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>>WELCOME TO SACRAMENTO CENTRAL
SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH
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RIGHT HERE IN
SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA.
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WE'RE SO GLAD THAT YOU'RE
TUNING IN. WHETHER THIS IS
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YOUR FIRST TIME OR YOU ARE
A REGULAR THAT IS PART OF OUR
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FAMILY ACROSS THE COUNTRY
AND AROUND THE WORLD, WELCOME.
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WE'RE GOING TO START OUR PROGRAM
LIKE WE DO EVERY WEEK - WITH
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SINGING YOUR FAVORITE SONGS.
SO WHETHER YOU'RE LISTENING ON
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THE RADIO, WATCHING LIVE AT OUR
WEB SITE AT 'SACCENTRAL.ORG',
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OR ON THE VARIOUS TELEVISION
NETWORKS, YOU'VE SENT THEM IN
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AND WE'RE GOING TO SING
THEM AND KEEP DOING THAT.
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SO OUR FIRST SONG IS #88 - 'I
SING THE MIGHTY POWER OF GOD'.
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WE'RE GOING TO DO
ALL THREE STANZAS.
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THIS COMES AS A REQUEST
FROM LOIS IN BERMUDA, HEZRON IN
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BRAZIL, CLARA, ESTHER, AND
CADDIE IN NICARAGUA, AND MARK IN
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ZAMBIA - AND THERE WERE SEVERAL
MORE NAMES FROM DIFFERENT PLACES
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ON THE PLANET. BUT
WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO SING
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YOUR FAVORITE #88. SO
JOIN WITH US AT HOME AND
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RIGHT HERE AT CENTRAL.
WE'LL DO ALL THREE STANZAS.
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(MUSIC)
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>>THERE IS NOT A PLACE WHERE
WE CAN FLEE BUT GOD IS PRESENT
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THERE. IS THAT
COMFORTING? HE'S ALWAYS THERE.
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HE'S ALWAYS
WATCHING OUT FOR US. THAT IS.
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IF YOU HAVE A FAVORITE THAT YOU
WOULD LIKE TO SING WITH US ON AN
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UPCOMING PROGRAM, GO TO OUR
WEB SITE AT 'SACCENTRAL.ORG' AND
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CLICK ON THE 'CONTACT US' LINK
AND YOU CAN PICK ANY SONG THAT'S
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RIGHT HERE IN OUR HYMNAL AND
WE WILL DO OUR BEST TO SING THAT
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FOR YOU ON AN UPCOMING PROGRAM.
OF COURSE YOU KNOW WHAT WE'RE
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GOING TO DO NOW. WE'RE
GOING TO SING OUR NEW SONG
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- AND JOIN WITH US AS WE LEARN
#90 RIGHT ON THE OTHER SIDE OF
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THE PAGE. 'ETERNAL
GOD, WHOSE POWER UPHOLDS'.
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THIS IS FROM KENYON AND FELICIA
IN NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA
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AND JOYCE IN NAIROBI, KENYA.
AND SO THEY ALREADY KNOW THIS
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SONG, SO SING EXTRA LOUD IN
KENYA AND AUSTRALIA AND WE WILL
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TEACH THIS TO EVERYBODY ELSE.
IT IS ACTUALLY AN ALTERNATE TUNE
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FOR 'O LITTLE
TOWN OF BETHLEHEM'.
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THE FIRST TIME I HEARD THIS
TUNE WAS WITH 'O LITTLE TOWN OF
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BETHLEHEM' SO I WAS
VERY EXCITED TO FIND ANOTHER
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CHRISTMAS SONG IN THE
HYMNAL WITH DIFFERENT WORDS.
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SO LET'S LEARN THIS TOGETHER
- 'ETERNAL GOD, WHOSE POWER
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UPHOLDS'. WE WILL DO THE FIRST,
SECOND AND FOURTH STANZAS.
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(MUSIC)
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>>WASN'T THAT
BEAUTIFUL? BEAUTIFUL.
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SO #91 WILL BE OUR
NEW ONE NEXT WEEK -
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SO YOU CAN GET A HEAD
START ON LEARNING THAT.
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AND AT THIS TIME LET'S
BOW OUR HEADS FOR PRAYER.
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FATHER IN HEAVEN, THANK YOU FOR
BRINGING US HERE TO OPEN UP YOUR
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WORD AND STUDY TOGETHER
AND SING SONGS, TO PRAISE YOU.
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I PRAY THAT YOU WILL COME
AND LIVE IN OUR HEARTS, THAT YOU
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WILL OPEN UP OUR MINDS TO WHAT
PASTOR MIKE HAS TO SHARE WITH US
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TODAY, AND I PRAY THAT YOU'LL
BE WITH EACH PERSON HERE AND OUR
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EXTENDED FAMILY AROUND
THE WORLD. YOU KNOW EACH ONE.
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YOU KNOW THE STRUGGLES AND THE
TEMPTATIONS AND THE HURT OF EACH
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HEART AND I JUST PRAY THAT YOU
WILL BRING COMFORT WHERE IT'S
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NEEDED AND SPEAK TO US SO THAT
WE WILL ALWAYS FOLLOW YOUR WILL.
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IN JESUS' NAME. AMEN.
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>>IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU ALL
AND THANK YOU CHORISTERS - THEY
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ALWAYS DO JUST A
WONDERFUL JOB, DON'T THEY.
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WE HAVE A LITTLE INFOMERCIAL
FIRST, AND IT'S A GOOD ONE.
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IT'S 'COMPROMISE, CONFORMITY,
AND COURAGE' AND IT'S WRITTEN BY
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YOUR GOOD FRIEND AND MINE,
PASTOR DOUG BATCHELOR AND THIS
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IS OFFER #774. AND IF
YOU CALL 1-866-STUDY-MORE
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OR 1-866-788-3966 YOU SHALL
RECEIVE THIS BOOK FREE IF YOU
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LIVE IN THE CONTINENTAL UNITED
STATES OF AMERICA - OFFER #774.
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AND PASTOR DOUG IS TALKING ABOUT
WELL, COMPROMISE AND CONFORMITY
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AND COURAGE. IT'S
VERY EASY TO WANT TO BE
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POLITICALLY CORRECT - NOBODY
WANTS TO OFFEND ANYBODY - BUT,
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YOU KNOW, AS CHRISTIANS, WE
DON'T WANT TO OFFEND ANYBODY
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ANYWAY, DO WE? BUT,
YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU STAND
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FOR THE TRUTH AND IT'S ALREADY
GOING AGAINST CULTURAL IDEAS OF
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ETIQUETTE AND ALL THAT KIND OF
STUFF, YOU CAN FIND YOURSELF IN
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A PLACE WHERE THERE'S CONFLICT
AND SO YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE
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COURAGE TO STAND FOR THE
RIGHT THOUGH THE HEAVENS FALL.
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SO THIS BOOK IS YOURS FREE
IF YOU CONTACT AMAZING FACTS.
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WE'LL DO ANOTHER LITTLE
THING ABOUT THIS TOWARD THE END.
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BUT WE'RE ON LESSON #11 -
THEY GO QUICKLY, DON'T THEY?
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LESSON #11 AND IT'S CALLED
'DISCIPLING SPIRITUAL LEADERS'
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AND WE HAVE A MEMORY TEXT
THIS MORNING - YOU PROBABLY GET
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WORRIED WHEN YOU SEE ME
BRING A BUNCH OF PAPERS UP HERE,
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BUT I HAVE MY OWN
WAY OF DOING THINGS.
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WE HAVE A MEMORY TEXT HERE, IT'S
IN LUKE 6, VERSES 12 AND 13.
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THIS IS FROM THE NEW KING JAMES
VERSION, "NOW IT CAME TO PASS IN
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THOSE DAYS THAT HE" - THAT
IS, JESUS - "HE WENT OUT TO THE
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MOUNTAIN TO PRAY, AND CONTINUED
ALL NIGHT IN PRAYER TO GOD.
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AND WHEN IT WAS DAY, HE CALLED
HIS DISCIPLES TO HIMSELF; AND
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FROM THEM HE CHOSE TWELVE
WHOM HE ALSO NAMED APOSTLES:" SO
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JESUS MADE A START IN MAKING HIS
FIRST SELECTION OF WHO WOULD BE
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THE FIRST LEADERS OF
THIS INFANT CHRISTIAN CHURCH.
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AND, AS WE LOOK BACK, WE REALIZE
THAT IN HUMAN TERMS HE DIDN'T
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HAVE A LOT TO WORK WITH -
BUT THAT'S IN HUMAN TERMS,
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PRAISE GOD. GOD
SEES THINGS DIFFERENTLY.
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BUT IT SAYS THIS - STILL
ON SUNDAY'S - LAST SABBATH'S
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SECTION, SORRY, THE
INTRODUCTION, SECOND PARAGRAPH,
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"THE DISCIPLES' PREPARATION FOR
LEADERSHIP CERTAINLY INVOLVED
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THE RECEIVING OF KNOWLEDGE, BUT
SPIRITUAL GROWTH WAS UPPERMOST."
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AND WE'LL BE KIND OF
REINFORCING THAT THIS MORNING.
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THEY NEEDED AN EXPERIENCE IN
THE THINGS OF GOD - OF FAITH.
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CAN YOU LEARN FAITH FROM A BOOK?
YOU CAN READ ABOUT IT, BUT THE
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ONLY WAY YOU LEARN FAITH IS,
WELL, THE SAME WAY YOU LEARN TO
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SWIM - IS BY
JUMPING IN THE POOL.
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"THE NEED TO LEARN THE THINGS
BY EXPERIENCE OF HARDSHIP, OF
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SANCTIFICATION, AND OF
SELF-SACRIFICE, ALONG WITH AN
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INTELLECTUAL UNDERSTANDING
OF DOCTRINE AND THEOLOGY."
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- WE NEED BOTH - "KNOWLEDGE
ALONE WAS INSUFFICIENT
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PREPARATION FOR THE
RIGOROUS CHALLENGES AHEAD.
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JESUS GAVE THEM BOTH." AND
JESUS IS THE SAME WONDERFUL
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TEACHER TODAY THAT HE WAS
THEN AND HE WANTS US AS HIS
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DISCIPLES - TO HAVE
THAT SAME PREPARATION.
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BUT AGAIN, WE READ THERE IN LUKE
CHAPTER 6 - I WANT TO TURN THERE
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AGAIN TO LUKE 6 - BEGINNING HERE
OF HOW JESUS STARTED CHOOSING
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THOSE WHO HE WANTED TO DISCIPLE
AND POLISH AND GROOM AND PREPARE
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FOR THE GREAT WORK
THAT LAY AHEAD OF THEM AS
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CHARTER MEMBERS OF
THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH.
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AND AS WE READ THERE IN
LUKE 6:13 - I'M GOING TO READ IT
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AGAIN - LUKE 6, VERSE 13, "AND
WHEN IT WAS DAY, HE CALLED HIS
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DISCIPLES TO HIMSELF; AND FROM
THEM HE CHOSE TWELVE WHOM HE
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ALSO NAMED APOSTLES:" APOSTLES
MEANS 'THOSE WHO WERE SENT'.
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AND THE NEXT COUPLE OF VERSES
YOU SEE IT'S GOT LISTED THERE
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WHO HIS DISCIPLES WERE, BUT
I WANT US TO GO TO THE VERSE
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BEFORE, VERSE 12, WHICH WE READ,
AND - AT LEAST - I DON'T KNOW IF
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IT WAS ACTUALLY IN THE MEMORY
VERSE, WAS IT? YES, IT IS.
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WELL, WE'RE GOING TO READ
IT AGAIN BECAUSE IT'S VERY
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IMPORTANT - VERSE 12, "NOW IT
CAME TO PASS IN THOSE DAYS THAT
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HE WENT OUT TO THE MOUNTAIN TO
PRAY, AND CONTINUED ALL NIGHT IN
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PRAYER TO GOD." IF
JESUS FELT AND REALIZED AND
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UNDERSTOOD THE NECESSITY OF
PRAYER, THEN HOW MUCH SHOULD WE?
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THE NEXT DAY HE HAD A MOMENTOUS
TASK OF SAYING, 'YOU, YOU, YOU,
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YOU, YOU - TWELVE TIMES - AND
THERE WAS MORE THAN JUST TWELVE
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THERE, THERE WAS A WHOLE GROUP
OF PEOPLE, BUT...HE PRAYED ALL
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NIGHT. HE PRAYED ALL NIGHT.
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AND IF JESUS NEEDED TO PRAY
FOR WISDOM AND DISCERNMENT IN
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CHOOSING WHAT WAS THE RIGHT
THING TO DO IN THIS INSTANCE,
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CHOOSING HIS DISCIPLES, THEN
I SAY AGAIN HOW MUCH WE NEED TO
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PRAY FOR WISDOM. BUT
HIS EXAMPLE OF PRAYER THAT
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WE GET HERE - HOW HE PRAYED ALL
NIGHT IF NECESSARY, THAT BECAME
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AN EXAMPLE TO HIS DISCIPLES THAT
THEY NEEDED TO FOLLOW THAT AND
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THERE WERE TIMES IT WAS BECAUSE
THEY DIDN'T ACTUALLY PRAY THAT
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THEY MISSED OUT ON SOME
TREMENDOUS LIGHT AND BLESSINGS.
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AND IF THEY MISSED OUT BECAUSE
THEY DIDN'T PRAY, WE CAN BE SURE
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THAT WE WILL MISS OUT AS
WELL. SO WE'VE GOT TO LEARN -
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WE HAVE TO LEARN TO PRAY.
SO THERE'S A LESSON IN THIS FOR
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ALL US AS WELL.
YOU'VE PROBABLY HEARD IT SAID
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THAT PRAYER IS A BREATH OF LIFE.
I MEAN IT IS, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN
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LIVE FOR DAYS WITHOUT FOOD -
ACTUALLY, WEEKS WITHOUT FOOD,
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DEPENDING ON HOW MANY -
HOW WELL NOURISHED YOU ARE.
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YOU CAN LIVE FOR WEEKS WITHOUT
FOOD, DAYS WITHOUT WATER, BUT
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ONLY MINUTES WITHOUT AIR AND
PRAYER IS THE BREATH - IT'S AIR
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FOR THE SOUL -
THERE'S NO SUBSTITUTE FOR IT.
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THERE'S NO
SHORTCUTS. WE LIVE IN AN AGE,
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UNFORTUNATELY, WHERE IT'S
INSTANT THIS AND INSTANT THAT.
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AND I'VE SPOKEN
ABOUT THIS BEFORE.
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YOU WANT MASHED POTATOES?
YOU DON'T HAVE TO PEEL THEM, YOU
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OPEN A PACKET, MIX THEM
WITH SOME WATER, PUT A BIT OF
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SOMETHING ELSE - PUT A
BIT OF MARGARINE - PUT IT IN A
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MICROWAVE - THREE
MINUTES - INSTANT MASHED POTATO.
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HOW'S THAT? AND YOU
KNOW, WE SOMETIMES CARRY
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THAT THINKING, I BELIEVE,
INTO THE CHRISTIAN LIFE.
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YOU WATCH SOMETHING ON
TELEVISION - I DON'T WATCH
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GARBAGE ANYMORE, IN FACT,
I RARELY WATCH TELEVISION.
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BUT, YOU KNOW, NORMALLY
- YOU REMEMBER IF YOU WATCH
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TELEVISION. I WON'T
PUT ANYBODY ON THE SPOT.
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BUT YOU SEE A LIFE CRISIS - A
LIFE CRISIS COMES UP AND WITHIN
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30 MINUTES TO 55 MINUTES, CRISIS
COMES UP, RESOLUTION COMES, IT'S
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SOLVED, AND EVERYBODY LIVES
HAPPILY EVER AFTER AND RIDES OFF
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INTO THE SUNSET.
LIFE ISN'T LIKE THAT.
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SO WE HAVE THIS IDEA THAT
EVERYTHING SHOULD BE RIGHT
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THERE. AND IN THE
CHRISTIAN LIFE, IT'S
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NOT LIKE THAT - AND IN THE
PRAYER LIFE, IF WE WANT TO SEE
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GOD WORK IN OUR LIVES - EITHER
THE POWER TO RESIST TEMPTATION
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OR THE ABILITY TO RECEIVE WISDOM
OR TO WORK FOR GOD OR TO PRAY
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FOR PEOPLE, IT TAKES
NOT DRIVE-THRU CHRISTIANITY.
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YOU DRIVE UP TO TACO BELL
THERE'S SOMEBODY THERE, 'YEAH,
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WHAT CAN I GET FOR YOU?'
'OH, THREE BEAN BURRITOS,
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PLEASE.' 'OKAY.' YOU DRIVE
THROUGH THE WINDOW, GIVE THEM
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YOUR CARD, WITHIN THREE MINUTES
YOU'VE GOT YOUR MEAL, AND YOU'RE
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ON THE WAY. YOU
CAN'T PRAY LIKE THAT.
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THERE'S NO DRIVE
THROUGH. IT HAS TO BE REAL TIME.
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AND IF YOU NEED TO SPEND 30
MINUTES ON YOUR KNEES, SPEND 30
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MINUTES ON YOUR KNEES. IF
IT NEEDS TO BE AN HOUR, TWO
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HOURS, THREE HOURS - YOU
STAY ON THOSE KNEES AND YOU PRAY
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YOURSELF THROUGH.
THAT'S WHAT WE NEED AND JESUS
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WAS TRYING TO - HE NEEDED TO
TEACH HIS DISCIPLES THE NEED OF
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DOING THIS AND HE SET
THIS EXAMPLE IN HIS OWN LIFE.
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NOW, OF COURSE, THE CONTEXT
HERE IS DISCIPLING, YOU KNOW,
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WHAT IS IT? WHAT'S THE LESSON?
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I SHOULD READ
THE TITLE SOMETIMES.
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'DISCIPLING SPIRITUAL LEADERS'
- PRAYER IS SO IMPORTANT.
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JESUS KNEW WHAT IT
WAS TO AGONIZE IN PRAYER.
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I WANT US TO GO TO HEBREWS 5 AND
VERSE 7 - HEBREWS 5 AND VERSE 7.
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AND HERE'S - HE'S OUR
MENTOR. HE'S OUR EXAMPLE.
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JESUS HAD SO MUCH RESTING
UPON HIS SHOULDERS AND IN HIS
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HUMANITY HE WAS JUST - JUST AS
FRAIL AS WE WERE IN HIS HUMANITY
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AND HE CAME TO REALIZE THAT -
FROM AN EARLY AGE - THAT HE WAS
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THE SAVIOR. IMAGINE
CARRYING THAT AROUND.
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AND SO WE READ THIS - HEBREWS 5,
BEGINNING IN VERSE 7, SPEAKING
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OF CHRIST AND HIS
PRAYER EXPERIENCE.
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IT SAYS, "WHO, IN THE DAYS OF
HIS FLESH, WHEN HE HAD OFFERED
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UP PRAYERS AND SUPPLICATIONS,"
- WHAT DOES IT SAY? -
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"WITH STRONG - STRONG CRYING
AND TEARS UNTO HIM THAT WAS ABLE
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TO SAVE HIM." JESUS -
THERE WERE TIMES, MANY
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TIMES, WHEN IN HIS HUMAN
FRAILTY, HE FELL TO THE EARTH
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AND LIKE US HE HAD TO SUPPLICATE
THE THRONE OF GRACE AND HE
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PRAYED, SOMETIMES WITH
STRONG CRYING AND TEARS.
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I MEAN, THE PASSION AND THE
DETERMINATION AND THE DEVIL WAS
00:18:44.73\00:18:49.70
ON HIS TRACK ALL THE TIME
TRYING TO TAKE HIM DOWN AND THE
00:18:49.70\00:18:53.16
PHARISEES TRYING
TO TAKE HIM DOWN.
00:18:53.16\00:18:54.76
AND HE WAS HUMAN, YOU KNOW, HE
FELT THE WOUNDS AND MANY TIMES
00:18:54.76\00:18:59.70
HE FELL ON HIS KNEES BEFORE HIS
FATHER WITH THIS BURDEN ON HIS
00:18:59.70\00:19:03.63
SHOULDERS AND A BLEEDING
HEART BECAUSE NOBODY SEEMED TO
00:19:03.63\00:19:06.70
UNDERSTAND - NOBODY SEEMED TO
CARE - EVEN HIS OWN DISCIPLES.
00:19:06.70\00:19:10.16
JESUS WAS ALONE SO MUCH AND HE
WOULD GO WITH HIS BLEEDING AND
00:19:10.16\00:19:15.43
WOUNDED HEART TO HIS FATHER
WITH STRONG CRYING AND TEARS,
00:19:15.43\00:19:19.70
'FATHER, HELP ME.' AND HE STAYED
THERE UNTIL THE FATHER REACHED
00:19:19.70\00:19:27.66
INTO HIS HEART AND HE FELT THOSE
WOUNDS HEAL AND HIS CUP WAS
00:19:27.66\00:19:31.76
FILLED AGAIN.
SOMETIMES HE'D PRAY ALL NIGHT -
00:19:31.76\00:19:35.10
IMAGINE THAT - AND
HE'D GO BACK TO WORK.
00:19:35.10\00:19:37.93
AND I THINK, IF THAT WAS
ME I'D JUST BE TIRED OUT.
00:19:37.93\00:19:40.93
BUT NO, HE GOES STRAIGHT BACK TO
WORK AND HE HAS A WHOLE DAY OF
00:19:40.93\00:19:43.63
MINISTRY AGAIN. WHAT AN
EXAMPLE TO HIS DISCIPLES
00:19:43.63\00:19:48.63
WHO HE WAS GROOMING
FOR SPIRITUAL LEADERSHIP.
00:19:48.63\00:19:51.93
WHAT AN EXAMPLE TO US.
STILL IN HEBREWS CHAPTER 2,
00:19:51.93\00:19:57.50
VERSES 16 THROUGH 18, WHAT
JESUS HAD TO PRAY THROUGH IN HIS
00:19:57.50\00:20:04.90
HUMANITY - IT SAYS, "FOR VERILY
HE TOOK NOT ON HIM THE NATURE OF
00:20:04.90\00:20:09.90
ANGELS; BUT HE TOOK ON
HIM THE SEED OF ABRAHAM.
00:20:09.90\00:20:14.53
WHEREFORE IN ALL THINGS IT
BEHOOVED HIM TO BE MADE LIKE
00:20:14.53\00:20:17.46
UNTO HIS BRETHREN," - THAT'S US
- "THAT HE MIGHT BE A MERCIFUL
00:20:17.46\00:20:21.73
AND FAITHFUL HIGH PRIEST IN
THINGS PERTAINING TO GOD, TO
00:20:21.73\00:20:26.00
MAKE RECONCILIATION FOR
THE SINS OF THE PEOPLE." -
00:20:26.00\00:20:28.03
VERSE 18 - "FOR IN THAT HE
HIMSELF HATH SUFFERED BEING
00:20:28.03\00:20:32.53
TEMPTED, HE IS ABLE TO
SUCCOR THEM THAT ARE TEMPTED."
00:20:32.53\00:20:37.50
AND AS A LEADER, IN WHATEVER
LEADERSHIP ROLE YOU HAVE, THE
00:20:37.50\00:20:40.93
ONLY WAY THAT YOU WILL KNOW HOW
TO SUCCOR THOSE WHO ARE TROUBLED
00:20:40.93\00:20:45.60
IS TO ENCOURAGE THEM TO
PRAY AND TO BE ABLE TO TELL THEM
00:20:45.60\00:20:48.66
FIRSTHAND WHAT YOUR
PRAYER LIFE EXPERIENCE IS.
00:20:48.66\00:20:52.90
YOU CAN LOOK THEM IN THE EYE
AND YOU CAN TELL THEM, "YOU KNOW
00:20:52.90\00:20:54.90
WHAT? I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE GOING
00:20:54.90\00:20:56.93
THROUGH. YOU KNOW WHAT?
00:20:56.93\00:20:58.93
TWO YEARS AGO AT THIS TIME I WAS
BURDENED AND I FOUND NO RELIEF
00:20:58.93\00:21:02.80
UNTIL I REALIZED
THERE WAS NO SHORTCUT.
00:21:02.80\00:21:04.93
I HAD TO FALL UPON MY KNEES AND
I PLED TO GOD JUST AS JESUS DID
00:21:04.93\00:21:10.60
AND HE HELPED ME. AND
WHAT HE DID FOR ME HE CAN DO
00:21:10.60\00:21:15.96
FOR YOU. YOU'LL HAVE A WITNESS.
00:21:15.96\00:21:19.33
YOU'LL BE ABLE TO LOOK PEOPLE
IN THE EYE AND TELL THEM WITH A
00:21:19.33\00:21:21.50
CONFIDENCE, 'WHAT JESUS DID
FOR ME, HE CAN DO FOR YOU.' AND
00:21:21.50\00:21:25.76
THEY'LL KNOW THAT YOU
DIDN'T GET THAT FROM A BOOK.
00:21:25.76\00:21:27.80
THEY'LL KNOW THAT
YOU'RE NOT READING A SCRIPT.
00:21:27.80\00:21:30.20
THEY WILL KNOW THAT THAT CAME
RIGHT FROM YOUR HEART AND THAT
00:21:30.20\00:21:34.36
IS THE POWER OF THE PERSONAL
WITNESS THAT JESUS HAD TO HIS
00:21:34.36\00:21:39.73
DISCIPLES WHICH INSPIRED THEM.
THEY DID THE SAME THING AND
00:21:39.73\00:21:44.36
THAT'S THE SAME KIND OF
DISCIPLES THAT WE CAN BE AS
00:21:44.36\00:21:48.56
WELL. AND WE NEED TO BE, RIGHT?
00:21:48.56\00:21:52.53
JUST, I DON'T WANT TO SPEND TOO
LONG ON THIS FIRST SECTION, BUT
00:21:52.53\00:21:55.46
IT'S JUST, I MEAN IT'S TOTALLY
PREGNANT WITH MEANING HERE.
00:21:55.46\00:22:00.46
MICHAEL IS MY GOOD LIBRARIAN.
COULD YOU FIND ME 'DESIRE OF
00:22:00.46\00:22:03.83
AGES' PLEASE, THERE
MICHAEL IN THAT LITTLE STACK?
00:22:03.83\00:22:06.53
I'M ALWAYS GLAD TO SEE YOU
THERE, MIKE, EVERY SABBATH.
00:22:06.53\00:22:09.23
OH THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I
DIDN'T MEAN YOU HAVE TO WAIT
00:22:09.23\00:22:12.36
ON ME, BUT THANK YOU. IN
MATTHEW 17 - I'M JUST GOING
00:22:12.36\00:22:18.63
TO GIVE YOU THE REFERENCE THERE
- THERE IS THE EXPERIENCE OF
00:22:18.63\00:22:22.80
JESUS' TRANSFIGURATION ON
THE MOUNT OF TRANSFIGURATION.
00:22:22.80\00:22:26.73
WELL, LET'S TURN
THERE, MATTHEW 17.
00:22:26.73\00:22:30.03
AND, AGAIN, WE SEE THIS
DEMONSTRATION THAT JESUS GAVE OF
00:22:30.03\00:22:35.66
PRAYING, IF
NECESSARY, ALL NIGHT.
00:22:35.66\00:22:40.13
MATTHEW 17, VERSE - YOU CAN READ
IT THROUGH VERSES 1 THROUGH 8,
00:22:40.13\00:22:45.43
BUT I'M GOING TO READ THE VERSE
- FIRST TWO VERSES - MATTHEW 17,
00:22:45.43\00:22:50.26
VERSE 1 AND THEN VERSE 2.
IT SAYS, "AND AFTER SIX DAYS
00:22:50.26\00:22:57.40
JESUS TAKETH PETER, JAMES, AND
JOHN HIS BROTHER, AND BRINGETH
00:22:57.40\00:23:04.03
THEM UP INTO AN HIGH MOUNTAIN
APART," - AND THE NEXT VERSE
00:23:04.03\00:23:09.86
SAID, "AND WAS TRANSFIGURED
BEFORE THEM AND HIS FACE DID
00:23:09.86\00:23:15.16
SHINE AS THE SUN, AND HIS
RAIMENT WAS WHITE AS THE LIGHT."
00:23:15.16\00:23:20.46
THEY SAW - THEY WENT UP IN THIS
MOUNTAIN, YOU READ VERSE 1 -
00:23:20.46\00:23:23.83
NEXT VERSE - SUDDENLY HE'S
TRANSFIGURED AND THEY SAW CHRIST
00:23:23.83\00:23:27.23
IN ALL HIS TRANSPLENDANT - IF
THAT'S THE RIGHT WORD - GLORY.
00:23:27.23\00:23:32.53
BUT, YOU KNOW, BETWEEN THE END
OF VERSE 1 AND THE BEGINNING OF
00:23:32.53\00:23:38.53
VERSE 2, THERE WERE
THINGS HAPPENING THERE THAT WE
00:23:38.53\00:23:42.50
DON'T READ HERE
IN THE WORD OF GOD.
00:23:42.50\00:23:46.80
BUT I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU
FROM THE 'DESIRE OF AGES' SOME
00:23:46.80\00:23:51.13
INFORMATION WHAT HAPPENED THERE
BETWEEN THE END OF MATTHEW 17,
00:23:51.13\00:23:54.86
VERSE 1 AND THE BEGINNING
OF MATTHEW 17, VERSE 2.
00:23:54.86\00:23:59.10
THE CHAPTER CALLED 'HE WAS
TRANSFIGURED' - I'M GOING TO GO
00:23:59.10\00:24:02.83
TO PAGE 419 OF 'DESIRE OF AGES'
AND I'D LIKE YOU TO JUST BEAR
00:24:02.83\00:24:10.16
WITH ME AS WE
CONSIDER THIS HERE.
00:24:10.16\00:24:14.23
BUT PAGE 419 - IT SAYS -
IT MENTIONS HERE - ELLEN WHITE
00:24:14.23\00:24:21.66
MENTIONS ABOUT JESUS
HAS HAD A VERY BUSY DAY.
00:24:21.66\00:24:25.36
HE'D BEEN MINISTERING TO THE
SICK, HE'D BEEN PRAYING, HE'D
00:24:25.36\00:24:29.46
BEEN ALL THESE WONDERFUL THINGS
BUT SHE SAYS THIS, "HE HAD SENT
00:24:29.46\00:24:37.70
THE THRILL OF LIFE THROUGH MANY
ENFEEBLED FRAMES, BUT HE ALSO IS
00:24:37.70\00:24:42.80
COMPASSED WITH HUMANITY AND WITH
HIS DISCIPLES HE IS WEARIED WITH
00:24:42.80\00:24:50.20
THE ASCENT OF THIS MOUNTAIN."
- HE'S JUST DOG TIRED -
00:24:50.20\00:24:56.13
"THE LIGHT OF THE
SETTING SUN STILL LINGERS ON
00:24:56.13\00:24:58.40
THE MOUNTAINTOP, AND GILDS WITH
ITS FADING GLORY THE PATH THEY
00:24:58.40\00:25:03.10
ARE TRAVELING. BUT
SOON THE LIGHT DIES OUT FROM
00:25:03.10\00:25:06.43
HILL AS WELL AS THE VALLEY,
THE SUN DISAPPEARS BEHIND THE
00:25:06.43\00:25:11.36
WESTERN HORIZON, AND THE
SOLITARY TRAVELERS ARE WRAPPED
00:25:11.36\00:25:15.76
IN THE DARKNESS OF
NIGHT." TRY AND SEE THIS.
00:25:15.76\00:25:21.10
THIS HAPPENED BETWEEN THE END
OF VERSE 1 AND THE BEGINNING OF
00:25:21.10\00:25:24.83
VERSE 2. "THE GLOOM
OF THEIR SURROUNDINGS
00:25:24.83\00:25:29.66
SEEMS IN HARMONY WITH THEIR
SORROWFUL LIVES, AROUND WHICH
00:25:29.66\00:25:34.23
THE CLOUDS ARE
GATHERING AND THICKENING.
00:25:34.23\00:25:39.23
THE DISCIPLES DO NOT VENTURE
TO ASK CHRIST WITHER HE IS GOING
00:25:39.23\00:25:43.43
OR FOR WHAT PURPOSE." AND
HERE WE READ "HE HAS OFTEN
00:25:43.43\00:25:49.33
SPENT ENTIRE NIGHTS IN
THE MOUNTAINS IN PRAYER." WHY?
00:25:49.33\00:25:57.56
BECAUSE HE WAS ENCOMPASSED
WITH OUR FRAILTIES AND THERE WAS
00:25:57.56\00:26:01.53
SO MUCH RESTING
UPON HIS SHOULDERS.
00:26:01.53\00:26:05.83
"HE WHOSE HAND FORMED
THE MOUNTAIN AND VALLEY IS AT
00:26:05.83\00:26:09.63
HOME WITH NATURE,
AND ENJOYS ITS QUIETUDE.
00:26:09.63\00:26:12.46
THE DISCIPLES FOLLOW WHERE
CHRIST LEADS THE WAY, YET THEY
00:26:12.46\00:26:15.40
WONDER WHY THEIR MASTER SHOULD
LEAD THEM UP THIS TOILSOME
00:26:15.40\00:26:19.00
ASCENT WHEN THEY ARE WEARY, AND
WHEN HE TOO IS IN NEED OF REST.
00:26:19.00\00:26:25.80
PRESENTLY CHRIST TELLS
THEM THAT THEY ARE TO NOW GO NO
00:26:25.80\00:26:28.06
FURTHER. STEPPING
A LITTLE ASIDE FROM
00:26:28.06\00:26:31.10
THEM" - NOW GET THIS - "THE MAN
OF SORROWS" - THE MAN OF SORROWS
00:26:31.10\00:26:39.16
- "POURS OUT HIS SUPPLICATIONS
WITH STRONG CRYING AND TEARS.
00:26:39.16\00:26:47.43
HE PRAYS FOR STRENGTH TO ENDURE
THE TEST ON BEHALF OF HUMANITY."
00:26:47.43\00:26:53.33
HIS END WAS NOT FAR DOWN
THE LINE AND HE KNEW THIS.
00:26:53.33\00:26:57.90
"HE PRAYS FOR STRENGTH TO ENDURE
THE TEST IN BEHALF OF HUMANITY.
00:26:57.90\00:27:02.16
HE MUST HIMSELF GAIN A
FRESH HOLD ON OMNIPOTENCE." WHY?
00:27:02.16\00:27:05.83
BECAUSE HE WAS OMNIPOTENT BUT HE
PUT THAT IN A FILING CABINET AND
00:27:05.83\00:27:09.46
HE LOCKED THE DRAWER
AND HE THREW THE KEY AWAY.
00:27:09.46\00:27:11.63
HE HAD TO LIVE ON THIS
LIFE AS A MAN. SO HE HAD TO GO -
00:27:11.63\00:27:16.93
HE HAS TO GO SEEK
OMNIPOTENCE FROM HIS FATHER,
00:27:16.93\00:27:19.50
WHICH HE ACTUALLY POSSESSED
IN HIMSELF, BUT NEVER USED IT.
00:27:19.50\00:27:25.16
HE HAS TO GET "A FRESH HOLD ON
OMNIPOTENCE FOR ONLY THUS CAN HE
00:27:25.16\00:27:28.93
CONTEMPLATE THE FUTURE. AND HE
POURS OUT HIS HEART-LONGINGS FOR
00:27:28.93\00:27:34.50
HIS DISCIPLES THAT IN THE HOUR
OF THE POWER OF DARKNESS THEIR
00:27:34.50\00:27:39.30
FAITH MAY NOT FAIL."
THAT WAS HIS BURDEN AND SO HE
00:27:39.30\00:27:44.56
STAYS THERE ON HIS KNEES AND
WE READ THIS: "THE DEW IS HEAVY
00:27:44.56\00:27:51.10
UPON HIS BOWED FORM
BUT HE HEEDS IT NOT.
00:27:51.10\00:28:00.16
THE SHADOWS OF NIGHT
GATHER THICKLY ABOUT HIM, BUT HE
00:28:00.16\00:28:05.23
REGARDS NOT THEIR GLOOM.
SO THE HOURS PASS SLOWLY BY."
00:28:05.23\00:28:14.16
SO HERE HE IS, THIS IS YOUR
SAVIOR, THIS IS YOUR FRIEND.
00:28:14.16\00:28:20.03
HE WAS BURDENED THAT NIGHT
FOR HIS DISCIPLES AND HE WAS
00:28:20.03\00:28:23.43
BURDENED FOR YOU. THAT'S WHERE
HE CARRIED YOU UPON HIS HEART.
00:28:23.43\00:28:28.70
IN HIS HUMANITY HE HAD TO
GO AND PLEAD AT THE THRONE OF
00:28:28.70\00:28:33.03
OMNIPOTENCE THAT HIS STRENGTH
FAIL NOT - THAT HIS DISCIPLES'
00:28:33.03\00:28:37.46
STRENGTH FAIL NOT AND
THAT YOURS FAIL NOT EITHER.
00:28:37.46\00:28:44.43
NOW THE BURDEN OF HIS PRAYER
IS THAT THEY MAY BE GIVEN A
00:28:44.43\00:28:47.26
MANIFESTATION OF THE GLORY
HE HAD WITH THE FATHER BEFORE
00:28:47.26\00:28:51.40
THE WORLD WAS, THAT
HIS KINGDOM MAY BE REVEALED
00:28:51.40\00:28:55.56
TO HUMAN EYES, AND THAT HIS
DISCIPLES MAY BE STRENGTHENED TO
00:28:55.56\00:28:59.46
BEHOLD IT." THIS IS
THE LONGING OF HIS SOUL,
00:28:59.46\00:29:01.66
'FATHER, THERE'S
THIS TRIAL COMING.
00:29:01.66\00:29:03.83
PLEASE, PLEASE GIVE THEM
SOMETHING TO HANG ONTO.' AND IT
00:29:03.83\00:29:09.00
SAYS HE PLEADS
- WHAT DOES HE DO?
00:29:09.00\00:29:11.20
"HE PLEADS THAT THEY MAY WITNESS
A MANIFESTATION OF HIS DIVINITY
00:29:11.20\00:29:17.16
THAT WILL COMFORT THEM IN
THE HOUR OF HIS SUPREME AGONY."
00:29:17.16\00:29:21.90
AND YOU KNOW WHAT IT SAYS
NEXT? "HIS PRAYER IS HEARD.
00:29:21.90\00:29:29.33
WHILE HE IS BOWED IN LOWLINESS
UPON THE STONY GROUND, SUDDENLY
00:29:29.33\00:29:36.06
THE HEAVENS OPEN, THE GOLDEN
GATES OF THE CITY OF GOD ARE
00:29:36.06\00:29:40.90
THROWN WIDE, AND HOLY RADIANCE
DESCENDS UPON THE MOUNT,
00:29:40.90\00:29:45.03
ENSHROUDING THE SAVIOR'S FORM.
00:29:45.03\00:29:48.43
DIVINITY FROM WITHIN" - HE LETS
IT OUT THE FILING CABINET NOW,
00:29:48.43\00:29:51.10
JUST FOR A MOMENT - "DIVINITY
FROM WITHIN FLASHES THROUGH
00:29:51.10\00:29:54.53
HUMANITY, AND MEETS THE
GLORY COMING FROM ABOVE.
00:29:54.53\00:29:58.56
ARISING FROM HIS PROSTRATE
POSITION, CHRIST STANDS IN
00:29:58.56\00:30:01.70
GODLIKE MAJESTY.
THE SOUL AGONY IS GONE.
00:30:01.70\00:30:06.40
HIS COUNTENANCE NOW SHINES 'AS
THE SUN' AND HIS GARMENTS ARE AS
00:30:06.40\00:30:10.03
'WHITE AS LIGHT'."
BUT HAD HE NOT PRAYED, WE
00:30:10.03\00:30:16.60
WOULDN'T HAVE THAT STORY TO
READ ABOUT THIS MORNING AND BE
00:30:16.60\00:30:21.40
ENCOURAGED. WE DON'T
KNOW HALF THE STORY, DO
00:30:21.40\00:30:25.06
WE? WE DON'T KNOW HALF
OF IT. IT'S NEVER BEEN TOLD.
00:30:25.06\00:30:29.53
READ VERSE 17 - CHAPTER 17,
VERSE 1 - HE GOES ON THE MOUNT -
00:30:29.53\00:30:33.56
OH, AND HE WAS
TRANSFIGURED - PRAISE THE LORD!
00:30:33.56\00:30:37.10
BUT WHAT HAPPENED IN BETWEEN?
00:30:37.10\00:30:39.16
NOW HERE'S ANOTHER POINT HERE
AND I'LL MOVE ON TO WHATEVER DAY
00:30:39.16\00:30:42.90
IS NEXT AND WE
CAN LEARN FROM THIS.
00:30:42.90\00:30:49.03
REMEMBER MOSES AND ELIJAH, THEY
CAME DOWN AND THEY SPOKE TO HIM?
00:30:49.03\00:30:53.73
HE WANTED - GOD WANTED HIS
DISCIPLES TO WITNESS TO HEAR THE
00:30:53.73\00:31:00.40
CONVERSATION BETWEEN MOSES
AND ELIJAH, BUT BECAUSE THE
00:31:00.40\00:31:04.56
DISCIPLES WERE SLEEPING, THEY
MISSED OUT ON SOME STUFF AND
00:31:04.56\00:31:07.86
THEY WERE
POORER BECAUSE OF THAT.
00:31:07.86\00:31:09.53
LET US LEARN THIS AS WELL.
HIS DISCIPLES, IN GETHSEMANE,
00:31:09.53\00:31:13.10
WHEN HE SAID 'PRAY'
THEY FELL ASLEEP, RIGHT?
00:31:13.10\00:31:15.36
IF THEY'D BEEN LISTENING TO
HIS PRAYER THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN
00:31:15.36\00:31:17.26
STRENGTHENED. SO
THIS IS A LESSON THAT WHEN
00:31:17.26\00:31:20.70
YOU FEEL THE HOLY SPIRIT GO
CALL YOU TO PRAY, GO AND DO IT
00:31:20.70\00:31:27.16
BECAUSE GOD MAY HAVE SOMETHING
SPECIAL THAT HE WANTS TO TELL
00:31:27.16\00:31:30.30
YOU AT THAT MOMENT IN
TIME, WHICH HE MAY NOT REPEAT.
00:31:30.30\00:31:35.06
LISTEN TO THIS - IT'S
IN THE SAME THING HERE.
00:31:35.06\00:31:39.40
SPEAKING OF MOSES AND ELIJAH,
IT SAYS, "THESE MEN" - THAT CAME
00:31:39.40\00:31:42.13
DOWN ON THE MOUNT -
"THESE MEN CHOSEN ABOVE EVERY
00:31:42.13\00:31:44.20
ANGEL AROUND THE THRONE,
HAD COME TO COMMUNE WITH JESUS
00:31:44.20\00:31:47.93
CONCERNING THE SCENES OF HIS
SUFFERING, AND TO COMFORT HIM
00:31:47.93\00:31:51.06
WITH THE ASSURANCE OF THE
SYMPATHY OF HEAVEN" - AND SO ON
00:31:51.06\00:31:53.96
AND SO FORTH. AND IT
SAYS HERE, "THROUGH BEING
00:31:53.96\00:31:57.30
OVERCOME WITH SLEEP, THE
DISCIPLES HEARD LITTLE OF WHAT
00:31:57.30\00:32:01.86
PASSED BETWEEN CHRIST
AND THE HEAVENLY MESSENGERS.
00:32:01.86\00:32:05.46
FAILING TO WATCH AND PRAY, THEY
HAD NOT RECEIVED THAT WHICH GOD
00:32:05.46\00:32:09.96
DESIRED TO GIVE THEM, A
KNOWLEDGE OF THE SUFFERINGS OF
00:32:09.96\00:32:14.23
CHRIST, AND THE
GLORY THAT SHOULD FOLLOW.
00:32:14.23\00:32:17.03
THEY LOST THE BLESSING THAT
MIGHT HAVE BEEN THEIRS THROUGH
00:32:17.03\00:32:22.16
SHARING HIS SELF-SACRIFICE.
SLOW OF HEART TO BELIEVE WERE
00:32:22.16\00:32:25.96
THESE DISCIPLES, LITTLE
APPRECIATIVE OF THE TREASURE
00:32:25.96\00:32:29.36
WITH WHICH HEAVEN SOUGHT TO
ENRICH THEM." AND THEY LOST IT.
00:32:29.36\00:32:34.56
THEY REALIZED AFTER THE FACT
AND, YOU KNOW, WHERE WE FAIL GOD
00:32:34.56\00:32:38.60
STILL, YOU KNOW,
HE STILL HELPS US OUT.
00:32:38.60\00:32:40.20
WE STILL GET A BLESSING BUT
OH, WHAT COULD HAVE BEEN THEIR
00:32:40.20\00:32:42.66
EXPERIENCE,
RIGHT? SO ENOUGH ON THAT.
00:32:42.66\00:32:46.63
I HOPE AND I ASSUME
YOU GET THE POINT THERE.
00:32:46.63\00:32:49.16
I'VE GOT MORE COMMENTS BUT
I HAVE TO MOVE ON TO MONDAY.
00:32:49.16\00:32:52.56
OKAY, LET'S MOVE ON TO MONDAY,
'KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE'.
00:32:52.56\00:32:56.50
THIS IS - THERE'S TWO PARTS
TO THIS AND WE'RE TOLD THAT
00:32:56.50\00:33:00.86
BIBLICAL KNOWLEDGE AND
THEORETICAL INSTRUCTION ARE ALL
00:33:00.86\00:33:06.00
VITAL PARTS IN THE CURRICULUM
IN THE SCHOOL OF CHRISTIAN
00:33:06.00\00:33:10.86
DISCIPLESHIP. WE NEED THAT.
00:33:10.86\00:33:14.10
BUT ALONG WITH THAT IS THE
EQUALLY IMPORTANT ASPECT OF A
00:33:14.10\00:33:20.10
PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE -
OF A SPIRITUAL EXPERIENCE.
00:33:20.10\00:33:23.80
THESE HAVE TO GO TOGETHER.
NOW I HAVE A GOOD FRIEND CALLED
00:33:23.80\00:33:29.86
DR. HERBERT DOUGLASS.
HE LIVES JUST - I LIVE IN
00:33:29.86\00:33:33.13
ROSEVILLE - IN ROCKLIN AND
HE LIVES JUST UP THE ROAD IN
00:33:33.13\00:33:35.20
LINCOLN. HE'S A
GOOD FRIEND OF MINE.
00:33:35.20\00:33:37.10
HE'S A GOOD FRIEND
OF A LOT OF PEOPLE.
00:33:37.10\00:33:38.30
HE'S VERY EASY TO
MAKE FRIENDS WITH.
00:33:38.30\00:33:39.96
AND WE WERE PRIVILEGED TO HAVE
HIM RIGHT HERE THIS LAST SABBATH
00:33:39.96\00:33:43.00
HERE TALKING ABOUT THE
GREAT CONTROVERSY THEME.
00:33:43.00\00:33:45.70
AND I REMEMBER WHEN WE HAD HIM
ABOUT A YEAR AGO IN OUR SABBATH
00:33:45.70\00:33:49.96
AFTERNOON CLASS - DISCIPLESHIP
UNIVERSITY - AND HE HAD A
00:33:49.96\00:33:55.00
WONDERFUL WAY OF EXPLAINING
THINGS WHICH, YOU KNOW, IF I WAS
00:33:55.00\00:34:01.26
MORE LEARNED MYSELF, I WOULD
HAVE PROBABLY THOUGHT, "YEAH,
00:34:01.26\00:34:03.70
I'VE HEARD THAT
BEFORE.' BUT I ACTUALLY HADN'T.
00:34:03.70\00:34:05.83
BUT WHEN I HEARD IT,
IT MADE PERFECT SENSE.
00:34:05.83\00:34:07.43
HE SPOKE ABOUT WHEN YOU'RE
DEALING WITH TRUTH, VERY OFTEN
00:34:07.43\00:34:10.70
THERE IS AN ELIPSE. AN
ELIPSE COMES FROM THE TERM
00:34:10.70\00:34:15.00
'ELLIPTICAL'.
YOU KNOW ELLIPTICAL?
00:34:15.00\00:34:16.56
YOU'VE GOT A CIRCLE RIGHT?
AND ELLIPTICAL FORM IS THIS WAY
00:34:16.56\00:34:21.13
AND YOU SEE THIS IN ASTRONOMY.
YOU'VE GOT THE SUN AND YOU'VE
00:34:21.13\00:34:24.16
GOT PLANETS AND SOME PLANETS GO
AROUND, BUT SOME PLANETS, THEIR
00:34:24.16\00:34:28.13
ORBIT IS ELLIPTICAL
- IT'S MORE LIKE THIS.
00:34:28.13\00:34:32.60
AND WITH TRUTH, YOU
GET ELIPSES SOMETIMES.
00:34:32.60\00:34:38.43
ELIPSES - I'LL GIVE YOU AN
EXAMPLE: OKAY, TO HAVE A FULL
00:34:38.43\00:34:43.86
ROUNDED CHRISTIAN EXPERIENCE
- THE ELIPSE OF A FULL ROUNDED
00:34:43.86\00:34:47.86
CHRISTIAN EXPERIENCE IS
THAT YOU HAVE TWO THINGS THERE.
00:34:47.86\00:34:51.46
YOU HAVE PRACTICAL, BIBLICAL
INSTRUCTION AROUND WHICH, IN
00:34:51.46\00:34:58.23
THAT ELLIPTICAL ORBIT, YOU
HAVE ACTUALLY THE PRACTICAL
00:34:58.23\00:35:03.40
APPLICATION AND EXPERIENCE.
THOSE TWO PARTS FORM AN ELIPSE
00:35:03.40\00:35:09.50
AND IF YOU TAKE OUT THE BIBLICAL
KNOWLEDGE PART, YOU DON'T HAVE A
00:35:09.50\00:35:14.40
CHRISTIAN EXPERIENCE. AND
IF ALL YOU HAVE IS JUST THE
00:35:14.40\00:35:19.10
THEORETICAL KNOWLEDGE AND YOU
DON'T HAVE THAT EXPERIENCE, THE
00:35:19.10\00:35:22.60
ELIPSE IS BROKEN AND YOU DO
NOT HAVE THE COMPLETE CHRISTIAN
00:35:22.60\00:35:26.63
EXPERIENCE IN LIFE AND YOU
CAN APPLY THAT TO MANY THINGS.
00:35:26.63\00:35:31.03
YOU TAKE THE RIGHTEOUSNESS
BY FAITH, PUT THAT IN AN ELIPSE,
00:35:31.03\00:35:38.76
WHAT ARE THE TWO THINGS YOU
GET IN RIGHTEOUSNESS BY FAITH?
00:35:38.76\00:35:41.50
WELL, IN THAT ELIPSE,
RIGHTEOUSNESS BY FAITH ACTUALLY
00:35:41.50\00:35:44.60
COMES THROUGH THE NEW BIRTH.
I MEAN, THAT'S WHAT IT IS, BUT
00:35:44.60\00:35:47.03
PART OF THAT NEW BIRTH IS - THE
TWO THINGS THAT FORM THAT ELIPSE
00:35:47.03\00:35:50.43
IS JUSTIFICATION
AND SANCTIFICATION.
00:35:50.43\00:35:54.43
BUT THEY'RE BOTH THERE TOGETHER.
00:35:54.43\00:35:56.00
WHEN YOU HAVE THAT, THEN
YOU HAVE THE TRUE EXPERIENCE OF
00:35:56.00\00:35:59.50
RIGHTEOUSNESS BY FAITH.
BUT IF YOU TAKE ONE OUT YOU'RE
00:35:59.50\00:36:04.60
JUST LEFT WITH JUSTIFICATION
AND NO SANCTIFICATION.
00:36:04.60\00:36:08.73
THAT'S NOT MUCH OF A GOSPEL.
IT'S ONLY HALF OF A GOSPEL.
00:36:08.73\00:36:12.70
AND IF YOU JUST BELIEVE IN
SANCTIFICATION BUT YOU DON'T
00:36:12.70\00:36:17.90
HAVE GOD'S WORD THAT SAYS, YOU
KNOW, HERE'S THE COMMANDMENTS
00:36:17.90\00:36:21.56
AND IF YOU BREAK
THEM YOU'VE SINNED.
00:36:21.56\00:36:24.20
THEN YOUR SANCTIFICATION IS
REALLY, IT'S - WHAT'S THE TERM
00:36:24.20\00:36:26.93
I'M LOOKING FOR? IT'S
PRESUMPTION. YOU KNOW,
00:36:26.93\00:36:29.23
'GOD LOVES ME. I'VE GOT THIS
GOOD FEELING ABOUT EVERYTHING.
00:36:29.23\00:36:31.56
I'M OKAY. GOD'S OKAY.' BUT
YOU'RE NOT FOLLOWING THE WORD.
00:36:31.56\00:36:34.33
YOU GET THE POINT HERE.
YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE TWO AND
00:36:34.33\00:36:38.80
JESUS TAUGHT HIS DISCIPLES
AND FOLLOWERS MANY RICH AND
00:36:38.80\00:36:43.70
WONDERFUL TRUTHS. I
MEAN, WE ALL KNOW THIS.
00:36:43.70\00:36:47.00
HE WAS THE GREATEST BIBLE
TEACHER THAT EVER WAS AND EVER
00:36:47.00\00:36:52.90
HAS BEEN, BUT WE NOTICE
THAT WHAT HE HAD TO SAY WAS MORE
00:36:52.90\00:37:02.46
COMPLETE AND ROUNDED - WELL, LET
ME PUT IT ANOTHER WAY, WHAT HE
00:37:02.46\00:37:07.50
HAD TO TEACH HIS DISCIPLES HE
KNEW COULD NOT BE FULLY COMPLETE
00:37:07.50\00:37:12.20
AND ROUNDED - THEY COULD NOT GET
THE FULL EDUCATION - HE COULD
00:37:12.20\00:37:16.56
NOT CONVEY THAT TO THEM, THE
GOOD TEACHER THAT HE WAS, IN HIS
00:37:16.56\00:37:19.16
HUMANITY UNLESS THEY TOO
REALIZED THAT - GOOD TEACHER AS
00:37:19.16\00:37:23.23
HE WAS AND EXAMPLE THAT HE WAS -
THEY NEEDED TO HAVE, THEMSELVES,
00:37:23.23\00:37:27.40
THAT PERSONAL
EXPERIENCE WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT.
00:37:27.40\00:37:33.26
I HOPE YOU'RE FOLLOWING ME HERE.
I'M NOT TRYING TO MAKE IT MORE
00:37:33.26\00:37:35.80
COMPLICATED, BUT I
THINK YOU GET THE POINT.
00:37:35.80\00:37:37.83
LET'S GO TO JOHN 16. THIS
IS ACTUALLY IN THE LESSON.
00:37:37.83\00:37:43.10
JOHN CHAPTER 16 AND YOU REALIZE
- I'M NOT SPEAKING HERESY - WHEN
00:37:43.10\00:37:50.06
JESUS MADE IT CLEAR THAT THEY
NEEDED MORE THAT WHAT JUST HE
00:37:50.06\00:37:53.66
WAS TELLING THEM
ABOUT. JOHN 16:7 THROUGH 14.
00:37:53.66\00:38:02.26
I'M GOING TO READ IT HERE.
THIS IS CHRIST TALKING TO HIS
00:38:02.26\00:38:05.30
DISCIPLES AND THIS IS ACTUALLY
IN THE UPPER ROOM. IT SAYS,
00:38:05.30\00:38:12.93
"NEVERTHELESS I TELL YOU THE
TRUTH; IT IS EXPEDIENT FOR YOU
00:38:12.93\00:38:18.33
THAT I GO AWAY: FOR IF I GO
NOT AWAY, THE COMFORTER WILL NOT
00:38:18.33\00:38:23.56
COME UNTO YOU; BUT IF I DEPART,
I WILL SEND HIM UNTO YOU.
00:38:23.56\00:38:29.20
AND WHEN HE IS COME, HE WILL
REPROVE THE WORLD OF SIN, AND OF
00:38:29.20\00:38:32.83
RIGHTEOUSNESS AND OF JUDGEMENT:
OF SIN, BECAUSE THEY BELIEVE NOT
00:38:32.83\00:38:36.90
ON ME; OF RIGHTEOUSNESS, BECAUSE
I GO TO MY FATHER, AND YE SEE ME
00:38:36.90\00:38:41.10
NO MORE; OF JUDGMENT" - OKAY,
LET'S MOVE DOWN TO VERSE 12.
00:38:41.10\00:38:44.96
HE SAYS, "I HAVE YET MANY THINGS
TO SAY UNTO YOU, BUT YE CANNOT
00:38:44.96\00:38:49.66
BEAR THEM NOW." - HE
SAYS, 'THERE'S THINGS THAT
00:38:49.66\00:38:51.96
I WANT TO TELL YOU BUT YOU
WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND
00:38:51.96\00:38:55.63
THEM BECAUSE IT WOULD BE KIND OF
MORE ON THE THEORETICAL SENSE.
00:38:55.63\00:39:00.13
HE SAYS, 'YOU
WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO BEAR THEM.
00:39:00.13\00:39:01.56
YOU WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO GRASP
IT.' BUT LOOK AT VERSE 13, HE
00:39:01.56\00:39:06.00
SAYS, "HOWBEIT WHEN HE, THE
SPIRIT OF TRUTH, IS COME, HE
00:39:06.00\00:39:10.96
WILL GUIDE YOU INTO" - WHAT?
- "ALL TRUTH:" - SO WAS ALL THE
00:39:10.96\00:39:17.06
TRUTH EMBODIED IN
CHRIST? SURE IT WAS.
00:39:17.06\00:39:20.86
AND HE COULD HAVE GIVEN THEM,
THEORETICALLY, ALL THE TRUTH,
00:39:20.86\00:39:23.53
BUT HE SAID, 'YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE
AN EXPERIENCE THAT GOES WITH
00:39:23.53\00:39:29.53
THAT.' - HE SAYS, 'SO I HAVE TO
GO AWAY SO THE HOLY SPIRIT CAN
00:39:29.53\00:39:34.56
COME AND DWELL WITHIN YOU AND HE
WILL LEAD YOU INTO ALL TRUTH.'
00:39:34.56\00:39:42.83
AND WHAT HE'S ACTUALLY SPEAKING
ABOUT WAS, WHEN THE HOLY SPIRIT
00:39:42.83\00:39:46.60
CAME ON PENTECOST, THOSE WHO
WERE WILLING TO RECEIVE THE HOLY
00:39:46.60\00:39:50.96
SPIRIT, THEY WERE BORN AGAIN.
YOU KNOW, THE CHRISTIAN LIFE IS
00:39:50.96\00:39:53.66
SIMPLY THIS: IF YOU
HAVE A CONVERSION EXPERIENCE,
00:39:53.66\00:39:58.46
EVERYTHING ELSE FALLS
INTO PLACE. IT DOES. IT DOES.
00:39:58.46\00:40:04.03
BEING BORN AGAIN, JESUS SAID IN
JOHN 3, HE'S SAYING, 'EXCEPT A
00:40:04.03\00:40:07.43
MAN IS BORN AGAIN HE CANNOT SEE
THE KINGDOM OF GOD.' YOU SEE, IF
00:40:07.43\00:40:12.06
YOU DON'T HAVE THE
HOLY SPIRIT YOU CAN'T SEE.
00:40:12.06\00:40:13.73
YOU CAN SIT DOWN ALL DAY WITH A
BIBLE - UNLESS YOU HAVE THE HOLY
00:40:13.73\00:40:16.70
SPIRIT AND YOU'RE WILLING TO LET
THE HOLY SPIRIT TEACH YOU - I'VE
00:40:16.70\00:40:19.53
SPOKEN TO PEOPLE LIKE THIS.
I'VE SPOKEN TO PEOPLE WHO SAY,
00:40:19.53\00:40:22.56
'PASTOR MIKE, I READ
THE BIBLE AND IT'S BORING.
00:40:22.56\00:40:25.23
I DON'T UNDERSTAND IT.' THERE
IS A PERSON - VISITED ME FOR THE
00:40:25.23\00:40:30.80
BETTER PART OF OVER A YEAR - 18
MONTHS - THEY'RE NOT HERE SO I
00:40:30.80\00:40:34.80
CAN SPEAK. AND I
WOULD TALK TO THEM ONE
00:40:34.80\00:40:37.93
WEEK AND I WOULD EXPLAIN
PASSAGES OF SCRIPTURE AND THIS
00:40:37.93\00:40:42.23
PERSON WAS A VERY SMART MAN -
IT'S MALE, OKAY, I LET IT SLIP.
00:40:42.23\00:40:46.73
BUT ANYWAY, A VERY SMART PERSON
AND I'D GIVE THEM SOME VERY
00:40:46.73\00:40:51.60
FUNDAMENTAL THINGS AND THEY'D
GO AWAY AND THEY'D COME BACK THE
00:40:51.60\00:40:54.06
NEXT WEEK AND IT WAS STILL, 'YOU
KNOW, I DON'T REALLY UNDERSTAND
00:40:54.06\00:40:58.16
IT.' AND I'M THINKING - I
ACTUALLY ASKED THEM - I SAID,
00:40:58.16\00:41:03.83
'ARE YOU CHERISHING - ARE YOU
PRACTICING STUFF ON THE SIDE YOU
00:41:03.83\00:41:07.93
SHOULDN'T BE DOING? I MEAN,
IS SOMETHING BLOCKING YOUR MIND?
00:41:07.93\00:41:12.43
AND 'NO' - I'D TAKE THEIR WORD
FOR IT BUT UNLESS YOU HAVE A
00:41:12.43\00:41:18.63
CONVERSION EXPERIENCE - UNLESS
A MAN OR WOMAN IS BORN AGAIN,
00:41:18.63\00:41:22.26
JESUS SAID YOU CANNOT
SEE THE KINGDOM OF GOD.
00:41:22.26\00:41:24.63
YOU CANNOT DISCERN THE
SPIRITUAL REQUIREMENTS.
00:41:24.63\00:41:27.43
YOU CANNOT DISCERN THE
SPIRITUAL TRUTHS OF GOD'S WORD.
00:41:27.43\00:41:31.46
BUT IF YOU'RE BORN AGAIN - AND
JESUS WANTS US ALL TO HAVE THE
00:41:31.46\00:41:34.76
BORN-AGAIN EXPERIENCE -
WE'LL HAVE THE ELIPSE, RIGHT?
00:41:34.76\00:41:39.33
WE'LL HAVE THE TRUTH.
WE'LL HAVE THE PRACTICAL
00:41:39.33\00:41:41.50
EXPERIENCE THAT ELIPSE -
WE'LL PUT A LABEL ON IT CALLED
00:41:41.50\00:41:43.83
'BORN AGAIN'. PRAISE
THE LORD, I'M ON MY WAY
00:41:43.83\00:41:46.80
TO THE KINGDOM OF GOD. AND
AGAIN I SAY, IF YOU TAKE ONE
00:41:46.80\00:41:51.30
OF THOSE AWAY,
YOU'VE GOT NOTHING.
00:41:51.30\00:41:55.00
IF YOU JUST HAVE THE
BIBLE KNOWLEDGE MINUS THE HEART
00:41:55.00\00:41:57.00
CONVERSION, THEN YOU'RE
RELIGIOUS INTELLECTUALS OR
00:41:57.00\00:42:00.43
LEGALISTS, TO USE AN OLD TERM.
THE OPPOSITE DANGER IS - FROM
00:42:00.43\00:42:09.00
LEGALISM - WITHOUT THE
EXPERIENCE IS THE OTHER SIDE OF
00:42:09.00\00:42:13.03
THE COIN. THERE'S
JUST AN EMPHASIS ON
00:42:13.03\00:42:14.73
EMOTIONALISM.
'OH, I FEEL THE SPIRIT.
00:42:14.73\00:42:18.73
I FEEL THIS AND I FEEL THAT.'
VERY SUBJECTIVE - THERE'S A LOT
00:42:18.73\00:42:23.60
OF RELIGION TODAY GOING AROUND
THAT IS BASED - IT'S BASED ON
00:42:23.60\00:42:28.03
THAT AND IT'S DANGEROUS BECAUSE
IT'S MINUS A STRONG DOCTRINAL
00:42:28.03\00:42:33.36
FOUNDATION THAT IS
BUILT UPON SCRIPTURE.
00:42:33.36\00:42:36.90
AND YOU BREAK OUT OF THE
ELIPSE AND YOU'RE WIDE OPEN TO
00:42:36.90\00:42:40.20
IMPRESSIONS WHICH YOU FEEL.
'OH, THAT WAS THE HOLY SPIRIT.
00:42:40.20\00:42:44.13
THE HOLY SPIRIT JUST SPOKE
TO ME.' AND PEOPLE CAN TALK LIKE
00:42:44.13\00:42:47.63
THIS WITH CONVICTION.
'THE HOLY SPIRIT JUST SPOKE TO
00:42:47.63\00:42:50.43
ME AND I JUST KNOW IT. I
FEEL IT IN MY HEART.' BUT IT
00:42:50.43\00:42:55.43
CAN BE VERY, VERY, VERY, VERY
DANGEROUS BECAUSE IT CAN LEAD TO
00:42:55.43\00:42:58.50
AN UNBALANCED COUNTERFEIT
CHRISTIAN EXPERIENCE WHICH IS ON
00:42:58.50\00:43:02.86
THE OTHER END OF THE
SPECTRUM FROM LEGALISM.
00:43:02.86\00:43:06.33
AND THERE'S MUCH FOUND LIKE THAT
IN CHRISTIANITY TODAY - EVEN
00:43:06.33\00:43:09.80
SPIRITUAL FORMATION,
WHICH HAS MADE ITS WAY INTO THE
00:43:09.80\00:43:13.26
SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST
CHURCH. I'M JUST GOING TO SPEAK
00:43:13.26\00:43:15.70
STRAIGHT. SPIRITUAL FORMATION -
00:43:15.70\00:43:18.16
STAY AWAY FROM IT.
JUST STAY AWAY FROM IT.
00:43:18.16\00:43:23.50
I'VE JUST MADE A BUNCH MORE
ENEMIES BUT, YOU KNOW, I HAVE TO
00:43:23.50\00:43:26.06
SPEAK THE TRUTH UP HERE.
BECAUSE IT OPENS THE DOOR - IT
00:43:26.06\00:43:29.90
OPENS THE DOOR TO SPIRITUALISTIC
DELUSIONS - REGARDLESS OF
00:43:29.90\00:43:34.43
WHETHER IT PRODUCES NICE
FEELINGS OR NOT - IT MAY - YOU
00:43:34.43\00:43:39.30
KNOW, THE DEVIL IS SO DECEPTIVE
HE CAN GIVE YOU FEELINGS OF EVEN
00:43:39.30\00:43:44.26
GOODWILL TOWARD PEOPLE.
'YOU KNOW, IT MUST BE THE HOLY
00:43:44.26\00:43:47.73
SPIRIT BECAUSE I HAVE THIS KIND
FEELING IN MY HEART THAT I'LL GO
00:43:47.73\00:43:50.80
GIVE THIS PERSON HERE
$20.00.' BE VERY CAREFUL.
00:43:50.80\00:43:54.40
REMEMBER, SATAN OFFERED
TO GIVE JESUS THE WORLD.
00:43:54.40\00:43:59.56
I MEAN, THAT WAS CERTAINLY
KIND OF A KINDNESS, WASN'T IT?
00:43:59.56\00:44:02.63
'I'LL GIVE YOU THE WORLD IF
YOU'LL WORSHIP ME.' SO WE MUST -
00:44:02.63\00:44:08.80
WE MUST, MUST, MUST BE
VERY, VERY, VERY, VERY CAREFUL.
00:44:08.80\00:44:13.93
BUT LET ME READ THIS: TUESDAY'S
SECTION, FIRST PARAGRAPH IT SAYS
00:44:13.93\00:44:18.80
AGAIN - AND THIS I'M REPEATING
HERE - "SPIRITUAL KNOWLEDGE IS
00:44:18.80\00:44:21.53
INDISPENSABLE FOR
SPIRITUAL TRANSFORMATION.
00:44:21.53\00:44:26.03
CHRIST HIMSELF WAS REGARDED
AS THE MASTER TEACHER IN OPEN
00:44:26.03\00:44:29.26
CLASSROOMS BORDERED BY
SEASHORES, MOUNTAINS, AND GOD'S
00:44:29.26\00:44:32.33
CREATED WONDERS, CHRIST
DISSEMINATED FORMATIVE -
00:44:32.33\00:44:35.70
TRANSFORMATIVE KNOWLEDGE.
THE HOLY SPIRIT AWAKENED
00:44:35.70\00:44:38.30
PREVIOUSLY SEARED CONSCIENCES
TO ACCEPT THESE TRUTHS.
00:44:38.30\00:44:42.90
DISCIPLE MAKING IS INCOMPLETE
WITHOUT EXPERIENCE, BUT
00:44:42.90\00:44:45.46
EXPERIENCE MUST BE
DIRECTED BY KNOWLEDGE."
00:44:45.46\00:44:47.63
I JUST - I JUST SAID THAT BUT
I WANT TO MENTION THIS: THERE IS
00:44:47.63\00:44:53.46
ANOTHER THING THAT HAS COME INTO
THE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH
00:44:53.46\00:44:57.26
- I'M NOT GOING TO NAME IT - AND
I'M NOT GOING TO NAME IT BECAUSE
00:44:57.26\00:45:00.60
I SINCERELY BELIEVE - I BELIEVE
WITH ALL MY HEART THAT PEOPLE
00:45:00.60\00:45:06.26
THAT ARE INVOLVED WITH
THIS ARE VERY GOOD PEOPLE.
00:45:06.26\00:45:10.00
THEY ARE VERY KIND PEOPLE.
THEY'VE GOT SOFT HEARTS AND THEY
00:45:10.00\00:45:15.40
MEAN WELL SO I'M NOT GOING
TO NAME WHAT THEY'RE DOING.
00:45:15.40\00:45:19.23
I'M NOT GOING TO TRASH
THEM BECAUSE GOD LOVES THEM.
00:45:19.23\00:45:22.40
BUT I'LL HONESTLY TELL YOU
I THINK THEY'RE OFF TRACK AND
00:45:22.40\00:45:25.93
THEY'VE BROKEN OUT
OF THE ELIPSE HERE.
00:45:25.93\00:45:29.73
THEY'RE SINCERE PEOPLE WHO LOOK
AROUND IN THE CHURCH AND THEY
00:45:29.73\00:45:32.56
SEE DIFFERENT FACTIONS, YOU
KNOW, MAYBE DIFFERENCES ON THE
00:45:32.56\00:45:36.93
NATURE OF CHRIST, ON THE
ORDINATION ISSUE - WOMEN'S
00:45:36.93\00:45:42.30
ORDINATION - YOU KNOW THAT - THE
SANCTUARY SERVICE, 1844, AND ALL
00:45:42.30\00:45:47.63
THIS STUFF AND THEY
LOOK AND THESE PEOPLE ARE -
00:45:47.63\00:45:50.13
THEY'RE NICE PEOPLE.
THEY LOOK AND THEY SAY,
00:45:50.13\00:45:53.06
'YOU KNOW, WHY
CAN'T WE ALL BE FRIENDS?
00:45:53.06\00:45:55.46
WHY CAN'T WE ALL
GET ALONG TOGETHER?'
00:45:55.46\00:45:58.43
AND, YOU KNOW,
THAT WOULD BE SO NICE.
00:45:58.43\00:46:02.20
AND I WATCHED ONE OF THE SERMONS
- IT WAS ABOUT A 28-MINUTE
00:46:02.20\00:46:06.60
SERMON I WATCHED RECENTLY ON
A PARTICULAR WEB SITE AND THERE
00:46:06.60\00:46:11.10
WAS THIS PERSON AND THEY WERE
SAYING, YOU KNOW, IT DOESN'T
00:46:11.10\00:46:14.73
MATTER IF YOU'RE THIS OR THAT,
WE ALL NEED TO COME TOGETHER.
00:46:14.73\00:46:18.80
WE NEED JESUS.'
THAT IS THE POINT.
00:46:18.80\00:46:21.60
WE NEED JESUS. YOU
KNOW, I SAY 'AMEN' TO THAT.
00:46:21.60\00:46:26.00
THEY'RE KIND OF SAYING, 'WE NEED
TO FORGET THE DIFFERENCES AND WE
00:46:26.00\00:46:28.00
NEED TO ALL BE UNITED IN JESUS.
AND CAN YOU SAY 'AMEN' TO THAT?
00:46:28.00\00:46:34.30
ABSOLUTELY. SO I
DON'T HOLD IT AGAINST THEM
00:46:34.30\00:46:38.26
BUT, ALONG WITH GETTING TOGETHER
WITH JESUS IN THAT ELIPSE -
00:46:38.26\00:46:44.20
THE REMNANT CHURCH - THERE'S THE
ELIPSE OF THE REMNANT CHURCH -
00:46:44.20\00:46:47.43
THE REMNANT CHURCH SAYS THERE'S
TWO THINGS THAT FORM THE ELIPSE.
00:46:47.43\00:46:51.46
ONE IS JESUS THE LORD OUR
RIGHTEOUSNESS, BUT THE OTHER ONE
00:46:51.46\00:46:55.20
IS JESUS WITH THE THIRD ANGEL'S
MESSAGE, WHICH IS GOD'S LAST
00:46:55.20\00:46:59.56
MESSAGE TO THE WORLD TODAY.
SO WHILE THERE'S JESUS, YES -
00:46:59.56\00:47:03.96
AND WE NEED JESUS, WE DON'T
THROW THE DISTINCTIVE DOCTRINES
00:47:03.96\00:47:07.46
OUT THAT MAKE US SEVENTH-DAY
ADVENTISTS - THAT BREAK DOWN
00:47:07.46\00:47:11.46
THOSE THINGS THAT MAKE
US DIFFERENT FROM EVEN OTHER
00:47:11.46\00:47:14.76
RELIGIOUS GROUPS. WHAT
YOU'RE ACTUALLY DOING HERE
00:47:14.76\00:47:17.66
- YOU'RE JUST OPENING THE DOOR
FOR ACCEPTANCE AND INDUCTION
00:47:17.66\00:47:21.36
INTO ECUMENISM. SO
IT'S KIND OF LIKE AN
00:47:21.36\00:47:26.33
ECUMENISM IN THE SEVENTH-DAY
ADVENTIST CHURCH - LET'S FORGET
00:47:26.33\00:47:28.83
THE DIFFERENCES - LET'S
ALL COME TOGETHER IN JESUS -
00:47:28.83\00:47:30.80
AND WE LEVEL THE PLAYING FIELD.
AND WHEN WE DO THAT, WE GET RID
00:47:30.80\00:47:36.20
OF OUR DISTINCTIVE DOCTRINES
LIKE THE THIRD ANGEL'S MESSAGE.
00:47:36.20\00:47:40.40
THEN YOU REMOVE THE BARRIERS
THAT MAKE US DIFFERENT FROM ANY
00:47:40.40\00:47:44.26
OTHER CHRISTIAN
DENOMINATION OUT THERE.
00:47:44.26\00:47:46.13
SO WHAT ARE WE
SETTING OURSELVES UP TO DO?
00:47:46.13\00:47:48.86
BE PART OF THAT OTHER ECUMENICAL
MOVEMENT THAT IS OUT THERE THAT
00:47:48.86\00:47:52.76
IS BASED ON ALL KINDS OF
PLURALISTIC VIEWS OF THE BIBLE -
00:47:52.76\00:47:57.26
AND THEY'RE OUT THERE -
VIEWS THAT HAVE NO TIME FOR THE
00:47:57.26\00:48:01.63
SEVENTH-DAY SABBATH OR THE THIRD
ANGEL'S MESSAGE - PLURALISTIC
00:48:01.63\00:48:06.76
BIBLICAL VIEWS THAT SAY, 'NO,
THERE WAS NO SIX-DAY CREATION,
00:48:06.76\00:48:10.93
THERE WAS NO FLOOD IN
NOAH'S TIME.' NEED I SAY MORE?
00:48:10.93\00:48:15.50
NEED I SAY MORE, DR.
STONE? ABSOLUTELY NOT.
00:48:15.50\00:48:19.00
SO WE NEED TO BE SURE THAT WHILE
WE - AND I'LL SAY THIS - I THINK
00:48:19.00\00:48:26.83
WE ALL NEED MORE OF JESUS.
WE DO. WE NEED MORE OF JESUS.
00:48:26.83\00:48:33.46
I NEED MORE OF JESUS BUT I
ALSO NEED THE GOSPEL THAT JESUS
00:48:33.46\00:48:38.33
BRINGS WITH HIM AS WELL AND THAT
IS THE EVERLASTING GOSPEL THAT
00:48:38.33\00:48:41.90
YOU FIND PROCLAIMED IN
THE THIRD ANGEL'S MESSAGE.
00:48:41.90\00:48:46.73
THE MESSAGE IS TO GO TO EVERY
NATION, KINDRED, TONGUE AND
00:48:46.73\00:48:49.50
PEOPLE. AND IN LUKE
6, VERSE 39, THIS IS
00:48:49.50\00:48:56.43
KIND OF WHAT JESUS IS TALKING
ABOUT, IF WE LET OURSELVES GET
00:48:56.43\00:48:59.90
OUT OF THAT ELIPSE AND
JUST GO TO ONE EXTREME.
00:48:59.90\00:49:03.83
WHAT DID HE SAY? 6:39,
"AND HE SPAKE A PARABLE
00:49:03.83\00:49:08.53
UNTO THEM, CAN THE
BLIND LEAD THE BLIND?
00:49:08.53\00:49:12.26
SHALL THEY NOT BOTH
FALL INTO THE DITCH?"
00:49:12.26\00:49:17.70
EXACTLY RIGHT,
MICHAEL, EXACTLY RIGHT.
00:49:17.70\00:49:20.23
AND I JUST WANT TO KIND OF PUT
THE - COULD YOU GET ME MY 'GREAT
00:49:20.23\00:49:22.90
CONTROVERSY' PLEASE, MIKE?
YOU KNOW, I'LL COME AND GET IT.
00:49:22.90\00:49:26.00
THANK YOU. I WANT TO
TAKE YOU JUST A LITTLE
00:49:26.00\00:49:29.06
FURTHER BEFORE I
MOVE ON FROM TUESDAY.
00:49:29.06\00:49:32.26
AT THE END - SPEAKING GENERALLY,
BUT GENERALLY THERE'S GOING TO
00:49:32.26\00:49:36.30
BE TWO - TWO BLIND GROUPS WHICH
WILL AMOUNT TO THE BLIND LEADING
00:49:36.30\00:49:43.43
THE BLIND AND, TRAGICALLY, WILL
FALL INTO THE DITCH AND THESE
00:49:43.43\00:49:47.63
TWO GROUPS, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE
THEM BOTH FALL IN THE VERY NEAR
00:49:47.63\00:49:51.23
FUTURE. THERE'LL
BE THOSE WHICH HAVE
00:49:51.23\00:49:53.66
CAST AWAY THE TRUTH OF GOD'S
WORD AND BASED THEIR FAITH UPON
00:49:53.66\00:49:56.83
FEELINGS AND SIGNS AND THOSE,
ON THE OTHER HAND, WHO IT'S JUST
00:49:56.83\00:50:03.93
THE WORD OF GOD AND THEY
DON'T HAVE THE EXPERIENCE.
00:50:03.93\00:50:06.73
BUT NONETHELESS, THEY
WILL - EITHER GROUP WILL OPEN
00:50:06.73\00:50:10.06
THEMSELVES UP TO
SPIRITUALISTIC INFLUENCES.
00:50:10.06\00:50:15.20
I'M READING FROM
'DESIRE OF AGES' - SORRY,
00:50:15.20\00:50:17.93
'GREAT CONTROVERSY' P. 588.
00:50:17.93\00:50:22.80
IT SAYS, "AS SPIRITUALISM MORE
CLOSELY IMITATES THE NOMINAL
00:50:22.80\00:50:27.26
CHRISTIANITY OF THE DAY, IT
HAS GREATER POWER TO DECEIVE AND
00:50:27.26\00:50:31.50
ENSNARE. SATAN
HIMSELF IS CONVERTED,
00:50:31.50\00:50:35.10
AFTER THE
MODERN ORDER OF THINGS.
00:50:35.10\00:50:37.53
HE WILL APPEAR IN THE
CHARACTER OF AN ANGEL OF LIGHT.
00:50:37.53\00:50:40.96
THROUGH THE AGENCY OF
SPIRITUALISM, MIRACLES WILL BE
00:50:40.96\00:50:43.66
WROUGHT, THE SICK WILL BE
HEALED, AND MANY UNDENIABLE
00:50:43.66\00:50:46.33
WONDERS WILL BE PERFORMED.
AND AS THE SPIRITS WILL PROFESS
00:50:46.33\00:50:50.46
FAITH IN THE BIBLE, AND MANIFEST
RESPECT FOR THE INSTITUTIONS OF
00:50:50.46\00:50:53.60
THE CHURCH, THEIR WORK WILL BE
ACCEPTED AS A MANIFESTATION OF
00:50:53.60\00:50:57.63
DIVINE POWER."
YOU'VE READ THAT BEFORE BUT
00:50:57.63\00:51:00.16
VERSE - PARAGRAPH 4, JUST DOWN
HERE, IT SAYS, "PAPISTS, WHO
00:51:00.16\00:51:09.26
BOAST OF MIRACLES AS A CERTAIN
SIGN OF THE TRUE CHURCH, WILL BE
00:51:09.26\00:51:13.86
READILY DECEIVED BY THIS
WONDER-WORKING POWER;" - OKAY? -
00:51:13.86\00:51:19.20
"AND PROTESTANTS, HAVING
CAST AWAY THE SHIELD OF TRUTH,
00:51:19.20\00:51:24.76
WILL ALSO BE DELUDED." -
00:51:24.76\00:51:28.10
I'LL READ THAT AGAIN -
"PAPISTS, WHO BOAST OF MIRACLES"
00:51:28.10\00:51:31.10
- YOU KNOW, CATHOLICISM DOES
NOT REST UPON THE WORD OF GOD.
00:51:31.10\00:51:34.86
THEY HAVE THE WORD OF GOD
BUT IT'S MOSTLY TRADITION AND
00:51:34.86\00:51:38.03
SUPERSTITION AND, YOU KNOW, THE
HISTORY OF HOW SUNDAY CAME IN
00:51:38.03\00:51:41.20
AND ALL THESE KINDS OF
THINGS OVER THE CENTURIES.
00:51:41.20\00:51:43.90
THAT'S JUST THE NATURE OF
THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH -
00:51:43.90\00:51:46.86
COMPRISED OF MANY FINE PEOPLE,
BY THE WAY - "PAPISTS, WHO BOAST
00:51:46.86\00:51:51.10
OF MIRACLES AS A CERTAIN SIGN OF
THE TRUE CHURCH, WILL BE READILY
00:51:51.10\00:51:54.83
DECEIVED BY THIS WONDER-WORKING
POWER" - BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT
00:51:54.83\00:51:58.56
RESTING ON THE WORD OF
GOD - "AND PROTESTANTS" -
00:51:58.56\00:52:01.43
WHAT IS A PROTESTANT?
00:52:01.43\00:52:02.76
A PROTEST WAS SOMEBODY WHO, NOT
LONG AGO, SAID 'SOLA SCRIPTURA.
00:52:02.76\00:52:08.13
NO, NO CATHOLIC TRADITION
FOR ME. THE WORD OF GOD -
00:52:08.13\00:52:11.50
SOLA SCRIPTURA.' A LOT
OF PROTESTANTS - SO-CALLED
00:52:11.50\00:52:15.73
PROTESTANTS - DON'T
KNOW WHAT PROTESTANTISM MEANS
00:52:15.73\00:52:18.13
THESE DAYS AND IT'S BECAUSE THEY
NO LONGER STAND UPON THIS WORD
00:52:18.13\00:52:23.80
AND THEY HAVE A GOSPEL THAT IS -
DOES NOT HAVE THE TWO THINGS TO
00:52:23.80\00:52:30.00
FORM THE ELIPSE OF JUSTIFICATION
AND SANCTIFICATION IN THE NEW
00:52:30.00\00:52:34.36
BIRTH AND THEY DEPEND UPON -
'LET'S PUT ASIDE THE, YOU KNOW,
00:52:34.36\00:52:39.96
THE THINGS ABOUT
GOD'S WORD THAT SEPARATE US.
00:52:39.96\00:52:42.03
LET'S GO FOR THE BROTHERLY
EXPERIENCE OF ONE ANOTHER AND IN
00:52:42.03\00:52:45.56
CHRIST.' WHAT THEY ARE
DOING HERE - IT SAYS HERE,
00:52:45.56\00:52:48.23
"PROTESTANTS, HAVING
CAST AWAY THE SHIELD OF TRUTH,
00:52:48.23\00:52:58.60
WILL ALSO BE DELUDED."
IN WEDNESDAY'S SECTION HERE,
00:52:58.60\00:53:08.46
IT'S SPEAKING
ABOUT - WHERE ARE WE?
00:53:08.46\00:53:12.76
LET ME FIND IT HERE - YEAH,
SPEAKING ABOUT EARLY LEADERS -
00:53:12.76\00:53:19.73
SPEAKING ABOUT THE FACT THAT THE
EARLY LEADERS THAT CHRIST CHOSE
00:53:19.73\00:53:22.56
- THEY WERE, YOU KNOW, WHAT
WE MIGHT CALL UNEDUCATED MEN.
00:53:22.56\00:53:28.33
BUT, YOU KNOW, GOD VERY OFTEN
USES THAT KIND OF PERSON BECAUSE
00:53:28.33\00:53:33.93
- NOTHING WRONG WITH EDUCATION -
DON'T GET ME WRONG - BUT IT IS A
00:53:33.93\00:53:37.26
FACT - IT MENTIONS IT IN THE
LESSON AND IT'S IN THE SPIRIT OF
00:53:37.26\00:53:39.66
PROPHECY AND IT'S VERY CLEAR
JESUS PASSED BY ALL THE RABBIS
00:53:39.66\00:53:42.30
AND ALL THOSE THAT HAD
THE DOCTORATES. HE DID -
00:53:42.30\00:53:45.96
BECAUSE HE KNEW THAT
INTELLECTUALISM CAN GET IN THE
00:53:45.96\00:53:51.76
WAY AND FILL A PERSON
WITH INTELLECTUAL PRIDE.
00:53:51.76\00:53:55.16
'I'M AN INTELLECTUAL.' YOU KNOW
- SO VERY OFTEN INTELLECTUALISM
00:53:55.16\00:53:58.73
THESE DAYS YOU QUESTION THINGS.
SIGN OF A BROAD MIND THAT YOU
00:53:58.73\00:54:03.83
QUESTION THINGS. IT GETS IN
THE WAY. IT BLOCKS THE CHANNEL.
00:54:03.83\00:54:07.26
SO JESUS WENT -
PASSED THEM ALL BY.
00:54:07.26\00:54:09.66
NOW, THERE WERE SOME
WHO BECAME CHRISTIAN.
00:54:09.66\00:54:12.43
NICODEMUS BECAME
ONE. HE WAS A GOOD MAN.
00:54:12.43\00:54:14.96
SO THEY'RE NOT ALL - THEY'RE
NOT ALL ON THE WRONG PATH.
00:54:14.96\00:54:17.43
YOU LOOK AT THE REFORMATION,
I MEAN, THERE WAS WYCLIFF -
00:54:17.43\00:54:20.06
HE WAS A BRILLIANT MAN.
THERE WAS HUSS - HE WAS AN
00:54:20.06\00:54:23.46
INTELLECTUAL AND MARTIN LUTHER,
BUT THEY'RE FEW AND FAR BETWEEN.
00:54:23.46\00:54:28.36
WHY? BECAUSE THIS
INTELLECTUALISM GETS IN THE WAY.
00:54:28.36\00:54:31.43
JESUS WENT STRAIGHT FOR THOSE
WHO DIDN'T HAVE THOSE HANG-UPS
00:54:31.43\00:54:34.40
SO THEY WOULD BE MORE INCLINED
TO BE SIMPLE MINDED IN THE RIGHT
00:54:34.40\00:54:38.13
WAY OF BEING SIMPLE MINDED AND
BE WILLING TO BE TAUGHT BY HIM.
00:54:38.13\00:54:42.03
AND WHEN YOU GET THAT GARBAGE
OUT THE WAY, THE HOLY SPIRIT CAN
00:54:42.03\00:54:44.63
COME IN AND REALLY
COMMUNICATE WITH YOU.
00:54:44.63\00:54:47.76
AND JESUS SAID IN MATTHEW 11:29,
HE SAYS, "TAKE MY YOKE UPON YOU,
00:54:47.76\00:54:53.43
AND LEARN OF ME; FOR I AM MEEK
AND LOWLY IN HEART: AND YE SHALL
00:54:53.43\00:54:59.30
FIND REST UNTO YOUR SOULS."
SO JESUS, HE COULD HAVE BEEN -
00:54:59.30\00:55:05.43
WELL HE WAS THE GREATEST
INTELLECTUAL THAT EVER WAS.
00:55:05.43\00:55:07.56
HE COULD HAVE STOOD THERE
AND EXPOUNDED ON PHYSICS AND
00:55:07.56\00:55:09.50
PHILOSOPHY AND SCIENCE BUT HE
DIDN'T. HE WASN'T THERE FOR THAT
00:55:09.50\00:55:12.10
PURPOSE, BUT HE COULD
HAVE BLIND-SIDED EVERYBODY.
00:55:12.10\00:55:16.00
BUT HE CAME HUMBLY AND
MEEKLY BECAUSE WHEN WE'RE IN A
00:55:16.00\00:55:19.76
SPIRITUAL WARFARE WE HAVE TO
HAVE, NOT HUMAN INTELLECTUALISM
00:55:19.76\00:55:24.20
AND HUMAN STRENGTH, BUT WE NEED
TO BE HUMBLE SO THAT THE POWER
00:55:24.20\00:55:27.30
OF GOD CAN COME IN US TO
FIGHT THIS WARFARE THAT WE'RE
00:55:27.30\00:55:30.03
CONFRONTED WITH. AND
NOTICE, ISAIAH 57:15 - HERE
00:55:30.03\00:55:36.23
IT SPELLS IT OUT - THE KIND
OF INSTRUMENT THAT GOD LOOKS FOR
00:55:36.23\00:55:40.53
AND THE KIND OF INSTRUMENT THAT
GOD DESIRES AND DELIGHTS TO USE
00:55:40.53\00:55:45.26
- ISAIAH 57:15 - IT SAYS, "FOR
THUS SAITH THE HIGH AND LOFTY
00:55:45.26\00:55:49.36
ONE THAT INHABITETH ETERNITY,
WHOSE NAME IS HOLY; I DWELL IN
00:55:49.36\00:55:57.33
THE HIGH AND HOLY
PLACE," - AND OH HE DOES.
00:55:57.33\00:56:00.76
WE NEED THESE GLIMPSES OF GOD IN
HIS GLORY - "I DWELL IN THE HIGH
00:56:00.76\00:56:05.16
AND HOLY PLACE, WITH HIM ALSO
THAT IS OF A CONTRITE AND HUMBLE
00:56:05.16\00:56:14.63
SPIRIT, TO REVIVE THE SPIRIT
OF THE HUMBLE, AND TO REVIVE THE
00:56:14.63\00:56:19.96
HEART OF THE CONTRITE ONES."
THAT'S WHY JESUS CHOSE THE
00:56:19.96\00:56:25.66
DISCIPLES THAT HE DID.
AND IT'S OKAY FOR US TO HAVE
00:56:25.66\00:56:29.50
COLLEGE DEGREES - FINE - BUT
ABOVE AND BEYOND THAT YOU NEED
00:56:29.50\00:56:35.16
TO BE THE KIND OF PERSON THAT
GOD LOOKS DOWN UPON FROM HIS
00:56:35.16\00:56:38.70
HIGH AND HOLY PLACE AND HE SAYS
TO HIMSELF AND HE SAYS TO THE
00:56:38.70\00:56:43.13
ANGELS, HE SAYS, 'THAT'S MY KIND
OF PERSON. THAT'S MY KIND OF
00:56:43.13\00:56:48.63
CHILD. THAT'S MY SERVANT.
HIM/HER THAT IS OF A CONTRITE
00:56:48.63\00:56:55.90
AND A HUMBLE SPIRIT.' I WANT
TO BE LIKE THAT, WHAT ABOUT YOU?
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WORSHIPED GOD ON THE SEVENTH DAY
00:57:37.06\00:57:40.66
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EACH WEEK MILLIONS OF
00:57:40.66\00:57:43.66
PEOPLE WORSHIP ON THE
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00:57:43.66\00:57:47.30
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00:57:47.30\00:57:49.73
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