IS SO WONDERFUL.
00:47:53.80\00:47:57.86
OKAY, READ THAT
FOR US IF YOU WOULD.
00:47:57.86\00:48:00.90
>>"'AWAKE, O SWORD, AGAINST MY
SHEPHERD, AGAINST THE MAN WHO IS
00:48:00.90\00:48:04.46
MY COMPANION'
SAYS THE LORD OF HOSTS.
00:48:04.46\00:48:06.93
'STRIKE THE SHEPHERD, AND THE
SHEEP WILL BE SCATTERED; THEN I
00:48:06.93\00:48:10.46
WILL TURN MY HAND AGAINST THE
LITTLE ONES AND IT SHALL COME TO
00:48:10.46\00:48:13.43
PASS IN ALL THE LAND,' SAYS
THE LORD, 'THAT TWO-THIRDS IN IT
00:48:13.43\00:48:17.60
SHALL BE CUT OFF AND DIE, BUT
ONE-THIRD SHALL BE LEFT IN IT: I
00:48:17.60\00:48:21.90
WILL BRING THE ONE-THIRD THROUGH
THE FIRE, WILL REFINE THEM AS
00:48:21.90\00:48:25.73
SILVER IS REFINED, AND
TEST THEM AS GOLD IS TESTED.
00:48:25.73\00:48:29.50
THEY WILL CALL ON MY
NAME, AND I WILL ANSWER THEM.
00:48:29.50\00:48:32.83
I WILL SAY, 'THIS IS MY PEOPLE';
AND EACH ONE WILL SAY, 'THE LORD
00:48:32.83\00:48:37.20
IS MY GOD.'"
>>ALRIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
00:48:37.20\00:48:40.53
WHEN CHRIST, THE TRUE SHEPHERD,
WAS SMITTEN DID THE SHEEP
00:48:40.53\00:48:44.63
SCATTER? HIS
DISCIPLES SCATTERED,
00:48:44.63\00:48:46.83
DIDN'T THEY? THEY
SCATTERED VERY QUICKLY.
00:48:46.83\00:48:49.10
BUT WE ARE NOT LEFT
OFF THE HOOK, ARE WE?
00:48:49.10\00:48:51.40
IF WE COME UP TO RESPONSIBILITY
AND WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO
00:48:51.40\00:48:56.23
SHARE JESUS AND WE DON'T,
ISN'T THAT LIKE WE SCATTER?
00:48:56.23\00:49:00.50
IF WE SHRINK FROM SHARING
CHRIST WHEN WE HAVE A GOLDEN
00:49:00.50\00:49:04.20
OPPORTUNITY TO - THAT'S LIKE
SCATTERING. SO IT'S INTERESTING
00:49:04.20\00:49:09.63
LANGUAGE, 'THOSE THAT WILL COME
THROUGH THE FIRE' IT SEEMS TO
00:49:09.63\00:49:13.43
GIVE A PERCENTAGE OF THOSE THAT
WILL BE SAVED - ONLY ONE-THIRD.
00:49:13.43\00:49:18.40
WELL, AS YOU LOOK AROUND IN
THE WORLD TODAY AND I WONDER IF
00:49:18.40\00:49:21.50
ONE-THIRD WOULDN'T BE
KIND OF A POSITIVE NUMBER.
00:49:21.50\00:49:27.23
YOU WONDER, SOMETIMES, WILL AN
OPTIMISTIC PERCENTAGE, PERHAPS,
00:49:27.23\00:49:31.20
I DON'T KNOW, BUT LET'S GET A
LITTLE PERSONAL WITH OURSELVES
00:49:31.20\00:49:35.30
HERE AT THIS POINT.
THINK OF THE TIMES WHEN YOU, AS
00:49:35.30\00:49:38.73
ONE OF THE SHEEP IN THE FOLD,
YOU WANDERED OFF AND PARTOOK OF
00:49:38.73\00:49:42.46
SOME GRASS THAT THE DIVINE
SHEPHERD DIDN'T WANT YOU TO
00:49:42.46\00:49:46.86
PARTAKE OF. WELL,
HOW DID THAT AFFECT YOU?
00:49:46.86\00:49:51.50
IT'S KIND OF A
POISONOUS GRASS YOU PARTOOK OF.
00:49:51.50\00:49:55.43
IT WASN'T A VERY NICE EXPERIENCE
- AND DON'T TELL ME THAT YOU'VE
00:49:55.43\00:49:58.36
NEVER DONE THAT BECAUSE THEN
I'D SAY, 'YOU'RE ON SOME KIND OF
00:49:58.36\00:50:02.03
GRASS RIGHT NOW THAT
YOU SHOULDN'T BE ON.'
00:50:02.03\00:50:04.30
BECAUSE WE'VE ALL WANDERED OFF
THE PATH FROM TIME TO TIME AND
00:50:04.30\00:50:08.00
WHEN WE HAVE - THINK OF HOW YOU
SUFFERED FOR MAKING THE CHOICE
00:50:08.00\00:50:12.63
YOU DID. HOW DID THE
GOOD SHEPHERD TREAT YOU?
00:50:12.63\00:50:16.83
DID HE COME AFTER YOU WITH
A BASEBALL BAT AND BEAT YOU
00:50:16.83\00:50:19.33
OVER THE HEAD? 'GET
BACK INTO THE FOLD!'
00:50:19.33\00:50:22.30
NO, HE DOESN'T DRIVE
US BACK INTO THE FOLD.
00:50:22.30\00:50:25.33
THE GOOD SHEPHERD NEVER
DRIVES, HE ALWAYS LEADS, RIGHT?
00:50:25.33\00:50:29.63
'IT'S YOUR CHOICE. YOU
WANT TO BE IN THE FOLD, YOU
00:50:29.63\00:50:32.56
CAN BE IN THE FOLD. I
WANT YOU TO BE THERE SO MUCH I
00:50:32.56\00:50:36.13
LET MY SON DIE FOR YOU TO
BE THERE BUT IT'S YOUR CHOICE.'
00:50:36.13\00:50:39.66
SO HE NEVER DRIVES US BUT HE
COMES TO US AND HE WANTS TO PUT
00:50:39.66\00:50:43.10
HIS ARMS AROUND US AND
GATHER US BACK INTO THE FOLD.
00:50:43.10\00:50:46.96
THAT'S A GOOD PICTURE, ISN'T IT?
AND WE CAN'T WARD OFF SOME OF
00:50:46.96\00:50:49.63
THE RAMIFICATIONS THAT COME
BECAUSE OF OUR CHOICES, BUT HE'S
00:50:49.63\00:50:53.36
ALWAYS THERE TO HELP
US IN EVERY WAY POSSIBLE.
00:50:53.36\00:50:59.76
ONE MORE LITTLE THOUGHT THERE ON
WEDNESDAY - IT SAYS IN VERSE 6
00:50:59.76\00:51:03.90
OF CHAPTER 13, "AND ONE SHALL
SAY TO HIM, 'WHAT ARE THESE
00:51:03.90\00:51:07.56
WOUNDS IN THINE HANDS?' AND
THEN HE SHALL ANSWER, 'THOSE
00:51:07.56\00:51:10.36
WITH WHICH I WAS WOUNDED
IN THE HOUSE OF MY FRIENDS.'"
00:51:10.36\00:51:14.20
FIRST OF ALL,
THAT'S KIND OF SAD.
00:51:14.20\00:51:16.16
'I WAS WOUNDED IN THE HOUSE
OF MY FRIENDS.' THAT'S TERRIBLE.
00:51:16.16\00:51:19.83
I MEAN, THAT'S
TERRIBLE BUT WHAT ABOUT IT?
00:51:19.83\00:51:23.63
ARE THERE GOING TO BE
SOME PEOPLE IN THE KINGDOM THAT
00:51:23.63\00:51:26.50
DIDN'T EVEN KNOW JESUS -
THEY ASK HIM, 'WHAT ARE THESE
00:51:26.50\00:51:28.73
WOUNDS?' THEY DON'T
EVEN KNOW ABOUT THEM?
00:51:28.73\00:51:31.56
WE SAY, 'ISN'T THE ONLY WAY TO
GET TO HEAVEN BY TRUSTING JESUS
00:51:31.56\00:51:35.76
AS YOUR SAVIOR?' WELL,
YES, BUT THERE'S ALSO A
00:51:35.76\00:51:39.10
PRINCIPLE BORNE OUT IN SOME
PLACES IN THE BIBLE, SUCH AS
00:51:39.10\00:51:41.86
ROMANS 2, WHERE THOSE - IN
ROMANS 2 IT TALKS ABOUT THOSE
00:51:41.86\00:51:47.40
GENTILES WHO WERE LIVING TO THE
LAW THEY HAD - IT MAY NOT HAVE
00:51:47.40\00:51:53.23
BEEN EXACTLY ACCORDING TO THE
BIBLE, BUT THEY WERE LIVING UP
00:51:53.23\00:51:57.96
TO ALL THE LIGHT THEY HAD AND
THEY WILL BE IN GOD'S KINGDOM.
00:51:57.96\00:52:02.63
THEY NEVER HAD THE OPPORTUNITY
TO HEAR WHAT WE HAVE HEARD SO,
00:52:02.63\00:52:05.90
YES, THERE WILL BE PEOPLE
IN HEAVEN THAT WILL HAVE TO ASK
00:52:05.90\00:52:08.66
THAT QUESTION, 'WHERE
DID THOSE WOUNDS COME FROM?'
00:52:08.66\00:52:11.23
AND WON'T THEY GET A
STORY? THEY WILL GET A STORY
00:52:11.23\00:52:14.03
AT THAT TIME. WELL
THURSDAY'S LESSON, ENTITLED
00:52:14.03\00:52:17.76
'KING OF THE WHOLE WORLD' -
WE COULD HAVE SPENT THE WHOLE
00:52:17.76\00:52:22.10
MORNING ON THE LAST
CHAPTER OF ZECHARIAH TO BE SURE.
00:52:22.10\00:52:27.90
THERE'S A LOT
HAPPENING IN THIS CHAPTER.
00:52:27.90\00:52:30.63
NATIONS COMING AGAINST
JERUSALEM, OF COURSE THERE'S
00:52:30.63\00:52:35.46
LANGUAGE DESCRIBING ALL THOSE OF
THE WORLD WHO LIVE IN OPPOSITION
00:52:35.46\00:52:39.40
TO THE PERFECT WILL OF GOD.
POWERFUL PEOPLE OF THE NATIONS -
00:52:39.40\00:52:43.26
OF THE WORLD UNITING - COMING
TOGETHER AGAINST THE TRUTH
00:52:43.26\00:52:47.06
OF GOD. IT'S VERY
APPLICABLE, REALLY, AS
00:52:47.06\00:52:50.10
YOU THINK ABOUT IT, TO THE LAST
HALF OF CHAPTER - REVELATION 17.
00:52:50.10\00:52:54.36
REVELATION 17 TALKS ABOUT THE
BEAST POWER RALLIES TEN KINGS
00:52:54.36\00:52:58.03
WHO RECEIVE POWER FOR
ONE HOUR FROM THE BEAST.
00:52:58.03\00:53:00.93
TOGETHER THEY OPPOSE GOD.
IT'S THE SAME SCENARIO GOING ON.
00:53:00.93\00:53:05.76
VERSE 14 IN CHAPTER 17 SAYS,
"THESE SHALL MAKE WAR WITH THE
00:53:05.76\00:53:10.16
LAMB AND THE LAMB SHALL OVERCOME
THEM FOR HE IS LORD OF LORDS AND
00:53:10.16\00:53:13.96
KING OF KINGS AND THEY THAT ARE
WITH THEM ARE CALLED AND CHOSEN
00:53:13.96\00:53:18.00
AND FAITHFUL. SO, YES, I
THINK THERE'S GREAT CORRELATION
00:53:18.00\00:53:21.10
BETWEEN THE TWO PASSAGES.
IN THE END, GOD BECOMES KING
00:53:21.10\00:53:25.93
OVER THE WHOLE WORLD JUST AS OUR
LESSON TITLE SAYS ON THURSDAY'S.
00:53:25.93\00:53:32.10
AND GOING BACK TO ZECHARIAH 14,
VERSE 9, IT SAYS, "AND THE LORD
00:53:32.10\00:53:36.06
SHALL BE KING
OVER ALL THE EARTH.
00:53:36.06\00:53:40.30
IN THAT DAY IT SHALL BE - THE
LORD IS ONE AND HIS NAME ONE."
00:53:40.30\00:53:48.23
DON'T YOU JUST LOVE IT WHEN
COMPARISONS IN THE BIBLE COME
00:53:48.23\00:53:51.56
TOGETHER AND IT
MAKES SUCH PERFECT SENSE?
00:53:51.56\00:53:54.03
IT'S LIKE A PERFECT JIGSAW
PUZZLE AND ALL THE PEOPLE - ALL
00:53:54.03\00:53:57.66
THE PIECES FIT TOGETHER SO
PERFECTLY - THE WORD OF GOD
00:53:57.66\00:54:01.50
WRITTEN BY SO MANY DIFFERENT
PEOPLE OVER SO MANY YEARS AND
00:54:01.50\00:54:03.96
YET THERE IS SUCH A
BEAUTIFUL CONNECTION.
00:54:03.96\00:54:09.06
SO HERE'S THE QUESTION: HOW MUCH
TIME SHOULD WE SPEND IN THINKING
00:54:09.06\00:54:13.63
ABOUT THE TIME WHEN ALL THE
GLORIOUS PROMISES OF GOD SHOULD
00:54:13.63\00:54:16.80
BE FULFILLED. SHOULD
WE SPEND SOME TIME IN
00:54:16.80\00:54:19.00
THINKING ABOUT THAT? YEAH.
PROBABLY WE DON'T SPEND ENOUGH
00:54:19.00\00:54:22.50
TIME IN DOING THAT. YOU
KNOW, GO BACK TO SOME OF THE
00:54:22.50\00:54:27.16
THINGS WE'VE
TALKED ABOUT ALREADY.
00:54:27.16\00:54:29.33
WHAT KIND OF SABBATH
CONVERSATION ARE WE ENGAGED IN?
00:54:29.33\00:54:32.93
ARE WE TALKING ABOUT THE
GLORIOUS WONDERS THAT ARE
00:54:32.93\00:54:35.63
AWAITING GOD'S PEOPLE AS
WE REMAIN FAITHFUL TO HIM?
00:54:35.63\00:54:39.06
YOU KNOW, I WAS OUT ON A WALK
THE OTHER DAY - I THINK IT WAS
00:54:39.06\00:54:42.16
ACTUALLY MEMORIAL DAY - SO I WAS
HOME AND IN THE AFTERNOON I WENT
00:54:42.16\00:54:47.70
OUT AND I LOOKED UP IN THE
SKY AND IT WASN'T A SKY FULL OF
00:54:47.70\00:54:52.86
BILLOWY CLOUDS AND BIG THICK
CLOUDS, BUT THERE WERE ALL KINDS
00:54:52.86\00:54:57.53
OF CLOUDS - THIN KIND OF
CLOUDS ALL OVER THE SKY - AND
00:54:57.53\00:55:01.13
EVERYWHERE YOU LOOKED
WAS A DIFFERENT FORMATION AND
00:55:01.13\00:55:03.70
DIFFERENT
PICTURESQUE PANORAMIC VIEW.
00:55:03.70\00:55:07.20
IT WAS ALMOST BREATHTAKING.
00:55:07.20\00:55:09.36
I THOUGHT TO MYSELF,
'MY, I DON'T LOOK UP ENOUGH.
00:55:09.36\00:55:14.20
GOD JUST PAINTED ME SUCH
BEAUTIFUL PICTURES - JUST FOR ME
00:55:14.20\00:55:18.46
ON MY WALK TODAY
- THANK YOU GOD!'
00:55:18.46\00:55:21.16
I MEAN, THAT'S JUST A FAINT -
A FAINT LOOK INTO THE FUTURE OF
00:55:21.16\00:55:26.73
WHAT GOD IS PREPARING
FOR THOSE WHO LOVE HIM.
00:55:26.73\00:55:29.63
OH, GOD HELP US TO
LOOK UP MORE, RIGHT?
00:55:29.63\00:55:33.30
HELP US TO LOOK AROUND AT THE
BEAUTIES AND THE BEAUTIES IN ONE
00:55:33.30\00:55:36.50
ANOTHER INSTEAD OF THE
NEGATIVE THINGS IN ONE ANOTHER.
00:55:36.50\00:55:39.60
THERE'S LOTS OF THOSE.
YOU CAN FIND ALL THE NEGATIVE
00:55:39.60\00:55:42.20
THINGS ABOUT ME YOU WANT,
BUT THERE MUST BE SOMETHING GOOD
00:55:42.20\00:55:45.26
ABOUT ME. YOU
FIND THAT, WILL YOU?
00:55:45.26\00:55:46.93
AND I'LL FIND THE GOOD ABOUT
YOU BECAUSE THERE ARE - WHEN YOU
00:55:46.93\00:55:49.86
TURN YOUR LIFE OVER TO JESUS
THERE'S GOOD THINGS TO BE SAID
00:55:49.86\00:55:52.13
ABOUT EACH OTHER, RIGHT? AMEN.
00:55:52.13\00:55:54.63
THERE'S JUST SO MANY THINGS
TO KEEP OUR EYES UPON CHRIST.
00:55:54.63\00:56:00.70
BOY, WE RAN OUT OF TIME, BUT
ONE LAST RULE OF THOUGHT IN -
00:56:00.70\00:56:09.10
CONCERNING VERSE 4 IN
CHAPTER 14. IT TALKS ABOUT
00:56:09.10\00:56:12.30
THE FEET OF JESUS COMING
DOWN UPON THE MOUNT OF OLIVES.
00:56:12.30\00:56:15.03
THAT'S WHERE HE'S GOING TO COME
BACK - THAT'S WHERE HE LIFTED
00:56:15.03\00:56:16.96
OFF FROM THIS EARTH AFTER HIS
CRUCIFIXION AND RESURRECTION.
00:56:16.96\00:56:22.16
HE LIFTED OFF FROM THE MOUNT
OF OLIVES - THIS IS - HE DID NOT
00:56:22.16\00:56:26.86
CHOOSE MOUNT ZION -
THE PLACE OF DAVID'S CITY.
00:56:26.86\00:56:31.76
HE DID NOT CHOOSE MOUNT MORIAH
WHERE THE TEMPLE WAS, FOR THAT
00:56:31.76\00:56:36.70
HAD JUST BEEN THE PLACE OF HIS
REJECTION AND HIS PRE-CALVARY
00:56:36.70\00:56:40.80
PERSECUTION. BUT HE
CHOSE A PLACE WHERE HE
00:56:40.80\00:56:43.63
HAD OFTEN GONE TO - TO
SPEND TIME WITH HIS FATHER IN
00:56:43.63\00:56:48.66
ONE-ON-ONE COMMUNICATION.
WASN'T THAT A BEAUTIFUL THING?
00:56:48.66\00:56:53.43
THAT'S WHERE HE'S
GOING TO COME BACK.
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