(MUSIC)
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>>WELCOME TO SACRAMENTO CENTRAL
SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH
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HERE IN SACRAMENTO,CALIFORNIA.
WE'RE SO GLAD THAT YOU ARE
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TUNING IN AND WE LOOK FORWARD
TO OPENING UP GOD'S WORD AND
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STUDYING TOGETHER TODAY.
OF COURSE, BEFORE WE DO THAT,
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OUR EXTENDED FAMILY AROUND THE
WORLD - WHETHER YOU'RE LISTENING
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ON RADIO, WATCHING LIVE ON
OUR WEBSITE AT 'SACCENTRAL.ORG'
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OR ON THE VARIOUS TELEVISION
NETWORKS - MANY OF YOU HAVE SENT
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IN SONG REQUESTS, SO WE
ALWAYS START OUR PROGRAM SINGING
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YOUR FAVORITES. TODAY
WE'RE GOING TO BE SINGING
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'WHAT HEAVENLY
MUSIC'. I LOVE THIS SONG.
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EVER SINCE - WELL, I WAS A
TEENAGER, I THINK, WHEN I FOUND
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THIS SONG. IT HAS
BEAUTIFUL HARMONY SO
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EVERYBODY HERE, IF YOU HEAR THE
HARMONY IN YOUR HEAD, OR YOU CAN
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READ THE MUSIC - THOSE OF
YOU AT HOME - I WANT TO HEAR
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A FULL CHOIR THIS MORNING.
AND THERE'S ENOUGH OF YOU TO
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HEAR ALL FOUR
PARTS. LET'S SING TOGETHER
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'WHAT HEAVENLY MUSIC' - #452
- AND WE HAD A LOT OF REQUESTS
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FOR THIS SO I'M JUST
GOING PICK A FEW OF YOU.
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LOVELYN, NATHAN, AND JOE IN
AUSTRALIA, DIAMOND IN HAWAII,
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BEATRICE IN THE REPUBLIC OF
KOREA, ARLENE, DARYL, AND RHYZA
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IN SOUTH KOREA AND FAYE IN THE
UNITED KINGDOM, AND MANY MORE
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OF YOU. THANK YOU
SO MUCH FOR SENDING IN
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YOUR REQUESTS. AND
WE'RE GOING TO SING ALL
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THREE STANZAS -
'WHAT HEAVENLY MUSIC'.
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(MUSIC)
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>>WHAT HEAVENLY MUSIC.
I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE DAY
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WHEN WE CAN TRULY
HEAR HEAVENLY MUSIC.
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IF YOU HAVE A FAVORITE SONG THAT
YOU WOULD LIKE TO SING WITH US
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ON AN UPCOMING
PROGRAM, IT'S VERY SIMPLE.
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YOU JUST GO ON THE COMPUTER,
GO TO 'SACCENTRAL.ORG', CLICK ON
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THE 'CONTACT US' LINK AND YOU
CAN SEND IN YOUR FAVORITE HYMN
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AND WE'LL DO OUR BEST TO
SING THAT FOR YOU AS SOON AS
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POSSIBLE. AND,
HEY, DON'T FORGET - IT'S
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NOT TOO SOON TO START SENDING
IN YOUR CHRISTMAS REQUESTS, LIKE
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SILENT NIGHT - BECAUSE WE WILL
ACTUALLY BE SINGING THOSE SOONER
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THAN WE REALIZE. IT'S
COMING UP PRETTY QUICKLY.
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OUR NEXT SONG - 'GOD BE WITH
YOU' TILL WE MEET AGAIN IS #65
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AND THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL SONG.
AS WE'RE WORKING OUR WAY THROUGH
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THE HYMNAL IT'S PROBABLY NOT ONE
OF THE REALLY NEW ONES TO MOST
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OF YOU BECAUSE I THINK IT HAS
BEEN SUNG FOR A VERY LONG TIME
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AND MORE ON A REGULAR BASIS, BUT
IT IS A BEAUTIFUL SONG AND IT IS
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THE NEXT ONE AS WE'RE WORKING
OUR WAY THROUGH THE HYMNAL.
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'GOD BE WITH YOU'
TILL WE MEET AGAIN.
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YOU KNOW, BEING A MISSIONARY
- IN THIS DAY AND AGE WE HAVE
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SHORT-TERM MISSION TRIPS SO YOU
DON'T HAVE TO GIVE UP YOUR HOME
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AND YOUR FRIENDS TO GO AND
BE A MISSIONARY FOR A COUPLE OF
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WEEKS. AND IT'S
GREAT BECAUSE IT'S -
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IT'S A GOOD WAKE-UP CALL FOR
WHEN YOU COME BACK TO YOUR HOME
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THAT YOU REALIZE HOW BLESSED
YOU REALLY ARE AND HOW MUCH YOU
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CAN DO EVEN IN
YOUR OWN NEIGHBORHOOD.
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BUT LET'S SAY - FIFTY YEARS AGO
- A HUNDRED YEARS AGO - TO BE A
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MISSIONARY, THEY WERE SENDING
MISSIONARIES AROUND THE WORLD ON
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BOATS AND WHEN YOU WENT TO
BE A MISSIONARY IT WASN'T FOR A
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COUPLE OF WEEKS. YOU
DEDICATED YOUR LIFE TO THIS
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AND YOU DIDN'T HAVE THE
ASSURANCE THAT IT WAS JUST A
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COUPLE WEEKS. YOU
MAY NEVER COME BACK.
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YOU MAY BE GIVING YOUR
LIFE GOING OFF TO AN UNREACHED
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CONTINENT -
COUNTRY. IT WAS A SACRIFICE.
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IT WAS TAKEN VERY SERIOUSLY
AND WE HAVE A LOT TO LEARN FROM
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THOSE THAT HAVE GONE BEFORE US -
IN THE DEDICATION THAT THEY HAVE
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AND BEING WILLING
TO GIVE EVERYTHING.
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AND THIS IS ONE OF THOSE SONGS
THAT I'M SURE WAS SUNG MANY
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TIMES - AS FAREWELLS WERE SAID,
AS PEOPLE WERE LEAVING FOR WHO
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KNOWS? 'GOD BE
WITH YOU' TILL WE MEET
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AGAIN - BEAUTIFUL SONG.
WE'RE GOING TO SING THE FIRST,
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SECOND AND FOURTH STANZAS.
IT'S A REQUEST FROM ANNA MARIE
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IN ARIZONA, HYLDA IN CANADA, LEO
AND DOROTHY IN MICHIGAN, HOWARD
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AND DIANE IN MISSISSIPPI, AND
PASTOR JORGE, SUE ELLEN, JOSH
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AND SARAH IN NORTH CAROLINA.
FIRST, SECOND AND FOURTH
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STANZAS. (MUSIC)
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>>BEAUTIFUL.
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THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
SENDING IN YOUR REQUESTS.
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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 GIVING US THE
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OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE TODAY,
TO WORSHIP YOU, AND FOR THE
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INSPIRATION OF THOSE THAT HAVE
GIVEN EVERYTHING TO SERVE YOU -
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THAT HAVE LEFT THEIR HOMES,
THEIR FRIENDS, THEIR COUNTRIES -
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AND HAVE GONE AROUND THE
WORLD TO SPREAD YOUR LOVE.
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AND I PRAY THAT THEIR SACRIFICES
WILL NOT HAVE BEEN IN VAIN.
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AND WE KNOW THAT THE WORK THAT
MANY STARTED HUNDREDS OF YEARS
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AGO - FIFTY YEARS AGO - HAVE
BORNE A HUGE FRUIT ALREADY AND I
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JUST PRAY THAT YOU WOULD
CONTINUE TO BLESS THEIR EFFORTS
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AND HOW THEY'VE TOUCHED
OUR LIVES AND MAY WE ALWAYS BE
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WILLING TO GO WHERE YOU WOULD
LIKE US AND YOU'VE ASKED US
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TO GO. BE WITH US
AS WE OPEN UP YOUR
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WORD AND WE STUDY TOGETHER.
I PRAY THAT YOU'LL BE WITH OUR
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SPEAKER AND EACH
PERSON THAT CAN HEAR MY VOICE.
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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 MIKE THOMPSON.
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HE IS OUR HEALTH AND VISITATION
PASTOR HERE AT CENTRAL CHURCH.
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>>THANK YOU VERY MUCH DEBBIE
AND THE CHORISTERS THIS MORNING.
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HAPPY SABBATH EVERYBODY.
IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU ALL.
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WE HAVE A SPECIAL
OFFER WHICH I WILL DO FIRST.
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I SHOULDN'T SAY 'DO' BUT
I WILL OFFER TO YOU FIRST.
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IT'S ON THE SCREEN THERE.
OUR FREE OFFER IS 'DETERMINING
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THE WILL OF GOD'
AND THIS IS OFFER #778.
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IF YOU CALL THE NUMBER
866-788-3966 THEN AMAZING FACTS
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WILL SEND IT TO YOU FREE. SO
IT'S 'DETERMINING THE WILL OF
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GOD' AND IT'S WRITTEN BY OUR
OWN DEAR PASTOR DOUG BATCHELOR.
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IN THIS BOOK, PASTOR DOUG DEALS
WITH SOME OF THE PRINCIPLES THAT
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GOD USES AND THE PRINCIPLES THAT
WE NEED TO KNOW AND EMPLOY BY
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FAITH TO ASK GOD TO GUIDE US IN
OUR LIVES BECAUSE THERE'S LIKE A
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WEATHER VANE HERE AND THE
WIND CAN BLOW IN ANY DIRECTION.
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BUT WE'RE NOT TO BE CHRISTIANS
LIKE WEATHER VANES, ARE WE?
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WE'RE SUPPOSED TO GO WHERE GOD
SAYS AND IF THE WIND BLOWS THAT
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WAY WE GO THIS WAY. SO
THIS'LL BE A VERY VALUABLE
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BOOK FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO
WANT TO UNDERSTAND MORE ABOUT
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DETERMINING THE WILL OF
GOD. SO 1-866-788-3966 OR
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1-866-STUDY-MORE.
OKAY, WE'RE ON LESSON #9
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THIS WEEK, PURSUING OUR THEME
ON 'REVIVAL AND REFORMATION' AND
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THIS WEEK IT'S CALLED
'REFORMATION: THE OUTGROWTH OF
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REVIVAL'. I'D
LIKE TO READ THE FIRST
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PARAGRAPH AS IT
READS HERE IN THE LESSON.
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IT TELLS US - THIS IS
ON SABBATH'S PAGE - SABBATH
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AFTERNOON. "REVIVAL
IS AN ONGOING PROCESS.
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DAILY OUR LORD INVITES US
INTO THE JOY OF HIS PRESENCE.
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JUST AS ISRAEL WAS NOURISHED BY
THE MANNA THAT FELL FROM HEAVEN,
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JESUS SPREADS OUT A SPIRITUAL
BANQUET FOR US EVERYDAY.
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OUR SOULS ARE NOURISHED,
OUR SPIRITS REFRESHED, AND OUR
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HEARTS REVIVED AS WE
KNEEL QUIETLY BEFORE HIS THRONE,
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MEDITATING UPON HIS WORD.
TRUE SPIRITUAL RENEWAL LEADS TO
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A CHANGE IN OUR THOUGHT
PATTERNS, HABITS AND LIFESTYLE."
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IT'S WHAT WE CALL A REFORMATION
AND REFORMATION COMES FROM THE
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TERM, AS YOU KNOW,
REFORM. GOD CHANGES YOUR SHAPE,
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SPIRITUALLY - CHANGES
THE CHARACTER AND SO FORTH.
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BUT I'D LIKE TO TAKE A LITTLE
BIT OF LICENSE TODAY, IF YOU
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DON'T MIND, AND I'M SURE
YOU DON'T MIND BUT THE AUTHOR OF
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THIS LESSON MIGHT MIND.
THEY ARE EXCELLENT LESSONS, BUT
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I'D LIKE TO TAKE A LITTLE BIT
OF LICENSE AND CHANGE THE TITLE
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FROM 'REFORMATION: THE OUTGROWTH
OF REVIVAL' TO 'REFORMATION: THE
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OUTGROWTH OF THE NEW BIRTH' OR
'REFORMATION: THE OUTGROWTH OF
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CONVERSION' BECAUSE THAT'S
REALLY WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT
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TODAY, IN FACT, ALL THE
WAY THROUGH THESE LESSONS.
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BECAUSE AS REVIVAL NEEDS TO TAKE
PLACE EVERY DAY IN OUR LIVES,
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CONVERSION NEEDS TO TAKE PLACE.
WE'RE ACTUALLY DEALING WITH
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SYNONYMOUS THINGS AS
IT SO HAPPENS, I BELIEVE.
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AND SO, WE HAVE TO HAVE
CONVERSION FIRST BEFORE WE CAN
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HAVE A REFORMATION.
WOULD YOU AGREE WITH THAT?
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OTHERWISE, WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
ARE YOU PICKING UP A GOOD OLD
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MALLET AND THE SHARPEST CHISEL
YOU CAN FIND AND YOU'VE GOT TO
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FASHION OUT A NEW HEART FROM
A LUMP OF ROCK OR GRANITE THAT'S
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INSIDE - NOT LITERALLY INSIDE
YOUR CHEST, BUT WE SPEAK OF
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THE HUMAN HEART.
IT'S LIKE A ROCK.
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BUT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S HOW
PEOPLE TRY TO REFORM THEMSELVES.
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THEY PICK UP, AS IT WERE, THIS
HAMMER AND THIS CHISEL AND THEY
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START CHISELING AWAY
AND, BOY, IT'S HARD WORK.
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IT'S NOT VERY JOYFUL WORK
AND IT'S A WORK THAT'S NEVER
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COMPLETED. IT'S
A PATH TO FAILURE.
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SO, TO MOVE ON HERE, I'M ALSO
GOING TO GO TO THE LESSON AND
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READ SOMETHING AGAIN
JUST TO GET US STARTED.
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I'M ACTUALLY GOING TO THURSDAY'S
SECTION BECAUSE - NO FRIDAY -
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FRIDAY'S SECTION BECAUSE THERE
IS A STATEMENT HERE AT THE TOP
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OF THE PAGE THAT I WANT TO READ
WHICH, AGAIN, I KNOW IT'S KIND
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OF REINFORCING IT. I'M
REPEATING SOME THINGS HERE,
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BUT I LIKE THE
WAY IT'S PUT HERE.
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THIS IS FROM THE 'ADVENT
REVIEW AND SABBATH HERALD'
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FEBRUARY 25, 1902. THE
WRITER SAYS, "A REVIVAL AND
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REFORMATION MUST TAKE
PLACE UNDER THE MINISTRATION OF
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THE HOLY SPIRIT.
REVIVAL AND REFORMATION ARE TWO
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DIFFERENT THINGS.
REVIVAL SIGNIFIES A RENEWAL OF
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SPIRITUAL LIFE" -
IT'S A NEW BIRTH, RIGHT? -
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"A REVIVAL OF SPIRITUAL LIFE,
A QUICKENING OF THE POWERS OF
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MIND AND HEART, A RESURRECTION
FROM SPIRITUAL DEATH.
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REFORMATION SIGNIFIES A
REORGANIZATION, A CHANGE IN
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IDEAS AND THEORIES,
HABITS, AND PRACTICES."
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- THIS IS WHAT WE
CALL SANCTIFICATION.
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WHERE WAS I? -
"REFORMATION WILL NOT BRING
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FORTH THE GOOD FRUIT OF
RIGHTEOUSNESS UNLESS IT IS
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CONNECTED WITH THE
REVIVAL OF THE SPIRIT." -
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REVIVAL COMES FIRST, NEW
BIRTH, THEN REFORMATION. -
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"REVIVAL AND REFORMATION ARE
TO DO THEIR APPOINTED WORK AND
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IN DOING THIS
WORK THEY MUST BLEND."
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THEY MUST,
INDEED, BLEND TOGETHER.
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OKAY, SO LET'S - I WANT TO START
IN SUNDAY AND I JUST HAVE TO
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ADMIT WE WON'T GET TO THE END OF
THE LESSON SO I READ THAT LITTLE
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BIT FIRST SO I CAN SAY I READ
SOMETHING OFF THE LAST PAGE.
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WE WON'T - IT'S JUST SO
RICH - IT'S JUST SO FULL.
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IT SAYS, AGAIN, 'THE PROPHETS' -
SUNDAY'S SECTION - 'THE PROPHETS
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APPEAL FOR REFORMATION'.
AND, AGAIN, I WANT TO TAKE SOME
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LICENSE HERE, IF I MAY.
THESE ARE WONDERFUL LESSONS BUT
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I JUST WANT TO
JUGGLE SOME THINGS AROUND.
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I WANT TO CHANGE THIS TITLE
AS WELL - SUNDAY'S SECTION - NOT
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FROM THE PROPHET'S APPEAL
FOR REFORMATION BUT THE KING'S
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APPEAL FOR REFORMATION -
SPECIFICALLY KING JEHOSHAPHAT.
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BUT YOU GET DOWN LINE IN A
FEW MOMENTS, WE'LL SEE THAT
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JEHOSHAPHAT AND THE SUBJECTS OF
HIS KINGDOM WERE FACED WITH THIS
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GREAT CHALLENGE. THERE
WAS AN INVASION PENDING
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FROM THE AMMONITES AND MOABITES.
BUT LET'S SEE WHAT HAPPENED
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FIRST IN CHAPTER 19. I
WANT TO GO TO 2 CHRONICLES
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CHAPTER 19, AND I WOULD
LIKE SOMEBODY TO PLEASE READ -
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WHERE ARE WE? - VERSE 4.
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2 CHRONICLES 19 AND
VERSE 4, YES PLEASE.
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AND MICHAEL, I CAN HEAR
YOU TALKING HERE SO YOU'RE UP.
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>>2 CHRONICLES 19, VERSE 4, "SO
JEHOSHAPHAT DWELT AT JERUSALEM;
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AND HE WENT OUT AGAIN AMONG
THE PEOPLE FROM BEERSHEBA TO THE
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MOUNTAINS OF EPHRAIM, AND
BROUGHT THEM BACK TO THE LORD
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GOD OF THEIR FATHERS."
>>YEAH. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
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SO THIS IS IN THE SAME YEAR.
THE EVENTS OF CHAPTER 19 ARE IN
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THE SAME YEAR AS THE
EVENTS OF CHAPTER 20.
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YOU SEE HERE,
JEHOSHAPHAT, HE WASN'T PERFECT.
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GOD GIVES HIM A LITTLE BIT OF
A DRESSING DOWN AT THE BEGINNING
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OF THE CHAPTER, BUT NONETHELESS,
HE WAS COMPARED TO A LOT WHO
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HAVE BEEN BEFORE AND
AFTER. HE WAS A GOOD KING.
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AND HE HAD A BURDEN ON HIS HEART
TO SEE A REVIVAL AND REFORMATION
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IN HIS KINGDOM. AND SO,
THIS IS ACTUALLY WHAT HE
00:18:58.53\00:19:02.46
AIMED FOR AND BY THE GRACE
OF GOD THIS IS WHAT HE DID.
00:19:02.46\00:19:04.80
IT SAID, 'HE BROUGHT THEM
BACK UNTO THE LORD GOD OF THEIR
00:19:04.80\00:19:10.33
FATHERS.' AND
VERSE 9 HE TELLS THEM,
00:19:10.33\00:19:16.20
"WHEREFORE NOW LET THE FEAR OF
THE LORD BE UPON YOU; TAKE HEED
00:19:16.20\00:19:22.46
AND DO IT." -
00:19:22.46\00:19:23.83
SO HE BRINGS THEM BACK FIRST
- "FOR THERE IS NO INIQUITY" -
00:19:23.83\00:19:28.10
SORRY - YEAH - "FOR THERE IS NO
INIQUITY WITH THE LORD OUR GOD,
00:19:28.10\00:19:30.56
NO RESPECT TO
PERSONS, NOR TAKING OF GIFTS."
00:19:30.56\00:19:33.43
THAT WAS VERSE 7. NOW
VERSE 9, "AND HE CHARGED
00:19:33.43\00:19:36.66
THEM SAYING, THUS SHALL YE DO IN
THE FEAR OF THE LORD FAITHFULLY
00:19:36.66\00:19:40.53
AND WITH A PERFECT HEART."
SO WE WOULD ASSUME GOD BLESSED
00:19:40.53\00:19:49.30
HIS EFFORTS AND HE BROUGHT THE
PEOPLE BACK TO THE LORD AND THEY
00:19:49.30\00:19:52.76
FOLLOWED GOD NOT OUT OF
MECHANICAL LEGALISM BUT WITH
00:19:52.76\00:19:56.30
A PERFECT HEART. THEY
SOUGHT GOD WITH ALL THEIR
00:19:56.30\00:19:59.06
HEARTS AND THAT'S HOW IT HAS
TO BE. YOU DON'T SHOW GOD THAT
00:19:59.06\00:20:03.90
YOU'RE SEEKING HIM
BY SO MUCH DOING THINGS.
00:20:03.90\00:20:08.13
OF COURSE, THERE'S A PLACE
FOR DOING THINGS, BUT GOD IS NOT
00:20:08.13\00:20:13.00
FOOLED BY PERFORMANCE - OUTWARD
PERFORMANCE, GOD LOOKS RIGHT AT
00:20:13.00\00:20:16.03
THE HEART AND HE CAN SEE
EXACTLY WHAT'S GOING ON INSIDE.
00:20:16.03\00:20:19.46
AND SO, WE NEED TO FOLLOW
HIM AND SEEK HIM WITH A PERFECT
00:20:19.46\00:20:23.93
HEART IF WE EVER WANT
REVIVAL AND REFORMATION.
00:20:23.93\00:20:27.23
AND THIS IS WHAT JEHOSHAPHAT
WAS GETTING THE PEOPLE TO DO.
00:20:27.23\00:20:33.70
ANYWAY, AS WE KNOW - AS WE
GO INTO THE BEGINNING OF CHAPTER
00:20:33.70\00:20:36.46
20, VERSE 1 IT SAYS, "IT CAME TO
PASS AFTER THIS ALSO, THAT THE
00:20:36.46\00:20:41.40
CHILDREN OF MOAB, AND THE
CHILDREN OF AMMON, AND WITH THEM
00:20:41.40\00:20:44.46
OTHER BESIDE" - SO THEY HAD SOME
FRIENDS - "THE AMMONITES, CAME
00:20:44.46\00:20:48.40
AGAINST JEHOSHAPHAT TO BATTLE.
THEN THERE CAME SOME THAT TOLD
00:20:48.40\00:20:52.96
JEHOSHAPHAT SAYING, 'THERE
COMETH A GREAT MULTITUDE AGAINST
00:20:52.96\00:20:56.43
THEE FROM BEYOND THE SEA ON THIS
SIDE SYRIA;" - AND THEY SAID,
00:20:56.43\00:20:59.53
'YOU KNOW, WE'RE
JUST REALLY IN A PICKLE.
00:20:59.53\00:21:02.76
WHAT ARE WE GOING -
WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO?'
00:21:02.76\00:21:06.13
WELL, JEHOSHAPHAT
CALLED THE PEOPLE TOGETHER.
00:21:06.13\00:21:10.83
IT'S A BASIC THING TO DO.
00:21:10.83\00:21:13.30
HE TAUGHT THEM PREVIOUSLY HOW
TO SEEK THE LORD WITH A PERFECT
00:21:13.30\00:21:16.53
HEART AND HE SAYS, 'WE NEED
TO SEEK GOD AGAIN WITH A PERFECT
00:21:16.53\00:21:22.63
HEART.' AND THAT
IS WHAT THEY DID.
00:21:22.63\00:21:27.43
AND IN VERSE 5 OF 2 CHRONICLES
20 IT SAYS, "AND JEHOSHAPHAT
00:21:27.43\00:21:36.83
STOOD IN THE CONGREGATION
OF JUDAH AND JERUSALEM, IN THE
00:21:36.83\00:21:40.90
HOUSE OF THE LORD, BEFORE THE
NEW COURT, AND SAID, 'O LORD GOD
00:21:40.90\00:21:46.00
OF OUR FATHERS, ART
NOT THOU GOD IN HEAVEN?
00:21:46.00\00:21:51.20
AND RULEST NOT THOU OVER
ALL THE KINGDOMS OF THE HEATHEN?
00:21:51.20\00:21:55.30
AND IN THINE HAND IS THERE NOT
POWER AND MIGHT, SO THAT NONE IS
00:21:55.30\00:21:59.36
ABLE TO WITHSTAND THEE?
"I'D LOVE TO HAVE BEEN THERE,
00:21:59.36\00:22:04.26
WOULDN'T YOU?' THEN
HE CONTINUES IN VERSE 7,
00:22:04.26\00:22:07.63
"ART NOT THOU OUR GOD, WHO
DIDST DRIVE OUT THE INHABITANTS
00:22:07.63\00:22:11.10
OF THIS LAND BEFORE THY PEOPLE
ISRAEL, AND GAVEST IT TO THE
00:22:11.10\00:22:15.26
SEED OF ABRAHAM
THY FRIEND FOR EVER?'
00:22:15.26\00:22:18.26
AND THEY DWELT THEREIN, AND HAVE
BUILT THEE A SANCTUARY THEREIN
00:22:18.26\00:22:21.73
FOR THY NAME, SAYING," -
AND THEN IN VERSE 9, IT'S
00:22:21.73\00:22:25.20
INTERESTING, WE NOTICE HERE THAT
JEHOSHAPHAT ACTUALLY REFERS BACK
00:22:25.20\00:22:31.16
TO THE DEDICATORY PRAYER OF
SOLOMON WHEN SOLOMON PRAYED THAT
00:22:31.16\00:22:36.70
GOD WOULD ACCEPT THIS BUILDING
THAT HAD BEEN BUILT IN HONOR OF
00:22:36.70\00:22:41.06
HIS NAME THE DAY THAT
THE TEMPLE WAS DEDICATED.
00:22:41.06\00:22:44.80
AND IF YOU LOOK IN VERSE 9, THIS
IS WHAT JEHOSHAPHAT SAID AND HE
00:22:44.80\00:22:50.00
WAS ECHOING THE WORDS OF
SOLOMON: "IF, WHEN EVIL COMETH
00:22:50.00\00:22:55.33
UPON US, AS THE SWORD, JUDGMENT,
OR PESTILENCE, OR FAMINE, WE
00:22:55.33\00:23:01.90
STAND BEFORE THIS HOUSE, AND IN
THY PRESENCE, (FOR THY NAME IS
00:23:01.90\00:23:06.20
IN THIS HOUSE,) AND CRY
UNTO THEE IN OUR AFFLICTION," -
00:23:06.20\00:23:10.26
WHATEVER THE CAUSE OF
THAT AFFLICTION - EVEN ENEMIES.
00:23:10.26\00:23:13.66
AND IT MENTIONS THAT
IN CHRONICLES CHAPTER 6.
00:23:13.66\00:23:16.80
IT SAYS, "THEN THOU
WILT HEAR AND HELP."
00:23:16.80\00:23:21.23
SO HE PRAYED THIS PRAYER AND,
AGAIN, IF YOU WANT TO GO, YOU
00:23:21.23\00:23:26.16
CAN SEE THAT, ACTUALLY IN 1
KINGS CHAPTER 8 WHERE SOLOMON
00:23:26.16\00:23:30.96
PRAYED THIS VERY SAME
THING AND IN 2 CHRONICLES 6.
00:23:30.96\00:23:36.00
SO HE PRAYED THIS PRAYER AND IT
SAYS, "AND ALL JUDAH" - VERSE 13
00:23:36.00\00:23:40.46
IN 2 CHRONICLES 20 - "AND ALL
JUDAH STOOD BEFORE THE LORD WITH
00:23:40.46\00:23:44.96
THEIR LITTLE ONES, THEIR
WIVES, AND THEIR CHILDREN."
00:23:44.96\00:23:50.60
THERE THEY WERE, THEY
WERE VASTLY OUTNUMBERED.
00:23:50.60\00:23:53.40
THEY WEREN'T A PERFECT PEOPLE,
BUT THEY HAD SET THEIR HEARTS TO
00:23:53.40\00:23:58.00
SERVE HIM. AND NOW
THEY WERE UP AGAINST A
00:23:58.00\00:24:02.03
RUTHLESS ENEMY AND THEY
CAME BEFORE THE LORD WITH THEIR
00:24:02.03\00:24:06.10
LITTLE CHILDREN - LITTLE KIDS
- THEY'RE JUST STANDING THERE
00:24:06.10\00:24:10.80
HELPLESS. WHEN I
READ THIS I KIND OF
00:24:10.80\00:24:13.30
PICTURED MYSELF COMING INTO HERE
WITH MY LITTLE GRANDSONS, JUST
00:24:13.30\00:24:18.13
THEM AND ME AND PRAYING TO THE
LORD BECAUSE SOMETHING IS GOING
00:24:18.13\00:24:22.46
TO HAPPEN TO US AND YOU STAND
THERE FEELING SO HELPLESS AND
00:24:22.46\00:24:25.10
YOU LOOK AT YOUR LITTLE ONE -
YOU LOOK AT THEIR LITTLE CURLY
00:24:25.10\00:24:26.66
HEADS AND YOU THINK, 'THEY'RE
LOOKING TO ME TO PROTECT THEM.
00:24:26.66\00:24:29.80
IF THEY ONLY KNEW I'M JUST
AS MUCH A LITTLE CHILD AS THEY
00:24:29.80\00:24:32.33
ARE.' AND IT'S IN
THOSE MOMENTS - AS
00:24:32.33\00:24:36.40
YOU GET OLDER YOU SEE IT MORE
CLEARLY - AT LEAST I DO - YOU'RE
00:24:36.40\00:24:38.93
JUST A CHILD AND YOU CRY
OUT TO GOD, 'LORD HELP US!'
00:24:38.93\00:24:43.93
AND THE PROMISE WAS - AND I
MENTIONED THIS IN MY PREVIOUS
00:24:43.93\00:24:47.56
SERMON THE OTHER WEEK - JEREMIAH
29 - HE SAYS, 'WHEN YOU CALL
00:24:47.56\00:24:53.80
UPON ME I WILL HARKEN UNTO YOU.'
AND GOD HARKENED UNTO THEM AND
00:24:53.80\00:25:00.23
HE HEARD THEIR
PRAYER. BUT YOU KNOW WHAT?
00:25:00.23\00:25:02.33
AND THIS IS THE POINT THAT WE
MUST NOT MISS. I'D LIKE TO BUT
00:25:02.33\00:25:08.26
I DON'T HAVE TIME, BUT IF YOU GO
BACK TO THE DEDICATORY PRAYER OF
00:25:08.26\00:25:11.53
SOLOMON WHEN THE TEMPLE WAS
DEDICATED AND FINALLY THAT GLORY
00:25:11.53\00:25:15.33
OF GOD CAME DOWN AND FILLED
THE SANCTUARY, YOU'LL FIND THERE
00:25:15.33\00:25:18.26
WERE INSTANCES IN THERE WHERE
SOLOMON CLEARLY SPELLED OUT A
00:25:18.26\00:25:22.76
CERTAIN PRECONDITION THAT
THE PEOPLE HAD TO COMPLY WITH IF
00:25:22.76\00:25:27.50
THEY WERE TO RECEIVE GOD'S
BLESSING AND HIS PROTECTION.
00:25:27.50\00:25:30.83
AND THAT PRECONDITION WAS - AND
YOU'LL FIND IT - THAT THEY TURN
00:25:30.83\00:25:34.03
AWAY FROM THEIR SINS - THAT THEY
SEEK FORGIVENESS FOR THEIR SINS.
00:25:34.03\00:25:39.16
AND JEHOSHAPHAT KNEW THIS AND
SOLOMON KNEW THIS, INITIALLY.
00:25:39.16\00:25:43.26
FINALLY HE CAME
BACK AGAIN TO HIS SENSES.
00:25:43.26\00:25:46.00
BUT JEHOSHAPHAT OBVIOUSLY KNEW
THAT HE AND HIS PEOPLE AND THEIR
00:25:46.00\00:25:51.23
LITTLE ONES COULD NOT STAND
THERE BEFORE GOD AND CLAIM THE
00:25:51.23\00:25:55.33
FULFILLMENT OF SOLOMON'S REQUEST
AND NOW, MAKING IT THEIR OWN
00:25:55.33\00:25:59.70
REQUEST AND ASKING GOD TO
DELIVER THEM FROM THEIR ENEMIES,
00:25:59.70\00:26:04.53
IF THEY'D NOT FIRST
COME WITH A PERFECT HEART.
00:26:04.53\00:26:08.53
IF THEY HAD NOT, AS IT SAYS IN
CHAPTER 19, VERSE 4, COME BACK
00:26:08.53\00:26:14.20
TO GOD. IF THEY
HADN'T DONE THAT AND
00:26:14.20\00:26:17.56
THEY'D COME WITH SIN STILL
DELIBERATELY BEING COMMITTED IN
00:26:17.56\00:26:20.56
THEIR LIVES WITH NO DESIRE TO
REPENT, THIS PRAYER, BEAUTIFUL
00:26:20.56\00:26:24.26
AS IT WAS AND MEANINGFUL AND
HEART TOUCHING AS IT WAS TO SEE
00:26:24.26\00:26:27.10
THEM STANDING WITH THEIR LITTLE
CHILDREN, WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN
00:26:27.10\00:26:30.03
AN ACT OF FAITH BUT
AN ACT OF PRESUMPTION.
00:26:30.03\00:26:34.80
AND WE MUST NOT MISS THIS POINT,
MY FRIENDS, THAT WE'RE ALSO
00:26:34.80\00:26:41.23
ENGAGED IN A WARFARE. YOU
DON'T NEED ME TO TELL THAT.
00:26:41.23\00:26:46.43
THERE ARE ENEMIES WITHOUT AND
THE GREATEST ENEMY THAT I HAVE -
00:26:46.43\00:26:50.50
I'LL SPEAK FOR
MYSELF - IS WITHIN.
00:26:50.50\00:26:53.83
IT'S MY OWN FALLEN
FLESH. MY OWN SINFUL HEART.
00:26:53.83\00:27:01.50
THAT'S WORTH TEN THOUSAND OF THE
WORST RUFFIANS AND VAGABONDS AND
00:27:01.50\00:27:06.66
THROAT CUTTERS YOU CAN
FIND OUT THERE IS MY OWN HEART.
00:27:06.66\00:27:10.80
AND YOU AS WELL.
DON'T TAKE OFFENSE AT THAT,
00:27:10.80\00:27:13.56
IT'S JUST A FACT. IF WE
EVER WANT TO HAVE A REAL
00:27:13.56\00:27:19.93
REVIVAL AND A REAL REFORMATION
THAT ONLY HAPPENS ONCE AND NEVER
00:27:19.93\00:27:25.73
HAS TO HAPPEN EVERY WEEK OR
EVERY YEAR AT A WEEK OF PRAYER.
00:27:25.73\00:27:30.23
I MEAN THE REAL THING - THE
REAL DEAL THAT HAPPENS ONCE AND
00:27:30.23\00:27:32.80
TAKES US RIGHT THROUGH TO THE
COMING OF CHRIST, WE HAVE GOT TO
00:27:32.80\00:27:38.63
FOLLOW THESE PRINCIPLES OF
SERIOUSLY SEEKING GOD WITH ALL
00:27:38.63\00:27:43.43
OUR HEARTS, ASKING HIM TO GIVE
US THE GRACE TO REPENT, PUT OUR
00:27:43.43\00:27:47.43
SINS ASIDE, AND HAVE HIM REFORM
US, AND THEN WE SHALL SEE THINGS
00:27:47.43\00:27:54.26
HAPPEN. WHETHER IT
IS THE VANQUISHING OF
00:27:54.26\00:27:57.86
LITERAL ENEMIES, THE VANQUISHING
OF SIN FROM OUR OWN HEARTS, AND
00:27:57.86\00:28:04.76
THE PREPARATION OF OUR HEARTS
TO RECEIVE THE HOLY SPIRIT AND
00:28:04.76\00:28:07.70
LATTER RAIN POWER AND SEE.
YOU WATCH THIS MESSAGE GO LIKE
00:28:07.70\00:28:13.10
FIRE IN THE
STUBBLE AROUND THE WORLD.
00:28:13.10\00:28:16.60
GIVEN BY PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT
THEOLOGIANS - THERE'LL BE SOME -
00:28:16.60\00:28:20.40
PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT SCHOLARS,
PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT STUDIED,
00:28:20.40\00:28:24.63
PEOPLE WHO DON'T EVEN HAVE GEDS.
IF YOU HAVEN'T GOT ONE, GET IT,
00:28:24.63\00:28:29.26
IT'S USEFUL IN THIS WORLD.
BUT PEOPLE, JUST ORDINARY PEOPLE
00:28:29.26\00:28:33.13
GOD WILL CALL FROM THE PLOW, HE
WILL ANOINT THEM WITH THE SPIRIT
00:28:33.13\00:28:36.53
BECAUSE THEIR HEARTS ARE PERFECT
TOWARDS HIM AND HE WILL USE THEM
00:28:36.53\00:28:40.10
TO DO A WORK WHICH WILL MAKE THE
ANGELS AND THE UNFALLEN UNIVERSE
00:28:40.10\00:28:43.96
MARVEL AT WHAT THE GRACE OF GOD
CAN ACCOMPLISH IN HUMAN BEINGS
00:28:43.96\00:28:49.13
WHEN THEY FALL BEFORE HIM
AND SAY, 'LORD, HERE WE ARE.
00:28:49.13\00:28:52.63
I'M ALL YOURS. IT'S ABOUT TIME.
00:28:52.63\00:28:56.13
DO WHAT YOU NEED TO DO.'
IF WE WANT - THE THING IN THIS
00:28:56.13\00:29:02.73
STORY ABOUT JEHOSHAPHAT IS, AS
THEY PRAYED THIS PRAYER, THERE
00:29:02.73\00:29:08.46
WAS A MESSAGE CAME - A MESSAGE
OF HOPE AND ENCOURAGEMENT
00:29:08.46\00:29:11.36
THROUGH WHO?
THROUGH CERTAIN MEN WHO HAD
00:29:11.36\00:29:14.03
RECEIVED THE GIFT
OF THE HOLY PROPHETS.
00:29:14.03\00:29:15.86
THEY WERE GIVEN THE GIFT OF
PROPHECY AND YOU SEE THEM LISTED
00:29:15.86\00:29:19.16
THERE IN - CAN'T FIND IT -
I THINK IT'S 2 CHRONICLES 20,
00:29:19.16\00:29:25.00
VERSE - OH YOU'LL FIND
IT. I CAN'T FIND IT RIGHT NOW.
00:29:25.00\00:29:28.66
BUT THE MESSAGE CAME THROUGH
FROM THESE MEN WHO HAD BEEN
00:29:28.66\00:29:33.93
ANOINTED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT.
VERSE 14 - YOU'LL READ IT THERE.
00:29:33.93\00:29:39.66
THE PEOPLE RECEIVED THE MESSAGE
OF THESE PROPHETS AND WHAT DID
00:29:39.66\00:29:43.16
THAT DO? IT GAVE THEM HOPE.
00:29:43.16\00:29:45.96
AND AS THEY HEEDED THE MESSAGE
TO THE PROPHETS THAT GOD HAD
00:29:45.96\00:29:49.23
PLACED IN THEM - THEY'RE
CONTEMPORARY PROPHETS - AND AS
00:29:49.23\00:29:52.70
THEY FOLLOWED THROUGH IN
FAITH GOD GAVE THEM THE VICTORY.
00:29:52.70\00:29:55.16
GOD, HIMSELF, TOOK
CARE OF THEIR ENEMIES.
00:29:55.16\00:29:57.06
HE SAID, 'YOU JUST
WAIT. YOU WON'T HAVE TO FIGHT.
00:29:57.06\00:29:59.73
I'LL TAKE CARE OF THE
AMMONITES AND THE MOABITES.
00:29:59.73\00:30:01.46
AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT HE
DID. AND APPLYING THIS, AGAIN,
00:30:01.46\00:30:04.76
TO REVIVAL AND REFORMATION,
THE ONLY WAY, AS GOD'S REMNANT
00:30:04.76\00:30:09.16
CHURCH, WE CAN HAVE A REVIVAL
AND REFORMATION IS TO LIVE
00:30:09.16\00:30:11.76
ACCORDING TO EVERY WORD THAT'S
FOUND IN THIS AND LIVE ACCORDING
00:30:11.76\00:30:15.53
TO THE LIGHT THAT GOD HAS
GIVEN US THROUGH THE PROPHET.
00:30:15.53\00:30:19.76
NEED I SPEAK ANY MORE
SIMPLY? ELLEN G. WHITE.
00:30:19.76\00:30:26.83
THAT IS A SPECIAL TEST,
I BELIEVE, FOR SEVENTH DAY
00:30:26.83\00:30:29.83
ADVENTISTS AND THERE'S TOO MANY
JUST TOSSING ASIDE THIS - THEY
00:30:29.83\00:30:35.63
CONSIDER HER A LITTLE APPENDAGE
FROM THE 19TH CENTURY - A SWEET
00:30:35.63\00:30:38.73
LITTLE GRANDMOTHER.
SHE WAS A PROPHET OF GOD.
00:30:38.73\00:30:43.60
MAKE NO BONES ABOUT
THAT. HAVE NO DOUBT ABOUT IT.
00:30:43.60\00:30:47.53
THAT FRAIL LITTLE WOMAN WAS A
PROPHET OF GOD AND GOD HAS GIVEN
00:30:47.53\00:30:51.36
US LIGHT THROUGH THE
PEN OF ELLEN G. WHITE,
00:30:51.36\00:30:54.06
WHICH WE ARE TO FOLLOW
JUST AS MUCH AS THIS WORD.
00:30:54.06\00:30:57.83
AND WHEN YOU TOSS THOSE WRITINGS
OUT - EXPECT REVIVAL AND
00:30:57.83\00:31:03.10
REFORMATION? FORGET IT.
YOU'LL HAVE SOME COUNTERFEIT.
00:31:03.10\00:31:08.36
SOME LITTLE FIRECRACKER
DISPLAY - PFFT PFFT PFFT PFFT -
00:31:08.36\00:31:13.06
AND IT'S GONE.
00:31:13.06\00:31:14.90
NO, YOU NEED TO HEED THE WORD
GIVEN THROUGH THE PROPHET OF GOD
00:31:14.90\00:31:19.33
AND THAT'S WHY I CONCLUDE THIS
SECTION WITH WHAT IT DOES - WHAT
00:31:19.33\00:31:21.90
DOES IT TELL US
IN 2 CHRONICLES 20?
00:31:21.90\00:31:25.76
WAS THE WORD - VERSE 20 - "AND
THEY ROSE EARLY IN THE MORNING
00:31:25.76\00:31:30.46
AND WENT FORTH INTO THE
WILDERNESS OF TEKOA: AND AS THEY
00:31:30.46\00:31:33.93
WENT FORTH, JEHOSHAPHAT STOOD
AND SAID, 'HEAR ME, O JUDAH, AND
00:31:33.93\00:31:37.93
YE INHABITANTS OF JERUSALEM;
BELIEVE IN THE LORD YOUR GOD, SO
00:31:37.93\00:31:41.50
SHALL YE BE ESTABLISHED; BELIEVE
HIS PROPHETS, SO SHALL YE'" -
00:31:41.50\00:31:46.06
WHAT? -
"'PROSPER.'" WE GOT IT RIGHT.
00:31:46.06\00:31:51.03
OKAY, I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE
ON NOW. I WANT TO GO TO MONDAY.
00:31:51.03\00:31:56.63
IT'S PAUL'S APPEAL FOR
REFORMATION IN CORINTH AND,
00:31:56.63\00:32:01.06
AGAIN, I'M GOING TO READ FROM
THE LESSON IN MONDAY'S SECTION.
00:32:01.06\00:32:05.83
I WANT TO READ FROM THE FIRST
PARAGRAPH, I THINK - IT'S -
00:32:05.83\00:32:10.53
LET'S SEE - "IN HIS LETTER TO
THE CORINTHIANS, PAUL EXPRESSES
00:32:10.53\00:32:15.46
GREAT CONCERN REGARDING
THEIR SPIRITUAL CONDITION.
00:32:15.46\00:32:19.66
MANY MEMBERS HAD
DRIFTED FROM GOD'S IDEAL.
00:32:19.66\00:32:23.03
THE SITUATION WAS SERIOUS"
- AND IT REALLY WAS SERIOUS -
00:32:23.03\00:32:26.83
"INCLUDING SEXUAL IMMORALITY
THAT, PAUL SAYS, WAS NOT SEEN
00:32:26.83\00:32:32.00
EVEN AMONG THE PAGANS. A
WHOLE HOST OF PROBLEMS AROSE
00:32:32.00\00:32:37.46
THAT PAUL HAD TO ADDRESS. IN
LIGHT OF THIS BACKGROUND IT'S
00:32:37.46\00:32:42.23
NOT DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND
WHY THE CORINTHIAN CHURCH NEEDED
00:32:42.23\00:32:45.13
REVIVAL AND REFORMATION.
AND GOING TO THE WORD OF GOD,
00:32:45.13\00:32:50.66
1 CORINTHIANS 5, VERSE 1.
WOULD SOMEBODY OVER HERE CARE TO
00:32:50.66\00:32:54.43
READ 1 CORINTHIANS CHAPTER 5
AND VERSE 1? THANK YOU EILEEN.
00:32:54.43\00:33:00.50
1 CORINTHIANS
CHAPTER 5 AND VERSE 1.
00:33:00.50\00:33:03.33
>>"IT IS ACTUALLY REPORTED THAT
THERE IS SEXUAL IMMORALITY AMONG
00:33:03.33\00:33:06.50
YOU AND SUCH SEXUAL IMMORALITY
AS IS NOT EVEN NAMED AMONG THE
00:33:06.50\00:33:10.66
GENTILES THAT A MAN
SHOULD HAVE HIS FATHER'S WIFE."
00:33:10.66\00:33:14.76
>>THANK YOU VERY MUCH EILEEN.
THERE'S NO NEED TO ELABORATE
00:33:14.76\00:33:18.70
HERE ABOUT WHAT
WAS ACTUALLY GOING ON.
00:33:18.70\00:33:21.23
THIS WAS - IT WAS A REAL
EXHIBITION OF MORAL DECADENCE,
00:33:21.23\00:33:27.90
TO SAY THE LEAST, SO I WON'T
SAY ANYTHING FURTHER ABOUT THAT.
00:33:27.90\00:33:34.06
BUT THE POINT THAT PAUL MAKES
HERE IS THIS, HE SAID - AND HE
00:33:34.06\00:33:38.00
DEALS WITH IT - AND HE WRITES
TO THEM AND THANKFULLY IN HIS
00:33:38.00\00:33:42.60
LETTER TO CORINTHIANS DEALING
WITH THIS ISSUE THEY DID RESPOND
00:33:42.60\00:33:46.60
TO THAT AND HE'S THANKFUL FOR
THAT AND YOU CAN SEE THAT IN HIS
00:33:46.60\00:33:49.50
SECOND LETTER
TO THE CORINTHIANS.
00:33:49.50\00:33:52.76
BUT THE POINT HE MAKES, HE SAYS,
'THIS KIND OF STUFF' - HE SAYS -
00:33:52.76\00:33:56.53
'NOT EVEN THE
PAGANS ARE DOING IT.'
00:33:56.53\00:33:59.03
AND THIS IS
HAPPENING IN GOD'S CHURCH.
00:33:59.03\00:34:02.76
PRETTY BAD, ISN'T
IT? PRETTY BAD INDEED.
00:34:02.76\00:34:06.63
SO WHAT DO WE - WHAT
CAN WE LEARN FROM THIS?
00:34:06.63\00:34:09.53
I WOULD SAY THIS: THERE
WAS A CHURCH BEEN BLESSED WITH
00:34:09.53\00:34:15.03
HEAVEN-SENT LIGHT AND PRIVILEGES
- I MEAN, THEY EVEN HAD THE
00:34:15.03\00:34:18.83
APOSTLE PAUL VISIT THEM.
SO THERE'S ALL THIS LIGHT THEY
00:34:18.83\00:34:23.23
HAVE, THEY HAVE THIS GREAT
PRIVILEGE AND WE'RE THE SAME.
00:34:23.23\00:34:27.73
WE'VE GOT MUCH HEAVEN-SENT
LIGHT, WE'RE GREATLY BLESSED,
00:34:27.73\00:34:30.33
AND WE'RE HIGHLY
PRIVILEGED AS A PEOPLE.
00:34:30.33\00:34:33.90
BUT THAT IS NO GUARANTEE
FOR ANY OF US THAT WE CAN SAFELY
00:34:33.90\00:34:42.33
MAINTAIN OUR MORAL INTEGRITY AND
CONTINUE TO BE VICTORIOUS IN THE
00:34:42.33\00:34:48.43
FIGHT UNLESS WE KEEP UP WITH THE
LIGHT THAT GOD HAS SENT - UNLESS
00:34:48.43\00:34:55.06
WE KEEP IN LOCKSTEP WITH THE
LIGHT THAT GOD HAS GIVEN TO US.
00:34:55.06\00:35:00.96
HEAVEN-SENT LIGHT - THIS MUST BE
KEPT - I REALLY BELIEVE IN THE
00:35:00.96\00:35:05.90
FOREFRONT, WHEN IT COMES TO
REALIZING THAT ANY REVIVAL AND
00:35:05.90\00:35:09.16
REFORMATION IN OUR INDIVIDUAL
LIVES AND THEN AS A CHURCH - IT
00:35:09.16\00:35:14.03
INVOLVES KEEPING IN
STEP WITH THE LIGHT.
00:35:14.03\00:35:17.43
AND A SECOND PRINCIPLE THAT
PLAYS INTO THIS, THAT I'D LIKE
00:35:17.43\00:35:20.16
TO CONSIDER THIS MORNING:
MORE SO MUST WE KEEP UP WITH THE
00:35:20.16\00:35:25.60
LIGHT THAT WE HAVE AND WE HAVE
ADVANCED LIGHT, WE REALLY DO.
00:35:25.60\00:35:29.63
BUT THIS IS A PRINCIPLE THAT
IS BORNE OUT SO MANY TIMES IN
00:35:29.63\00:35:32.43
DIVINE HISTORY,
EVEN RECENT HISTORY.
00:35:32.43\00:35:37.56
THE GREATER LIGHT THE PEOPLE
HAVE RECEIVED, THE GREATER
00:35:37.56\00:35:44.00
PRIVILEGES THEY HAVE, IF
THEY DON'T TAKE THAT LIGHT AND
00:35:44.00\00:35:48.76
UTILIZE IT AND ALLOW THEIR LIVES
TO CONFORM TO IT, THEY FINISH UP
00:35:48.76\00:35:56.30
IN EVEN GREATER SPIRITUAL
DARKNESS THAN ANYBODY ELSE -
00:35:56.30\00:36:03.53
EVEN PAGANS. YOU
CAN SEE THAT HAPPEN
00:36:03.53\00:36:06.76
TIME AND AGAIN. JUST A
LITTLE QUICK SKETCH HERE,
00:36:06.76\00:36:10.16
SOMETHING HIT ME ONE DAY -
I'M NOT SAYING IT'S A UNIQUE
00:36:10.16\00:36:12.16
THOUGHT, BUT I WAS
QUITE PLEASED WITH MYSELF.
00:36:12.16\00:36:14.53
I THOUGHT, 'WOW, YEAH.'
YOU LOOK AT WHERE THE GOSPEL
00:36:14.53\00:36:17.00
BEGAN IN PALESTINE, IT WENT
EAST, IT WENT TO INDIA, CHINA,
00:36:17.00\00:36:21.80
GOT WAY OUT THERE AND THEN, YOU
KNOW, THERE WAS OPPOSITION AND
00:36:21.80\00:36:25.00
STUFF AND IT WAS PRETTY WELL
CRUSHED OUT, BUT THERE'S ALWAYS
00:36:25.00\00:36:28.13
BEEN LITTLE LIGHTS.
ACTUALLY, THERE'S A LOT OF
00:36:28.13\00:36:30.53
LIGHTS OUT THERE.
THERE'S A LOT IN CHINA.
00:36:30.53\00:36:34.46
I GOT A PHONE CALL THE OTHER
DAY FROM A GENTLEMAN I WENT TO
00:36:34.46\00:36:37.90
NEWBOLD COLLEGE WITH BACK IN THE
1970S - HE'S FROM EGYPT - HE'S
00:36:37.90\00:36:42.63
FROM EGYPT - LATIF AND WE
WERE TALKING ON THE PHONE.
00:36:42.63\00:36:48.13
EVEN IN EGYPT, EVEN IN IRAN
THERE ARE LIGHTS AND ONE DAY
00:36:48.13\00:36:53.13
THEY'RE GOING TO - PFFT -
COME OUT AND YOU'RE GOING TO SEE
00:36:53.13\00:36:55.60
THOSE LIGHTS IGNITE MORE LIGHTS.
BUT NONETHELESS, THE GOSPEL WENT
00:36:55.60\00:36:59.80
JUST LIKE A TIDAL WAVE AND THEN
IT DIED DOWN AND THERE'S A LOT
00:36:59.80\00:37:03.03
OF DARKNESS THERE
IN THOSE NATIONS NOW.
00:37:03.03\00:37:05.46
AND THEN YOU TAKE THE SAME THING
IN PALESTINE - HOLY LAND - WHEN
00:37:05.46\00:37:09.03
THE GOSPEL CAME AROUND THROUGH
CHRIST AND THE APOSTOLIC CHURCH,
00:37:09.03\00:37:11.93
IT ALSO WENT WEST INTO
EUROPE - IT MIGRATED WEST.
00:37:11.93\00:37:15.56
AND AS IT MIGRATED WEST WHAT
HAPPENED IN PALESTINE WHERE THE
00:37:15.56\00:37:19.93
GOSPEL WAS FIRST
ESTABLISHED? WHAT IS IT NOW?
00:37:19.93\00:37:22.70
IT'S A STRONGHOLD OF ISLAM.
NOW YOU'VE GOT THE STATE OF
00:37:22.70\00:37:27.83
ISRAEL, YES, BUT THERE'S
NOT A LOT OF CHRISTIANITY THERE.
00:37:27.83\00:37:32.53
AND I SAY IT VERY RESPECTFULLY,
THEY'RE STILL CLINGING A LOT TO
00:37:32.53\00:37:35.40
THE OLD TYPES AND
SHADOWS OF THE OLD TESTAMENT.
00:37:35.40\00:37:38.86
SO DARKNESS WAS THERE BECAUSE
IT WAS NOT FOLLOWED THROUGH ON.
00:37:38.86\00:37:41.96
SO THE LIGHT CAME WEST INTO
EUROPE AND THEN WE HAVE WHAT
00:37:41.96\00:37:45.76
HAPPENED THERE. AND
THEN THE REFORMATION COMES
00:37:45.76\00:37:48.66
ALONG AND THE LIGHT IS BLOTTED
OUT AND THEN IT COMES BACK -
00:37:48.66\00:37:52.70
SORRY - THE LIGHT IS BLOTTED
OUT UNDER THE PAPACY BUT THEN IT
00:37:52.70\00:37:55.96
COMES BACK UNDER THE REFORMATION
AND WE HAVE A BLAZE OF LIGHT
00:37:55.96\00:38:01.00
THAT HAPPENS IN
THE 1500S AND ONWARDS.
00:38:01.00\00:38:03.96
AND THAT TIES INTO THE BEGINNING
OF THE GREAT ADVENT MOVEMENT
00:38:03.96\00:38:07.40
OVER IN EUROPE. BUT
THE PEOPLE DID NOT RESPOND
00:38:07.40\00:38:10.46
TO THAT AS A WHOLE IN 1844.
AND WHAT IS EUROPE LIKE NOW?
00:38:10.46\00:38:14.20
I KNOW BECAUSE I'M FROM THERE.
IT'S A DARK SPIRITUAL PLACE.
00:38:14.20\00:38:20.30
MISSIONARIES USED
TO GO FROM IRELAND.
00:38:20.30\00:38:24.43
PATRICK WENT FROM IRELAND.
HE WAS A TRAILBLAZER FOR GOD.
00:38:24.43\00:38:29.26
MISSIONARIES WENT FROM SCOTLAND
- SCOTLAND'S A TINY PLACE - THEY
00:38:29.26\00:38:33.33
WENT TO AFRICA. THEY
WENT ALL OVER THE PLACE.
00:38:33.33\00:38:37.00
RAY AND ELIZABETH,
YOU'VE BEEN TO GERMANY.
00:38:37.00\00:38:39.70
NICE MODERN COUNTRY,
CIVILIZED BUT VERY SECULAR.
00:38:39.70\00:38:43.60
GERMANY, FRANCE,
ENGLAND, THEY'RE ALL THE SAME.
00:38:43.60\00:38:47.63
THEY WERE ONCE PLACES WHERE THE
GOSPEL GLOWED LIKE HOT COALS.
00:38:47.63\00:38:52.76
LIGHT EMANATED FROM THERE BUT
THEY'RE DARK PLACES NOW BECAUSE
00:38:52.76\00:38:56.46
THE PEOPLE DID NOT
LIVE UP TO THE LIGHT.
00:38:56.46\00:38:58.96
SO WHERE DID THE GOSPEL
GO? IT MIGRATED WEST - WHERE?
00:38:58.96\00:39:02.66
TO THE NEW WORLD. AND
WE KNOW THAT THINGS HAVE
00:39:02.66\00:39:06.83
HAPPENED HERE - AMAZING THINGS.
GOD KEPT THIS CONTINENT UNDER
00:39:06.83\00:39:11.73
THE SHADOW OF HIS WING
ESPECIALLY TO BECOME THE CRADLE
00:39:11.73\00:39:14.13
OF ADVENTISM. IF IT
WASN'T FOR THIS NATION,
00:39:14.13\00:39:17.46
THERE WOULD NOT BE A FREE WORLD.
THERE WOULD NOT BE A FREE WORLD.
00:39:17.46\00:39:21.63
I'M AN ENGLISHMAN BUT I'M PROUD
OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
00:39:21.63\00:39:24.73
- I AM. I AM. I
HAVE A BRITISH FLAG ON
00:39:24.73\00:39:28.16
THE BACK OF MY CAR BUT I'M STILL
VERY PROUD OF THIS COUNTRY.
00:39:28.16\00:39:33.73
I'M PROUD. AND I'VE
SAID IT BEFORE AND I'LL
00:39:33.73\00:39:36.63
SAY IT AGAIN: I THINK I'M MORE
PROUD OF THE AMERICAN FLAG THAN
00:39:36.63\00:39:39.63
A LOT OF
AMERICANS. SHAME ON YOU.
00:39:39.63\00:39:45.30
NOT ALL OF YOU BUT THOSE
OF YOU WHO ARE LIKE THAT.
00:39:45.30\00:39:49.96
WE HAVE GREAT
LIGHT. BUT YOU KNOW WHAT?
00:39:49.96\00:39:54.06
WHERE THAT GREAT LIGHT
WAS DEPOSITED IN THE CRADLE OF
00:39:54.06\00:39:57.33
ADVENTISM, A LOT OF THAT LIGHT
IS GETTING PUSHED ASIDE AND YOU
00:39:57.33\00:40:02.40
KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING
WITHIN THE REMNANT MOVEMENT?
00:40:02.40\00:40:07.33
THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE GOING INTO
DARK, DARK SPIRITUAL MIDNIGHT
00:40:07.33\00:40:12.60
AND THEY THINK THEY'RE SO
SMART AND THEY THINK THEY'RE
00:40:12.60\00:40:16.06
PROGRESSIVE AND THEY
THINK THEY'VE GOT IT ALL RIGHT.
00:40:16.06\00:40:20.16
AND THEY SAY, 'WE NEED TO GO
BACK TO THE REFORMATION OF THE
00:40:20.16\00:40:23.06
1500S - MARTIN LUTHER
- JUSTIFICATION BY FAITH.
00:40:23.06\00:40:26.83
AMEN!' I COULDN'T
SAY AMEN LOUDER THAN
00:40:26.83\00:40:29.63
THAT TO WHAT THEY'RE SAYING, BUT
THERE'S ANOTHER SIDE AND I GOT
00:40:29.63\00:40:33.16
INTO
EVANGELICALISM THE OTHER WEEK.
00:40:33.16\00:40:35.60
I'M NOT GOING TO LABOR THAT
AGAIN TODAY, BUT UNLESS WE KEEP
00:40:35.60\00:40:39.03
UP WITH THE LIGHT AND FOLLOW
THAT LIGHT THROUGH INTO THE
00:40:39.03\00:40:41.30
SANCTUARY, MOVE ON FROM THE
- NO, TAKE THE CROSS WITH YOU.
00:40:41.30\00:40:44.16
YES. WE NEED THE CROSS.
BUT WE NEED TO MOVE ON INTO
00:40:44.16\00:40:46.93
THE SANCTUARY, OTHERWISE
SANCTIFICATION HAS NO PLACE
00:40:46.93\00:40:49.80
IN OUR BELIEF AND OUR PRACTICE.
THE JUDGEMENT - WHAT'S THE POINT
00:40:49.80\00:40:53.96
OF THE JUDGMENT?
ACTUALLY, I'M TALKING ABOUT
00:40:53.96\00:40:57.30
EVANGELICALISM.
IT ALSO BRINGS IN THE
00:40:57.30\00:40:59.40
NATURE OF CHRIST. JESUS
COULD KEEP THE LAW BECAUSE
00:40:59.40\00:41:04.40
HE HAD UNFALLEN NATURE.
YOU CAN'T BECAUSE YOU DON'T.
00:41:04.40\00:41:07.20
ALL THESE THINGS THEY ALL
PLAY IN - SO WHY WORRY ABOUT A
00:41:07.20\00:41:09.16
JUDGMENT? JUST REMAIN JUSTIFIED.
00:41:09.16\00:41:12.33
JUST KEEP CONFESSING
CHRIST AND YOU'LL BE ALRIGHT.
00:41:12.33\00:41:15.16
WELL, YOU WON'T BE ALRIGHT
BECAUSE GOD HAS GIVEN YOU MORE
00:41:15.16\00:41:18.46
LIGHT AND HE EXPECTS
YOU TO KEEP UP WITH IT.
00:41:18.46\00:41:21.03
AND IF YOU KEEP UP WITH
THAT LIGHT WE WILL BE SAFE.
00:41:21.03\00:41:23.73
AND WHEN EVERYTHING STARTS
FALLING DOWN AROUND US WE CAN
00:41:23.73\00:41:26.23
COME BEFORE THE LORD - WE CAN
TURN OUR FACES, AS IT WERE, AS
00:41:26.23\00:41:30.00
SOLOMON SPREAD HIS HANDS BEFORE
THE TEMPLE, AS JEHOSHAPHAT
00:41:30.00\00:41:33.90
SPREAD HIS HANDS BEFORE THE
TEMPLE AND WE CAN PRAY TO THE
00:41:33.90\00:41:36.93
LORD. WE CAN GATHER OUR LITTLE
00:41:36.93\00:41:38.33
CHILDREN BEFORE US - OUR LITTLE
JACKS, OUR LITTLE WILLIAMS -
00:41:38.33\00:41:41.20
WHATEVER WE CALL OUR
GRANDCHILDREN - AND WE CAN STAND
00:41:41.20\00:41:43.46
THERE AND SAY, 'LORD, HELP
US.' GOD WILL HELP US IF, LIKE
00:41:43.46\00:41:52.86
JEHOSHAPHAT LED THE PEOPLE TO
DO, WE HAVE GIVEN OUR LIVES TO
00:41:52.86\00:41:56.70
JESUS AND WE HAVE ALLOWED
HIM TO CLEANSE US FROM SIN.
00:41:56.70\00:42:00.50
WE CAN STAND THERE WITHOUT
PRESUMPTION, BUT IN FAITH AND
00:42:00.50\00:42:03.20
GOD WILL PROMISE - GOD
WILL FULFILL HIS PROMISE.
00:42:03.20\00:42:06.20
HE SAYS, 'I WILL HEAR
YOU AND I WILL DELIVER YOU.'
00:42:06.20\00:42:12.10
GOING TO GO TO
TUESDAY. REVELATION'S APPEAL FOR
00:42:12.10\00:42:18.20
REFORMATION IN EPHESUS,
OKAY? TUESDAY'S SECTION - WE'LL
00:42:18.20\00:42:23.53
PROBABLY GET INTO THIS AND TIME
WILL PROBABLY BE ABOUT GONE, BUT
00:42:23.53\00:42:27.56
LET'S GIVE IT WHAT WE HAVE.
I WANT US TO TURN TO REVELATION
00:42:27.56\00:42:31.33
CHAPTER 2, VERSES 1
THROUGH 6 - REVELATION 2,
00:42:31.33\00:42:36.50
VERSES 1 THROUGH 6.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO READ ALL OF
00:42:36.50\00:42:41.70
THIS BECAUSE, AS I
SAY, WE DON'T HAVE THE TIME.
00:42:41.70\00:42:46.13
BUT AS WE READ HERE - IN FACT,
I'M GOING TO READ - I'M GOING TO
00:42:46.13\00:42:53.66
READ PARAGRAPH 2
IN TUESDAY'S SECTION.
00:42:53.66\00:42:58.26
OKAY, IT SAYS, "THE ANGEL
INSTRUCTS JOHN TO WRITE THE
00:42:58.26\00:43:03.40
THINGS WHICH YOU HAVE SEEN -
THE THINGS WHICH ARE, THE THINGS
00:43:03.40\00:43:08.76
WHICH WILL TAKE PLACE AFTER
THIS. THE VISION OF THE SEVEN
00:43:08.76\00:43:12.86
CHURCHES RELATES TO THE PAST,
THE PRESENT AND THE FUTURE.
00:43:12.86\00:43:16.50
IT RECORDS THE TRIUMPH OF GOD'S
CHURCH AS WELL AS ITS FAILURES.
00:43:16.50\00:43:20.50
IT SHARES THE CHURCH'S VICTORIES
AS WELL AS ITS DEFEATS.
00:43:20.50\00:43:24.73
ALTHOUGH THE SEVEN CHURCHES CAN
REPRESENT HISTORICAL CONTINUUM
00:43:24.73\00:43:28.30
OF CHRISTIAN FAITH DOWN THROUGH
THE CENTURIES, THERE ARE VITAL
00:43:28.30\00:43:32.03
LESSONS IN EACH ONE OF THESE
CHURCHES FOR GOD'S PEOPLE TODAY.
00:43:32.03\00:43:36.86
EPHESUS, FOR INSTANCE, PROVIDES
A STRIKING ILLUSTRATION OF GOD'S
00:43:36.86\00:43:41.46
APPEAL FOR REVIVAL AND
REFORMATION." AND IT DOES.
00:43:41.46\00:43:47.63
SO I WANT US TO LOOK HERE IN
VERSE 4 OF REVELATION CHAPTER 2.
00:43:47.63\00:43:58.06
IN THE PREVIOUS THREE VERSES
CHRIST HAS COMMENDED THEM FOR
00:43:58.06\00:44:02.36
CERTAIN ACHIEVEMENTS.
HE'S COMMENDED THEM FOR THEIR
00:44:02.36\00:44:04.46
PATIENCE AND THEIR FIDELITY,
THEIR LOYALTY, AND ALL THOSE
00:44:04.46\00:44:07.86
THINGS. VERSE 3
SAYS, "AND HAS BORNE,
00:44:07.86\00:44:09.86
AND HAST PATIENCE, AND FOR MY
NAME'S SAKE HAS LABORED, AND HAS
00:44:09.86\00:44:13.50
NOT FAINTED." BUT
VERSE 4 NOW, IT SAYS,
00:44:13.50\00:44:16.10
"NEVERTHELESS I HAVE SOMEWHAT
AGAINST THEE, BECAUSE THOU HAS
00:44:16.10\00:44:20.23
LEFT THY FIRST LOVE."
YOU'VE LEFT YOUR FIRST LOVE THEY
00:44:20.23\00:44:28.43
STILL HAD MUCH TO SAY ABOUT
JESUS - PEOPLE IN EPHESUS - HIS
00:44:28.43\00:44:34.96
NAME WAS OFTEN ON
THEIR LIPS, I'M SURE.
00:44:34.96\00:44:39.26
BUT REMEMBER THIS: LOVE
FOR JESUS DOES NOT LIVE ON YOUR
00:44:39.26\00:44:42.10
LIPS. YOU DECLARE
IT WITH YOUR LIPS,
00:44:42.10\00:44:45.00
BUT LOVE FOR JESUS
EXISTS IN YOUR HEART, RIGHT?
00:44:45.00\00:44:49.60
THAT'S WHERE IT LIVES.
THAT'S WHERE IT EXISTS.
00:44:49.60\00:44:51.93
YOU MERELY
EXPRESS IT WITH YOUR LIPS.
00:44:51.93\00:44:54.70
AND, SAD TO SAY, MUCH OF THEIR
LOVE FOR JESUS HAD BEEN SQUEEZED
00:44:54.70\00:44:59.36
OUT OF THEIR HEARTS TO
MAKE ROOM FOR OTHER THINGS.
00:44:59.36\00:45:05.33
NOTICE, JESUS DOESN'T SAY TO
THEM, 'YOU DON'T LOVE ME ANYMORE
00:45:05.33\00:45:11.90
AT ALL.' IT
DOESN'T SAY THAT, IT JUST
00:45:11.90\00:45:14.30
SIMPLY SAYS YOU'VE
LOST YOUR FIRST LOVE FOR ME.
00:45:14.30\00:45:18.76
IN OTHER WORDS, YOU'RE
LOVING ME WITH A SECOND LOVE.
00:45:18.76\00:45:23.66
BUT HE NEEDS FIRST PLACE, RIGHT?
IN OTHER WORDS, 'I DON'T HOLD
00:45:23.66\00:45:28.63
FIRST PLACE IN YOUR LIFE AND
AFFECTIONS LIKE I USED TO DO.
00:45:28.63\00:45:32.70
YOU MAY STILL LOVE ME BUT YOU
STILL LOVE OTHER THINGS MORE.
00:45:32.70\00:45:38.66
THEY COME FIRST
AND I COME SECOND.'
00:45:38.66\00:45:41.60
AND YOU CAN ALMOST HEAR JESUS
SAYING, 'YOU KNOW THAT REALLY
00:45:41.60\00:45:45.16
HURTS.' HE HAS
FEELINGS, YOU KNOW.
00:45:45.16\00:45:49.66
HIS FEELINGS ARE
MORE INTENSE THAN OURS.
00:45:49.66\00:45:53.23
WE HAVE FEELINGS BECAUSE HE MADE
US TO BE A REFLECTION OF HIM.
00:45:53.23\00:45:56.70
HE SAYS, 'YOU
KNOW, THAT REALLY HURTS.
00:45:56.70\00:45:59.20
I STILL LOVE YOU, BUT BOY
YOU SURE KNOW HOW TO HURT ME.'
00:45:59.20\00:46:02.66
AND WE DO. YOU MAY
HAVE HEARD THOSE WORDS
00:46:02.66\00:46:05.93
OF JESUS ECHO, PERHAPS, IN YOUR
EAR ONCE IN A WHILE OR SOMEWHERE
00:46:05.93\00:46:09.30
IN YOUR HEART: 'OH,
THAT REALLY HURT ME.
00:46:09.30\00:46:13.06
YOU DON'T LOVE ME LIKE
YOU USED TO DO, DO YOU?'
00:46:13.06\00:46:17.33
YOU MAY STILL BELIEVE IN HIM
AS MUCH AS EVER, BUT SOMEHOW HE
00:46:17.33\00:46:21.33
SLIPS FROM THAT FIRST PLACE
BECAUSE YOU CAN DEVELOP VERY
00:46:21.33\00:46:27.30
EASILY AND I CAN DEVELOP
VERY EASILY WHAT WE CALL DIVIDED
00:46:27.30\00:46:31.16
AFFECTIONS. DIVIDED
AFFECTIONS FOR JESUS -
00:46:31.16\00:46:36.70
AND NOW HERE'S THE TRICKY STUFF
- THIS IS WHERE THE HEART CAN BE
00:46:36.70\00:46:39.96
DECEITFUL. DIVIDED
AFFECTIONS FOR JESUS MAY
00:46:39.96\00:46:43.23
STILL KEEP YOU RELIGIOUS ENOUGH
TO KEEP COMING TO CHURCH AND
00:46:43.23\00:46:48.83
READING YOUR BIBLE SOME.
DIVIDED AFFECTIONS FOR JESUS MAY
00:46:48.83\00:46:56.16
STILL KEEP YOU RELIGIOUS ENOUGH
TO STILL KEEP PRAYING SOME.
00:46:56.16\00:47:05.33
DIVIDED AFFECTIONS FOR JESUS MAY
STILL KEEP YOU THUMBING THROUGH
00:47:05.33\00:47:10.53
THE LESSON QUARTERLY -
ESPECIALLY THIS ONE ON REVIVAL
00:47:10.53\00:47:13.73
AND REFORMATION SOME. BUT
YOU'LL NEVER EXPERIENCE IT
00:47:13.73\00:47:24.86
IF ALL YOU HAVE IS SOME LOVE FOR
JESUS AND HE DOESN'T HAVE YOUR
00:47:24.86\00:47:31.20
FIRST LOVE. IT'LL NEVER HAPPEN.
00:47:31.20\00:47:35.23
AND WHILE YOU JUST HAVE SOME
LOVE FOR JESUS, YOU REALLY WON'T
00:47:35.23\00:47:39.13
WANT IT TO HAPPEN BECAUSE
THE NATURAL HEART IT'S JUST
00:47:39.13\00:47:43.36
NATURALLY ADVERSE
TO MAKING CHANGES.
00:47:43.36\00:47:45.60
SO WHEN YOU LET THE NATURAL
HEART START GETTING THE UPPER
00:47:45.60\00:47:48.10
HAND OR TAKING HALF YOUR
AFFECTIONS OR EVEN LESS, YOU
00:47:48.10\00:47:53.13
HAVE A BATTLE ON YOUR HANDS.
I DO, WHEN IT GETS LIKE THAT.
00:47:53.13\00:47:58.66
I HAVE TO FIGHT. I
KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.
00:47:58.66\00:48:04.53
REVELATION 2, VERSE 7, IT SAYS,
"HE THAT HATH AN EAR, LET HIM
00:48:04.53\00:48:15.20
HEAR WHAT THE SPIRIT
SAITH UNTO THE CHURCHES.
00:48:15.20\00:48:19.40
TO HIM THAT OVERCOMETH
WILL I GIVE" - AND TO HER THAT
00:48:19.40\00:48:22.96
OVERCOMETH - "WILL I GIVE TO EAT
OF THE TREE OF LIFE, WHICH IS IN
00:48:22.96\00:48:29.76
THE MIDST OF THE PARADISE OF
GOD." WHEN WE HAVE REVIVAL AND
00:48:29.76\00:48:37.60
WE KNOW HOW TO GET IT -
IT'S THE NEW BIRTH - REFORMATION
00:48:37.60\00:48:41.50
WILL FOLLOW. GOD
WILL SANCTIFY US.
00:48:41.50\00:48:46.06
HE WILL FILL US WITH HIS SPIRIT.
00:48:46.06\00:48:47.46
HE WILL USE US TO DO THE WORK
AND WE WILL BE OVERCOMERS AND
00:48:47.46\00:48:54.33
THAT'S WHAT JESUS SAYS,
'YOU WILL BE AN OVERCOMER.'
00:48:54.33\00:48:58.86
"TO HIM THAT OVERCOMETH WILL I
GIVE TO EAT OF THE TREE OF LIFE,
00:48:58.86\00:49:04.03
WHICH IS IN THE MIDST
OF THE PARADISE OF GOD."
00:49:04.03\00:49:09.30
AND WHEN YOU STAND AROUND THAT
TREE AND JESUS PLUCKS THAT FRUIT
00:49:09.30\00:49:15.60
AND HE PUTS IT IN YOUR HAND AND
AS HE PUTS IT IN YOUR HAND AND
00:49:15.60\00:49:19.13
HIS HAND LIFTS UP AND YOU SEE
THOSE SCARS, YOU'LL SAY, 'LORD,
00:49:19.13\00:49:23.80
I DON'T HAVE THE WORDS OR THE
HEART TO THANK YOU ENOUGH, BUT I
00:49:23.80\00:49:31.73
PRAISE YOU BECAUSE YOU'VE GIVEN
ME ALL ETERNITY NOW TO LEARN HOW
00:49:31.73\00:49:36.23
TO DO THAT.' AND
WHAT A JOY THAT WILL BE.
00:49:36.23\00:49:42.73
(MUSIC)
00:49:42.73\00:49:55.76
>>IN APRIL 2001, THE
LORD HAD OPENED SOME DOORS FOR
00:49:55.76\00:49:59.40
US TO DO A FULL CITY-WIDE
EVANGELISTIC MEETING HERE IN THE
00:49:59.40\00:50:02.73
PHILIPPINES. WE HAD
AN ARENA AND WE WERE
00:50:02.73\00:50:05.70
MEETING IN AN AUDITORIUM AND
THOUSANDS WERE COMING AND PEOPLE
00:50:05.70\00:50:09.50
WERE RESPONDING.
WE WERE VERY EXCITED.
00:50:09.50\00:50:13.83
THE PLAN WAS FOR KAREN TO JOIN
ME ON THE 30TH OF APRIL AND ONE
00:50:13.83\00:50:18.90
MORNING I WOKE UP AND I GOT THE
PHONE CALL THAT NO PARENT EVER
00:50:18.90\00:50:22.76
WANTS TO GET - THAT OUR SON HAD
BEEN IN A SERIOUS CONSTRUCTION
00:50:22.76\00:50:26.93
ACCIDENT - AND I HAD TO
PICK UP KAREN AT THE AIRPORT.
00:50:26.93\00:50:30.73
AND I JUST REMEMBER FOR A COUPLE
OF HOURS, WAITING AT THE AIRPORT
00:50:30.73\00:50:33.86
DOING A LOT OF PRAYING,
NOT KNOWING WHAT HAD HAPPENED
00:50:33.86\00:50:36.03
TO MICAH. AND WE
HAD BEEN ABLE TO GET A
00:50:36.03\00:50:38.80
CALL THROUGH TO THE HOSPITAL AND
THEY SAID HE WAS IN SURGERY -
00:50:38.80\00:50:41.26
HE WAS IN SERIOUS CONDITION -
AND GOT BACK TO THE HOTEL ROOM
00:50:41.26\00:50:47.46
AND DISCOVERED THAT HE
DID NOT SURVIVE THE SURGERY.
00:50:47.46\00:50:50.70
WELL, OF COURSE, THERE
ARE NO WORDS TO DESCRIBE HOW
00:50:50.70\00:50:53.26
DEVASTATING THAT IS AND SO -
I KNEW I WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF AN
00:50:53.26\00:50:56.63
IMPORTANT MEETING. I
KNEW HOW THE DEVIL HATED
00:50:56.63\00:50:58.86
EVANGELISM, BUT I NEEDED TO TELL
THE LEADERS HERE THAT HAD PUT SO
00:50:58.86\00:51:03.16
MUCH TIME AND MONEY INTO
THIS SERIES THAT I JUST HAD TO
00:51:03.16\00:51:05.80
GO HOME. AND I PROMISED THEM -
I SAID, 'YOU KNOW, GOD WILLING,
00:51:05.80\00:51:09.30
I WILL COME BACK AND I
WILL DO ANOTHER SERIES.'
00:51:09.30\00:51:20.03
>>PROMISE FULFILLED.
PASTOR DOUG HAS RETURNED TO THE
00:51:20.03\00:51:22.60
PHILIPPINE ISLANDS TO CONTINUE
THE WORK HE BEGAN YEARS AGO.
00:51:22.60\00:51:26.93
>>JESUS SAID - WHO?
WHO DID I SAY? - JESUS SAID
00:51:26.93\00:51:30.40
THE SABBATH WAS MADE
FOR MAN. THAT MEANS MANKIND.
00:51:30.40\00:51:35.83
DO WE STILL NEED
WHAT GOD MAKES FOR MAN?
00:51:35.83\00:51:38.46
>>CROWDS OF PEOPLE REACHING
CLOSE TO 2,000 GATHERED EACH
00:51:38.46\00:51:41.10
NIGHT TO LISTEN. MANY
PEOPLE SIMPLY WALKING BY
00:51:41.10\00:51:44.30
STOPPED TO HEAR THE
TRUTH FROM GOD'S WORD.
00:51:44.30\00:51:47.33
>>ONE THING THAT MADE THIS
MEETING ESPECIALLY EXCITING AND,
00:51:47.33\00:51:49.96
WE THINK, FRUITFUL IS THAT THERE
WAS AN ONGOING EVANGELISTIC
00:51:49.96\00:51:53.13
TRAINING PROGRAM WITH PAFCOE.
00:51:53.13\00:51:55.33
PAFCOE IS THE PHILIPPINE AMAZING
FACTS CENTER OF EVANGELISM.
00:51:55.33\00:51:58.86
IT'S JUST WONDERFUL TO HAVE THAT
ARMY OF ADDITIONAL WORKERS THAT
00:51:58.86\00:52:03.20
WERE DOING EVERYTHING FROM
HELPING WITH THE OFFERING TO
00:52:03.20\00:52:06.06
SETTING UP FOR THE MEETING TO
TAKING DOWN AND ALSO FOLLOWING
00:52:06.06\00:52:08.96
UP WITH THE BIBLE STUDIES
AND THAT'S THE IMPORTANT PART.
00:52:08.96\00:52:11.56
THEY WERE LIKE A
SMALL ARMY OF BIBLE WORKERS.
00:52:11.56\00:52:14.40
>>LAST YEAR OUR STAFF AND
STUDENTS DID 50 EVANGELISTIC
00:52:14.40\00:52:17.76
MEETINGS AND BAPTIZED
ABOUT A THOUSAND PEOPLE.
00:52:17.76\00:52:21.13
AND SO PAFCOE IS HELPING TO
RETURN MANY OF OUR LAYPEOPLE TO
00:52:21.13\00:52:24.93
THE VISION FOR EVANGELISM
- THE DESIRE TO WIN SOULS.
00:52:24.93\00:52:29.66
AND WHEN STUDENTS COME FROM AN
ISLAND AND THEN GO BACK TO THE
00:52:29.66\00:52:33.56
ISLAND AND DO AN
EVANGELISTIC MEETING, IT HAS AN
00:52:33.56\00:52:36.46
EFFECT NOT JUST ON THAT
LOCAL CHURCH BUT THROUGHOUT
00:52:36.46\00:52:39.50
THE ISLAND. AND SO THE
IMPACT OF PAFCOE IS TREMENDOUS.
00:52:39.50\00:52:44.13
>>AMAZING FACTS IS SPREADING
GOD'S TRUTH THROUGHOUT THE
00:52:44.13\00:52:46.86
PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. EACH
NIGHT OF THE MEETINGS THE
00:52:46.86\00:52:54.86
CROWDS GREW LARGER AND LARGER.
ON THE FINAL DAY, THE MEETINGS
00:52:54.86\00:52:58.56
WERE HELD IN A
LARGE SPORTS ARENA.
00:52:58.56\00:53:00.70
NEARLY 8,000 PEOPLE CROWDED IN
TO HEAR THE TRUTH OF GOD'S WORD.
00:53:00.70\00:53:05.23
I SAT ON THE PLATFORM YESTERDAY,
SAW ALL THE PEOPLE FILLING THE
00:53:05.23\00:53:08.43
STANDS - THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE
- AND IT JUST MOVED ME TO TEARS
00:53:08.43\00:53:11.33
AND I JUST REALLY THOUGHT,
'LORD, YOU'RE HERE AND YOU'VE
00:53:11.33\00:53:13.66
HONORED YOUR PROMISE TO BLESS
AND WORK THINGS TOGETHER FOR
00:53:13.66\00:53:16.66
GOOD. IT REALLY DID GIVE A SENSE
OF CLOSURE AND COMPLETION AND
00:53:16.66\00:53:20.33
VICTORY TO WHAT WE
HAD STARTED OUT BEFORE.
00:53:20.33\00:53:23.56
>>BECAUSE OF YOUR DECISION WE
BAPTIZE YOU IN THE NAME OF GOD
00:53:23.56\00:53:27.00
THE FATHER, HIS SON JESUS
CHRIST, AND THE HOLY SPIRIT,
00:53:27.00\00:53:31.10
AMEN. >>IT WAS A JOYFUL DAY.
00:53:31.10\00:53:35.33
143 PEOPLE WERE BAPTIZED.
>>A LOT OF PEOPLE MADE DECISIONS
00:53:35.33\00:53:41.76
THAT WILL BE
MEASURED IN ETERNITY.
00:53:41.76\00:53:44.96
I THINK ONE OF THE MOST
IMPORTANT THINGS WE CAN DO TO
00:53:44.96\00:53:47.53
CONTINUE TO SEE THE AMAZING
FACTS MINISTRY AND THE GOSPEL
00:53:47.53\00:53:51.60
GOING FORWARD IN THIS COUNTRY
IS IT'S GOING TO TAKE MEDIA.
00:53:51.60\00:53:56.90
WE SAW DURING THE ALTAR CALL, AS
HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE CAME FORWARD,
00:53:56.90\00:54:00.70
THE PASTORS VISITED WITH THEM
AND ONE PASTOR SAID, 'MANY OF
00:54:00.70\00:54:04.23
THESE PEOPLE HAVE
NEVER BEEN TO CHURCH.'
00:54:04.23\00:54:06.46
AND I SAID, 'HOW DID YOU
HEAR ABOUT THESE THINGS?'
00:54:06.46\00:54:08.56
AND THEY SAID, 'WE'VE BEEN
WATCHING AMAZING FACTS ON THE
00:54:08.56\00:54:10.23
INTERNET' OR 'WE'VE SEEN THE
PROGRAMS ON 3ABN AND SOME OTHER
00:54:10.23\00:54:13.50
STATIONS.' AND SO WE
REALLY BELIEVE IN THE
00:54:13.50\00:54:16.13
POWER OF MEDIA. WE
NEED TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THE
00:54:16.13\00:54:18.16
GOSPEL WHERE THEY ARE WATCHING
RIGHT NOW BECAUSE THE PLACE
00:54:18.16\00:54:21.03
IS STILL RIPE - THE
HARVEST IS GREAT HERE -
00:54:21.03\00:54:24.23
THE PROGRAMS ARE FEW.
>>THE COMING OF THE AMAZING
00:54:24.23\00:54:27.20
FACTS AND THE COMING OF PAFCOE -
ESPECIALLY HERE IN OUR CHURCH -
00:54:27.20\00:54:31.73
IS REALLY A BLESSING. IT
NOT ONLY REVIVED THE WHOLE
00:54:31.73\00:54:35.60
CHURCH, BUT ENCOURAGED
EVERY MEMBER OF THE CHURCH TO
00:54:35.60\00:54:40.03
PARTICIPATE IN
SPREADING THE GOSPEL.
00:54:40.03\00:54:43.86
>>WE ARE GOING HOME, FOLLOWING
THIS SERIES, WITH A NEW
00:54:43.86\00:54:47.76
ENTHUSIASM FOR THE
WORK IN THIS COUNTRY.
00:54:47.76\00:54:50.96
WE JUST THANK THE LORD - WE
PRAISE THE LORD - THIS SERIES
00:54:50.96\00:54:53.36
REACHED OUR HIGHEST EXPECTATION.
00:54:53.36\00:54:55.50
AND WE WANT TO THANK YOU,
OUR FRIENDS WHO MADE IT ALL
00:54:55.50\00:54:57.76
POSSIBLE, BECAUSE THIS PROGRAM
WAS ENTIRELY FUNDED BY FOLKS
00:54:57.76\00:55:02.36
LIKE YOU THAT BELIEVE IN AMAZING
FACTS AND BELIEVE IN THE MESSAGE
00:55:02.36\00:55:05.60
THAT WE'RE
SHARING AROUND THE WORLD.
00:55:05.60\00:55:07.80
AND OUR FAMILY WANTS TO THANK
YOU PERSONALLY FOR MAKING THIS
00:55:07.80\00:55:10.46
TRIP POSSIBLE - FOR US TO BE
ABLE TO COME BACK AND TO FULFILL
00:55:10.46\00:55:13.86
A PROMISE TO PREACH THE
GOSPEL HERE. AND, OF COURSE,
00:55:13.86\00:55:17.23
WE THANK AND PRAISE
GOD AND GIVE HIM THE GLORY.
00:55:17.23\00:55:33.43
>>PAUL AND JESUS BOTH PREDICT
THAT THE CHURCH OF GOD BECOMES A
00:55:33.43\00:55:37.73
FORCE AGAINST GOD.
>>THE RADICAL FAITH THAT JESUS
00:55:37.73\00:55:42.56
TAUGHT HAD BECOME THE OFFICIAL
RELIGION OF THE EMPIRE THAT
00:55:42.56\00:55:45.80
MURDERED HIM. >>THE
SPEED WITH WHICH THE EARLY
00:55:45.80\00:55:51.63
CHURCH TOBOGGANED INTO APOSTASY
WILL TAKE YOUR BREATH AWAY.
00:55:51.63\00:55:55.90
(MUSIC) >>IMPACT YOUR WORLD.
00:55:55.90\00:56:31.86
THE AMAZING FACTS CENTER
OF EVANGELISM IS THE FIRST AND
00:56:31.86\00:56:34.53
ORIGINAL BIBLE TRAINING SCHOOL
OPERATING FOR OVER TEN YEARS.
00:56:34.53\00:56:38.40
YOU'LL RECEIVE PRACTICAL
TRAINING IN PERSONAL AND PUBLIC
00:56:38.40\00:56:40.50
EVANGELISM. LEARN HOW
TO GIVE DYNAMIC PUBLIC
00:56:40.50\00:56:43.13
PRESENTATIONS, GIVE COMPELLING
CHRIST-CENTERED BIBLE STUDIES
00:56:43.13\00:56:46.20
AND ALL WHILE GAINING A PERSONAL
DEEPER UNDERSTANDING OF GOD.
00:56:46.20\00:56:49.86
LEARN FROM DOUG BATCHELOR AND
OTHER WORLD-CLASS EVANGELISTS.
00:56:49.86\00:56:53.43
>>THE WORLD IS FULL OF
BUSY THINGS PEOPLE ARE DOING.
00:56:53.43\00:56:56.13
THERE'S A LOT OF WORK YOU
CAN DO. YOU CAN BUILD HOUSES.
00:56:56.13\00:56:58.50
YOU CAN FIX CARS BUT,
ULTIMATELY, WHEN JESUS COMES THE
00:56:58.50\00:57:01.80
HOUSES WILL BURN,
THE CARS WILL MELT.
00:57:01.80\00:57:04.06
THE ONLY WORK THAT IS REALLY
GOING TO LAST FOREVER IS WHEN
00:57:04.06\00:57:07.16
HEARTS ARE TRANSFORMED AND THIS
IS WHY THE WORK OF AFCOE IS THE
00:57:07.16\00:57:10.63
MOST IMPORTANT WORK IN THE WORLD
- BECAUSE THE RESULTS - CHANGED
00:57:10.63\00:57:14.26
LIVES - WILL
LAST THROUGH ETERNITY.
00:57:14.26\00:57:17.03
>>TO ENROLL TODAY
VISIT 'AFCOE.ORG' OR CALL
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SIX DAYS GOD CREATED THE
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HEAVENS AND THE EARTH.
FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS MAN HAS
00:57:27.86\00:57:31.93
WORSHIPED GOD ON THE
SEVENTH DAY OF THE WEEK.
00:57:31.93\00:57:34.63
NOW, EACH WEEK, MILLIONS OF
PEOPLE WORSHIP ON THE FIRST DAY.
00:57:34.63\00:57:39.10
WHAT HAPPENED? WHY
DID GOD CREATE A DAY OF
00:57:39.10\00:57:41.63
REST? DOES IT
REALLY MATTER WHAT DAY
00:57:41.63\00:57:44.20
WE WORSHIP? WHO WAS
BEHIND THIS GREAT SHIFT?
00:57:44.20\00:57:47.43
DISCOVER THE TRUTH BEHIND GOD'S
LAW AND HOW IT WAS CHANGED.
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VISIT SABBATHTRUTH.COM. (MUSIC)
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