(MUSIC)
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>>GOOD MORNING.
WELCOME TO SACRAMENTO CENTRAL
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SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH.
WE'RE SO GLAD THAT YOU'RE
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TUNING IN. IF THIS IS YOUR
FIRST TIME YOU'RE IN FOR A GREAT
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TREAT TODAY. AND,
OF COURSE, IF YOU ARE A
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REGULAR AND YOU ARE JOINING
US EVERY WEEK RIGHT HERE IN
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SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA, YOU'RE
GOING TO BE BLESSED TODAY.
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I ABSOLUTELY CAN GUARANTEE THAT.
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BEHIND ME YOU SEE
MANY SMILING FACES.
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THEY'RE SMILING,
YES AND THEY'RE AWAKE.
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AND THIS IS OUR CENTRAL CHURCH
CHOIR AND THEY HAVE PREPARED TWO
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SONGS THAT THEY'RE GOING TO
SING FOR US TODAY AND THEY'RE A
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WONDERFUL GROUP OF PEOPLE.
WE HAVE BEEN WORKING VERY HARD
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FOR THE LAST THREE MONTHS
IN GETTING READY FOR TODAY.
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TODAY IS OUR CHRISTMAS
CONCERT SO, OF COURSE, IF YOU'RE
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WATCHING THIS ON TELEVISION
AND IT'S ALREADY IN JANUARY, WE
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RECORD THREE WEEKS
AHEAD SO IT'S OKAY.
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YOU CAN STILL BE IN JANUARY
BUT WE'RE IN DECEMBER RIGHT NOW.
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AND SO, TODAY IS
OUR CHRISTMAS CONCERT.
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IF YOU'RE WATCHING LIVE ON THE
WEB RIGHT NOW, TUNE IN AT 4:00
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PM PACIFIC AND 7:00 PM PACIFIC
AND YOU CAN JOIN US FOR OUR
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CHRISTMAS CONCERT ON OUR WEBSITE
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
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THE TWO SONGS THAT THEY WILL
BE SINGING FOR US ARE 'OUR LORD
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EMMANUEL' AND 'ANGELS WE
HAVE HEARD ON HIGH' CONDUCTED BY
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HANDERSON PONTEL WHO IS
OUR WONDERFUL AND MOST FAVORITE
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CHOIR CONDUCTOR. LET'S
SING HANDERSON - ARE YOU READY?
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(MUSIC)
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EMMANUEL, EMMANUEL, HIS
NAME IS CALLED, EMMANUEL.
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GOD WITH US, REVEALED IN
US, HIS NAME IS CALLED EMMANUEL.
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CHRIST BY HIGHEST HEAV'N ADORED,
CHRIST THE EVERLASTING LORD!
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LATE IN TIME BEHOLD HIM COME,
OFFSPRING OF A VIRGIN'S WOMB.
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VEILED IN FLESH THE GODHEAD
SEE, HAIL THE INCARNATE DEITY,
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PLEASED AS MAN WITH MAN TO
DWELL, JESUS, OUR EMMANUEL.
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EMMANUEL, EMMANUEL, HIS
NAME IS CALLED EMMANUEL.
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GOD WITH US, REVEALED IN
US, HIS NAME IS CALLED EMMANUEL.
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O HOLY CHILD OF BETHLEHEM,
DESCEND TO US, WE PRAY;
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CAST OUT OUR SIN AND
ENTER IN; BE BORN IN US TODAY!
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WE HEAR THE CHRISTMAS ANGELS
THE GREAT GLAD TIDINGS TELL;
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O COME TO US, ABIDE
WITH US, OUR LORD EMMANUEL!
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EMMANUEL, EMMANUEL,
EMMANUEL, EMMANUEL, EMMANUEL,
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HIS NAME IS CALLED EMMANUEL.
GOD WITH US, REVEALED IN US,
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HIS NAME IS CALLED EMMANUEL.
O COME TO US, ABIDE WITH US,
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OUR LORD EMMANUEL!
O COME TO US EMMANUEL.
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>>AMEN!
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(MUSIC)
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ANGELS WE HAVE HEARD ON HIGH
SWEETLY SINGING O'ER THE PLAINS
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AND THE MOUNTAINS IN REPLY
ECHOING THEIR JOYOUS STRAINS.
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GLORIA, IN EXCELSIS
DEO! GLORIA IN EXCELSIS DEO!
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SHEPHERDS, WHY THIS JUBILEE?
WHY YOUR JOYOUS STRAINS PROLONG?
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WHAT THE GLADSOME TIDINGS
BE WHICH INSPIRE YOUR HEAV'NLY
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SONG? GLORIA, IN EXCELSIS DEO!
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GLORIA, IN EXCELSIS DEO!
COME TO BETHLEHEM AND SEE HIM
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WHOSE BIRTH THE ANGELS SING;
COME, ADORE ON BENDED KNEE,
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CHRIST THE LORD,
THE NEWBORN KING.
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GLORIA, IN EXCELSIS
DEO! GLORIA, IN EXCELSIS DEO!
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JOYFUL HEARTS WITH ONE ACCORD,
SPREAD THE TIDINGS FAR AND WIDE.
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BORN TO US IS CHRIST THE LORD,
AT THIS HAPPY CHRISTMAS TIME.
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GLORIA, IN EXCELSIS
DEO! GLORIA, IN EXCELSIS DEO!
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IN EXCELSIS DEO DEO! >>AMEN!
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>>GOOD MORNING EVERYBODY AND
WELCOME TO CENTRAL STUDY HOUR.
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I FEEL A LITTLE BIT ABOVE
EVERYBODY THIS MORNING BUT
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I ASSURE YOU WE'RE ALL
DOWN ON THE SAME LEVEL -
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SPIRITUALLY AND IN GOD'S EYES.
BUT WE'RE UP HERE BECAUSE WE
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HAVE A SPECIAL
EVENT THIS AFTERNOON.
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IT'S OUR CHRISTMAS CONCERT.
SO WE'RE GLAD YOU'RE HERE THIS
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MORNING IN GOOD TIME AND I ALSO
WANT TO WELCOME THOSE THAT WERE
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LOOKING ON ON THE STREAMING LIVE
VIDEO AND THOSE THAT SEE IT ON
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3ABN AND HOPE. I'D
LIKE TO WELCOME YOU ALSO.
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BEFORE WE BEGIN, WE'VE GOT
A FREE OFFER: 'THE ULTIMATE
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IF YOU CALL 1-866-STUDY-MORE
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OR 1-866-788-3966.
IT'S A LITTLE BOOKLET.
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IT'S OFFER #104 AND
CONTACT AMAZING FACTS.
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IT'S WRITTEN BY OUR SENIOR
PASTOR, DOUG BATCHELOR WHO, AS
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WE SPEAK, IS IN ROMANIA BUT HE
SENDS HIS GREETINGS TO YOU ALL.
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THIS BOOK THAT PASTOR DOUG HAS
WRITTEN - IT'S SIMPLY ABOUT THE
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BIBLE. A LITTLE BOOK - HOW CAN
IT SAY SO MUCH ABOUT THE BIBLE?
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BUT IT'S A GOOD LITTLE
BOOK AND I THINK YOU'D ENJOY IT.
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YOU WOULD APPRECIATE
IT. SO CALL AMAZING FACTS.
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GIVE THEM A DROP ON THE LINE
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ABSOLUTELY FREE. THAT
SAID, IF YOU DON'T KNOW I'M
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GOING TO TELL YOU.
WE'RE STARTING A NEW QUARTER
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TODAY. THIS IS
CALLED 'DISCIPLESHIP'.
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IT'S THE ADULT GUIDE FOR THE
NEXT THREE MONTHS AND I HAVE THE
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PLEASURE AND HONOR THIS MORNING
OF OPENING UP ON LESSON #1.
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BUT IF YOU HAVE YOUR QUARTERLIES
WITH YOU - THOSE OF YOU LOOKING
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IN - WHO SEE THIS AFTER THE FACT
- YOU NOTICE IN THE INTRODUCTION
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WE READ THE FOLLOWING - READ
- THE TOPIC OF OUR QUARTER IS
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DISCIPLESHIP, AS I
JUST MENTIONED, AND IT SAYS,
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"THOUGH THE TERM HAS
MANY FACETS. IN THIS STUDY
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WE WILL LOOK AT DISCIPLESHIP AS
THE PROCESS BY WHICH WE BECOME
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FOLLOWERS OF JESUS AND, AS
SUCH, BETTER SOUL WINNERS."
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AND ACROSS ON THE OTHER PAGE IT
KIND OF CRYSTALLIZES IT AGAIN.
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IT SAYS, "THE COMPREHENSIVE
UNDERSTANDING OF DISCIPLESHIP IS
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INCOMPLETE" - AND THAT'S TRUE.
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IT'S INCOMPLETE - "UNTIL IT
INCORPORATES A PASSIONATE DESIRE
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TO FOLLOW JESUS AND, AS
A SUPERNATURAL RESULT, A
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PASSIONATE DESIRE TO LEAD
OTHERS TO CHRIST AS WELL."
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SO I TRUST YOU CAN
SAY 'AMEN' TO THAT.
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WHEN JESUS WAS BORN IN
BETHLEHEM, HE WAS BORN INTO A
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NATION THAT WAS EAGERLY LOOKING
FOR THE LONG-EXPECTED MESSIAH -
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THE ONE WHO'D BEEN PROMISED
EVEN FROM THE GARDEN OF EDEN IN
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GENESIS 3:15. BUT
ANYWAY, JESUS ARRIVED - HE
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CAME - AND THAT WAS ALL WELL AND
GOOD, BUT WE MUST REMEMBER THAT
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WHEN JESUS ARRIVED THERE HAD
BEEN COUNTLESS OTHERS WHO HAD
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PRECEDED HIM, ALL
CLAIMING TO BE THE MESSIAH.
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AND AFTER JESUS LEFT, OTHERS GOT
IN LINE TO COME ALONG AND CLAIM
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TO BE THE
MESSIAH. 'I'M THE MESSIAH.'
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'NO, I'M THE MESSIAH.'
WELL, YOU KNOW THE STORY.
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AND JESUS WARNED US IN MATTHEW
24, 'THERE WILL ARISE FALSE
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CHRISTS AND FALSE PROPHETS;
INASMUCH AS IT WERE POSSIBLE
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THEY WOULD
DECEIVE THE VERY ELECT.'
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SO, YOU KNOW, WHICH
CLAIMANT ARE WE TO BELIEVE?
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WELL, OF COURSE, WE
KNOW IT'S JESUS, DON'T WE?
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BUT LET'S THINK ABOUT THAT.
WHY DO WE SAY THAT JESUS TRULY
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IS THE MESSIAH? WELL,
YOU MIGHT SAY HE WAS KIND.
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YES - EVEN RAISED THE
DEAD. WELL WHILE ALL THAT IS, OF
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COURSE, VERY NOTEWORTHY,
MIRACLES WERE JUST - THE
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OUTFLOWING OF HIS LOVE AND MERCY
AND REALLY WERE TO BE EXPECTED.
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BUT JESUS NEVER WANTED PEOPLE
TO ACCEPT HIM ON THE BASIS OF
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MIRACLES OR EVEN
THAT HE WAS KIND.
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JESUS WANTED PEOPLE TO ACCEPT
HIM ON THE BASIS OF TRUTH.
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SEE, EVEN SATAN
CAN MAKE MIRACLES.
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SATAN CAN BLIND
PEOPLE WITH KINDNESS.
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SATAN CAN DECEIVE PEOPLE AND
THEY'LL JUST OPEN THEMSELVES UP
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TO BE DECEIVED. AND SO
JESUS WANTS US TO KNOW,
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FOR OUR OWN SAFETY, THAT WE
NEED TO KNOW FOR CERTAIN WHICH
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MESSIAH, WHICH
CHRIST WE ARE FOLLOWING.
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AND THAT'S WHY, FOR GOOD REASON
JESUS SAID - AND IT'S OUR KEY
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TEXT THIS WEEK - JOHN 5:39 -
HE SAID, "SEARCH THE SCRIPTURES;
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FOR...THEY ARE THEY WHICH
TESTIFY OF ME." IT'S TRUE.
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OUR ONLY SAFETY - THE ONLY
SAFETY IN JESUS' TIME TO KNOW IF
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HE WAS THE REAL DISCIPLE
- SORRY, THE REAL MESSIAH -
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WAS ON THE BASIS OF THIS.
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BUT IN THE BOOK 'DESIRE OF AGES'
WE'VE BEEN TOLD THAT SATAN IS
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TEN TIMES MORE ABLE TO DECEIVE
NOW THAN 2,000 YEARS AGO.
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SO IT'S EVEN MORE PERTINENT AND
CRUCIALLY NECESSARY THAT WE ARE
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GUIDED BY THIS BOOK AND THIS
BOOK ALONE TO KNOW WHO IS THE
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REAL JESUS. AND
ALTHOUGH JESUS IS IN HEAVEN,
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WHO ARE HIS
REAL REPRESENTATIVES?
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WHICH IS HIS REAL SPIRIT THAT IS
GOING TO BE WORKING - HIS TRUE
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SPIRIT WHICH WILL WORK
PROFOUNDLY BEFORE HE COMES.
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BUT ALSO ANOTHER SPIRIT THAT
WILL PULL OUT ALL THE STOPS AND
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UNLESS WE KNOW ONE
SPIRIT FROM THE OTHER WE WILL -
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WE'LL BE DECEIVED.
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SO IT'S WITH GOOD REASON JESUS
SAID 'SEARCH THE SCRIPTURES'.
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NOW WHEN JESUS ANNOUNCED THE
BEGINNING OF HIS MINISTRY - I
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WANT TO TURN TO MARK CHAPTER
1, VERSES 14 AND 15 - MARK 1,
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VERSES 14 AND 15 -
JUST GIVE ME A MOMENT HERE.
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EVEN BASED UPON SCRIPTURE, JESUS
ANNOUNCED THE COMMENCEMENT OF
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HIS MINISTRY. MARK 1:14 AND 15.
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THE CONTEXT IS:
JESUS HAD BEEN BAPTIZED.
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HE'D BEEN IN THE
WILDERNESS. HE'D BEEN TEMPTED.
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HE'D BEEN THROUGH ALL THAT
TERRIBLE TEST OF HIS FAITH AND
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FORTITUDE, BUT NOW HE COMES
DOWN FROM THE WILDERNESS AND HE
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BEGINS, NOW, HIS
PREACHING MINISTRY.
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LET ME READ THIS - VERSE 14,
"NOW AFTER THAT JOHN WAS PUT IN
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PRISON, JESUS CAME INTO GALILEE,
PREACHING THE GOSPEL OF THE
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KINGDOM OF GOD, AND SAYING,
'THE TIME IS FULFILLED, AND THE
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KINGDOM OF GOD IS AT
HAND: REPENT YE, AND BELIEVE THE
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GOSPEL.'" NOW, FOR
THOSE JEWS WHO WERE
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ON THE BALL WHEN JESUS SAID THE
TIME IS FULFILLED, THEY SHOULD
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HAVE REALIZED THAT HE WAS
DECLARING THAT A CERTAIN TIME
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HAD BEEN FULFILLED.
YOU KNOW WHAT THAT WAS?
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IT WAS TELLING PEOPLE WHO
UNDERSTOOD - WHO WERE SAVVY -
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AND THEY SHOULD HAVE BEEN -
THAT THE SIXTY-NINE WEEKS OF THE
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SEVENTY WEEKS IN DANIEL
CHAPTER 9 HAD EXPIRED AND WE'RE
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BEGINNING NOW THE LAST WEEK
OF SEVEN PROPHETIC DAYS OR SEVEN
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LITERAL YEARS. AND
IT WAS IN THAT FIRST
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SIXTY-NINE-WEEK - SORRY -
AD 27 - JESUS WAS BAPTIZED.
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AND THAT WAS THE BEGINNING NOW.
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AND SO HE SAYS, 'THE TIME IS
FULFILLED' AND THAT'S EXACTLY
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RIGHT. IT WAS
BASED UPON SCRIPTURE.
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AND THEN HE DECLARED
THE NATURE OF HIS MINISTRY.
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WE'RE STILL IN LUKE - LUKE
CHAPTER 4 - WE FIND JESUS HERE
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IN THE SYNAGOGUE IN VERSE
18 AND - SORRY, I'M IN MARK.
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BEG YOUR PARDON.
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WE'RE IN LUKE CHAPTER 4
BEGINNING IN VERSE 14 - SORRY,
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VERSE 16 - IT SAYS, "AND HE CAME
TO NAZARETH, WHERE HE HAD BEEN
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BROUGHT UP: AND, AS HIS CUSTOM
WAS, HE WENT INTO THE SYNAGOGUE
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ON THE SABBATH DAY,
AND STOOD UP FOR TO READ.
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AND THERE WAS DELIVERED UNTO HIM
THE BOOK OF THE PROPHET ESAIAS.
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AND WHEN HE HAD OPENED THE BOOK,
HE FOUND THE PLACE WHERE IT WAS
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WRITTEN," - AND IT WAS IN -
YOU'LL FIND THIS IS ISAIAH 61 -
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JESUS SAID, "'THE SPIRIT OF THE
LORD IS UPON ME, BECAUSE HE HATH
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ANOHEAL THE BROKENHEARTED, TOPEL
TO PREACH DELIVERANCE TO THE
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CAPTIVES, AND RECOVERING OF
SIGHT TO THE BLIND, TO SET AT
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LIBERTY THEM THAT ARE BRUISED,
TO PREACH THE ACCEPTABLE YEAR OF
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THE LORD.'" AND
THEN HE SAID - A LITTLE
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FURTHER DOWN THERE IT SAYS "HE
CLOSED THE BOOK, AND HE GAVE IT
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AGAIN TO THE MINISTER AND SAT
DOWN. AND THE EYES OF ALL THEM
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THAT WERE IN THE SYNAGOGUE WERE
FASTENED ON HIM." - IT MEANS
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THERE WERE EYES FASTENED UPON
HIM - VERSE 21 - "AND HE BEGAN
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TO SAY UNTO THEM, 'THIS DAY
IS THIS SCRIPTURE FULFILLED IN
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YOUR EARS.'" WELL, THEY
DIDN'T TAKE TOO KINDLY TO THAT.
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THEY WERE READY
TO DO AWAY WITH HIM.
00:20:21.60\00:20:24.40
BUT, NONETHELESS, HE WAS
DECLARING THAT THE MESSIAH HAD
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ARRIVED, THIS WAS THE NATURE
OF HIS MINISTRY AND IT WAS BASED
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SOLIDLY UPON WHAT HAD BEEN
DECLARED PREVIOUSLY, 700 YEARS
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BEFORE, BY THE PROPHET ISAIAH -
THAT THE MESSIAH WOULD DO THESE
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THINGS: PREACH THE GOSPEL, HEAL
THE BROKENHEARTED, AND SO ON.
00:20:42.13\00:20:49.36
NOW, I WANT TO MOVE ON HERE.
00:20:49.36\00:20:53.03
LOOKING AT HOW JESUS
CALLED HIS FIRST DISCIPLES.
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YOU SEE, AGAIN, IT WAS BASED
UPON - HE DIDN'T WANT THEM JUST
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FOLLOWING HIM BECAUSE HE SEEMED
A NICE GUY OR BECAUSE AT THE
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RIVERBANK JOHN THE BAPTIST HAD
SAID, 'BEHOLD THE LAMB OF GOD'.
00:21:06.23\00:21:09.40
WELL, JOHN AND ANDREW STOOD
BY THAT RIVERBANK AND THEY WERE
00:21:09.40\00:21:12.86
THERE WHEN JOHN WERE BAPTIZING
AND THEY SAW JOHN POINT AT JESUS
00:21:12.86\00:21:16.40
AND SAY, 'BEHOLD THE LAMB
OF GOD'. SO THEY LOOKED AND
00:21:16.40\00:21:21.63
THE BIBLE TELLS US
THAT THEY FOLLOWED JESUS.
00:21:21.63\00:21:24.73
WE'RE GOING TO GO
TO JOHN CHAPTER 1.
00:21:24.73\00:21:28.66
SO THEY FOLLOWED HIM, YOU
SEE, AND - WHAT DID I SAY?
00:21:28.66\00:21:33.50
35 TO 51 - WELL,
LET ME START IT AGAIN.
00:21:33.50\00:21:40.63
AND AGAIN, THE NEXT DAY, AFTER
JOHN STOOD AND HAD TWO OF HIS
00:21:40.63\00:21:43.50
DISCIPLES AND LOOKING AT JESUS
AS HE WALKED HE SAID, 'BEHOLD
00:21:43.50\00:21:46.80
THE LAMB OF GOD' - THIS IS JOHN
DECLARING THIS - VERSE 37, "AND
00:21:46.80\00:21:50.26
THE TWO DISCIPLES HEARD HIM
SPEAK AND THEY FOLLOWED JESUS.
00:21:50.26\00:21:53.60
THEN JESUS TURNED, AND SAW THEM
FOLLOWING, AND SAITH UNTO THEM,
00:21:53.60\00:21:57.30
'WHAT SEEK YE?' THEY
SAITH UNTO HIM, RABBI,
00:21:57.30\00:21:59.90
(WHICH IS TO MEAN
MASTER) WHERE DWELLEST THOU?'" -
00:21:59.90\00:22:04.63
THEY SAID, 'WHERE DO YOU LIVE?'
00:22:04.63\00:22:06.76
VERSE 39, "HE SAITH
UNTO THEM, 'COME AND SEE.'" -
00:22:06.76\00:22:11.43
IT SEEMS THAT JESUS HAD A
LITTLE APARTMENT OF SOME SORT -
00:22:11.43\00:22:14.40
AT LEAST AT THIS POINT IN HIS
LIFE - "THEY CAME AND SAW WHERE
00:22:14.40\00:22:18.33
HE DWELT AND ABODE WITH HIM
THERE THAT DAY FOR IT WAS ABOUT
00:22:18.33\00:22:21.46
THE TENTH HOUR." NOW
IT WAS ABOUT TWO HOURS
00:22:21.46\00:22:25.13
BEFORE NIGHTFALL AND SO HE
TOLD THEM, YOU KNOW, STAY HERE.
00:22:25.13\00:22:30.26
AND SO THEY DID.
00:22:30.26\00:22:32.10
NOW, WE SEE THAT THE NEXT DAY
JOHN - SORRY, ANDREW, WENT TO
00:22:32.10\00:22:40.26
GET HIS BROTHER PETER AND HE
GOES TO PETER AND HE TELLS HIM,
00:22:40.26\00:22:46.13
HE SAYS - AND YOU SEE THIS IN
VERSE 41 - IT SAYS - ANDREW - IT
00:22:46.13\00:22:51.30
SAYS, "HE" - THAT IS, ANDREW
- "FIRST FINDETH HIS OWN BROTHER
00:22:51.30\00:22:53.90
SIMON AND SAITH UNTO HIM, 'WE
HAVE FOUND THE MESSAIS, WHICH
00:22:53.90\00:22:57.16
IS, BEING INTERPRETED, THE
CHRIST.'" OKAY, SO ANDREW AND
00:22:57.16\00:23:04.26
JOHN HAVE SPENT A NIGHT WITH
JESUS AND THE NEXT DAY ANDREW
00:23:04.26\00:23:06.43
JUST CAN'T WAIT TO FIND HIS
BROTHER PETER AND SAY, 'WE FOUND
00:23:06.43\00:23:08.96
THE MESSIAH, THE CHRIST.'
WELL, HOW DID HE KNOW? WELL, MY
00:23:08.96\00:23:14.60
GUESS IS THIS: THAT AS JESUS
ACCOMMODATED THEM FOR THE NIGHT
00:23:14.60\00:23:19.20
I DON'T DOUBT THAT HE PROBABLY
GAVE THEM QUITE A REVEALING
00:23:19.20\00:23:21.70
BIBLE STUDY, DON'T YOU THINK?
WOULDN'T YOU HAVE LIKED TO HAVE
00:23:21.70\00:23:25.53
BEEN THERE IN JESUS' LITTLE
APARTMENT SITTING THERE WITH
00:23:25.53\00:23:29.46
JOHN AND ANDREW AS
HE OPENS THE SCRIPTURES?
00:23:29.46\00:23:32.13
BECAUSE HE DIDN'T WANT THEM
FOLLOWING HIM, AS I SAY AGAIN,
00:23:32.13\00:23:35.10
BECAUSE THEY HEARD JOHN THE
BAPTIST SAY, 'BEHOLD THE LAMB OF
00:23:35.10\00:23:37.36
GOD.' HE DIDN'T WANT THAT.
00:23:37.36\00:23:38.56
HE WANTED THEM TO ACCEPT
HIM ON WHAT THIS WORD SAYS.
00:23:38.56\00:23:42.06
SO FOR THIS REASON - I
THINK THAT'S SAFE TO ASSUME.
00:23:42.06\00:23:45.70
AND SO, THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS.
AND THEN WE FIND, A LITTLE
00:23:45.70\00:23:52.33
FURTHER ON HERE IN VERSE 45,
"PHILIP FINDETH NATHANAEL," -
00:23:52.33\00:23:59.73
SO JESUS CALLS PHILIP, OKAY,
HE CALLS HIM TO BE A DISCIPLE.
00:23:59.73\00:24:04.66
THEN IN VERSE 45 PHILIP REALIZES
THERE'S SOMETHING GOING ON HERE
00:24:04.66\00:24:08.06
ON THE BASIS OF SCRIPTURE
BECAUSE - WE'LL READ VERSE 45 -
00:24:08.06\00:24:11.00
IT SAYS, "PHILIP FINDETH
NATHANAEL, AND SAITH UNTO HIM,
00:24:11.00\00:24:14.90
'WE HAVE FOUND HIM, OF
WHOM MOSES IN THE LAW, AND THE
00:24:14.90\00:24:17.80
PROPHETS DID WRITE, JESUS OF
NAZARETH, THE SON OF JOSEPH.'"
00:24:17.80\00:24:22.53
SO AGAIN, IT SEEMS PRETTY
OBVIOUS THAT JESUS HERE WAS
00:24:22.53\00:24:26.50
OPENING THE WORD OF SCRIPTURES
TO THE ONES HE CALLED AND THOSE
00:24:26.50\00:24:30.33
THAT FOLLOWED HIM. HE WANTED
THEM TO ACCEPT HIM ON THE BASIS
00:24:30.33\00:24:34.30
OF SCRIPTURE AND NOT BECAUSE
HE SEEMED LIKE A NICE GUY.
00:24:34.30\00:24:40.50
AND, OF COURSE, WE DON'T HAVE
TIME TO READ IT, BUT IN LUKE
00:24:40.50\00:24:42.66
24:27-32 - AND IT GIVES A
REFERENCE HERE IN THE LESSON.
00:24:42.66\00:24:47.66
WHEN JESUS WAS CRUCIFIED AND TWO
DISCIPLES, YOU KNOW, ARE WALKING
00:24:47.66\00:24:51.40
DOWN TO EMMAUS AND, YOU KNOW,
THEY WEREN'T FEELING TOO GOOD
00:24:51.40\00:24:54.93
AND THIS STRANGER PULLS
UP BESIDE THEM AND THEY DON'T
00:24:54.93\00:24:57.20
RECOGNIZE IT'S JESUS. AND
ON THE WAY HE STARTS TALKING
00:24:57.20\00:25:00.76
ABOUT SCRIPTURE AND THEY STILL
DON'T RECOGNIZE IT'S JESUS, BUT
00:25:00.76\00:25:03.76
THEY'RE TELLING HIM, 'YOU KNOW,
WE HAD THESE BIG HOPES ABOUT
00:25:03.76\00:25:07.13
JESUS AND HE'S GONE, YOU
KNOW. IT'S PRETTY DEPRESSING.'
00:25:07.13\00:25:11.66
BUT HE STARTS TO TALK TO THEM
AND THEN THEY GET IN THE HOUSE
00:25:11.66\00:25:14.26
AND ARE READY TO BREAK
BREAD AND HE BREAKS THE BREAD
00:25:14.26\00:25:17.53
AND PRAYS AND THEN
- PFFFT - HE'S GONE!
00:25:17.53\00:25:18.86
AND THEN THEY REALIZE, 'WHOA,
THAT WAS JESUS!' AND THEN THEY
00:25:18.86\00:25:26.30
RAN OFF, DID THEY NOT? TO FIND
THE OTHERS. AND REMEMBER WHAT
00:25:26.30\00:25:30.86
THEY SAID WHEN THEY RECOUNTED
HOW THEY HAD THIS BIBLE STUDY
00:25:30.86\00:25:37.20
AND JESUS HAD REVEALED HIMSELF
TO THEM AS THE MESSIAH AND
00:25:37.20\00:25:42.00
EXPLAINED THAT IT WASN'T A BIG
FAILURE - IT WAS ALL MEANT TO BE
00:25:42.00\00:25:45.90
- IF THEY'D READ IN ISAIAH
53 AND SO ON AND SO FORTH.
00:25:45.90\00:25:48.70
THEY WOULD HAVE UNDERSTOOD
HE DIDN'T COME TO ESTABLISH AN
00:25:48.70\00:25:52.26
EARTHLY KINGDOM, HE CAME TO BE A
SUFFERING SERVANT AND WOULD DIE
00:25:52.26\00:25:55.90
TO BE A SACRIFICE FOR
THE SINS OF THE WORLD.
00:25:55.90\00:25:58.80
AND AS THEY GOT THAT, THEY
SAID - REMEMBER WHAT THEY SAID?
00:25:58.80\00:26:02.23
WHAT DID THEY SAY?
00:26:02.23\00:26:03.60
THEY SAID, 'DIDN'T OUR HEARTS
BURN WITHIN US AS HE OPENED THE
00:26:03.60\00:26:08.73
WORD OF GOD AND EXPLAINED TO US
THE THINGS CONCERNING HIMSELF?'
00:26:08.73\00:26:14.43
AND SO JESUS WANTS US ALSO,
AS WE CONSIDER THIS THEME OF
00:26:14.43\00:26:19.20
DISCIPLESHIP TO WANT TO BE
HIS DISCIPLES AND FOLLOW HIM.
00:26:19.20\00:26:24.33
NOT BECAUSE HE'S THIS, THAT AND
THE OTHER - NOT TO SPEAK LIGHTLY
00:26:24.33\00:26:28.36
OF THE THINGS HE DID - BUT
BECAUSE HE IS THE MESSIAH BASED
00:26:28.36\00:26:33.46
UPON THIS WORD. THAT
IS THE ONLY RIGHT THING.
00:26:33.46\00:26:38.60
IT'S THE ONLY WISE THING BECAUSE
WE NEED TO BE SURE AND JESUS
00:26:38.60\00:26:43.26
WANTS US TO BE SURE THAT WE'RE
FOLLOWING THE RIGHT MESSIAH.
00:26:43.26\00:26:49.50
I WANT TO MOVE ON TO MONDAY.
WE'VE GOT ABOUT HALF AN HOUR
00:26:49.50\00:26:52.03
LEFT. 'AUTHORITY OF SCRIPTURE'
- THE AUTHORITY OF SCRIPTURE.
00:26:52.03\00:26:59.93
I WANT TO READ FROM MATTHEW
28, VERSES 18 THROUGH 20.
00:26:59.93\00:27:06.83
LET ME JUST READ IT HERE.
00:27:06.83\00:27:08.46
THIS IS WHERE JESUS - RIGHT AT
THE END OF THE BOOK OF MATTHEW -
00:27:08.46\00:27:12.80
AND HE'S COMMISSIONING THEM
HERE, BUT NOTICE WHAT HE SAYS.
00:27:12.80\00:27:15.76
AND I'LL COMMENT
ON IT IN A MOMENT.
00:27:15.76\00:27:18.06
"AND JESUS CAME AND SPAKE UNTO
THEM, SAYING, 'ALL POWER'" - ALL
00:27:18.06\00:27:23.46
AUTHORITY - "'IS GIVEN
UNTO ME IN HEAVEN AND IN EARTH.
00:27:23.46\00:27:29.16
GO YE THEREFORE, AND TEACH ALL
NATIONS,'" - OR IN THE MARGIN IT
00:27:29.16\00:27:33.70
SAYS 'MAKE DISCIPLES - OR
CHRISTIANS OF ALL NATIONS - "'GO
00:27:33.70\00:27:37.00
YE THEREFORE, AND TEACH ALL
NATIONS, BAPTIZING THEM IN THE
00:27:37.00\00:27:41.46
NAME OF THE FATHER, AND OF
THE SON, AND OF THE HOLY GHOST:
00:27:41.46\00:27:45.80
TEACHING THEM TO OBSERVE
ALL THINGS WHATSOEVER I HAVE
00:27:45.80\00:27:49.10
COMMANDED YOU: AND, LO, I AM
WITH YOU ALWAYS, EVEN UNTO THE
00:27:49.10\00:27:54.73
END OF THE WORLD.'"
WHEN JESUS COMMISSIONED HIS
00:27:54.73\00:28:01.00
CHURCH - AND IT WAS JUST A
FLEDGLING LITTLE FLUFFY LITTLE
00:28:01.00\00:28:05.06
THING IF YOU LIKE,
WHAT A RISK TO TAKE.
00:28:05.06\00:28:08.96
I MEAN, THESE - SO IMPERFECT
- AND WE'RE REALLY NO BETTER.
00:28:08.96\00:28:13.50
BUT THIS WAS HIS CHURCH.
HE PLACED EVERYTHING - HE'D
00:28:13.50\00:28:16.73
GIVEN THEM HIS AUTHORITY -
HE'D GIVEN THEM A SACRED TRUST.
00:28:16.73\00:28:21.40
BUT NOTICE THESE FOUR THINGS
I WANT TO MENTION. WHEN HE
00:28:21.40\00:28:24.40
COMMISSIONED HIS CHURCH HE
EQUIPPED THEM WITH FOUR THINGS.
00:28:24.40\00:28:27.23
#1 - HIS POWER OR
AUTHORITY - THAT'S IN VERSE 18.
00:28:27.23\00:28:32.53
ALSO, AS WELL, HE EQUIPPED THEM
TO DO THIS IN THE AUTHORITY OF
00:28:32.53\00:28:36.46
HIS NAME - THAT'S IN VERSE 19.
HE EQUIPPED THEM WITH HIS WORD
00:28:36.46\00:28:43.03
WHICH THEY WERE COMMANDED
TO TEACH - THAT'S IN VERSE 20.
00:28:43.03\00:28:48.06
AND ALSO IN VERSE 20, HE
EQUIPPED THEM WITH THE ASSURANCE
00:28:48.06\00:28:51.33
THAT HIS PRESENCE WOULD GO WITH
THEM AT ALL TIMES - EVEN UNTO
00:28:51.33\00:28:56.03
THE END OF THE WORLD.
AND SO THEY WENT FORTH.
00:28:56.03\00:29:02.70
THEY WENT FORTH IN THE NAME
OF JESUS CHRIST, EXALTING THE
00:29:02.70\00:29:08.13
AUTHORITY OF SCRIPTURE AND
THAT'S THE THEME IN MONDAY'S
00:29:08.13\00:29:10.63
LESSON HERE - REMEMBER
THAT - EXALTING THE AUTHORITY OF
00:29:10.63\00:29:12.76
SCRIPTURE. THEY
WENT FORTH EXALTING THE
00:29:12.76\00:29:15.96
AUTHORITY OF SCRIPTURE
AND BUILDING UPON THAT SOLID
00:29:15.96\00:29:21.13
FOUNDATION AND AS THEY
DID - WOULD YOU BELIEVE IT?
00:29:21.13\00:29:26.93
WHAT DID THEY DO TO
THAT FIRST CENTURY WORLD?
00:29:26.93\00:29:29.96
WHAT DID THEY DO TO IT?
THEY TURNED IT UPSIDE-DOWN,
00:29:29.96\00:29:33.60
DIDN'T THEY? DID IT TAKE
THEM A HUNDRED YEARS? NO.
00:29:33.60\00:29:38.23
PAUL SAID - I THINK IT WAS
COLOSSIANS - FORGIVE ME, THE
00:29:38.23\00:29:41.53
MEMORY - THE VERSE SLIPS MY
MIND. I THINK IT'S COLOSSIANS.
00:29:41.53\00:29:44.93
PAUL WROTE COLOSSIANS ABOUT
60-SOMETHING AD SO WE'RE LOOKING
00:29:44.93\00:29:50.60
ABOUT 30 YEARS - BALLPARK
30 YEARS HERE FROM JESUS
00:29:50.60\00:29:54.13
COMMISSIONING HIS DISCIPLES AND
PAUL SAYS THE GOSPEL HAS BEEN
00:29:54.13\00:29:57.36
PREACHED TO EVERY CREATURE UNDER
HEAVEN. QUITE AMAZING, ISN'T IT?
00:29:57.36\00:30:04.53
NOW IN REVELATION CHAPTER 6,
VERSE 2, WE HAVE HERE THE FIRST
00:30:04.53\00:30:08.90
SEAL IN THE BOOK OF REVELATION,
WHICH EQUATES TO THE FIRST
00:30:08.90\00:30:14.16
CHURCH IN REVELATION,
CHAPTER 2 - THE EPHESUS CHURCH,
00:30:14.16\00:30:18.46
WHICH WAS THE APOSTOLIC CHURCH.
00:30:18.46\00:30:21.30
LET'S SEE NOW, IN SYMBOLIC
LANGUAGE HERE, HOW THIS IS
00:30:21.30\00:30:25.00
DESCRIBED BECAUSE THEY EXALTED
THE AUTHORITY OF SCRIPTURE.
00:30:25.00\00:30:32.00
REVELATION 6:2, JOHN SAYS, "AND
I SAW, AND BEHOLD A WHITE HORSE:
00:30:32.00\00:30:37.33
AND HE THAT SAT ON HIM HAD A
BOW; AND A CROWN WAS GIVEN UNTO
00:30:37.33\00:30:41.20
HIM: AND HE WENT FORTH
CONQUERING, AND TO CONQUER."
00:30:41.20\00:30:46.63
THAT APOSTOLIC CHURCH WAS A
POWER TO BE RECKONED WITH AND
00:30:46.63\00:30:52.20
THEY HAD SUCH SUCCESS BECAUSE
THEY EXALTED THE AUTHORITY OF
00:30:52.20\00:30:56.23
SCRIPTURE AND THEY LIVED BY
EVERY WORD THAT PROCEEDED OUT OF
00:30:56.23\00:31:00.60
THE MOUTH OF GOD THOUGH IT
COST MANY OF THEM THEIR VERY OWN
00:31:00.60\00:31:03.36
LIVES. WHAT DID THEY DO?
00:31:03.36\00:31:07.90
WELL, THEY WERE SIMPLE ENOUGH
- SIMPLE ENOUGH - AND WE NEED TO
00:31:07.90\00:31:12.16
BE SIMPLE-MINDED ENOUGH TO BE
ABLE TO PICK UP GOD'S WORD AND
00:31:12.16\00:31:16.56
OPEN IT AND WHAT YOU READ -
UNLESS IT'S SYMBOLIC - YOU NEED
00:31:16.56\00:31:22.03
TO FIND OUT THE INTERPRETATION
OF IT OR IF IT'S A PARABLE.
00:31:22.03\00:31:24.76
OTHER THAN THAT YOU NEED TO
BELIEVE WHAT IT SAYS, RIGHT?
00:31:24.76\00:31:30.66
IN OTHER WORDS, GENESIS TELLS ME
THAT GOD MADE THE WORLD IN SIX
00:31:30.66\00:31:36.20
DAYS AND RESTED ON THE SEVENTH.
WELL, YOU KNOW, I'M SIMPLE
00:31:36.20\00:31:39.30
ENOUGH TO BELIEVE THAT.
AND SO THE PEOPLE - AND, YOU
00:31:39.30\00:31:43.53
KNOW, JESUS WAS SIMPLE
ENOUGH TO BELIEVE IT AS WELL,
00:31:43.53\00:31:46.23
BECAUSE HE SPOKE OF CREATION.
AND SO THIS CHURCH HAD POWER
00:31:46.23\00:31:51.26
BECAUSE IT TOOK GOD AT
HIS WORD AND IT PREACHED IT.
00:31:51.26\00:31:55.03
SO IF SUCH LOYALTY TO THE
AUTHORITY OF SCRIPTURE WAS THE
00:31:55.03\00:32:01.16
REASON WHY THE APOSTOLIC CHURCH
WAS SO SUCCESSFUL AND WHY SUCH
00:32:01.16\00:32:06.86
FIDELITY TO THE AUTHORITY OF
SCRIPTURE WAS NECESSARY FOR IT
00:32:06.86\00:32:10.96
TO SUCCEED IN THE OPENING OF THE
GOSPEL COMMISSION, THEN HOW MUCH
00:32:10.96\00:32:16.56
MORE IMPORTANT IS IT FOR US TO
EXALT THE AUTHORITY OF THE WORD
00:32:16.56\00:32:21.83
OF GOD AND TO ACCEPT IT AND
PREACH IT AND TEACH IT JUST AS
00:32:21.83\00:32:25.73
IT READS. HOW MORE
IMPORTANT IS IT FOR US
00:32:25.73\00:32:28.53
IF WE ARE GOING TO SUCCEED
IN THE CLOSING OF THE WORK?
00:32:28.53\00:32:33.26
DOESN'T THAT MAKE
SENSE? DID YOU FOLLOW THAT?
00:32:33.26\00:32:37.20
BUT SAD INDEED, MY FRIENDS,
IS THE REALIZATION THAT THE
00:32:37.20\00:32:44.60
EXALTING OF SCRIPTURE IN
CHRISTENDOM IN GENERAL, AND EVEN
00:32:44.60\00:32:49.66
VERY CLOSE TO HOME,
IT'S NOT WHAT IT USED TO BE.
00:32:49.66\00:32:55.26
AND IN MONDAY'S SECTION THERE'S
A LITTLE STATEMENT I'M GOING TO
00:32:55.26\00:32:58.23
READ HERE AND AS I READ IT,
DON'T JUST BE LOOKING OUTSIDE
00:32:58.23\00:33:03.20
THE BOUNDARIES OF THE REMNANT
CHURCH, BE LOOKING IN THE
00:33:03.20\00:33:06.43
REMNANT CHURCH AS WELL.
00:33:06.43\00:33:09.43
IT SAYS, "CONTRAST CHRIST'S
EXALTED UNDERSTANDING OF
00:33:09.43\00:33:13.40
SCRIPTURE" - MEANING HE
EXALTED SCRIPTURE AND SO DID HIS
00:33:13.40\00:33:15.76
DISCIPLES - "CONTRAST CHRIST'S
EXALTED UNDERSTANDING OF
00:33:15.76\00:33:19.73
SCRIPTURE WITH THE PREVAILING
ATTITUDE OFTEN EXHIBITED EVEN
00:33:19.73\00:33:24.20
AMONG PROFESSED
CHRISTIANS TODAY.
00:33:24.20\00:33:27.33
ENTIRE DENOMINATIONS HAVE COME
TO DEEM THE BIBLE AS INTERESTING
00:33:27.33\00:33:32.70
BUT, BASICALLY UNRELIABLE
HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS.
00:33:32.70\00:33:38.20
EVERYTHING - THE SIX-DAY
CREATION," - WHICH I MENTIONED -
00:33:38.20\00:33:41.56
"THE EXODUS, EVEN THE
00:33:41.56\00:33:43.00
BODILY RESURRECTION OF JESUS,
MUCH LESS A LITERAL SECOND
00:33:43.00\00:33:46.73
COMING HAS BEEN CALLED INTO
QUESTION OR EVEN RELEGATED TO
00:33:46.73\00:33:51.60
THE STATUS OF MYTH." SO, AGAIN,
COMING A LITTLE CLOSER TO HOME
00:33:51.60\00:33:58.36
REGARDING THIS STATEMENT
HERE, WE CAN CITE THOSE.
00:33:58.36\00:34:05.10
YOU MAY ALSO QUESTION AND EVEN
RELEGATE TO THE STATUS OF MYTH
00:34:05.10\00:34:14.86
SUCTHE INVESTIGATIVE JUDGMENT,NT
DANIEL 8:14, THE THIRD ANGEL'S
00:34:14.86\00:34:19.83
MESSAGES OF REVELATION CHAPTER
14, THE REMNANT CHURCH - WHAT
00:34:19.83\00:34:24.63
CONSTITUTES THE REMNANT IN
REVELATION 12:17 AND IN THERE,
00:34:24.63\00:34:28.83
OF COURSE, THE
SPIRIT OF PROPHECY.
00:34:28.83\00:34:30.50
HOW MANY RELEGATE THE SPIRIT
OF PROPHECY TO IRRELEVANCE?
00:34:30.50\00:34:36.66
AND TIED IN WITH ALL THIS THERE
ARE OTHER ISSUES BUT A MAJOR ONE
00:34:36.66\00:34:39.73
TOO IS, WE BELIEVE, THE
POST-FALL NATURE OF CHRIST AND
00:34:39.73\00:34:44.90
ITS IMPLICATIONS REGARDING THE
ULTIMATE VICTORY OF GOD'S PEOPLE
00:34:44.90\00:34:49.70
OVER EVERY SINFUL PRACTICE.
00:34:49.70\00:34:52.96
AS THEY UNDERSTAND THIS VERSION
OF CHRIST'S NATURE - THAT HE
00:34:52.96\00:34:57.03
CAME WITH A POST-FALL - HE
CAME WITH A FALLEN NATURE, AS WE
00:34:57.03\00:35:00.70
UNDERSTAND THIS, OF NECESSITY IT
OPENS TO US A RICH UNDERSTANDING
00:35:00.70\00:35:05.30
OF THIS SUBJECT, WHICH WE GLIBLY
CALL RIGHTEOUSNESS BY FAITH,
00:35:05.30\00:35:09.80
WHICH IS A SUBJECT WE NEED TO
GRASP AND UNDERSTAND MORE SUCH
00:35:09.80\00:35:13.80
AS NEVER BEFORE IN THE
WHOLE HISTORY OF CHRISTIANITY.
00:35:13.80\00:35:18.60
BUT BECAUSE WE QUIBBLE AT
SCRIPTURE AND RELEGATE CERTAIN
00:35:18.60\00:35:22.10
PILLARS OF TRUTH TO THE AREA OF
MYTHOLOGY, WE ARE SHORT-CHANGING
00:35:22.10\00:35:28.20
OURSELVES AND JUST HOLLOWING OUT
THE TRUTH THAT GOD HAS GIVEN TO
00:35:28.20\00:35:33.66
US THAT WE MIGHT BE READY TO
RECEIVE THE HOLY SPIRIT IN TURN
00:35:33.66\00:35:38.40
TO GO OUT AND PREACH THE LAST
MORNING MESSAGE TO THE WORLD.
00:35:38.40\00:35:44.23
AM I MAKING SENSE THIS MORNING?
00:35:44.23\00:35:47.93
SO LET ME ASK YOU, IF YOU'RE
OF THE PARTICULAR PERSUASION OR
00:35:47.93\00:35:52.93
MIND SET THAT IS MENTIONED THERE
IN THAT STATEMENT I JUST READ -
00:35:52.93\00:35:58.96
THOSE WHO RELEGATE SCRIPTURE TO
ALLEGORY AND MYTH OR THEY TRY TO
00:35:58.96\00:36:03.73
REINTERPRET IT ACCORDING TO THIS
SO-CALLED PROGRESSIVE MINDSET,
00:36:03.73\00:36:08.06
IF YOU'RE OF THIS UNBELIEVING
MINDSET AS CITED ABOVE, CAN YOU
00:36:08.06\00:36:12.50
EVER BE QUALIFIED TO PROCLAIM
GOD'S LAST MESSAGE TO THE WORLD?
00:36:12.50\00:36:16.56
NO, YOU CAN'T. HOW
CAN ANYBODY GET EXCITED
00:36:16.56\00:36:20.36
ABOUT OR GET BEHIND
SOMETHING THAT THEY BELIEVE IS
00:36:20.36\00:36:25.70
UNSCRIPTURAL, OLD FASHIONED
AND IRRELEVANT? BUT YOU KNOW,
00:36:25.70\00:36:33.30
THERE'S A REAL DANGER FOR THOSE
WHO THINK IT'S SMART TO BE LIKE
00:36:33.30\00:36:37.83
THIS - TO HAVE THIS SO-CALLED
PROGRESSIVE MINDSET THAT
00:36:37.83\00:36:43.43
QUESTIONS THE VALIDITY
OF GOD'S WORD AS IT READS.
00:36:43.43\00:36:46.23
THERE IS A REAL DANGER FOR THOSE
WHO REINTERPRET SCRIPTURE TO
00:36:46.23\00:36:50.16
BLEND WITH THE CONTEMPORARY
CULTURE RATHER THAN ACCEPT THE
00:36:50.16\00:36:54.33
TRUTHS, PRINCIPLES AND STANDARDS
CLEARLY STATED IN SCRIPTURE THAT
00:36:54.33\00:36:58.43
THEY ARE ETERNAL AND
UNCHANGEABLE AS THE AUTHOR OF
00:36:58.43\00:37:02.13
SCRIPTURE HIMSELF, THAT IS
GOD, THE ALMIGHTY ONE, AND I SAY
00:37:02.13\00:37:05.33
THAT REVERENTLY.
THERE IS A FEARFUL DANGER IN
00:37:05.33\00:37:13.36
DENIGRATING THE LITERAL MEANING
OF SCRIPTURE AS IT READS AND
00:37:13.36\00:37:18.50
I'LL CITE THAT DANGER
NOW, IF YOU FOLLOW ME.
00:37:18.50\00:37:21.76
JESUS SAID, IN JOHN 17:17, WHILE
HE WAS PRAYING FOR HIS DISCIPLES
00:37:21.76\00:37:27.80
IN THIS PRAYER - THAT BEAUTIFUL
PRAYER - HE SAID, SPEAKING TO
00:37:27.80\00:37:30.50
THE FATHER - PRAYING TO
THE FATHER - HE SAID, FATHER
00:37:30.50\00:37:33.33
"SANCTIFY THEM THROUGH
THY TRUTH: THY WORD IS TRUTH."
00:37:33.33\00:37:39.80
SO FOLLOW ME NOW. SO
IF YOU'VE TAKEN TRUTH -
00:37:39.80\00:37:43.30
IF YOU'VE TAKEN GOD'S WORD AND
YOU'VE CAST OUT AND CUT OUT THE
00:37:43.30\00:37:47.23
CORE ELEMENTS OF TRUTH,
ESPECIALLY PRESENT TRUTH, ALONG
00:37:47.23\00:37:53.86
WITH ITS VALUES, STANDARDS,
WHICH ARE APPLICABLE TO AND
00:37:53.86\00:37:57.53
NEEDFUL FOR THE CHRISTIAN LIFE,
IF YOU HOLLOW THAT OUT YOU'RE
00:37:57.53\00:38:02.03
LEFT WITH AN EMPTY SHELL.
YOU'RE LEFT WITH AN EMPTY SHELL.
00:38:02.03\00:38:10.00
THERE IS NOTHING LEFT TO PROVIDE
THE SPIRITUAL SUSTENANCE TO THE
00:38:10.00\00:38:14.60
MIND AND HEART AND THEREFORE,
SANCTIFICATION TO YOU WILL BE AN
00:38:14.60\00:38:19.43
IMPOSSIBILITY. IT
JUST WON'T HAPPEN.
00:38:19.43\00:38:23.33
AT LEAST TO THE EXTENT - THE
LEVEL OF SANCTIFICATION THAT GOD
00:38:23.33\00:38:27.23
INTENDS AND REQUIRES FOR THIS
LAST GENERATION WHO ARE TO REACH
00:38:27.23\00:38:31.53
MORAL PERFECTION BEFORE
PROBATION CLOSES AND BEFORE THE
00:38:31.53\00:38:36.53
SECOND COMING OF
CHRIST IN THE CLOUDS OF GLORY.
00:38:36.53\00:38:40.53
I HOPE YOU'RE FOLLOWING MY
REASONING THIS MORNING, FRIENDS,
00:38:40.53\00:38:43.76
BECAUSE THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT
WE HAVE TO CONTEND WITH AND IT'S
00:38:43.76\00:38:47.70
VERY REAL. I'M HERE
TO SPEAK CLEARLY UPON
00:38:47.70\00:38:52.06
THESE THINGS SO WE'LL HAVE, IN
NO UNCERTAIN TERMS, OF HOW THE
00:38:52.06\00:38:56.06
ADVERSARY - THE ENEMY OF TRUTH
- IS SEEKING TO UNDERMINE THE
00:38:56.06\00:38:59.90
VERACITY OF GOD'S
WORD. WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND.
00:38:59.90\00:39:05.50
THERE'S TOO MUCH AT STAKE TO
REMAIN UNINFORMED AND CARELESS.
00:39:05.50\00:39:13.53
THE EQUATION IS PRETTY SIMPLE
BUT THE ANSWER IS PROFOUNDLY
00:39:13.53\00:39:18.56
FAR-REACHING, WITH SERIOUS
AND ETERNAL CONSEQUENCES.
00:39:18.56\00:39:24.30
AND I REPEAT, JESUS PRAYED
'SANCTIFY THEM THROUGH THY
00:39:24.30\00:39:28.36
TRUTH: THY WORD IS TRUTH'.
00:39:28.36\00:39:31.10
BUT IF YOU ESCHEW GOD'S TRUTH,
YOU WILL NOT BE SANCTIFIED.
00:39:31.10\00:39:36.50
THERE'LL BE NOTHING LEFT TO
SANCTIFY YOU BUT THE FABLES AND
00:39:36.50\00:39:43.80
OTHER BOOKS AND OTHER
THEOLOGIANS THAT YOU MAY
00:39:43.80\00:39:46.86
GRAVITATE TOWARD AND THINK,
'THIS PERSON IS SO LIGHT YEARS
00:39:46.86\00:39:50.20
AHEAD OF US AS A
PEOPLE.' FOOLS. FOOLS.
00:39:50.20\00:39:58.10
IF YOU ESCHEW TRUTH AND WILL NOT
BE SANCTIFIED, YOU'LL BE WEIGHED
00:39:58.10\00:40:01.66
IN THE BALANCES
AND FOUND WANTING.
00:40:01.66\00:40:04.20
AND HERE'S THE THING: WHEN
PEOPLE THROW AWAY TRUTH - I
00:40:04.20\00:40:09.23
THINK I CAN KIND OF USE
THE ANALOGY - NOT EXACTLY BUT I
00:40:09.23\00:40:12.20
THINK IT FITS PRETTY GOOD -
YOU DON'T - YOU CREATE A VACUUM.
00:40:12.20\00:40:16.83
WHATEVER YOU PULL OUT YOU CREATE
A VACUUM AND SOMETHING ELSE HAS
00:40:16.83\00:40:19.53
TO RUN IN THERE AND FILL IT IN.
00:40:19.53\00:40:21.50
SO WHEN PEOPLE INVARIABLY THROW
AWAY TRUTH, THEY INVARIABLY
00:40:21.50\00:40:27.26
REPLACE IT WITH ERROR AND THIS
COMPOUNDS THE SPIRITUAL DAMAGE
00:40:27.26\00:40:32.70
THAT THEY INFLICT UPON
THEMSELVES BECAUSE ERROR WILL
00:40:32.70\00:40:36.33
FURTHER PROHIBIT THE
SANCTIFICATION PROCESS.
00:40:36.33\00:40:39.90
AND HERE'S A STATEMENT
FROM 5 TESTIMONIES, 292,
00:40:39.90\00:40:44.26
"ERROR IS NEVER
BLAMELESS. IT NEVER SANCTIFIES."
00:40:44.26\00:40:49.63
DID YOU GET THAT?
ERROR IS NEVER BLAMELESS.
00:40:49.63\00:40:52.93
IT NEVER WHAT?
IT NEVER SANCTIFIES.
00:40:52.93\00:40:56.33
NOW THIS WORD DOES. BUT ERROR
NEVER SANCTIFIES "BUT ALWAYS
00:40:56.33\00:41:00.66
BRINGS CONFUSION AND DISSENSION.
IT IS ALWAYS DANGEROUS."
00:41:00.66\00:41:08.46
NOW WE HAVE VISITORS HERE SO
SOMETIMES YOU WANT TO BE CAREFUL
00:41:08.46\00:41:11.73
HOW YOU WORD THINGS, BUT I'LL
SAY THIS: SOME OF YOU MAY BE
00:41:11.73\00:41:15.56
AWARE OF AN ISSUE THAT HAS COME
INTO THE CHURCH RECENTLY THAT
00:41:15.56\00:41:18.80
HAS CAUSED A LOT OF
CONFUSION AND DISSENSION.
00:41:18.80\00:41:23.46
NEED I SAY MORE?
00:41:23.46\00:41:25.83
BUT, YOU NOTICE, THE FRUITS
OF CONFUSION AND DISSENSION THAT
00:41:25.83\00:41:32.56
THIS PARTICULAR ISSUE IS
BRINGING FORTH - BECAUSE I DON'T
00:41:32.56\00:41:36.66
BELIEVE IT HAS A SCRIPTURAL
BASIS AS WELL, BY THE WAY - THE
00:41:36.66\00:41:40.26
FRUITS OF CONFUSION AND
DISSENSION THAT THIS IS BRINGING
00:41:40.26\00:41:42.83
FORTH CLEARLY SHOW TO ME THAT
IT IS NOT BASED UPON TRUTH BUT
00:41:42.83\00:41:48.10
BASED UPON ERROR. BY THEIR
FRUITS YOU SHALL KNOW THEM.
00:41:48.10\00:41:55.46
AND IF SOMETHING IS ERROR, BY
ITS FRUITS YOU WILL KNOW WHETHER
00:41:55.46\00:42:01.13
IT'S TRUTH OR OTHERWISE.
OKAY, NOW I WANT TO CONCLUDE
00:42:01.13\00:42:06.96
MONDAY'S SECTION ON A
MORE POSITIVE NOTE HERE.
00:42:06.96\00:42:11.03
I PRAY TODAY THAT WE CAN
BE INSPIRED, CHALLENGED, AND
00:42:11.03\00:42:17.50
DETERMINED AS NEVER BEFORE TO
EXALT EVERY WORD OF SCRIPTURE AS
00:42:17.50\00:42:23.90
IT READS. WHEN IT SAYS 'SIX DAYS
AND GOD RESTED ON THE SEVENTH'
00:42:23.90\00:42:28.63
TEACH IT AS THAT. PREACH IT
AS THAT. PRACTICE IT AS THAT.
00:42:28.63\00:42:36.33
LIVE BY IT AND BY THE GRACE
OF GOD IF WE DO, THE FOLLOWING -
00:42:36.33\00:42:42.60
I'M GOING TO READ YOU SOMETHING,
IT'S A WONDERFUL STATEMENT - THE
00:42:42.60\00:42:46.50
FOLLOWING WILL BE
FULFILLED TO US BEYOND MEASURE.
00:42:46.50\00:42:50.83
I'M GOING TO READ IT.
BEFORE I READ THIS STATEMENT,
00:42:50.83\00:42:53.13
IT'S FROM THE BOOK 'ACTS OF
THE APOSTLES' BY ELLEN WHITE,
00:42:53.13\00:42:56.13
PAGE 600 - 'ACTS OF
THE APOSTLES' PAGE 600.
00:42:56.13\00:43:01.53
"THE CHURCH IS GOD'S AGENCY
FOR THE PROCLAMATION OF TRUTH,
00:43:01.53\00:43:06.30
EMPOWERED BY HIM TO DO A SPECIAL
WORK, AND IF SHE IS LOYAL TO
00:43:06.30\00:43:11.30
HIM, OBEDIENT" - YOU CAN PUT
IN THERE 'LOYAL TO HIS WORD' -
00:43:11.30\00:43:16.00
"OBEDIENT TO ALL HIS
COMMANDMENTS WHICH WE FIND IN
00:43:16.00\00:43:19.50
GOD'S WORD, THERE WILL DWELL
IN HER THE EXCELLENCY OF DIVINE
00:43:19.50\00:43:24.20
GRACE. IF SHE
WILL BE TRUE TO HER
00:43:24.20\00:43:26.93
ALLEGIANCE, IF SHE WILL HONOR
THE LORD GOD OF ISRAEL, THERE IS
00:43:26.93\00:43:31.63
NO POWER THAT CAN
STAND AGAINST HER."
00:43:31.63\00:43:35.46
AND PAGE 601, "IF THE CHURCH
WILL PUT ON THE ROBE OF CHRIST'S
00:43:35.46\00:43:40.03
RIGHTEOUSNESS" - AND YOU NEED
TO UNDERSTAND THE DOCTRINE OF
00:43:40.03\00:43:43.86
CHRIST'S RIGHTEOUSNESS AND THE
ROBE OF CHRIST'S RIGHTEOUSNESS
00:43:43.86\00:43:47.00
BEFORE YOU CAN PUT IT ON, RIGHT?
AND IF YOU ACCEPT THAT JESUS
00:43:47.00\00:43:50.80
CAME WITH THE SAME - WITH THE
SAME NATURE THAT ADAM HAD BEFORE
00:43:50.80\00:43:54.23
HE FELL, YOU'LL NEVER UNDERSTAND
THE DEPTH AND THE RICHNESS OF
00:43:54.23\00:43:58.10
THIS WONDERFUL, NOT JUST A
DOCTRINE, BUT AN EXPERIENCE OF
00:43:58.10\00:44:01.70
PUTTING ON THE ROBE OF
CHRIST'S RIGHTEOUSNESS.
00:44:01.70\00:44:05.06
AND IT SAYS, "IF THE CHURCH
WILL PUT ON THE ROBE OF CHRIST'S
00:44:05.06\00:44:07.23
RIGHTEOUSNESS, WITHDRAWING FROM
ALL ALLEGIANCE WITH THE WORLD,
00:44:07.23\00:44:11.83
THERE IS BEFORE HER THE DAWN
OF A BRIGHT AND GLORIOUS DAY.
00:44:11.83\00:44:16.16
GOD'S PROMISE TO HER
WILL STAND FAST FOREVER.
00:44:16.16\00:44:19.53
HE WILL MAKE HER AN ETERNAL
EXCELLENCY, A JOY OF MANY
00:44:19.53\00:44:22.90
GENERATIONS." - HE'LL DO
THAT NOW IF WE WILL LET HIM.
00:44:22.90\00:44:27.50
"TRUTH PASSING BY THOSE
WHO DESPISE AND REJECT IT WILL
00:44:27.50\00:44:32.70
TRIUMPH." DOESN'T THAT
EXCITE YOU? PRAISE THE LORD.
00:44:32.70\00:44:40.13
OKAY, I HAVE TO MOVE ON
NOW. BACK TO THE LESSON.
00:44:40.13\00:44:43.36
IN HIS PROCLAMATION OF
TRUTH, JESUS BROUGHT TO LIFE THE
00:44:43.36\00:44:49.66
SPIRITUALITY OF SCRIPTURE.
IN HIS SERMON ON THE MOUNT HE
00:44:49.66\00:44:56.93
REVEALED HOW THE LAW IS NOT JUST
A CODE BUT IT'S A LAW THAT IS
00:44:56.93\00:45:05.36
THE OUTFLOWING OF GOD'S - OF
THE LOVE OF GOD, WHICH WE ARE TO
00:45:05.36\00:45:10.70
RECIPROCATE IN LOVE TO GOD
AND LOVE TO OUR FELLOW FELLOWS.
00:45:10.70\00:45:16.26
AND JESUS REVEALED THAT LAW WAS
THIS - IT WAS A LAW OF LOVE THAT
00:45:16.26\00:45:21.20
RELATES ALSO - BECAUSE IT'S
VERY - THE LAW SEARCHES OUT THE
00:45:21.20\00:45:26.03
INTENTS AND THE SECRET
MOTIVES IN THE MIND AND HEART.
00:45:26.03\00:45:29.96
JESUS DID THIS AND THE
PEOPLE LISTENED TO HIM.
00:45:29.96\00:45:32.60
FOR EXAMPLE, HE SAID 'WHOEVER
LOOKS UPON A WOMAN TO LUST AFTER
00:45:32.60\00:45:34.83
HER HAS COMMITTED ADULTERY
ALREADY WITH HER IN HIS HEART.'
00:45:34.83\00:45:38.23
THEY WERE LOOKING AT THE LETTER
BUT JESUS OPENED UP THAT THE
00:45:38.23\00:45:41.13
SPIRIT OF THE LAW - AND HE DID
THIS IN A WAY THAT OPPOSED THE
00:45:41.13\00:45:51.23
MINDSET OF THE JEWS - THAT THE
WORD OF GOD WAS JUST LIKE A, YOU
00:45:51.23\00:45:55.63
KNOW, A CODE OF CONDUCT. IT WAS
A PROCEDURE MANUAL OF SOME SORT.
00:45:55.63\00:46:00.73
WE FIND DOCTRINES IN HERE,
YOU KNOW, THINGS TO BELIEVE AND
00:46:00.73\00:46:04.33
THINGS TO LIVE UP TO. WELL,
YES, I MEAN, WE NEED DOCTRINE.
00:46:04.33\00:46:09.86
PAUL SPOKE OF THE
DOCTRINE OF DEVILS TO TIMOTHY.
00:46:09.86\00:46:12.76
SO WE NEED - THE DEVIL HAS
DOCTRINES, WE NEED DOCTRINES.
00:46:12.76\00:46:15.73
SO THERE'S A
PLACE FOR DOCTRINES.
00:46:15.73\00:46:17.40
BUT IF YOU JUST HAVE THE
DRY WORD, YOU DON'T HAVE THE
00:46:17.40\00:46:19.46
EXPERIENCE OF THE WORD.
THEN WE'RE JUST LIKE THE JEWS IN
00:46:19.46\00:46:23.46
JESUS' TIME. AND SO
THEY FELT THAT IT WAS TO
00:46:23.46\00:46:27.73
DO WITH EXTERNALS AND THE MORE
YOU COMPLY WITH THESE EXTERNAL
00:46:27.73\00:46:30.76
REQUIREMENTS, THE
MORE RIGHTEOUS YOU BECAME.
00:46:30.76\00:46:35.26
READING FROM TUESDAY'S LAST
LITTLE STATEMENT FROM THE LESSON
00:46:35.26\00:46:37.66
IT SAYS, "DURING CHRIST'S
EARTHLY SOJOURN" AND, ACTUALLY,
00:46:37.66\00:46:41.03
I'VE MENTIONED THIS - "THE
ORDINARY ISRAELITES RELATIONSHIP
00:46:41.03\00:46:44.36
WITH SCRIPTURE WAS APPARENTLY
HIGHLY LEGALISTIC. THEY LOOKED
00:46:44.36\00:46:48.33
TO SCRIPTURE FOR REGULATIONS
AND ETHICAL GUIDANCE.
00:46:48.33\00:46:51.60
UPRIGHT BEHAVIOR WAS CONSIDERED
A PAYMENT FOR ETERNAL BLISS."
00:46:51.60\00:46:55.36
AND IN ALL OF THIS - THE
SCRIBES, THE PHARISEES, THE
00:46:55.36\00:46:59.16
RABBIS, THE PRIESTS - THEY
CONSIDERED THEMSELVES TO BE THE
00:46:59.16\00:47:04.83
SUCCESSFULLY PIOUS EXAMPLES OF
FOLLOWING THIS KIND OF A MINDSET
00:47:04.83\00:47:11.83
- THIS
UNDERSTANDING OF SCRIPTURE.
00:47:11.83\00:47:13.93
THEY THOUGHT THEY HAD ARRIVED.
00:47:13.93\00:47:15.26
AND, ESPECIALLY IN THE EYES
- AND THEY THOUGHT THEY WERE -
00:47:15.26\00:47:18.40
EVEN THE EYES OF THE COMMON
PEOPLE AND THE COMMON PEOPLE
00:47:18.40\00:47:20.86
LOOKED AT THE SCRIBES AND THE
PHARISEES AND THE RABBIS AND THE
00:47:20.86\00:47:23.33
PRIESTS AND THEY THOUGHT, 'WOW,
THESE MEN HAVE SURELY GOT IT ALL
00:47:23.33\00:47:26.60
TOGETHER.' AND SO
THE PEOPLE WERE TAUGHT -
00:47:26.60\00:47:29.66
THE COMMON PEOPLE WERE TAUGHT
TO RESPECT AND REVERENCE THESE
00:47:29.66\00:47:32.53
RELIGIOUS OVERLORDS AND ACCEPT
THESE SO-CALLED SPIRITUAL ELITES
00:47:32.53\00:47:37.73
- THAT THEY WERE FAR MORE
RIGHTEOUS THAN WE, THE COMMON
00:47:37.73\00:47:41.03
PEOPLE, COULD BE
OR EVER LIKELY TO BE.
00:47:41.03\00:47:45.66
SO WITH THAT
SAID, IMAGINE THIS NOW.
00:47:45.66\00:47:47.90
TRY AND IMAGINE THIS: JESUS SAID
IN MATTHEW 5:20 - IN HIS SERMON
00:47:47.90\00:47:53.76
ON THE MOUNT - HE'S TALKING TO
THE PEOPLE. TRY AND IMAGINE WHAT
00:47:53.76\00:47:57.36
WENT THROUGH THEIR
MINDS AS SOON AS HE SAID THIS.
00:47:57.36\00:47:59.86
"FOR I SAY UNTO YOU, THAT EXCEPT
YOUR RIGHTEOUSNESS SHALL EXCEED
00:47:59.86\00:48:04.90
THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF THE SCRIBES
AND PHARISEES, YE SHALL IN NO
00:48:04.90\00:48:09.00
CASE ENTER INTO
THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN."
00:48:09.00\00:48:11.53
SOME OF THEM
PROBABLY THOUGHT, 'WHAT?
00:48:11.53\00:48:15.10
IF MY RIGHTEOUSNESS HAS TO
EXCEED THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF THE
00:48:15.10\00:48:18.83
SCRIBES AND PHARISEES -
WELL, I DON'T STAND A CHANCE.'
00:48:18.83\00:48:24.23
THEY PROBABLY THOUGHT,
MOMENTARILY, THAT JESUS WAS
00:48:24.23\00:48:26.80
GOING TO UNLOAD ON THEM ANOTHER
DETAILED PROCEDURE MANUAL OF
00:48:26.80\00:48:32.96
TEDIOUS RULES AND REGULATIONS
NECESSARY FOR SALVATION THAT FAR
00:48:32.96\00:48:37.96
EXCEEDED ANYTHING THAT THE
SCRIBES AND PHARISEES HAD IN ALL
00:48:37.96\00:48:41.36
THEIR VOLUMES OF TRADITION.
BUT ACTUALLY, JESUS WAS NOT
00:48:41.36\00:48:46.10
TALKING ABOUT
ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
00:48:46.10\00:48:52.13
HIM SPEAK, THEY WOULD HAVE
REALIZED, 'OH, I DON'T HAVE TO
00:48:52.13\00:48:57.10
BE LIKE THE RABBIS WITH
ALL THEIR PUNCTILIOUS LITTLE
00:48:57.10\00:49:00.16
DETAILED REGULATIONS
THAT THEY HAVE TO FOLLOW.'
00:49:00.16\00:49:04.00
BECAUSE, WHILE JESUS RIGHTLY
EXALTED AND PROCLAIMED THE
00:49:04.00\00:49:10.23
WRITTEN WORD AND NOT THE WORD
OF MEN, AT THE SAME TIME AS THE
00:49:10.23\00:49:15.26
PEOPLE LISTENED TO HOW HE
EXPOUNDED SCRIPTURE, THEY FOUND
00:49:15.26\00:49:19.76
THEMSELVES STRANGELY ATTRACTED
TO HIM WHO WAS THE EMBODIMENT OF
00:49:19.76\00:49:27.93
THE LIVING WORD OF THE LIVING
GOD. AND AS PEOPLE ON THAT MOUNT
00:49:27.93\00:49:34.80
- AS THEY BEGAN TO GET THAT,
IT STARTED TO CHANGE EVERYTHING.
00:49:34.80\00:49:41.30
IT WAS A GAME CHANGER IN
THE GAME OF ETERNAL LIFE BECAUSE
00:49:41.30\00:49:48.03
THEY SAW RIGHTEOUSNESS AND
SALVATION WAS SEEN IN HIM WHO
00:49:48.03\00:49:54.90
WAS THE LIVING WORD AND
NOT THROUGH THE RABBINICAL
00:49:54.90\00:49:59.50
REGULATIONS THAT WERE
JUST LIKE A BALL AND CHAIN.
00:49:59.50\00:50:03.93
AND, YOU KNOW, WE CAN BE
JUST AS LEGALISTIC OURSELVES.
00:50:03.93\00:50:10.00
BUT WHEN WE COME TO THE WORD
OF GOD AND WE PRAY, 'LORD, YES
00:50:10.00\00:50:16.13
THERE ARE THINGS HERE YOU
CLEARLY SAID 'DO THIS, DON'T DO
00:50:16.13\00:50:19.03
THAT' WE NEED TO HEED
THAT.' GOD EXPECTS JUST GOOD OLD
00:50:19.03\00:50:22.73
OBEDIENCE - WHEN
HE SAYS IT, THAT'S IT.
00:50:22.73\00:50:25.96
BUT BEHIND THE ONE WHO COMMANDS
US, WHO IS A RIGHTEOUS GOD - WE
00:50:25.96\00:50:33.70
NEED TO PRAY THAT HE WILL GIVE
US A VISION OF THE WONDERFUL,
00:50:33.70\00:50:39.73
LOVING, KIND, COMPASSIONATE GOD
THAT HE IS WHO HAS GIVEN US HIS
00:50:39.73\00:50:45.60
WORD TO KEEP US SAFE - TO KEEP
US HAPPY - TO KEEP US PROTECTED
00:50:45.60\00:50:53.86
AND BLESSED. AND
WHEN WE COME TO THE
00:50:53.86\00:50:56.76
SCRIPTURES - AND THIS IS WHY WE
HAVE TO INVEST TIME, MY FRIENDS.
00:50:56.76\00:51:00.63
YOU CAN'T JUST GET UP IN
THE MORNING, 'WHERE'S THE WORD?
00:51:00.63\00:51:02.53
OKAY, I'LL READ THIS TODAY.'
YOU SIT DOWN - 'OKAY, I BETTER
00:51:02.53\00:51:06.33
SAY A PRAYER.' DOWN ON
YOUR KNEES, TWO MINUTES,
00:51:06.33\00:51:07.93
OUT THE DOOR TO WORK. FORGET IT.
00:51:07.93\00:51:11.93
YOU MIGHT AS
WELL JUST BE A PAGAN.
00:51:11.93\00:51:14.20
IT WON'T DO YOU ANY GOOD.
WE HAVE TO INVEST REAL TIME,
00:51:14.20\00:51:20.66
PRIME TIME IN THE MORNING.
TURN OFF THE TELEVISION.
00:51:20.66\00:51:26.93
HOW MANY FRIENDS DO
YOU NEED ON FACEBOOK?
00:51:26.93\00:51:29.36
I MEAN, COME
ON, THERE'S A LIMIT.
00:51:29.36\00:51:31.83
YOU DON'T NEED TO KNOW WHO'S
JUST BEEN TO SO AND SO AND GOT
00:51:31.83\00:51:35.90
THIS LITTLE TRINKET
OR THAT LITTLE TRINKET.
00:51:35.90\00:51:38.30
WE'VE GOT MORE IMPORTANT
THINGS TO DO, MY FRIENDS.
00:51:38.30\00:51:42.96
WE NEED TO PRAY THAT GOD WILL
GIVE US A REVELATION OF HIMSELF
00:51:42.96\00:51:45.83
IN CHRIST. AND IF
WE DO THAT, THE BIBLE -
00:51:45.83\00:51:50.26
THE WORD OF GOD - IT WILL
BLOSSOM BEFORE OUR SENSES AS A
00:51:50.26\00:51:55.40
BEAUTIFUL ROSE. NOT
ONLY THAT, WHEN YOU OPEN A
00:51:55.40\00:51:58.96
ROSE AND YOU
(SNIFF) WHAT DO YOU GET?
00:51:58.96\00:52:02.50
YOU GET A LUNGFUL OF - IF
IT'S THE RIGHT KIND OF ROSE -
00:52:02.50\00:52:04.90
BEAUTIFUL FRAGRANCE.
THIS IS WHAT THIS BOOK IS.
00:52:04.90\00:52:09.90
AND WHEN JESUS EXPOUNDED ON
THIS BOOK IT WAS LIKE OPENING A
00:52:09.90\00:52:14.60
CASKET OF SWEET PERFUME.
AND IF WE CAN FIND - IF WE CAN
00:52:14.60\00:52:22.06
EXPERIENCE THE STUDY OF GOD'S
WORD IN THAT SENSE, WHAT - WHAT
00:52:22.06\00:52:28.26
A CHANGE IT WILL BRING
TO OUR DEVOTIONAL LIFE.
00:52:28.26\00:52:33.00
BUT, IN TURN, AS WE FEED UPON
THIS, WHAT A CHANGE IN OUR LIVES
00:52:33.00\00:52:38.60
AND WHAT DISCIPLES JESUS WILL
BE ABLE TO MAKE OF US, CORRECT?
00:52:38.60\00:52:44.36
NOW THIS IS WHY, IN HIS FIRST
PUBLIC SERMON - IN THE FIRST
00:52:44.36\00:52:48.30
PUBLIC SERMON RECORDED IN THE
FLEDGLING CHRISTIAN CHURCH THERE
00:52:48.30\00:52:54.46
ON THE DAY OF PENTECOST, YOU
REMEMBER, WHEN THE SPIRIT CAME
00:52:54.46\00:52:58.90
DOWN AND THEY WENT OUT AND THEY
STARTED TO PREACH AND 3,000 WERE
00:52:58.90\00:53:04.26
CONVERTED IN ONE DAY. I
MEAN, IT WAS JUST TOTALLY
00:53:04.26\00:53:07.96
AMAZING HERE AND YOU SEE
IN PETER'S FIRST SERMON THERE
00:53:07.96\00:53:14.50
WASN'T ONE THING MENTIONED
ABOUT 'BRETHREN, THE LAW THIS.
00:53:14.50\00:53:19.60
THE LAW THAT. THIS
RABBINICAL STANDARD
00:53:19.60\00:53:22.83
SUBSECTION 5...' NOT AT - NOT
A MENTION OF ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
00:53:22.83\00:53:28.16
WHAT WAS THE THEME? IT
WAS CHRIST AND HIM CRUCIFIED.
00:53:28.16\00:53:31.73
IT WAS JESUS - THIS JESUS WHO
YOU CRUCIFIED. HE WAS THE ONE
00:53:31.73\00:53:36.63
WHO HAS BEEN PROMISED TO US
IN THIS WORD FOR 4,000 YEARS.
00:53:36.63\00:53:43.80
AND YOU GOT - ACTS 4:12 - OKAY,
ACTS 4:12. HERE WE FIND AGAIN
00:53:43.80\00:53:48.10
HERE - WE'VE GOT THE PREACHING
HERE OF THE APOSTLES AND IT SAYS
00:53:48.10\00:53:52.36
IN THERE - ACTS 4:12 -
AND IT SAYS, "NEITHER IS THERE
00:53:52.36\00:53:56.33
SALVATION IN ANY OTHER: FOR
THERE IS NONE OTHER NAME UNDER
00:53:56.33\00:54:00.40
HEAVEN GIVEN AMONG MEN,
BY WHICH WE MUST BE SAVED.
00:54:00.40\00:54:04.56
NOW WHEN THEY SAW THE BOLDNESS
OF PETER AND JOHN, AND PERCEIVED
00:54:04.56\00:54:07.43
THAT THEY WERE UNLEARNED AND
IGNORANT MEN, THEY MARVELED AND
00:54:07.43\00:54:10.70
THEY TOOK KNOWLEDGE OF THEM,
THAT THEY HAD BEEN WITH JESUS."
00:54:10.70\00:54:14.83
NOT WITH SOME DRY BOOK BUT WITH
THE LIVING WORD, JESUS CHRIST.
00:54:14.83\00:54:18.40
AND PAUL'S TESTIMONY - NOW
WAS PAUL A VERY CAREFUL, VERY
00:54:18.40\00:54:22.20
PRECISE PHARISEE?
HE ABSOLUTELY WAS.
00:54:22.20\00:54:25.93
YOU SHOULD READ WHAT HE SAYS
ABOUT HIMSELF BUT WE DON'T HAVE
00:54:25.93\00:54:27.76
TIME. HE'S TELLING YOU,
'I WAS BORN OF THIS DAY,
00:54:27.76\00:54:29.83
CIRCUMCISED ON THE EIGHTH DAY.'
HE WAS A STUDENT OF GAMALIEL, I
00:54:29.83\00:54:33.06
MEAN HE HAD EVERYTHING - HE HAD
THE PEDIGREE - HE HAD THE WHOLE
00:54:33.06\00:54:35.40
WORKS IF YOU WANTED TO
SUCCEED IN THE RELIGIOUS CIRCLES
00:54:35.40\00:54:38.70
OF HIS DAY. BUT
WHEN HE ENCOUNTERED JESUS
00:54:38.70\00:54:41.63
THERE ON THE ROAD TO DAMASCUS,
SOMETHING HAPPENED TO THAT MAN.
00:54:41.63\00:54:45.33
I'M GOING TO READ IT HERE IN
GALATIANS WHEN I CAN GET THERE,
00:54:45.33\00:54:48.20
SO BEAR WITH ME HERE. GALATIANS
CHAPTER 1, VERSES 13 AND 14.
00:54:48.20\00:54:52.86
LOOK WHAT PAUL SAYS - HE
SAYS, "FOR YE HAVE HEARD OF MY
00:54:52.86\00:54:56.20
CONVERSATION IN TIME PAST IN THE
JEWS' RELIGION, HOW THAT BEYOND
00:54:56.20\00:55:00.63
MEASURE I PERSECUTED THE CHURCH
OF GOD, AND WASTED IT: AND
00:55:00.63\00:55:04.16
PROFITED IN THE JEWS' RELIGION
ABOVE MANY MY EQUALS IN MINE OWN
00:55:04.16\00:55:09.06
NATION, BEING MORE EXCEEDINGLY
ZEALOUS OF THE TRADITIONS OF MY
00:55:09.06\00:55:12.46
FATHERS." SO HE'S
GOING ON - HE LET YOU
00:55:12.46\00:55:14.80
KNOW WHAT HIS PEDIGREE WAS, WHAT
HE DID, AND SO HE WAS ZEALOUS.
00:55:14.80\00:55:18.93
BUT HERE'S THE ONE - IN CHAPTER
2, VERSE 16 HE SAYS, "KNOWING
00:55:18.93\00:55:26.06
THAT A MAN IS NOT
JUSTIFIED BY" - WHAT?
00:55:26.06\00:55:29.23
- "THE WORKS OF THE LAW, BUT BY
THE FAITH OF JESUS CHRIST, EVEN
00:55:29.23\00:55:35.23
WE HAVE BELIEVED IN
JESUS CHRIST, THAT WE MIGHT BE
00:55:35.23\00:55:38.86
JUSTIFIED BY THE FAITH OF CHRIST
AND NOT BY THE WORKS OF THE LAW:
00:55:38.86\00:55:43.86
FOR BY THE WORKS OF THE LAW
SHALL NO FLESH BE JUSTIFIED."
00:55:43.86\00:55:49.63
AND THEN HE SAYS IN VERSE
20 THIS SUBLIME STATEMENT.
00:55:49.63\00:55:53.23
HE SAYS, "I AM CRUCIFIED WITH
CHRIST: NEVERTHELESS I LIVE; YET
00:55:53.23\00:56:00.76
NOT I, BUT CHRIST LIVETH IN ME:
AND THE LIFE WHICH I NOW LIVE IN
00:56:00.76\00:56:05.33
THE FLESH I LIVE BY THE FAITH
OF THE SON OF GOD, WHO LOVED ME,
00:56:05.33\00:56:09.13
AND GAVE HIMSELF FOR ME."
00:56:09.13\00:56:12.30
THAT WAS HIS TESTIMONY - FROM
A LEGALIST TO A FREE, BORN-AGAIN
00:56:12.30\00:56:17.40
CHRISTIAN AND OH WHAT A
PART THAT PAUL HAD TO PLAY AS A
00:56:17.40\00:56:21.70
DISCIPLE OF JESUS
CHRIST, DID HE NOT?
00:56:21.70\00:56:25.36
WELL, IN ALL OUR PREACHING
AND TEACHING AND WRITING WE ARE
00:56:25.36\00:56:29.16
CALLED TO PROCLAIM THE WHOLE
WORD - THE WHOLE TRUTH OF GOD.
00:56:29.16\00:56:34.63
AND MAY WE, AS WE SEEK A DEEPER
EXPERIENCE WITH JESUS AND A
00:56:34.63\00:56:41.16
REVELATION OF HIS RIGHTEOUS
BEING, MAY THIS SHINE THROUGH AS
00:56:41.16\00:56:46.80
WE ALSO FOLLOW IN THE FOOTSTEPS
OF HIS DISCIPLES AND IN OUR
00:56:46.80\00:56:52.06
TESTIMONY, IN OUR TEACHING,
IN OUR PREACHING MAY PEOPLE LOOK
00:56:52.06\00:56:57.16
AND SAY, 'YOU KNOW, THOSE PEOPLE
OVER THERE, THEY BELONG TO A
00:56:57.16\00:57:02.10
CHURCH. I WANT TO KNOW WHAT
CHURCH THAT IS BECAUSE THEY -
00:57:02.10\00:57:08.63
THEY STICK TO EVERY WORD THAT
PROCEEDS FROM THE MOUTH OF GOD
00:57:08.63\00:57:12.16
AND I THOUGHT THAT WOULD BE A
VERY RESTRICTIVE LIFE BUT BOY,
00:57:12.16\00:57:15.93
THEY'RE SO DOWNRIGHT
HAPPY - THEY'RE SO JOYOUS -
00:57:15.93\00:57:20.20
I THINK I WANT IT.'
PEOPLE WILL COME LOOKING FOR
00:57:20.20\00:57:23.56
YOU. THAT'S WHAT
THEY DID WITH JESUS.
00:57:23.56\00:57:26.26
WELL, OUR TIME IS GONE, FRIENDS,
SO IN CONCLUSION I WANT TO AGAIN
00:57:26.26\00:57:32.10
TELL YOU - FOR THOSE OF
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SO THANK YOU FOR JOINING US
AND MAY GOD BLESS YOU AND WE,
00:57:52.23\00:57:55.00
HOPEFULLY, WILL
SEE YOU NEXT WEEK.
00:57:55.00\00:57:57.23
PASTOR DOUG
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