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>>WELCOME TO SACRAMENTO CENTRAL
SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH
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COMING TO YOU FROM RIGHT
HERE IN SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA.
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WE'RE SO GLAD THAT YOU
ARE TUNING IN. WHETHER YOU'RE
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LISTENING ON THE RADIO,
WATCHING LIVE ON OUR WEBSITE AT
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'SACCENTRAL.ORG', OR ON THE
VARIOUS TELEVISION NETWORKS -
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HOWEVER YOU ARE JOINING US
- WELCOME AND HAPPY SABBATH.
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TODAY WE'RE GOING TO BE BLESSED
BY A SPECIAL MUSIC COMING TO YOU
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FROM THE SACRAMENTO INDONESIAN
SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH
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CHOIR. AND IT IS WONDERFUL
WHEN WE GET MUSICAL GUESTS
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COMING IN AND THEY'RE LOCAL.
AND WE'VE HAD THEM ONCE BEFORE
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AND IT IS NOT GOING
TO BE THE LAST TIME.
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WE ARE VERY BLESSED WHENEVER
THEY SING FOR US. AND RIGHT NOW
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THEY'LL BE SINGING 'HALLELUJAH'
AND 'WE WILL GLORIFY'.
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(MUSIC)
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>>THANK YOU SO MUCH
SACRAMENTO INDONESIAN
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ADVENTIST CHURCH CHOIR.
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WE LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING
MORE MUSIC LATER ON TODAY.
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AT THIS TIME LET'S
BOW OUR HEADS FOR PRAYER.
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FATHER IN HEAVEN, THANK YOU SO
MUCH FOR BRINGING US HERE TODAY
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TO GLORIFY YOU IN EVERYTHING
THAT WE SAY AND THAT WE DO AND
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AS WE WORSHIP YOU TODAY.
THANK YOU FOR THE GIFT OF MUSIC
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AND THANK YOU FOR
BLESSING US WITH THE SABBATH.
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BE WITH PASTOR DOUG AS HE BRINGS
US OUR LESSON STUDY AND I PRAY
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THAT YOU WILL SPEAK
TO OUR HEARTS TODAY.
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IN JESUS' NAME, AMEN. AT
THIS TIME OUR LESSON STUDY IS
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GOING TO BE BROUGHT TO
US BY PASTOR DOUG BATCHELOR.
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HE IS OUR SENIOR PASTOR HERE AT
SACRAMENTO CENTRAL SEVENTH DAY
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ADVENTIST CHURCH.
>>THANK YOU DEBBIE AND THANK YOU
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FOR THAT BEAUTIFUL
MUSIC. I SURE ENJOYED THAT.
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I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF GOING TO
INDONESIA - OH, I GUESS, A YEAR
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AND A HALF - TWO YEARS AGO AND
HEARD SOME JUST WONDERFUL CHOIRS
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AND THIS WAS A SAMPLE
OF THAT. WELCOME FRIENDS.
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WE'RE GLAD YOU'RE HERE AT
CENTRAL CHURCH FOR OUR REGULAR
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CLASS AND ALSO FOR OUR
EXTENDED CLASS THAT IS WATCHING.
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WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO ARE
JUST TUNING IN FROM SATELLITE
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AROUND THE WORLD.
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IT'S ALWAYS A PRIVILEGE TO BE
ABLE TO STUDY TOGETHER WITH YOU.
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SOME OF YOU ARE MEMBERS OF
CENTRAL CHURCH BECAUSE YOU HAVE
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NO LOCAL CHURCH YOU CAN ATTEND
AND SO PASTORAL STAFF HERE AND
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CHURCH FAMILY SAYS
'WELCOME BROTHERS AND SISTERS'.
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WE'RE GLAD THAT WE'RE ABLE TO
STUDY THE WORD OF GOD TOGETHER.
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WE HAVE A SPECIAL OFFER FOR
ANYBODY THAT WOULD LIKE TO CALL
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AND ASK FOR IT. AND
IT'S CALLED 'TWELVE STEPS TO
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REVIVAL' -
'TWELVE STEPS TO REVIVAL'.
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ALL YOU HAVE TO DO TO GET
THIS IS YOU CALL THE NUMBER
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866-STUDY-MORE - 866-STUDY-MORE
- AND THAT'S 788-3966.
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WHEN YOU CALL
ASK FOR OFFER #780.
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NOW THE REASON WE'RE OFFERING
THIS IS BECAUSE WE'RE BEGINNING
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A NEW QUARTERLY. I'M
REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO
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THIS - THIS WHOLE QUARTER'S
LESSON - WRITTEN BY PASTOR AND
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EVANGELIST MARK FINLEY AND
IT'S ON REVIVAL AND REFORMATION.
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AND SO, FOR THOSE WHO MAY
BE VISITING CENTRAL TODAY,
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WE TYPICALLY LIVE IN THE FUTURE.
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WE STUDY THE LESSON THREE WEEKS
IN ADVANCE OF THE REST OF THE
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COUNTRY SO THAT WE
CAN EDIT THESE PROGRAMS.
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WE PUT IN CLOSED CAPTIONING
FOR THE HEARING IMPAIRED.
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WE SEND THEM OUT TO THE VARIOUS
SATELLITE NETWORKS WHO ARE NICE
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ENOUGH TO AIR IT FOR
FREE. WE SURE APPRECIATE THAT.
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AND SO WE'RE A LITTLE AHEAD OF
OTHERS ON THAT, BUT THAT'S WHY
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WE'RE OFFERING THIS BOOK
ON TWELVE STEPS TO REVIVAL.
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AND IT'S REALLY DEALING WITH
BOTH IN THE OLD TESTAMENT - JOHN
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- I'M SORRY, OLD TESTAMENT -
ELIJAH, THE NEW TESTAMENT - JOHN
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THE BAPTIST WHO CAME IN THE
SPIRIT AND POWER OF ELIJAH WERE
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TWO CHARACTERS GOD
USED TO BRING REVIVAL.
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SO THIS IS A STUDY ON WHAT WERE
THOSE INGREDIENTS THAT BROUGHT
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ABOUT OR DEMONSTRATED
REVIVAL AND REFORMATION.
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BY THE WAY, IF YOU DON'T WANT TO
CALL FOR IT, YOU CAN GO ONLINE
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AND READ IT FOR FREE AT
THE AMAZING FACTS WEBSITE.
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IT'S REALLY EASY.
IT'S 'AMAZINGFACTS.ORG'.
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SOMETHING ELSE I KEEP FORGETTING
TO MENTION IS - NOT EVERY WEEK,
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BECAUSE SOMETIMES WE FORGET
- BUT ALMOST EVERY WEEK WE TAKE
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THE LESSONS - MYSELF AND THE
OTHER PASTORS OR TEACHERS - WE
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HAVE OUR NOTES AND OUR PERSONAL
COMMENTS AND THOUGHTS AND SOME
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PEOPLE SAY, 'YOU TOLD A STORY.
WHERE IS THAT ILLUSTRATION?'
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AND SO WE POST THEM UP AT
THE CHURCH WEBSITE WHICH IS
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'SACCENTRAL.ORG'. AND
I'VE GOT SOME GOOD PEOPLE
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THAT REMIND ME WHEN I
FORGET TO PUT THE NOTES UP.
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SO THEY SHOULD BE UP NOW FOR THE
LAST TWO OR THREE LESSONS AND
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WE'LL TRY AND
GET THESE UP THERE.
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WELL, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO
GETTING INTO OUR LESSON TODAY
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DEALING WITH REVIVAL.
AND THE FIRST LESSON IS
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'REVIVAL: OUR GREAT NEED'
- 'REVIVAL: OUR GREAT NEED'.
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WE'VE GOT A MEMORY VERSE. I
ALWAYS APPRECIATE IF YOU COULD
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ECHO THIS WITH ME. IT
COMES FROM REVELATION CHAPTER
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3 VERSE 20 - REVELATION 3:20 AND
THIS IS FROM THE NEW KING JAMES
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VERSION. I APPRECIATE THAT.
ARE YOU READY TO SAY IT WITH ME?
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"BEHOLD, I STAND
AT THE DOOR AND KNOCK.
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IF ANYONE HEARS MY VOICE AND
OPENS THE DOOR, I WILL COME IN
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TO HIM AND SUP WITH
HIM, AND HE WITH ME."
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I SLIPPED UP. I
DROPPED IN THE KING JAMES
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VERSION 'SUP'. IT'S
ACTUALLY 'DINE' HERE.
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IT'S ONE OF MY PROBLEMS - I
LISTENED TO ALEXANDER SCOURBY
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READING THE BIBLE IN PERFECT
KING JAMES FOR ABOUT 20 YEARS
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AND IT'S JUST KIND OF INGRAINED
AND SO I ALWAYS KIND OF
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GRAVITATE BACK TO
THE KING JAMES VERSION.
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DO ANY OF YOU KNOW THE
SONG THAT GOES WITH THIS VERSE?
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THERE'S A SONG OF THIS VERSE
- BEHOLD I STAND AT THE DOOR AND
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KNOCK. ANY OF YOU
HEARD IT? OKAY, YEAH - GOOD.
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CHOIR, YOU OUGHT TO HAVE - YOU
OUGHT TO COME UP AND SING IT.
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DO YOU KNOW IT? ALRIGHT,
COME ON UP. LET'S DO THAT.
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IF YOU KNOW THAT - COME ON, COME
ON, COME ON - DON'T BE - I'M
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GOING TO DO IT. I'LL JOIN YOU.
BEHOLD I STAND AT THE DOOR AND
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KNOCK - IS THAT THE ONE?
OH, THEY'RE BACKING OUT, OKAY.
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WELL, I DIDN'T WANT TO DO A SOLO
BUT THERE IS A - THERE'S A WHOLE
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SONG THAT GOES WITH IT -
BUT I'M NOT GOING TO SING.
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SO YOU'LL HAVE TO FIND IT
ON YOUTUBE. BUT WE'RE GOING TO
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GET INTO OUR LESSON TODAY
DEALING WITH THIS SUBJECT.
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NOW, WHY ARE WE
TALKING ABOUT REVIVAL?
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REVIVAL IS AN ONGOING AND SORT
OF A CHRONIC NEED OF THE CHURCH.
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IF YOU LOOK AT THE HISTORY OF
ISRAEL, THE HISTORY OF ISRAEL IS
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ONE OF WHAT THEY CALL
CONTINUAL BACKSLIDING.
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FOR INSTANCE, TAKE A LOOK IN
JEREMIAH 8, VERSE 5, "WHY HAS
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THIS PEOPLE SLIDDEN
BACK, JERUSALEM, IN A PERPETUAL
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BACKSLIDING?" IF
SOMEONE COULD DISCOVER A
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PERPETUAL MOTION
THEY'D BE VERY, VERY WEALTHY.
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PERPETUAL IS SOMETHING
THAT JUST KEEPS ON HAPPENING.
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AND THAT WAS JEREMIAH 8:5.
IF YOU LOOK IN HOSEA 11:7, "MY
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PEOPLE ARE BENT ON BACKSLIDING
- BENT ON BACKSLIDING FROM ME.
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THOUGH THEY CALL TO THE MOST
HIGH, NONE AT ALL EXALT HIM."
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AND THAT'S JUST A COUPLE OF
MANY VERSES THAT TALK ABOUT THIS
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CHRONIC PROBLEM OF
SLIPPING BACK - SLIPPING BACK.
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WE ALL SORT OF HAVE - SIN
IS LIKE GRAVITY IN OUR NATURES
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THAT PULLS US DOWN AND UNLESS
YOU ARE - LIFE IS LIKE A RIVER
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AND IT'S ALWAYS PULLING US
TOWARD THE FALLS - THE WATERFALL
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- AND UNLESS WE MAKE A CONSCIOUS
EFFORT TO SWIM AGAINST THE
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CURRENT, THE CURRENT WILL PULL
US TOWARD THE WORLD. WHENEVER
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YOU HAVE A REVIVAL, UNLESS THE
THINGS DONE TO BRING ABOUT THE
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REVIVAL ARE CONTINUALLY
DONE, YOU ARE GOING TO DRIFT.
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YOU NOTICE IT'S NOT CALLED
'BACKJUMPING' OR 'BACKHOPPING'
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OR 'BACKSKIPPING'?
IT'S 'BACKSLIDING'.
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YOU CAN STAND STILL AND SLIDE.
YOU EVER BEEN IN YOUR CAR ON A
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LITTLE BIT OF AN ICY HILL?
THE BRAKES ARE ON AND IT STARTS
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TO SLIDE? IT'S A
SCARY FEELING, RIGHT?
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MAYBE IT'S A MUDDY SPOT AND
YOU JUST SAY, 'WAIT A SECOND.
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I'M NOT
ACCELERATING AND I'M GOING.'
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IT'S LIKE IN OUR NATURES. IF
WE'RE NOT MAKING AN EFFORT TO
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GO THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION - I
ALWAYS LIKE TO THINK OF IT THIS
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WAY: LIFE'S KIND
OF LIKE AN ESCALATOR.
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IF YOU'RE ON ONE OF THOSE
MALL ESCALATORS - I WAS THERE AT
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MACY'S YESTERDAY. THEY
TOLD ME THEY HAD A SALE.
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I THOUGHT I WAS VERY THRIFT
- MAKING IT TO A SALE TO GET A
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COUPLE OF THINGS - MEN'S
SALE FOR FATHER'S DAY, YOU KNOW?
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SO I WENT AND I GOT THERE AND
SHOWED THEM MY TEN DOLLAR COUPON
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AND THEY SAID,
'THAT EXPIRED AT 1:00.
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THAT WAS ONLY FOR THE MORNING
SHOPPERS.' I FELT CHEATED.
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SO ANYWAY, I WAS ON
THE ESCALATOR YESTERDAY.
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IF YOU STAND ON THE ESCALATOR
THAT IS A GOING DOWN ESCALATOR,
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WHAT DIRECTION DO YOU GO? DOWN.
I'M NOT GOING TOO QUICK AM I?
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IF YOU ARE ON THE DOWN ESCALATOR
AND YOU WALK UP, WHERE DO YOU
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GO? NOWHERE. IT DEPENDS ON
THE SPEED AT WHICH YOU WALK.
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IF YOU WANT TO GO DOWN - I'M
SORRY - IF YOU WANT TO GO UP THE
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DOWN ESCALATOR, WHAT DO YOU HAVE
TO DO? YOU'VE GOT TO HUSTLE,
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DON'T YOU? TO GET UP
THERE. AND LIFE'S THAT WAY.
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YOU'VE GOT SOMETHING IN YOUR
NATURE THAT'S JUST LIKE DRIVING
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YOU DOWN AND IF YOU WANT TO BE
A CHRISTIAN YOU CAN'T JUST STAND
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THERE - YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GO
ANYWHERE - YOU'VE GOT TO REALLY
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MAKE A HERCULEAN EFFORT TO
GROW. AND THAT MEANS YOU NEED TO
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INVEST IN WHAT THOSE INGREDIENTS
OF REVIVAL ARE AND WE'LL TALK
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ABOUT THAT THROUGH THE WHOLE
SERIES BUT IT'S REALLY - THERE'S
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REALLY THREE THINGS. I
MAY AS WELL TELL YOU NOW -
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THREE PRINCIPAL THINGS THAT HELP
YOU MAINTAIN A CHRISTIAN LIFE
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AND, ESPECIALLY, GROW. YOU
FIND THEM IN THE FIRST ROOM
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OF THE HOLY
PLACE IN THE SANCTUARY.
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THERE WAS A CANDLESTICK, THERE
WAS A TABLE WITH BREAD, AND
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THERE WAS AN ALTAR OF INCENSE.
THOSE ARE THE THREE DISCIPLINES
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- THE THREE KEYS THAT YOU NEED
TO GET INTO THE NEXT ROOM WHICH
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IS THE HOLY OF HOLIES.
IF YOU WANT TO GET FROM THE
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WILDERNESS INTO THE PROMISED
LAND, YOU'VE GOT TO DO THOSE
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THREE THINGS. THE BREAD IS WHAT?
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MAN DOESN'T LIVE BY
BREAD ALONE BUT BY EVERY WORD.
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YOU HAVE TO BE IN THE WORD,
FEASTING ON THE WORD, MEMORIZING
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THE WORD. SO IT'S
THE BREAD OF LIFE.
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THEN YOU NEED TO LET YOUR LIGHT
SHINE. THAT'S THE CANDLESTICK.
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IT'S NOT ENOUGH TO JUST HAVE
FAITH. IF YOU DON'T SHARE IT,
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YOU DON'T GET TO KEEP IT. IF
YOU DON'T USE IT YOU LOSE IT.
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IF YOU'RE NOT GIVING AWAY THE
BREAD IT WILL NOT MULTIPLY IN
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YOUR HANDS SO YOU'VE GOT
TO BE SHARING YOUR FAITH.
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AND THE THIRD THING - AND ONE
OF THE MOST IMPORTANT - IS THE
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ALTAR OF INCENSE. THAT
SMOKE - THAT INCENSE - THAT
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FRAGRANCE THAT CAME OFF THAT
ALTAR WHEN THEY PUT THE INCENSE
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ON THERE AND IT DRIFTED INTO THE
PRESENCE OF THE HOLY OF HOLIES -
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REPRESENTS PRAYER AND WE
NEED TO ALWAYS BE PRAYING.
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AND IT'S, OF COURSE, WE PRAY
IN CHRIST'S NAME AND THAT'S WHAT
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MAKES OUR PRAYERS ACCEPTABLE.
SHARING YOUR FAITH, BIBLE STUDY,
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PRAYER - THOSE ARE THE THREE
THINGS THAT BRING ABOUT REVIVAL.
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YOU CAN'T POINT TO ANY REVIVAL
IN THE CHURCH OR IN HISTORY
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WHERE PEOPLE WERE NOT
DOING ALL THREE OF THOSE THINGS.
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YOU LOOK AT PENTECOST - A
GREAT REVIVAL - THOUSANDS WERE
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BAPTIZED. WERE THEY PRAYING?
WERE THEY TALKING ABOUT THE
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WORD? YOU READ PETER'S PENTECOST
SERMON IT'S JUST RIDDLED WITH
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SCRIPTURE. WAS HE
SHARING HIS FAITH WITH OTHERS?
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YOU'LL ALWAYS FIND THOSE
INGREDIENTS IN A REVIVAL AND YOU
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NEED TO HAVE
THAT IN A CHURCH TOO.
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IT USUALLY STARTS WITH PRAYER
AND THEN GOD SENDS THE SPIRIT
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AND PEOPLE GET EXCITED AND THEY
SHARE THEIR FAITH AND THEN YOU
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START SEEING PEOPLE COME BACK TO
THE LORD AND YOU HAVE REVIVAL.
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YOU NEVER SAY, WHEN A
BABY IS BORN, 'IT IS REVIVED'.
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IF A BABY DIES AND IT IS
RESUSCITATED, THAT IS A REVIVAL.
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REVIVAL IMPLIES SOMETHING WAS
ALIVE AND IT'S LOST ITS LIFE AND
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IT MUST BE RESURRECTED
- IT MUST BE RESUSCITATED.
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IN DOING MY AMAZING FACTS
FOR A RADIO PROGRAM, I REMEMBER
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READING ABOUT MICHELLE FUNK, WHO
IN 1986 - I THINK SHE WAS THREE
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YEARS OLD AT THE TIME.
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HER PARENTS TOOK THEIR EYES OFF
HER JUST FOR A MOMENT OUTSIDE
00:18:50.10\00:18:53.23
THERE IN - NEAR SALT LAKE CITY -
A PLACE CALLED BELL CANYON CREEK
00:18:53.23\00:18:58.30
AND SHE, WHILE THEY WEREN'T
LOOKING, WANDERED OFF AND
00:18:58.30\00:19:01.83
DROPPED INTO A CREEK THAT WAS
SWOLLEN WITH THE FROZEN WATERS
00:19:01.83\00:19:05.93
AND THEY LOST TRACK OF HER, THEY
COULDN'T FIND HER, THEY LOOKED
00:19:05.93\00:19:10.26
DOWN AT THE BOTTOM - 66
MINUTES SHE WAS UNDERWATER.
00:19:10.26\00:19:15.56
FINALLY AT THAT
POINT PARAMEDICS HAD COME.
00:19:15.56\00:19:17.83
THEY FOUND HER
150 FEET DOWN RIVER.
00:19:17.83\00:19:20.70
HER BODY WAS LIFELESS - IT HAD
REACHED A CORE TEMPERATURE OF 70
00:19:20.70\00:19:24.36
DEGREES WHICH, YOU KNOW, IS
FATAL - AND THE WATER WAS ONLY
00:19:24.36\00:19:28.70
40 DEGREES AND THEY BROUGHT HER
TO THE HOSPITAL THERE IN SALT
00:19:28.70\00:19:33.73
LAKE - THE PRIMARY
CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL.
00:19:33.73\00:19:36.13
THEY DID SOMETHING UNIQUE - NOW
THIS IS IN 1986 - THEY USED THE
00:19:36.13\00:19:39.00
MACHINE THAT IS TYPICALLY
USED WHEN THEY DO HEART SURGERY.
00:19:39.00\00:19:42.93
IT'S A LUNG/HEART BYPASS MACHINE
THAT CYCLES THE BLOOD AND
00:19:42.93\00:19:46.80
OXYGENATES THE BLOOD AND WARMS
THE BLOOD - WHEN THEY HAVE TO
00:19:46.80\00:19:50.06
OPERATE ON YOUR HEART THEY HAVE
TO DO A BYPASS - THEY DETOUR
00:19:50.06\00:19:52.86
YOUR BLOOD - AND THEY USED IT ON
THIS LITTLE GIRL AND WARMED UP
00:19:52.86\00:19:56.06
HER BLOOD AND PRETTY SOON
SHE TOOK A BREATH AND HER HEART
00:19:56.06\00:20:00.46
STARTED BEATING - NOT IN
THAT ORDER - HER HEART STARTED
00:20:00.46\00:20:03.06
BEATING, SHE TOOK A BREATH, AND
HER EYES OPENED AND NOW SHE'S
00:20:03.06\00:20:07.26
ABOUT 27 YEARS OLD AND
SHOWS NO SIGNS OF HER TRAUMATIC
00:20:07.26\00:20:10.73
EXPERIENCE AND HAS
LIVED A NORMAL LIFE.
00:20:10.73\00:20:14.63
THAT 66 MINUTES MICHELLE
WAS IN THE CREEK IS THE LONGEST
00:20:14.63\00:20:18.00
DOCUMENTED SUBMERSION WITH
AN INTACT NEUROLOGICAL OUTCOME.
00:20:18.00\00:20:23.43
AND THAT - THEY STILL SAY BY
EVEN MEDICAL STANDARDS - IT'S A
00:20:23.43\00:20:27.46
MIRACLE THAT HER HEART HAD
BASICALLY STOPPED, THERE WAS NO
00:20:27.46\00:20:32.03
BLOOD FLOWING, HER BRAIN SHOWED
NO ACTIVITY AND - BUT WHEN THEY
00:20:32.03\00:20:36.80
WERE ABLE TO GET THE BLOOD GOING
AND THE HEART POUNDING AGAIN -
00:20:36.80\00:20:41.03
BECAUSE HER TEMPERATURE WAS SO
LOW, THE CELLS DID NOT DIE AND
00:20:41.03\00:20:47.00
SO THAT'S UNIQUE. IF
SOMEONE DROWNS IN WARM WATER,
00:20:47.00\00:20:49.30
THEY DON'T HAVE NEARLY AS LONG.
COLD WATER MAKES A DIFFERENCE,
00:20:49.30\00:20:52.70
YOU'VE PROBABLY HEARD. IN
THE BOOK 'SELECTED MESSAGES'
00:20:52.70\00:20:56.20
- BOOK 1, PAGE 121 - AND THIS IS
THE CAUSE FOR THE TITLE OF THE
00:20:56.20\00:20:59.20
LESSON, "A REVIVAL OF
TRUE GODLINESS AMONG US IS THE
00:20:59.20\00:21:04.13
GREATEST AND MOST
URGENT OF ALL OF OUR NEEDS."
00:21:04.13\00:21:08.60
WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT WHAT YOUR
URGENT NEEDS ARE AND YOU PRAY,
00:21:08.60\00:21:13.10
HOW OFTEN DO YOU PRAY
FOR THE MOST URGENT THING?
00:21:13.10\00:21:16.06
WHAT IS THE MOST URGENT THING?
A REVIVAL - BUT NOT ANY KIND OF
00:21:16.06\00:21:19.60
REVIVAL - A
REVIVAL OF TRUE GODLINESS.
00:21:19.60\00:21:23.80
A REVIVAL WHERE
WE LIVE HOLY LIVES.
00:21:23.80\00:21:27.16
A REVIVAL OF THE KIND OF
CHRISTIANITY THAT WAS ONCE
00:21:27.16\00:21:30.60
DELIVERED TO THE SAINTS.
THE KIND OF FAITH THAT THE
00:21:30.60\00:21:33.36
APOSTLES HAD. THAT'S WHAT WE
NEED. AND WHERE DO WE GET IT?
00:21:33.36\00:21:39.03
WHERE THEY GOT IT. THROUGH THE
HOLY SPIRIT. IT'S THROUGH HAVING
00:21:39.03\00:21:44.03
THAT SIMPLE FAITH THAT
WAS DELIVERED TO THE SAINTS.
00:21:44.03\00:21:46.86
NOW, THAT'S ALL INTRODUCTION AND
I'VE GOT A LOT MORE TO SAY ABOUT
00:21:46.86\00:21:50.36
THE SUBJECT OF REVIVAL BUT WE'LL
HAVE TO STOP THERE BECAUSE I
00:21:50.36\00:21:53.50
WANT TO GET INTO THE REAL
SUBJECT FOR TODAY'S LESSON IS
00:21:53.50\00:21:58.16
REVELATION CHAPTER 3,
THE MESSAGE TO THE CHURCH OF
00:21:58.16\00:22:03.16
LAODICEA. AND IF
IT'S OKAY WITH YOU, I'D
00:22:03.16\00:22:06.13
LIKE TO READ THIS AND THEN WE'LL
BACK UP AND WE'LL STUDY IT A
00:22:06.13\00:22:10.23
LITTLE MORE. IF
YOU GO TO REVELATION 3,
00:22:10.23\00:22:12.03
VERSE - START WITH
VERSE 14 - REVELATION 3:14.
00:22:12.03\00:22:16.56
I'M GOING TO JUST READ ON
THROUGH THE END OF THE CHAPTER.
00:22:16.56\00:22:20.46
"AND TO THE ANGEL OF THE CHURCH
OF THE LAODICEANS WRITE," - HOW
00:22:20.46\00:22:25.03
MANY OF YOU HAVE RED LETTER IN
YOUR BIBLE - RED-LETTER EDITION?
00:22:25.03\00:22:28.40
WHAT COLOR IS THIS?
THIS IS A MESSAGE FROM JESUS.
00:22:28.40\00:22:31.63
THESE ARE THE WORDS OF
JESUS TO THE CHURCH, OKAY?
00:22:31.63\00:22:34.73
"AND TO THE ANGEL OF THE CHURCH
OF THE LAODICEANS WRITE, 'THESE
00:22:34.73\00:22:37.80
THINGS SAYS THE AMEN, THE
FAITHFUL AND TRUE WITNESS, THE
00:22:37.80\00:22:42.03
BEGINNING OF THE CREATION OF
GOD: 'I KNOW YOUR WORKS, THAT
00:22:42.03\00:22:46.16
YOU ARE NEITHER COLD NOR HOT. I
COULD WISH YOU WERE COLD OR HOT.
00:22:46.16\00:22:51.26
SO THEN, BECAUSE YOU ARE
LUKEWARM, AND NEITHER COLD NOR
00:22:51.26\00:22:54.03
HOT, I WILL SPEW
THEE OUT OF MY MOUTH.
00:22:54.03\00:22:58.56
BECAUSE YOU SAY, 'I AM RICH,
HAVE BECOME WEALTHY, AND HAVE
00:22:58.56\00:23:01.70
NEED OF NOTHING' - AND DO
NOT KNOW THAT YOU ARE WRETCHED,
00:23:01.70\00:23:04.73
MISERABLE, POOR, BLIND, AND
NAKED - I COUNSEL YOU TO BUY
00:23:04.73\00:23:08.90
FROM ME GOLD REFINED IN THE
FIRE, THAT YOU MAY BE RICH; AND
00:23:08.90\00:23:13.10
WHITE GARMENTS, THAT YOU MAY BE
CLOTHED, THAT THE SHAME OF YOUR
00:23:13.10\00:23:15.83
NAKEDNESS MAY NOT BE REVEALED;
AND ANOINT YOUR EYES WITH EYE
00:23:15.83\00:23:20.23
SALVE, THAT YOU MAY SEE. AS
MANY AS I LOVE, I REBUKE AND
00:23:20.23\00:23:24.63
CHASTEN. THEREFORE
BE ZEALOUS AND REPENT.
00:23:24.63\00:23:27.50
BEHOLD, I STAND AT
THE DOOR AND KNOCK.
00:23:27.50\00:23:30.80
IF ANYONE HEARS MY VOICE AND
OPENS THE DOOR, I WILL COME IN
00:23:30.80\00:23:34.26
TO HIM AND DINE
WITH HIM, AND HE WITH ME.
00:23:34.26\00:23:37.93
TO HIM WHO OVERCOMES I
WILL GRANT TO SIT WITH ME ON MY
00:23:37.93\00:23:40.83
THRONE, AS I ALSO OVERCAME AND
SAT DOWN WITH MY FATHER ON HIS
00:23:40.83\00:23:45.43
THRONE.''" - OH,
WHAT A PRIVILEGE THAT
00:23:45.43\00:23:48.73
WE COULD SIT DOWN WITH CHRIST
AS CHRIST SITS DOWN WITH THE
00:23:48.73\00:23:51.03
FATHER. THINK
ABOUT HOW BIG GOD IS.
00:23:51.03\00:23:54.76
"''HE WHO HAS AN EAR, LET HIM
HEAR WHAT THE SPIRIT SAYS TO THE
00:23:54.76\00:23:57.50
CHURCH.''" NOW THAT
REPRESENTS THE CONCLUSION
00:23:57.50\00:23:59.90
OF THE SEVEN MESSAGES TO THE
SEVEN CHURCHES IN REVELATION.
00:23:59.90\00:24:04.23
THE LAST MESSAGE IS TO THE
CHURCH OF LAODICEA AND THAT
00:24:04.23\00:24:07.20
MESSAGE IS BASICALLY SAYING,
'THIS CHURCH NEEDS REVIVAL.'
00:24:07.20\00:24:12.66
NOW WE'RE LIVING IN THE LAST
AGE OF THE CHURCH RIGHT NOW.
00:24:12.66\00:24:16.66
THIS IS - WE ARE - IT'S EASY TO
SAY, 'THEY ARE' BUT WE ARE THE
00:24:16.66\00:24:21.93
CHURCH OF LAODICEA. YOU
KNOW THE PROBLEM WITH ARROGANCE?
00:24:21.93\00:24:26.00
BY ITS VERY NATURE IT'S HARD
TO CONVINCE AN ARROGANT PERSON
00:24:26.00\00:24:30.26
THEY'RE ARROGANT, WHICH
MAKES ME HAVE TO ASK MYSELF THAT
00:24:30.26\00:24:36.06
QUESTION. ARROGANCE IS A
PERSON WHO THINKS THEY'RE
00:24:36.06\00:24:40.23
BETTER THAN OTHERS OR THINKS
THEY'RE BETTER THAN THEY ARE.
00:24:40.23\00:24:43.20
I HEARD IT DESCRIBED THIS WAY
ONCE, 'I WISH I COULD BUY THEM
00:24:43.20\00:24:46.36
FOR WHAT THEY'RE WORTH AND SELL
THEM FOR WHAT THEY THINK THEY'RE
00:24:46.36\00:24:48.36
WORTH.' THEN YOU'D BE RICH.
00:24:48.36\00:24:52.50
BUT WHEN A PERSON THINKS
EVERYTHING'S FINE AND THEY THINK
00:24:52.50\00:24:58.03
THEY'RE MUCH BETTER THAN THEY
REALLY ARE, IT'S HARD TO REACH
00:24:58.03\00:25:01.36
PEOPLE LIKE THAT. THIS
IS WHAT JESUS TALKED ABOUT
00:25:01.36\00:25:05.86
- YOU KNOW, SO MUCH OF CHRIST'S
EARLY MESSAGE AND MINISTRY WAS
00:25:05.86\00:25:08.56
DEALING WITH THE HYPOCRISY HE
SAW AMONG THE RELIGIOUS LEADERS
00:25:08.56\00:25:11.90
BECAUSE THEY HAD A
SPIRITUAL ARROGANCE.
00:25:11.90\00:25:16.26
THEY PRAYED TO BE SEEN OF MEN
AND THEY GAVE TO BE SEEN OF MEN
00:25:16.26\00:25:20.43
AND THEY FASTED TO BE SEEN
OF MEN AND THEY WERE PREOCCUPIED
00:25:20.43\00:25:23.26
WITH WHAT
OTHERS THOUGHT OF THEM.
00:25:23.26\00:25:25.26
AND IT MAKES YOU THINK OF 'TWO
MEN WENT UP TO THE TEMPLE TO
00:25:25.26\00:25:27.66
PRAY', RIGHT? ONE WAS
A PUBLICAN - GOD COULD
00:25:27.66\00:25:31.40
WORK WITH HIM
BECAUSE HE SAW HIS NEED.
00:25:31.40\00:25:34.03
HE BOWED HIS HEAD, HE SMOTE ON
HIS BREAST, HE SAID, 'LORD, HAVE
00:25:34.03\00:25:36.23
MERCY ON ME A
SINNER.' GOD COULD HEAL HIM.
00:25:36.23\00:25:39.56
HE SAID, 'THAT MAN WENT
DOWN TO HIS HOUSE JUSTIFIED.'
00:25:39.56\00:25:41.90
WHO WAS NOT JUSTIFIED?
00:25:41.90\00:25:45.66
THE GOOD MAN - AT LEAST HE WAS
OUTWARDLY GOOD OR HE THOUGHT HE
00:25:45.66\00:25:48.43
WAS GOOD - THAT WENT TO THE
TEMPLE AND HE PRAYED AND SAID,
00:25:48.43\00:25:50.50
'LORD, I THANK YOU
I'M NOT LIKE OTHER MEN.
00:25:50.50\00:25:53.03
I'M BETTER THAN OTHER MEN.' -
I'M PARAPHRASING - 'I PRAY ALL
00:25:53.03\00:25:56.80
THE TIME AND I FAST TWICE A WEEK
AND I PAY TITHE OF ALL THAT I'VE
00:25:56.80\00:26:00.73
GOT AND I'M GLAD THAT, LORD, YOU
CAN BE HONORED TO HAVE SOMEBODY
00:26:00.73\00:26:05.73
LIKE ME AS PART OF YOUR CHURCH
AND I'M NOT LIKE THIS PUBLICAN
00:26:05.73\00:26:09.00
ON THE BACK ROW.' AND THE LORD
SAID, 'I COULDN'T JUSTIFY HIM.
00:26:09.00\00:26:14.76
HE DIDN'T FEEL ANY
NEED.' HE WAS LUKEWARM.
00:26:14.76\00:26:18.96
GO TO MARK CHAPTER 10 AND IT
TELLS A STORY HERE - VERSE 17,
00:26:18.96\00:26:31.36
"NOW AS HE WAS GOING OUT ON THE
ROAD, ONE CAME RUNNING," - MARK
00:26:31.36\00:26:34.30
10, VERSE 17 - "KNELT
BEFORE HIM, AND ASKED HIM, 'GOOD
00:26:34.30\00:26:38.70
TEACHER, WHAT SHALL I DO THAT
I MAY INHERIT ETERNAL LIFE?'
00:26:38.70\00:26:42.60
SO JESUS SAID TO HIM,
'WHY DO YOU CALL ME GOOD?
00:26:42.60\00:26:45.90
NO ONE IS GOOD
BUT ONE, THAT IS, GOD.
00:26:45.90\00:26:48.70
YOU KNOW THE COMMANDMENTS: 'DO
NOT COMMIT ADULTERY,' 'DO NOT
00:26:48.70\00:26:51.43
MURDER,' 'DO NOT STEAL,' 'DO
NOT BEAR FALSE WITNESS,' 'DO NOT
00:26:51.43\00:26:54.80
DEFRAUD,' 'HONOR YOUR
FATHER AND YOUR MOTHER.''
00:26:54.80\00:26:57.76
AND HE ANSWERED AND SAID TO
HIM, 'TEACHER, ALL THESE THINGS
00:26:57.76\00:27:00.23
I HAVE KEPT FROM MY YOUTH.'
THEN JESUS, LOOKING AT HIM,
00:27:00.23\00:27:03.26
LOVED HIM, AND HE SAID TO HIM,
'ONE THING YOU LACK: GO YOUR
00:27:03.26\00:27:06.20
WAY, SELL WHATEVER YOU HAVE AND
GIVE TO THE POOR, AND YOU WILL
00:27:06.20\00:27:08.60
HAVE TREASURE IN HEAVEN;
AND COME, TAKE UP THE CROSS, AND
00:27:08.60\00:27:11.63
FOLLOW ME.' BUT HE
WAS SAD AT THIS WORD, AND
00:27:11.63\00:27:14.56
WENT AWAY SORROWFUL, FOR
HE HAD GREAT POSSESSIONS."
00:27:14.56\00:27:17.86
NOW YOU KNOW SOMETHING - YOU
NOTICE SOMETHING ABOUT THIS MAN?
00:27:17.86\00:27:21.40
JESUS - HE SAYS, 'WHAT DO
I HAVE TO DO TO FOLLOW YOU?'
00:27:21.40\00:27:24.43
HE SAYS, 'WELL HERE'S MY LAW.'
HE SAYS, 'OH, I KEEP THE LAW.
00:27:24.43\00:27:28.26
I KNOW ALL ABOUT THE
LAW. I'M A GOOD LAW KEEPER.'
00:27:28.26\00:27:31.03
AND HE REALLY WASN'T, WAS
HE? YOU NOTICE JESUS QUOTED THE
00:27:31.03\00:27:35.40
COMMANDMENTS TO HIM - THAT WOULD
BE ON THE SECOND TABLE - THAT
00:27:35.40\00:27:38.56
DEAL WITH MAN'S RELATIONSHIP TO
HIS FELLOW MAN - AND HE DIDN'T
00:27:38.56\00:27:41.96
REALLY LOVE HIS
FELLOW MAN THAT MUCH.
00:27:41.96\00:27:43.80
HE THOUGHT HE WAS RICH
AND INCREASED WITH GOODS.
00:27:43.80\00:27:46.66
JESUS SAID, 'FOLLOW ME,
YOU'LL HAVE TREASURE IN HEAVEN.'
00:27:46.66\00:27:49.53
DID HE FOLLOW JESUS? HOW
MUCH REAL TREASURE DID THAT
00:27:49.53\00:27:52.76
MAN HAVE? IT SAYS HE
WENT AWAY GRIEVED FOR
00:27:52.76\00:27:55.03
HE HAD GREAT POSSESSIONS.
WHAT GOOD WAS HIS TREASURE?
00:27:55.03\00:27:58.56
HE WAS GRIEVED.
00:27:58.56\00:28:00.20
WHAT GOOD IS IT IF YOU GAIN THE
WHOLE WORLD AND LOSE YOUR SOUL?
00:28:00.20\00:28:02.93
HE WASN'T HAPPY BUT SOMEHOW
HE THOUGHT THAT HE WAS KEEPING
00:28:02.93\00:28:07.13
GOD'S - THAT ONE THING THAT
HE LACKED WAS REALLY EVERYTHING.
00:28:07.13\00:28:11.96
'ONE THING YOU LACK.' ANYWAY,
SO BACK TO THE LESSON HERE.
00:28:11.96\00:28:17.46
WHAT DOES THE WORD - LET ME
SEE - I'M GOING TO GIVE OUT SOME
00:28:17.46\00:28:20.60
SCRIPTURES HERE YOU CAN
HELP ME WITH. SOMEONE - WHO HAS
00:28:20.60\00:28:23.13
REVELATION 3:15 AND 16?
WE GAVE THAT - ALRIGHT GENE?
00:28:23.13\00:28:27.90
WE'LL GIVE THAT TO YOU AND
WE'LL GET TO YOU IN A MINUTE SO
00:28:27.90\00:28:29.63
BE PATIENT. AND THE WORD
LAODICEA, IT REALLY DATES ALL
00:28:29.63\00:28:37.56
THE WAY BACK TO WHEN ANTIACHUS
THE SECOND COLONIZED THIS GREEK
00:28:37.56\00:28:41.90
CITY OR THIS LATIN CITY
SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 261 - 246 B.C.
00:28:41.90\00:28:46.83
HE NAMED IT AFTER HIS WIFE
LAODICE AND AS NEAR AS WE CAN
00:28:46.83\00:28:51.03
TELL, LAODICEA - IT MEANS 'A
JUST PEOPLE' OR 'THE JUDGING OF
00:28:51.03\00:28:56.50
THE PEOPLE'. IT CAN
BE TRANSLATED EITHER WAY.
00:28:56.50\00:28:59.06
IT'S INTERESTING BECAUSE IF YOU
CALL IT 'THE JUST PEOPLE' THAT
00:28:59.06\00:29:03.36
MAKES IT SOUND LIKE THE PEOPLE
ALL FELT THAT THEY WERE JUST,
00:29:03.36\00:29:05.56
WHICH WOULD DESCRIBE THE
CONDITION OF LAODICEA, BUT IF
00:29:05.56\00:29:08.53
YOU SAY IT'S A JUDGING OF THE
PEOPLE, WELL THE LAST AGE OF THE
00:29:08.53\00:29:13.46
CHURCH, LAODICEA, IS THE AGE OF
THE CHURCH THAT EXPERIENCES THE
00:29:13.46\00:29:18.70
INVESTIGATIVE JUDGMENT.
DOESN'T THE JUDGMENT HAPPEN
00:29:18.70\00:29:21.86
BEFORE JESUS COMES? AND
THE BIBLE SAYS, 'JUDGEMENT
00:29:21.86\00:29:25.33
MUST BEGIN AT THE HOUSE OF
GOD. BY THE WAY, THAT'S 1 PETER
00:29:25.33\00:29:28.73
CHAPTER 4, VERSE 17, "FOR THE
TIME HAS COME FOR JUDGMENT TO
00:29:28.73\00:29:32.50
BEGIN AT THE HOUSE OF GOD; AND
IF IT BEGINS WITH US FIRST, WHAT
00:29:32.50\00:29:35.96
WILL BE THE END OF THOSE WHO
DO NOT OBEY THE GOSPEL OF GOD?"
00:29:35.96\00:29:39.33
AND SO THIS IS THAT LAST AGE OF
THE CHURCH THAT'S TALKING ABOUT
00:29:39.33\00:29:41.93
A JUDGING OF THE PEOPLE.
WE'RE LIVING IN THAT TIME OF
00:29:41.93\00:29:44.73
JUDGMENT. HE SAYS,
'I STAND AT THE DOOR
00:29:44.73\00:29:46.16
AND KNOCK. I'M
ABOUT TO OPEN THE DOOR AND
00:29:46.16\00:29:47.80
COME IN TO THE WORLD.' AS
WELL AS WANTING TO COME INTO
00:29:47.80\00:29:50.30
OUR HEARTS AND THERE'S A
JUDGMENT THAT HAPPENS BEFORE
00:29:50.30\00:29:54.70
JESUS COMES. IS
THAT CLEAR TO EVERYBODY?
00:29:54.70\00:29:57.83
BECAUSE, WELL, JUST THINK OF
IT THIS WAY - I KNOW, SOME FOLKS
00:29:57.83\00:30:01.90
JUST THINK - THEY GAG AND CHOKE
ON THE IDEA OF THE INVESTIGATIVE
00:30:01.90\00:30:04.70
JUDGMENT BUT TO
ME IT'S SO SIMPLE.
00:30:04.70\00:30:07.40
DO WE ALL AGREE THAT CHRIST
SAYS, 'BEHOLD I COME AND MY
00:30:07.40\00:30:10.10
REWARD IS WITH ME TO GIVE
TO EVERY MAN ACCORDING TO HIS
00:30:10.10\00:30:12.53
WORK'? 'WHEN I
COME I WILL REWARD.'
00:30:12.53\00:30:14.76
HE'S NOT GOING TO COME
AND THEN SIT THERE AND SAY,
00:30:14.76\00:30:17.76
'ALRIGHT, LET ME SEE,
WHO'S SAVED AND WHO'S LOST?'
00:30:17.76\00:30:19.76
HE KNOWS WHEN HE COMES WHO'S
SAVED AND WHO'S LOST, RIGHT?
00:30:19.76\00:30:22.46
PEOPLE WILL GO IMMEDIATELY
TO THEIR REWARDS - I MEAN, IF
00:30:22.46\00:30:27.73
YOU'RE NOT CAUGHT UP TO MEET THE
LORD IN THE AIR, THEN IT'S NOT A
00:30:27.73\00:30:30.00
GOOD OMEN, SO HE
KNOWS WHO'S SAVED.
00:30:30.00\00:30:33.30
SO SOME JUDGMENT TAKES PLACE
BEFORE HE COMES, IS THAT CLEAR?
00:30:33.30\00:30:36.43
THAT'S WHAT WE CALL
THE PRE-ADVENT JUDGMENT.
00:30:36.43\00:30:38.26
WHERE DOES IT
START? THE HOUSE OF GOD.
00:30:38.26\00:30:40.46
A JUDGING OF THE PEOPLE.
AND THAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENING NOW.
00:30:40.46\00:30:42.93
ALRIGHT, WE WANT TO TALK A
LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE HOT AND
00:30:42.93\00:30:46.03
COLD PART OF LAODICEA. GO
AHEAD, PLEASE READ REVELATION
00:30:46.03\00:30:50.86
3:15 AND 16 FOR US GENE.
>>"I KNOW YOUR WORKS, THAT YOU
00:30:50.86\00:30:54.46
ARE NEITHER COLD NOR HOT.
I COULD WISH YOU WERE COLD OR
00:30:54.46\00:31:00.30
HOT. SO THEN, BECAUSE YOU ARE
00:31:00.30\00:31:02.50
LUKEWARM, AND NEITHER COLD NOR
HOT, I WILL VOMIT YOU OUT OF MY
00:31:02.50\00:31:06.26
MOUTH." >>YEAH,
THAT'S - YOU'RE READING
00:31:06.26\00:31:09.36
THE NEW KING
JAMES VERSION? YEAH.
00:31:09.36\00:31:12.33
THAT'S PRETTY STRONG LANGUAGE.
00:31:12.33\00:31:13.60
THAT WORD - 'I WILL SPEW THEE
OUT OF MY MOUTH' - IT CAN BE
00:31:13.60\00:31:17.53
TRANSLATED 'I WILL EXPEL,
I WILL SPIT, I WILL' - YEAH,
00:31:17.53\00:31:24.23
THERE'S ANOTHER
COUPLE WORDS THERE.
00:31:24.23\00:31:26.06
HAVE YOU EVER GONE TO A
RESTAURANT AND YOU'RE TALKING TO
00:31:26.06\00:31:30.80
SOMEBODY AND THEY BRING OUT YOUR
FOOD AND BECAUSE YOU'RE VISITING
00:31:30.80\00:31:33.96
YOU DON'T HEAR THAT LITTLE
CAUTION THAT THE WAITER GIVES
00:31:33.96\00:31:37.06
WHEN HE SETS DOWN YOUR
PLATE BEFORE YOU AND SAYS,
00:31:37.06\00:31:38.90
'BE CAREFUL. IT'S HOT'?
IT'S KIND OF LIKE WATCHING THE
00:31:38.90\00:31:42.63
TAKE OFF WARNINGS ON A PLANE
BEFORE YOU LEAVE. I MEAN, IF YOU
00:31:42.63\00:31:45.43
FLY AS MUCH AS I DO YOU DON'T
PAY MUCH ATTENTION ANYMORE.
00:31:45.43\00:31:48.50
AND THEN, YOU'RE HUNGRY SO
WITHOUT THINKING ABOUT IT YOU
00:31:48.50\00:31:52.63
STAB YOUR FORK INTO ONE OF THOSE
SQUARE POTATOES AND YOU POP IT
00:31:52.63\00:31:56.10
INTO YOUR MOUTH AND RIGHT THEN
YOU REALIZE IT IS SCALDING HOT
00:31:56.10\00:32:01.43
AND IT'S AMAZING HOW
QUICK THE HUMAN BRAIN WORKS.
00:32:01.43\00:32:05.96
BECAUSE IT'S A NICE RESTAURANT
AND IT GOES THROUGH YOUR MIND,
00:32:05.96\00:32:09.80
'I'M NOT GOING TO LOOK VERY
DIGNIFIED IF I SPIT THIS OUT.'
00:32:09.80\00:32:13.83
BUT THEN ANOTHER THOUGHT GOES
THROUGH YOUR MIND, 'I'M GOING TO
00:32:13.83\00:32:16.50
HAVE A BLISTER ON MY TONGUE IF
I TRY TO KEEP THIS IN MY MOUTH.'
00:32:16.50\00:32:20.50
AND SO IF YOU'RE SMART YOU'LL
CARE MORE ABOUT YOUR TONGUE THAN
00:32:20.50\00:32:23.93
HOW YOU LOOK AND YOU EXPEL
IT. I REMEMBER A FRIEND OF MINE
00:32:23.93\00:32:33.76
TELLING ME A STORY THAT THEY,
YOU KNOW, KIDS IN ELEMENTARY
00:32:33.76\00:32:40.93
SCHOOL PLAY CRUEL
JOKES ON EACH OTHER.
00:32:40.93\00:32:43.66
I'VE PROBABLY SHARED
THIS WITH YOU BEFORE.
00:32:43.66\00:32:45.46
THERE IS NOTHING NEW,
IN MY CLASS, UNDER THE SUN.
00:32:45.46\00:32:48.76
AND, YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN HERE SO
LONG I THINK I'VE SHARED ALL I
00:32:48.76\00:32:52.03
KNOW SO NOW EVERYTHING'S RERUNS.
00:32:52.03\00:32:55.33
BUT YOU'VE PROBABLY
FORGOTTEN TOO SO I'M SAFE.
00:32:55.33\00:32:58.53
AND SO ONE OF THE KIDS - ANY
OF YOU REMEMBER WHEN YOU WENT TO
00:32:58.53\00:33:02.86
SCHOOL THEY GIVE
YOU THESE MILK CARTONS?
00:33:02.86\00:33:04.36
IT WAS ABOUT A QUARTER OF A
QUART OR WHATEVER IT WAS AND
00:33:04.36\00:33:07.03
THAT WAS YOUR
RATION FOR THE DAY.
00:33:07.03\00:33:09.10
ONE OF THE KIDS, HE TOOK ONE OF
THOSE ONE DAY FOR LUNCH AND HE
00:33:09.10\00:33:11.63
DIDN'T DRINK HIS MILK SO HE
STUCK IT IN HIS LOCKER AND HE
00:33:11.63\00:33:13.73
FORGOT ABOUT IT
FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS.
00:33:13.73\00:33:16.13
AND THEN HE THOUGHT, 'WELL, I'M
GOING TO TAKE THIS TO LUNCH AND
00:33:16.13\00:33:19.60
PLAY A LITTLE TRICK
ON ONE OF MY FRIENDS.'
00:33:19.60\00:33:21.83
SO THEY ALL SAT DOWN THERE AT
LUNCH, YOU KNOW, ALL THESE TENTH
00:33:21.83\00:33:24.63
- EIGHTH GRADERS OR WHATEVER
THEY WERE - AND ONE OF THEM
00:33:24.63\00:33:27.30
SAID, I BET I CAN CHUG MY
LITTLE PINT OF MILK QUICKER THAN
00:33:27.30\00:33:30.63
YOU CAN CHUG YOURS. I
CAN DO IT IN ONE BREATH.'
00:33:30.63\00:33:33.46
AND HE SAID,
'OH NO, I CAN DO IT.
00:33:33.46\00:33:34.70
SO LET'S HAVE A RACE AND
SEE WHO CAN GET THEIRS DOWN THE
00:33:34.70\00:33:36.06
FASTEST.' AND THEY
SWAPPED MILK WITH THIS
00:33:36.06\00:33:38.03
GUY AND THEY GAVE HIM THIS
TWO-WEEK OLD THING THAT HAD BEEN
00:33:38.03\00:33:41.76
STUCK THERE IN THE LOCKER NEXT
TO HIS GYM SOCKS AND THEY SAID -
00:33:41.76\00:33:47.56
YOU KNOW HE OPENED IT UP
- 'READY - ONE, TWO, THREE!'
00:33:47.56\00:33:49.53
AND THEY STARTED TO CHUG IT.
HE SAID HE HAD HALF THE CURDLES
00:33:49.53\00:33:53.76
DOWN HIS THROAT BEFORE HE
REALIZED SOMETHING WAS WRONG.
00:33:53.76\00:33:58.70
AND THE REASON I SHARE THAT WITH
YOU IS THAT'S REALLY THE PICTURE
00:33:58.70\00:34:03.36
THAT JESUS PAINTS. IT'S
LIKE THE WATER IN LAODICEA
00:34:03.36\00:34:08.63
- I'VE NEVER BEEN THERE - I WANT
TO GO ON ONE OF THESE TOURS OF
00:34:08.63\00:34:11.03
THE SEVEN CHURCHES SOMEDAY - BUT
A LOT OF MY FRIENDS HAVE AND I
00:34:11.03\00:34:16.00
KNOW PASTOR FINLEY'S MADE
SEVERAL TRIPS THERE AND THE
00:34:16.00\00:34:19.50
WATER TO THE CITY - THEY BUILT
AN AQUEDUCT THAT BROUGHT THE
00:34:19.50\00:34:23.83
WATER FROM MILES AWAY AND AS
IT RAN THROUGH THESE ROMAN PIPES
00:34:23.83\00:34:28.96
AND THROUGH THE AQUEDUCT IT
HEATED UP SO IT WASN'T COLD LIKE
00:34:28.96\00:34:32.26
A MOUNTAIN
SPRING OR IT WASN'T HOT.
00:34:32.26\00:34:35.23
YOU KNOW, SOME SOUP IS
SUPPOSED TO BE SERVED HOT.
00:34:35.23\00:34:38.33
SOME SOUP IS ACTUALLY
SUPPOSED TO BE SERVED COLD, LIKE
00:34:38.33\00:34:40.36
VICHYSSOISE. BUT NOT
TOO MUCH IS APPRECIATED
00:34:40.36\00:34:43.80
LUKEWARM. AND IT
CAME LUKEWARM AND IF YOU
00:34:43.80\00:34:50.26
BOIL WATER IT'S USUALLY
SAFE TO DRINK. OR IF YOU ARE
00:34:50.26\00:34:53.56
ABLE TO CAPTURE RUNNING
COLD WATER IT'S USUALLY SAFE
00:34:53.56\00:34:56.73
TO DRINK BUT STAGNANT OR TEPID
WATER OFTEN BREEDS DISEASE.
00:34:56.73\00:35:02.83
AND SO, WHEN A PERSON DRINKS
SOME OF THAT WATER, THEY'D SPIT
00:35:02.83\00:35:06.86
IT OUT BECAUSE THEY
THOUGHT, THAT'LL MAKE YOU SICK.
00:35:06.86\00:35:09.53
I GO CAMPING IN NEVADA
PERIODICALLY WITH SOME FRIENDS
00:35:09.53\00:35:12.96
AND THEY'VE GOT A PLACE CALLED
'RABBIT HOLE' AND SOME OF THE
00:35:12.96\00:35:17.23
PILGRIMS COMING ACROSS THE
DESERT, THEY GOT SOME OF THESE
00:35:17.23\00:35:20.56
MINERAL SULPHUR SPRINGS AND
IT WOULD KILL THE CATTLE AND IT
00:35:20.56\00:35:25.26
COULD MAKE THEM SICK AND
IT'S DESCRIBING THIS THAT IF YOU
00:35:25.26\00:35:29.83
DON'T SPIT IT OUT IT CAN
BE FATAL. I ENJOYED HEARING
00:35:29.83\00:35:35.00
OUR INDONESIAN CHOIR SING.
IT MADE ME THINK OF A STORY.
00:35:35.00\00:35:38.90
ONE OF THE NICEST RESTAURANTS
I ATE IN WAS IN INDONESIA AND A
00:35:38.90\00:35:42.73
FRIEND SAID, 'I WOULD LIKE
TO TAKE YOU AND GET YOU SOME
00:35:42.73\00:35:45.16
AUTHENTIC INDONESIAN FOOD.'
I SAID, 'WOW, I LOOK FORWARD TO
00:35:45.16\00:35:48.50
THAT.' SO THERE
IN JAKARTA HE TOOK ME
00:35:48.50\00:35:51.03
TO A VERY NICE RESTAURANT AND IT
SEEMED LIKE WE WERE THE ONLY TWO
00:35:51.03\00:35:53.20
PEOPLE THERE BUT IT
WAS A VERY NICE RESTAURANT.
00:35:53.20\00:35:55.33
THERE MIGHT HAVE BEEN ONE OTHER
PERSON AND THEY - IT'S LIKE TWO
00:35:55.33\00:35:57.93
OR THREE WAITERS
TAKING CARE OF OUR ONE TABLE.
00:35:57.93\00:36:00.30
THE FOOD WAS GREAT - VEGETARIAN
FOOD - AND JUST ATE LIKE A KING
00:36:00.30\00:36:04.73
AND I WAS FAMISHED.
00:36:04.73\00:36:07.06
AND SO AFTER I ATE EVERYTHING
AND THERE WAS - WE WERE EATING
00:36:07.06\00:36:11.00
WITH CHOPSTICKS AND THERE WAS
ONLY ONE LITTLE BEAN LEFT ON MY
00:36:11.00\00:36:14.83
TRAY OF SOMETHING - AND I
THOUGHT IT WAS GARNISH, BUT IT
00:36:14.83\00:36:18.63
LOOKED GOOD TO ME, YOU KNOW, YOU
HAVE YOUR PARSLEY AND SO I WAS
00:36:18.63\00:36:20.70
SO HUNGRY I WAS EATING THE
GARNISH AND I TOOK THAT AND I
00:36:20.70\00:36:28.16
ATE IT AND I BIT INTO IT
A COUPLE OF TIMES AND THEN I
00:36:28.16\00:36:31.10
REALIZED IT WASN'T A GREEN BEAN,
IT WAS SOME BIZARRE INDONESIAN
00:36:31.10\00:36:37.23
PEPPER AND - DID I MENTION
IT WAS A NICE RESTAURANT?
00:36:37.23\00:36:43.06
YOU KNOW YOU DON'T
SPIT IN PLACES LIKE THAT.
00:36:43.06\00:36:44.80
AND I THOUGHT - I
EAT - I LIKE SALSA.
00:36:44.80\00:36:46.80
I LIKE MEXICAN FOOD AND SO I'M
NOT, YOU KNOW, TOTALLY FOREIGN
00:36:46.80\00:36:49.50
TO HOT PEPPERS BUT THIS
WAS IN A DIFFERENT CATEGORY.
00:36:49.50\00:36:54.56
THIS THING TASTED LIKE
THE VENOM OF A BOX JELLYFISH.
00:36:54.56\00:36:58.26
I DON'T KNOW WHAT WAS IN IT
BUT IT JUST BEGAN TO STAB EVERY
00:36:58.26\00:37:02.93
NERVE IN MY TONGUE AND THEN IT
JUST SPREAD FROM THERE THROUGH
00:37:02.93\00:37:06.46
ALL OF MY SINUSES AND I MADE THE
MISTAKE OF SWALLOWING IT BECAUSE
00:37:06.46\00:37:11.10
I THOUGHT, 'IT'S
JUST A LITTLE ONE.'
00:37:11.10\00:37:12.53
IT'S LIKE LOT SAID TO THE
ANGEL, 'IS IT NOT A LITTLE ONE?'
00:37:12.53\00:37:15.63
SO I SWALLOWED IT - IT WAS A
LITTLE THING - AND I SWALLOWED
00:37:15.63\00:37:18.56
IT AND ALL OF A SUDDEN MY EYES
BEGAN TO WATER, MY NOSE BEGAN TO
00:37:18.56\00:37:24.06
RUN AND I GOT THE HICCUPS
AND I SHOULD HAVE SPIT IT OUT.
00:37:24.06\00:37:34.06
AND JESUS SAID THAT
LUKEWARMNESS MAKES HIM SICK.
00:37:34.06\00:37:40.46
THE LORD CAN WORK
WITH US WHEN WE'RE HOT.
00:37:40.46\00:37:43.63
THAT MEANS WHEN WE'RE FILLED
WITH THE SPIRIT, WE'VE GOT THAT
00:37:43.63\00:37:46.60
ZEAL, WE'RE ON FIRE,
WE WANT TO SERVE THE LORD.
00:37:46.60\00:37:49.06
HE CAN GIVE US THE SPIRIT,
HE CAN WORK IN US, HE CAN WORK
00:37:49.06\00:37:50.93
THROUGH US. HE CAN WORK WITH US
00:37:50.93\00:37:53.30
WHEN WE'RE COLD.
NOW WHAT DOES COLD MEAN?
00:37:53.30\00:37:55.80
AND I'VE GOT TO TALK ABOUT THAT
FOR A SECOND BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE
00:37:55.80\00:38:02.06
THINK GOD IS SAYING, 'I CAN WORK
WITH YOU WHEN YOU'RE - YOU LOVE
00:38:02.06\00:38:09.26
ME AND I CAN WORK
WITH YOU WHEN YOU HATE ME.
00:38:09.26\00:38:11.76
I CAN WORK WITH YOU WHEN YOU'RE
HOLY AND I CAN WORK WITH YOU
00:38:11.76\00:38:14.86
WHEN YOU'RE SINNING.'
COLD IS REALLY NOT SAYING, 'I
00:38:14.86\00:38:19.43
WISH THAT YOU
WERE SAVED OR LOST.'
00:38:19.43\00:38:21.23
THAT'S NOT REALLY WHAT HE MEANS
- HOT OR COLD - SAVED OR LOST.
00:38:21.23\00:38:23.66
HOT MEANS FULL OF ZEAL, ON
FIRE, SERVING THE LORD, TOTALLY
00:38:23.66\00:38:26.63
COMMITTED. COLD
MEANS YOU'VE COME TO THE
00:38:26.63\00:38:29.73
LORD, YOU'RE REPENTANT, YOU'RE
HUMBLE, YOU'RE SORRY, YOU'VE NOT
00:38:29.73\00:38:33.86
DONE ANY GOOD WORKS BUT YOUR
HEART IS IN THE RIGHT PLACE AND
00:38:33.86\00:38:37.70
YOU REALIZE, 'I'M SPIRITUALLY
DEAD AND I NEED TO BE REVIVED.'
00:38:37.70\00:38:42.13
WHEN YOU KNOW THAT,
HE CAN WORK WITH YOU.
00:38:42.13\00:38:45.03
IT'S LIKE WHEN PETER SAID - IT'S
LIKE THE PUBLICAN SAID, 'LORD,
00:38:45.03\00:38:48.43
HAVE MERCY ON ME A SINNER.'
HE WAS COLD. GOD COULD WORK
00:38:48.43\00:38:50.60
WITH HIM. HE WAS A SINNER BUT
HE WAS READY. HE WAS REPENTANT.
00:38:50.60\00:38:54.83
IT'S WHEN YOU THINK EVERYTHING'S
FINE HE CAN'T WORK WITH YOU.
00:38:54.83\00:38:58.03
ONE OF THE CONDITIONS IN THE
LAST DAYS - MATTHEW 24:12 - IT
00:38:58.03\00:39:02.63
SAID, "BECAUSE INIQUITY
WILL ABOUND, THE LOVE OF MANY
00:39:02.63\00:39:05.76
GROWS COLD." JESUS
IS NOT TALKING ABOUT IN
00:39:05.76\00:39:09.00
THE WORLD, HE'S
TALKING ABOUT IN THE CHURCH.
00:39:09.00\00:39:12.93
BECAUSE INIQUITY IS ABOUNDING
IN THE CHURCH, THE LOVE OF MANY
00:39:12.93\00:39:17.10
WILL GROW COLD. PEOPLE
CAN BE IN THE CHURCH AND
00:39:17.10\00:39:19.60
THINKING EVERYTHING'S FINE
- 'I'M RICH AND INCREASED WITH
00:39:19.60\00:39:22.30
GOODS' - AND NOT REALLY
KNOW WHAT THEIR CONDITION IS.
00:39:22.30\00:39:28.13
SO COLD IS BEING
IN THAT HUMBLE STATE.
00:39:28.13\00:39:32.73
SOMEONE LOOK UP FOR ME
2 CHRONICLES 7:14 AND 15.
00:39:32.73\00:39:36.90
I THINK WE GAVE IT TO SOMEBODY.
RIGHT HERE? HOLD YOUR HAND UP
00:39:36.90\00:39:40.30
SO HE CAN GET YOU THE
MICROPHONE. AND IN THE MEANTIME,
00:39:40.30\00:39:43.66
I'M GOING TO READ AN
EXAMPLE OF WHAT BEING COLD IS.
00:39:43.66\00:39:47.46
2 CORINTHIANS 7:11, "FOR BEHOLD
THIS SELFSAME THING, THAT YE
00:39:47.46\00:39:52.63
SORROWED AFTER A GODLY SORT,
WHAT CAREFULNESS IT WROUGHT IN
00:39:52.63\00:39:56.93
YOU, YEA, WHAT CLEARING
OF YOURSELVES, YEA, WHAT
00:39:56.93\00:40:00.00
INDIGNATION, YEA, WHAT FEAR,
YEA, WHAT VEHEMENT DESIRE, YEA,
00:40:00.00\00:40:04.26
WHAT ZEAL, YEA, WHAT REVENGE!"
- PAUL WAS TALKING ABOUT A CASE
00:40:04.26\00:40:07.76
IN THE CORINTHIAN CHURCH WHERE
THEY WERE LETTING SOMEBODY IN
00:40:07.76\00:40:10.30
THE CHURCH - THEY'D
KIND OF GOTTEN LUKEWARM.
00:40:10.30\00:40:12.53
THEY DIDN'T WANT TO PRACTICE ANY
KIND OF CHURCH DISCIPLINE AND
00:40:12.53\00:40:16.46
ONE OF THE MEMBERS OF THE CHURCH
WAS HAVING AN AFFAIR WITH HIS
00:40:16.46\00:40:18.73
STEP-MOTHER AND NOBODY WANTED
TO SAY ANYTHING ABOUT IT BECAUSE
00:40:18.73\00:40:22.86
THEY THOUGHT THE LOVING GRACEFUL
THING TO DO IS JUST IGNORE IT
00:40:22.86\00:40:25.86
AND LET THE LORD DEAL
WITH IT. AND PAUL SAID, 'NO!
00:40:25.86\00:40:28.30
WHAT'S HAPPENED WITH
YOU?' THEY'D BECOME LUKEWARM.
00:40:28.30\00:40:32.06
AND FINALLY THEY REPENTED OF
THAT AND YOU NOTICE HE DESCRIBED
00:40:32.06\00:40:34.63
THAT - THEY HUMBLED THEMSELVES
AND PAUL SAID THAT WAS GOOD.
00:40:34.63\00:40:37.50
GOD COULD WORK WITH THAT.
00:40:37.50\00:40:38.90
YOU KNOW, THE BEST VERSE ON
REVIVAL IS THE ONE WE'RE ABOUT
00:40:38.90\00:40:42.96
TO READ AND I THINK
WE'RE READY FOR THAT.
00:40:42.96\00:40:45.63
IT'S IN 2 CHRONICLES
7:14 AND 15. GO AHEAD.
00:40:45.63\00:40:50.33
>>"IF MY PEOPLE WHO ARE
CALLED BY MY NAME WILL HUMBLE
00:40:50.33\00:40:52.90
THEMSELVES, AND PRAY AND SEEK MY
FACE, AND TURN FROM THEIR WICKED
00:40:52.90\00:40:56.73
WAYS, THEN I WILL HEAR FROM
HEAVEN, AND WILL FORGIVE THEIR
00:40:56.73\00:40:59.63
SIN AND HEAL THEIR LAND.
NOW MY EYES WILL BE OPEN AND MY
00:40:59.63\00:41:03.53
EARS ATTENTIVE TO
PRAYER MADE IN THIS PLACE."
00:41:03.53\00:41:06.76
>>THANK YOU. THAT'S A
VERSE THAT WE SHOULD REMEMBER.
00:41:06.76\00:41:10.20
'IF MY PEOPLE THAT ARE CALLED BY
MY NAME WILL HUMBLE THEMSELVES
00:41:10.20\00:41:13.46
AND PRAY AND SEEK MY FACE
AND TURN FROM THEIR WICKED WAYS,
00:41:13.46\00:41:17.46
THEN I WILL HEAR FROM HEAVEN.
00:41:17.46\00:41:19.86
I WILL FORGIVE THEIR SIN
AND I WILL HEAL THEIR LAND.'
00:41:19.86\00:41:22.70
'IF MY PEOPLE WILL
DO THIS I WILL DO THIS.'
00:41:22.70\00:41:26.56
AND THIS IS DURING THE
DEDICATION PRAYER OF SOLOMON AND
00:41:26.56\00:41:30.16
HE TALKS ABOUT THAT IF
THE PEOPLE WERE CARRIED OFF TO
00:41:30.16\00:41:32.23
ANOTHER PLACE BECAUSE OF THEIR
SINS - A LOT OF US ARE IN THE
00:41:32.23\00:41:35.86
CHURCH BUT WE'VE BEEN
CARRIED OFF TO ANOTHER PLACE.
00:41:35.86\00:41:39.06
YOU CAN BE IN THE CHURCH AND YOU
CAN BE IN A FAR COUNTRY LIKE THE
00:41:39.06\00:41:41.36
PRODIGAL SON AND
WE MAY NOT KNOW IT.
00:41:41.36\00:41:46.10
YOU KNOW PEOPLE GOT - THAT WERE
CARRIED OFF TO BABYLON - GOT
00:41:46.10\00:41:48.83
COMFORTABLE IN BABYLON AND
THEY WANTED TO STAY IN BABYLON.
00:41:48.83\00:41:52.10
AND THEY THOUGHT THEY COULD
BE GOD'S PEOPLE IN BABYLON AND
00:41:52.10\00:41:55.06
THAT'S WHY GOD SAID, 'BABYLON
IS FALLEN, COME OUT OF HER MY
00:41:55.06\00:41:57.20
PEOPLE.' THAT'S
ALSO PART OF THE LUKEWARM
00:41:57.20\00:41:59.60
CONDITION - BEING WILLING TO
GET UP AND TO MOVE OUT OF THAT
00:41:59.60\00:42:04.30
SITUATION. YOU KNOW, ANOTHER
PERFECT EXAMPLE: WHAT'S THE MOST
00:42:04.30\00:42:08.53
MEMORIZED VERSE? JOHN 3:16?
00:42:08.53\00:42:12.06
NO, ACTUALLY THAT'S THE
SECOND MOST MEMORIZED VERSE.
00:42:12.06\00:42:14.40
THE MOST MEMORIZED
VERSE IS 'JUDGE NOT'.
00:42:14.40\00:42:17.06
A LOT OF PEOPLE LOST OUT
IN THE WORLD KNOW THAT VERSE.
00:42:17.06\00:42:19.80
AS SOON AS YOU START TALKING TO
THEM THEY SAY, 'JUDGE NOT THAT
00:42:19.80\00:42:21.26
YOU BE NOT JUDGED.' BUT
THE OTHER ONE IS JOHN 3:16.
00:42:21.26\00:42:25.26
NOW WHO WAS JESUS TALKING
TO WHEN HE MENTIONS JOHN 3:16?
00:42:25.26\00:42:31.03
HE'S TALKING TO NICODEMUS.
NOTICE WHAT HE SAYS, JOHN 3:10,
00:42:31.03\00:42:35.96
"JESUS ANSWERED AND SAID TO HIM,
'ARE YOU THE TEACHER OF ISRAEL,
00:42:35.96\00:42:40.13
AND DO NO KNOW THESE THINGS?'"
HOW CAN YOU BE A BIBLE TEACHER
00:42:40.13\00:42:47.50
AMONG GOD'S PEOPLE IN THE CHOSEN
NATION IN THE CHOSEN CITY AND
00:42:47.50\00:42:52.30
NOT KNOW YOU HAVE TO BE
BORN AGAIN? IS IT POSSIBLE?
00:42:52.30\00:42:56.76
DID IT HAPPEN? WAS NICODEMUS
A GOOD MAN? HOW MANY WOULD LIKE
00:42:56.76\00:43:00.73
TO HAVE NICODEMUS BE
PART OF THEIR CHURCH?
00:43:00.73\00:43:03.36
AN ELDER IN THEIR CHURCH? BUT HE
DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THE NEW BIRTH.
00:43:03.36\00:43:07.76
WHAT COULD BE MORE
IMPORTANT THAN BEING BORN AGAIN?
00:43:07.76\00:43:12.26
ISN'T THIS WHAT JESUS IS SAYING?
HOW CAN YOU BE A TEACHER?
00:43:12.26\00:43:15.66
HE'S ASKING QUESTIONS LIKE,
'BORN AGAIN?' HE'S TRYING TO
00:43:15.66\00:43:18.66
FIGURE IT OUT PHYSIOLOGICALLY
AND HE SHOULD KNOW BETTER.
00:43:18.66\00:43:22.56
HE SHOULD HAVE KNOWN RIGHT AWAY
WHAT JESUS WAS TALKING ABOUT.
00:43:22.56\00:43:25.16
YOU NEED A NEW HEART.
THAT'S THE NEW COVENANT.
00:43:25.16\00:43:27.66
'I'LL WRITE MY
LAW IN YOUR HEART.'
00:43:27.66\00:43:29.63
AND IF YOU DON'T HAVE LOVE FOR
GOD THEN ALL THE OTHER RULES AND
00:43:29.63\00:43:32.80
ALL THE OTHER REGIMENS OF
RELIGION - IT DOESN'T DO YOU ANY
00:43:32.80\00:43:36.03
GOOD - THEN YOU
END UP JUST A PHARISEE.
00:43:36.03\00:43:38.43
YOU'RE GOING THROUGH THE MOTIONS
BUT YOU DON'T HAVE THE HEART.
00:43:38.43\00:43:41.13
SO THAT'S THE
LUKEWARM CONDITION.
00:43:41.13\00:43:45.56
IT'S POSSIBLE NOT TO KNOW.
NICODEMUS PROBABLY PAID TITHE.
00:43:45.56\00:43:50.66
I'LL BET YOU HE
DIDN'T EAT ANY UNCLEAN FOOD.
00:43:50.66\00:43:53.96
I'LL BET YOU HE DIDN'T WORK ON
SABBATH AND HE WAS IN CHURCH -
00:43:53.96\00:43:56.66
SYNAGOGUE EVERY WEEK AND
YOU PROBABLY WOULDN'T HAVE FOUND
00:43:56.66\00:44:02.36
THAT HE WAS GOING TO FORBIDDEN
PLACES IN HIS SPARE TIME.
00:44:02.36\00:44:06.60
I MEAN, I THINK HE WAS PROBABLY
A GODLY MAN AND THE LORD - THE
00:44:06.60\00:44:10.23
LORD KNEW THAT - BUT HE
WAS MISSING SOMETHING VERY
00:44:10.23\00:44:12.10
IMPORTANT. HE SAID,
'YOU'VE GOT TO BE BORN AGAIN.'
00:44:12.10\00:44:15.40
AND, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF US
STRUGGLE IN UNNECESSARY WAYS
00:44:15.40\00:44:19.73
WITH OBEDIENCE BECAUSE WE'RE
TRYING TO DO IT FROM A CARNAL
00:44:19.73\00:44:22.70
PERSPECTIVE INSTEAD
OF FROM A NEW HEART.
00:44:22.70\00:44:27.06
IF YOUR HEART IS NEW, THE BIBLE
SAYS, 'ALL THINGS ARE MADE NEW.'
00:44:27.06\00:44:30.60
ISN'T THAT THE KEY OF REVIVAL?
IF RIGHT NOW ALL OF US WERE
00:44:30.60\00:44:33.23
GIVEN NEW HEARTS, WOULD WE
HAVE A REVIVAL IN OUR CHURCH?
00:44:33.23\00:44:36.23
ISN'T THAT WHAT WE
REALLY NEED? THE NEW BIRTH?
00:44:36.23\00:44:40.06
THAT COMES
THROUGH THE SPIRIT OF GOD.
00:44:40.06\00:44:42.36
AND IT CAN HAPPEN TO SOME OF YOU
SITTING HERE AND NOT HAPPEN TO
00:44:42.36\00:44:46.23
ANYONE AROUND YOU BECAUSE
IT'S A WORK OF THE SPIRIT.
00:44:46.23\00:44:50.86
IS IT POSSIBLE FOR THE SPIRIT
TO FALL ON ONE PERSON IN A ROOM?
00:44:50.86\00:44:54.73
AND CAN THE HOLY SPIRIT
FALL ON 120 AT ONE TIME?
00:44:54.73\00:44:58.33
YEAH, THE LORD
COULD DO IT THAT WAY TOO.
00:44:58.33\00:45:00.93
ALRIGHT, SOMEONE READ FOR ME -
NOW I DIDN'T GIVE THIS TO ANYONE
00:45:00.93\00:45:04.93
SO I NEED A
VOLUNTEER - REVELATION 3:14.
00:45:04.93\00:45:08.23
ALRIGHT, LET'S GET YOU A
MICROPHONE. HOLD YOUR HAND UP.
00:45:08.23\00:45:10.60
YOU GOT - OKAY, FOSTER - THANK
YOU. BRING - HOLD YOUR HAND UP -
00:45:10.60\00:45:13.43
BRING HER A
MICROPHONE. RIGHT HERE UP FRONT.
00:45:13.43\00:45:16.83
AND THIS IS A VERSE
THAT'S OFTEN MISUNDERSTOOD.
00:45:16.83\00:45:20.10
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE CREATOR.
AND SOMEBODY ELSE HAS HEBREWS 1,
00:45:20.10\00:45:25.16
VERSES 1 AND 2. WHO HAS
THAT ONE? DID WE GIVE THAT
00:45:25.16\00:45:29.03
TO SOMEBODY? I DON'T SEE
A HAND SO SEEING NO HAND,
00:45:29.03\00:45:34.40
WHO IS WILLING TO READ THAT?
OH, YOU'VE GOT - SOMEONE BACK
00:45:34.40\00:45:36.63
HERE WILLING TO READ
IT? HEBREWS 1:1 AND 2?
00:45:36.63\00:45:39.66
I'VE GOT TO SEE VOLUNTEERS -
YOU CAN'T DRAFT YOUR NEIGHBOR.
00:45:39.66\00:45:43.56
ALRIGHT JONATHAN WE'LL
GET YOU A MICROPHONE NEXT.
00:45:43.56\00:45:46.00
YEAH, WE WANT YOU TO READ
HEBREWS 1, VERSES 1 AND 2.
00:45:46.00\00:45:48.10
ALRIGHT, YOU GO AHEAD AND
READ FOR US REVELATION 3:14.
00:45:48.10\00:45:51.33
>>"AND TO THE ANGEL OF THE
CHURCH OF THE LAODICEANS WRITE,
00:45:51.33\00:45:56.50
'THESE THINGS SAYS THE AMEN,
THE FAITHFUL AND TRUE WITNESS,
00:45:56.50\00:46:02.30
THE BEGINNING OF
THE CREATION OF GOD:"
00:46:02.30\00:46:05.50
>>ALRIGHT, WHY DOES JESUS REFER
TO HIMSELF AS THE BEGINNING
00:46:05.50\00:46:09.23
OF THE CREATION OF GOD?
THAT'S THROWING A LOT OF PEOPLE.
00:46:09.23\00:46:12.56
THEY SAY, 'YOU MEAN THERE WAS A
TIME WHEN GOD FIRST CREATED AND
00:46:12.56\00:46:15.90
JESUS WAS THE
FIRST THING HE CREATED?'
00:46:15.90\00:46:17.96
NO, THAT WORD 'BEGINNING'
IS ACTUALLY 'ARCHE' -
00:46:17.96\00:46:21.76
YOU'VE HEARD OF THE ARCHANGEL?
00:46:21.76\00:46:24.40
ARCHE MEANS 'CHIEF' OR 'HEAD'
LIKE IN A CORNERSTONE OR THE
00:46:24.40\00:46:28.90
ARCH STONE THAT
HELD THE ARCH TOGETHER.
00:46:28.90\00:46:32.43
THAT'S WHY IT'S CALLED AN
ARCH - IT'S THE HIGH PART.
00:46:32.43\00:46:34.80
AND SO IT'S TALKING ABOUT THE
CHIEF OR THE ORIGINATOR OF THE
00:46:34.80\00:46:40.60
CREATION OF GOD, MEANING ALL
THINGS THAT WERE MADE WERE MADE
00:46:40.60\00:46:45.03
BY HIM AND WITHOUT HIM WAS
NOT ANYTHING MADE THAT WAS MADE.
00:46:45.03\00:46:47.86
IS JESUS SOMETIMES CALLED
'MICHAEL THE ARCHE-ANGEL'?
00:46:47.86\00:46:52.93
THE GREATEST OR FIRST MESSENGER?
HE'S THE CHIEF OR THE HIGHEST
00:46:52.93\00:46:57.96
AND SO - AND IT CALLS HIM
THE AMEN. YOU KNOW THE AMEN IS -
00:46:57.96\00:47:01.90
IT JUST REALLY IS THE
SUMMARY OF ALL THE PRAYERS.
00:47:01.90\00:47:05.80
IT'S THE FINAL ENDORSEMENT
OF THE PRAYERS OF GOD.
00:47:05.80\00:47:08.80
AND SO, FOR INSTANCE, LOOK
IN COLOSSIANS 1:13 - THIS IS IN
00:47:08.80\00:47:12.36
YOUR LESSON - COLOSSIANS 1:13
- TALKING ABOUT HOW DO YOU - HOW
00:47:12.36\00:47:17.03
DO YOU GET REVIVAL.
THERE'S A POINT TO THIS.
00:47:17.03\00:47:20.20
"HE HAS DELIVERED US FROM THE
POWER OF DARKNESS AND CONVEYED
00:47:20.20\00:47:23.46
US INTO THE KINGDOM OF THE
SON OF HIS LOVE, IN WHOM WE HAVE
00:47:23.46\00:47:27.50
REDEMPTION THROUGH HIS
BLOOD, THE FORGIVENESS OF SINS."
00:47:27.50\00:47:30.40
FOR HE - JESUS - "IS THE
IMAGE OF THE INVISIBLE GOD, THE
00:47:30.40\00:47:33.83
FIRSTBORN OVER ALL CREATION."
- FIRST MEANING THE GREATEST
00:47:33.83\00:47:37.03
BORN OVER ALL CREATION.
FIRST TIME GOD WAS BORN WAS WHEN
00:47:37.03\00:47:39.73
HE CAME AS A MAN - "FOR BY HIM
ALL THINGS WERE CREATED THAT ARE
00:47:39.73\00:47:43.66
IN HEAVEN." NOW HOW MANY
THINGS WERE CREATED BY JESUS?
00:47:43.66\00:47:47.60
HOW MANY THINGS? ANYTHING
THAT WAS MADE WAS MADE BY HIM.
00:47:47.60\00:47:52.46
IF ALL THINGS WERE MADE BY
JESUS - IF JESUS WAS MADE BY THE
00:47:52.46\00:47:57.13
FATHER AT SOME REMOTE DISTANT
TIME IN HISTORY THEN IT WOULDN'T
00:47:57.13\00:48:01.90
BE TRUE TO SAY THAT ALL
THINGS WERE MADE BY JESUS.
00:48:01.90\00:48:03.86
ALL THINGS EXCEPT HIMSELF IT
WOULD SAY, BUT IT DOESN'T SAY
00:48:03.86\00:48:06.36
THAT. ALL THINGS THAT WERE
MADE. HE IS FROM EVERLASTING TO
00:48:06.36\00:48:10.36
EVERLASTING - THE
SAME BOOK TELLS US.
00:48:10.36\00:48:12.50
IT SAYS, "FOR BY HIM ALL THINGS
THAT WERE CREATED THAT ARE IN
00:48:12.50\00:48:15.80
HEAVEN OR ON THE EARTH, VISIBLE
AND INVISIBLE, WHETHER THRONES
00:48:15.80\00:48:19.30
OR DOMINIONS OR
PRINCIPALITIES OR POWERS.
00:48:19.30\00:48:21.50
ALL THINGS WERE CREATED
THROUGH HIM AND FOR HIM.
00:48:21.50\00:48:25.36
AND HE IS BEFORE ALL THINGS
AND IN HIM ALL THINGS CONSIST."
00:48:25.36\00:48:29.40
ALRIGHT, LET'S GET THE
MICROPHONE BACK TO JONATHAN.
00:48:29.40\00:48:31.90
ARE YOU - ARE WE
READY FOR YOU? GO AHEAD.
00:48:31.90\00:48:35.50
>>GOD, WHO AT VARIOUS TIMES AND
IN VARIOUS WAYS SPOKE IN TIME
00:48:35.50\00:48:42.90
PAST TO THE FATHERS BY THE
PROPHETS, HAS IN THESE LAST DAYS
00:48:42.90\00:48:48.03
SPOKEN TO US BY HIS SON, WHOM
HE HAS APPOINTED HEIR OF ALL
00:48:48.03\00:48:53.10
THINGS, THROUGH WHOM
ALSO HE MADE THE WORLDS;"
00:48:53.10\00:48:59.13
>>THROUGH THE SON HE MADE THE
WORLDS - NOT JUST THIS WORLD -
00:48:59.13\00:49:04.43
ALL WORLDS. I
BELIEVE GENESIS REALLY IS
00:49:04.43\00:49:07.50
TALKING ABOUT THE CREATION OF
OUR WORLD AND IT SAYS GOD MADE
00:49:07.50\00:49:10.26
EVERYTHING IN THE BEGINNING
AND THEN IT GOES MORE INTO THE
00:49:10.26\00:49:12.70
HISTORY OF OUR PLANET'S
CREATION, BUT THERE ARE OTHER
00:49:12.70\00:49:15.23
UNFALLEN WORLDS OUT THERE.
THERE WAS A DAY WHEN THE SONS OF
00:49:15.23\00:49:18.70
GOD CAME TO MEET BEFORE THE
LORD AND SATAN CAME - REMEMBER?
00:49:18.70\00:49:23.16
AND THE LORD SAID TO THE
DEVIL, 'WHERE'D YOU COME FROM?'
00:49:23.16\00:49:25.86
'I CAME FROM THE
EARTH.' SO GOD'S GOT HIS OTHER
00:49:25.86\00:49:28.93
INTELLIGENT WORLDS OUT THERE.
NOW THE REASON I'M SAYING ALL
00:49:28.93\00:49:33.60
THIS ABOUT JESUS IS: WHO
IS THE AUTHOR OF CREATION?
00:49:33.60\00:49:38.86
SO IF REVIVAL IS A RECREATION
AND A NEW HEART, WHO DO WE
00:49:38.86\00:49:44.80
DEPEND ON TO BE RECREATED?
YOU CANNOT RECREATE YOURSELF,
00:49:44.80\00:49:49.93
IT'S A MIRACLE. WE
DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW GOD,
00:49:49.93\00:49:52.93
THROUGH HIS WORD, BROUGHT THINGS
INTO EXISTENCE, BUT REVIVAL
00:49:52.93\00:49:56.26
HAPPENS THE SAME WAY -
THROUGH THE POWER OF HIS WORD.
00:49:56.26\00:50:01.00
THE SAME WAY THE FIRST CREATION
HAPPENS, A RECREATION, OR A
00:50:01.00\00:50:05.23
REVIVAL, OR A RESTORATION
HAPPENS THROUGH THE PROCLAMATION
00:50:05.23\00:50:09.13
OF THE WORD. AND ALL
THE HEALINGS THAT JESUS
00:50:09.13\00:50:12.93
DID - WHEN SOMEONE'S COVERED
WITH LEPROSY AND THEY'RE DYING
00:50:12.93\00:50:15.96
AND SOMEONE COMES TO JESUS AND
SAID, 'LORD, IF YOU WILL YOU CAN
00:50:15.96\00:50:19.36
MAKE ME CLEAN.' HE SAYS,
'I WILL. BE CLEAN.' AND WHEN
00:50:19.36\00:50:22.80
HE SAYS, 'BE CLEAN' A MIRACLE
HAPPENED THROUGH THE WORD.
00:50:22.80\00:50:25.30
HE WAS HEALED. HE WAS REVIVED.
WHEN YOU GO FROM THE DISEASE OF
00:50:25.30\00:50:29.26
LEPROSY TO
WHOLENESS, IT'S A REVIVAL.
00:50:29.26\00:50:31.56
AND THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS
WITH US. LEPROSY'S LIKE SIN.
00:50:31.56\00:50:34.96
WE NEED THE WORDS - THE POWER
OF THE WORD - TO EXPERIENCE THAT
00:50:34.96\00:50:38.16
TRANSFORMATION OF HEART.
SOMETIMES IT HAPPENS IN - IT
00:50:38.16\00:50:41.96
COULD HAPPEN IN A
MOMENT, LIKE WITH PAUL.
00:50:41.96\00:50:44.50
SOMETIMES IT HAPPENS IN
HOURS. IT USUALLY HAPPENS WITH A
00:50:44.50\00:50:48.03
PROCESS BECAUSE IT'S A CHANGE
OF THINKING AND THE HOLY SPIRIT
00:50:48.03\00:50:52.03
BEGINS TO WORK ON THE MIND AND
WE BECOME CONVICTED OF THINGS
00:50:52.03\00:50:55.13
THAT NEED CHANGE. YOU
NOTICE THE LESSON IS NOT
00:50:55.13\00:50:57.33
JUST REVIVAL? IT'S
REVIVAL AND REFORMATION.
00:50:57.33\00:50:59.93
I HAD TO DOUBLE-CHECK
HERE BUT I WAS ALMOST SURE.
00:50:59.93\00:51:02.36
REFORMATION MEANS 'REFORMING'
- REVIVAL IS, YOU KNOW, YOU COME
00:51:02.36\00:51:06.86
TO LIFE AND THEN THERE'S THE
SANCTIFICATION WHERE YOU START
00:51:06.86\00:51:09.83
HAVING TO CHANGE
IN YOUR BEHAVIOR.
00:51:09.83\00:51:12.83
THEN WE'VE GOT A PLACE HERE
WHERE THERE'S A LOVING REBUKE
00:51:12.83\00:51:17.26
AND YOU READ IN - SOMEBODY LOOK
UP FOR ME JOB 5:17 - I WANT TO
00:51:17.26\00:51:23.56
GET US QUEUED UP FOR
THAT. YOU'VE GOT THAT ONE TOO?
00:51:23.56\00:51:27.80
OKAY, WELL WE'LL - SINCE
YOU STEPPED UP TO BAT LAST TIME
00:51:27.80\00:51:31.30
WE'LL LET YOU DO IT AGAIN.
NOT JUST NOW BUT BE READY -
00:51:31.30\00:51:34.16
JOB 5:17. A LOVING REBUKE.
THE BIBLE TELLS US THAT THE
00:51:34.16\00:51:38.80
CHURCH OF
LAODICEA IS BEING REBUKED.
00:51:38.80\00:51:41.93
PROVERBS 3:11, "MY SON, DO NOT
DESPISE THE CHASTENING OF THE
00:51:41.93\00:51:47.63
LORD, NOR DETEST HIS CORRECTION;
FOR WHOM THE LORD LOVES HE
00:51:47.63\00:51:53.03
CORRECTS." ANY OF
YOU EVER GO TO YOUR
00:51:53.03\00:51:58.03
PARENTS AND SAY, 'YOU KNOW,
I THINK I NEED A SPANKING.'
00:51:58.03\00:52:01.83
DID YOU EVER
LOOK FORWARD TO THAT?
00:52:01.83\00:52:03.80
DID YOU EVER APPLY
FOR ONE? NOT KNOWINGLY.
00:52:03.80\00:52:09.70
HEBREWS 12:7 - THAT WAS THE OLD
TESTAMENT NOW WE'LL GO TO THE
00:52:09.70\00:52:11.90
NEW - HEBREWS 12:7, "IF YOU
ENDURE CHASTENING, GOD DEALS
00:52:11.90\00:52:16.00
WITH YOU AS WITH SONS;" - SONS
AND DAUGHTERS - "FOR WHAT SON IS
00:52:16.00\00:52:19.16
THERE WHOM A
FATHER DOES NOT CHASTEN?
00:52:19.16\00:52:21.50
BUT IF YOU ARE WITHOUT
CHASTENING, OF WHICH ALL HAVE
00:52:21.50\00:52:23.60
BECOME PARTAKERS, THEN YOU
ARE ILLEGITIMATE AND NOT SONS."
00:52:23.60\00:52:26.56
-- USES A STRONG WORD IN SOME
TRANSLATIONS - "FURTHERMORE, WE
00:52:26.56\00:52:30.06
HAVE HAD HUMAN FATHERS WHO
CORRECTED US, AND WE PAID THEM
00:52:30.06\00:52:33.66
RESPECT. SHALL WE
NOT MUCH MORE READILY
00:52:33.66\00:52:36.16
BE IN SUBJECTION TO THE
FATHER OF SPIRITS AND LIVE?
00:52:36.16\00:52:39.33
FOR THEY INDEED FOR A FEW DAYS
CHASTENED US AS SEEMED BEST TO
00:52:39.33\00:52:42.53
THEM," - EARTHLY FATHERS DO
THEIR BEST AND THEY MESS UP WHEN
00:52:42.53\00:52:45.63
IT COMES TO DISCIPLINING
THEIR CHILDREN BUT HE SAID, 'OUR
00:52:45.63\00:52:48.20
HEAVENLY FATHER, HE DOESN'T MAKE
THOSE MISTAKES' - "BUT HE FOR
00:52:48.20\00:52:52.56
OUR PROFIT, THAT WE MAY BE
PARTAKERS OF HIS HOLINESS."
00:52:52.56\00:52:55.83
WHY DOES HE CHASTEN US?
00:52:55.83\00:52:57.13
THAT WE MIGHT BE
PARTAKERS OF HIS HOLINESS.
00:52:57.13\00:53:01.70
AND IT SAYS IF WE SURRENDER
TO EARTHLY FATHERS 'SHALL WE NOT
00:53:01.70\00:53:08.00
MUCH MORE SUBMIT TO THE
FATHER OF SPIRITS AND LIVE?'
00:53:08.00\00:53:11.86
"NOW NO CHASTENING SEEMS JOYFUL
AT THE PRESENT, BUT PAINFUL;
00:53:11.86\00:53:16.06
NEVERTHELESS, AFTERWARD IT
YIELDS THE PEACEABLE FRUIT OF
00:53:16.06\00:53:18.86
RIGHTEOUSNESS TO THOSE
WHO HAVE BEEN TRAINED BY IT."
00:53:18.86\00:53:22.43
CAN ANY OF YOU LOOK BACK AT A
TIME WHEN YOUR FATHER OR MOTHER
00:53:22.43\00:53:25.50
HAD TO DISCIPLINE YOU AND SMILE?
I CAN NOW - I DIDN'T THEN.
00:53:25.50\00:53:31.73
I CAN NOW BECAUSE I CAN THINK AS
A FATHER I UNDERSTAND THEY DID
00:53:31.73\00:53:36.70
IT BECAUSE THEY
LOVE ME OR I NEEDED IT.
00:53:36.70\00:53:39.43
SOMETIMES THEY WERE
JUST PLAIN EXASPERATED.
00:53:39.43\00:53:42.96
IT MIGHT NOT HAVE BEEN THE RIGHT
TIME BUT YOU UNDERSTAND IT.
00:53:42.96\00:53:46.60
YOU DIDN'T ENJOY IT THEN.
WELL THOSE ARE HUMAN PARENTS
00:53:46.60\00:53:51.63
DOING THEIR BEST TO CHASTEN
YOU FOR YOUR GOOD, HOPEFULLY.
00:53:51.63\00:53:57.30
HOW MUCH MORE IF YOUR FATHER IN
HEAVEN IS GOING TO CHASTEN YOU,
00:53:57.30\00:54:00.83
TO JUST EMBRACE IT? SOMEONE
SAID IF YOU DRAW NEAR THE ONE
00:54:00.83\00:54:04.73
WHO IS HOLDING THE ROD IT TAKES
THE STING OUT OF THE BLOWS.
00:54:04.73\00:54:09.23
YOU KNOW, BECAUSE OF CENTRIFUGAL
FORCE, THE FURTHER YOU ARE OUT
00:54:09.23\00:54:12.20
ON A BAT, THE HARDER IT HITS.
THE MORE YOU DRAW IN TO WHERE
00:54:12.20\00:54:17.33
THE HANDS ARE,
THERE'S NOT SO MUCH VELOCITY.
00:54:17.33\00:54:20.50
SO THE BEST THING TO HAPPEN,
IF YOU'RE GOING THROUGH THE
00:54:20.50\00:54:22.66
CHASTENING OF GOD, DRAW
CLOSE. I NOTICED WHEN MY MOM WAS
00:54:22.66\00:54:27.46
SWINGING AT ME, IF I HUGGED HER
SHE COULDN'T HIT ME VERY HARD.
00:54:27.46\00:54:32.70
SO WHEN YOU GET OUT THERE
YOU GET THE TERMINAL VELOCITY.
00:54:32.70\00:54:37.93
SO WHAT DO WE DO WHEN WE'RE
BEING CHASTENED BY THE LORD?
00:54:37.93\00:54:40.20
DRAW NEAR, RIGHT?
ALRIGHT, GO AHEAD, JOB 5:17.
00:54:40.20\00:54:44.56
>>"BEHOLD, HAPPY IS THE MAN WHOM
GOD CORRECTS; THEREFORE DO NOT
00:54:44.56\00:54:50.03
DESPISE THE
CHASTENING OF THE ALMIGHTY.
00:54:50.03\00:54:53.83
FOR HE BRUISES, BUT HE BINDS UP;
HE WOUNDS, BUT HIS HANDS MAKE
00:54:53.83\00:55:01.43
WHOLE." >>IT
SHOWS THE LOVE OF GOD.
00:55:01.43\00:55:04.36
WHEN HE CHASTENS US
IT'S BECAUSE HE LOVES US.
00:55:04.36\00:55:06.80
AND THEN - I SEE I'VE GOT A
LOT MORE LESSON HERE - I KNOW IN
00:55:06.80\00:55:09.06
FUTURE LESSONS I'LL PROBABLY GET
TO TALK MORE ABOUT LAODICEA BUT
00:55:09.06\00:55:12.50
JESUS MAKES AN APPEAL. HE
SAYS, 'BEHOLD, I STAND AT THE
00:55:12.50\00:55:16.40
DOOR AND I KNOCK.' YOU
SURE YOU DON'T WANT ME TO
00:55:16.40\00:55:18.83
SING THAT SONG? OH, NOT NOW.
00:55:18.83\00:55:23.26
AND HE SAYS, 'I KNOCK' -
AND BACK IN BIBLE TIMES THEY HAD
00:55:23.26\00:55:25.90
VENDORS THAT ACTUALLY WENT FROM
DOOR TO DOOR AND THEY'D WALK UP
00:55:25.90\00:55:30.16
THE STREET AND THEY'D BE SELLING
THEIR BANANAS - NO THEY DIDN'T
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HAVE BANANAS BACK
THEN - WHAT DID THEY SELL?
00:55:34.43\00:55:36.10
THEY SOLD FIGS AND POMELOS AND
POMEGRANATES AND THOSE OTHERS
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BIBLICAL FRUITS AND THEY'D CALL
OUT AT THE DOOR AND THEY'D - AND
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HE SAYS, 'LOOK,
I'VE GOT SOMETHING.
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BUY WITHOUT MONEY -
WITHOUT PRICE.' WHAT IS IT?
00:55:44.63\00:55:47.63
'I'VE GOT GOLD WHICH IS
THAT FAITH THAT WORKS BY LOVE.'
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FAITH AND LOVE,
WHICH NEED TO BE THE VALUE.
00:55:51.96\00:55:56.10
AND HE SAID, 'I'VE GOT THE
GARMENTS TO COVER YOUR NAKEDNESS
00:55:56.10\00:55:59.40
THAT YOUR SHAME
DOES NOT APPEAR.'
00:55:59.40\00:56:01.30
THE ROBE OF HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS.
00:56:01.30\00:56:03.26
AND HE SAID, 'I'VE GOT THAT BALM
FROM GILEAD TO ANOINT YOUR EYES
00:56:03.26\00:56:07.46
- THE HOLY SPIRIT - THAT OIL
THAT WILL HEAL YOUR EYES THAT
00:56:07.46\00:56:11.60
THEY MIGHT SEE.' YOU
KNOW JESUS ONCE ANOINTED A
00:56:11.60\00:56:13.73
BLIND MAN'S EYES AND
HE CAME SEEING AGAIN.
00:56:13.73\00:56:16.96
AND HE SAYS, 'AS MANY AS
I LOVE I REBUKE AND CHASTEN.
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BE ZEALOUS,
THEREFORE, AND REPENT.'
00:56:19.80\00:56:21.30
IN OTHER WORDS,
WE NEED TO RESPOND.
00:56:21.30\00:56:23.33
IS REPENTANCE
SOMETHING WE CAN CHOOSE TO DO?
00:56:23.33\00:56:25.56
REPENTANCE IS A GIFT GOD GIVES
US BUT YOU MUST CHOOSE TO DO IT.
00:56:25.56\00:56:29.03
YOU CAN RESIST REPENTANCE.
WHEN JESUS WASHED JUDAS' FEET -
00:56:29.03\00:56:34.10
DON'T YOU THINK EVERY SPIRITUAL
DESIRE LEFT IN JUDAS WANTED TO
00:56:34.10\00:56:36.90
REPENT OF WHAT HE WAS
DOING? BUT HE SUBDUED IT.
00:56:36.90\00:56:40.80
HE STIFLED IT AND HE WAS LOST.
SOME PEOPLE PUT OFF - POSTPONE -
00:56:40.80\00:56:45.40
STIFLE THE DESIRE TO REPENT AND
CONFESS AND GOD WON'T FORCE YOU.
00:56:45.40\00:56:50.60
SO WHEN THE HOLY SPIRIT IS
BRINGING CONVICTION, RESPOND -
00:56:50.60\00:56:53.76
YIELD YOURSELF -
HUMBLE YOURSELF, REPENT, PRAY.
00:56:53.76\00:56:58.10
AND THEN HE CAN HEAL AND
THEN YOU CAN OPEN THE DOOR, YOU
00:56:58.10\00:57:02.80
INVITE HIM IN.
THAT'S WHAT YOU DO.
00:57:02.80\00:57:05.00
HE'S AT THE DOOR KNOCKING AND
HE WANTS TO GIVE YOU ALL THOSE
00:57:05.00\00:57:06.86
THINGS BUT YOU
MUST OPEN THE DOOR.
00:57:06.86\00:57:09.40
IT'S LIKE HE SAID TO ZACCHEUS,
'I WANT TO ABIDE AT YOUR HOUSE
00:57:09.40\00:57:11.70
TODAY.' HE WANTS TO
COME IN AND SUP WITH
00:57:11.70\00:57:14.10
US BUT YOU'VE
GOT TO OPEN THE DOOR.
00:57:14.10\00:57:16.63
A HOUSE WAS A SORT OF SANCTUARY
- YOU COULDN'T BARGE INTO
00:57:16.63\00:57:19.60
SOMEONE'S HOUSE, YOU HAD TO
OPEN THE DOOR AND INVITE HIM IN.
00:57:19.60\00:57:23.96
NOW, IF JESUS IS NOT IN YOUR
HOUSE, THE DEVIL HAS NO MANNERS.
00:57:23.96\00:57:28.20
HE WILL BREAK IN. AND
IF YOU WANT TO GET THE
00:57:28.20\00:57:31.20
DARKNESS OUT, YOU
TURN ON THE LIGHT.
00:57:31.20\00:57:33.26
IF YOU WANT THE DEVIL OUT OF
YOUR LIFE, YOU INVITE THE LIGHT
00:57:33.26\00:57:35.36
OF THE WORLD INTO
YOUR HEART, RIGHT?
00:57:35.36\00:57:37.40
WELL, WE'RE OUT OF TIME.
WE'VE GOT A LOT OF LESSON LEFT
00:57:37.40\00:57:39.66
BUT WE'LL BE TALKING
ABOUT REVIVAL FOR A FEW WEEKS.
00:57:39.66\00:57:42.20
I WANT TO REMIND YOU - A FREE
OFFER - YOU CAN EITHER CALL FOR
00:57:42.20\00:57:45.30
IT AND IT'S CALLED 'TWELVE STEPS
TO REVIVAL' AND BASED ON THE
00:57:45.30\00:57:50.00
EXPERIENCES OF JOHN THE BAPTIST
AND ELIJAH - AND ASK FOR OFFER
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#780 OR YOU CAN GO TO
THE AMAZING FACTS WEBSITE
00:57:53.50\00:57:57.13
'AMAZINGFACTS.ORG'
AND DOWNLOAD IT THERE.
00:57:57.13\00:58:00.20
GOD WILLING WE'LL STUDY
TOGETHER AGAIN NEXT WEEK.
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(MUSIC)
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