Participants: Mike Thompson
Series Code: CSH
Program Code: CSH021411
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00:45 >>WELCOME TO SACRAMENTO CENTRAL SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH 00:48 RIGHT HERE IN SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA. 00:50 WE'RE SO GLAD THAT YOU'RE TUNING IN. WHETHER THIS IS 00:53 YOUR FIRST TIME OR YOU ARE A REGULAR THAT IS PART OF OUR 00:56 FAMILY ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND AROUND THE WORLD, WELCOME. 01:01 WE'RE GOING TO START OUR PROGRAM LIKE WE DO EVERY WEEK - WITH 01:05 SINGING YOUR FAVORITE SONGS. SO WHETHER YOU'RE LISTENING ON 01:08 THE RADIO, WATCHING LIVE AT OUR WEB SITE AT 'SACCENTRAL.ORG', 01:12 OR ON THE VARIOUS TELEVISION NETWORKS, YOU'VE SENT THEM IN 01:15 AND WE'RE GOING TO SING THEM AND KEEP DOING THAT. 01:18 SO OUR FIRST SONG IS #88 - 'I SING THE MIGHTY POWER OF GOD'. 01:23 WE'RE GOING TO DO ALL THREE STANZAS. 01:25 THIS COMES AS A REQUEST FROM LOIS IN BERMUDA, HEZRON IN 01:30 BRAZIL, CLARA, ESTHER, AND CADDIE IN NICARAGUA, AND MARK IN 01:34 ZAMBIA - AND THERE WERE SEVERAL MORE NAMES FROM DIFFERENT PLACES 01:37 ON THE PLANET. BUT WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO SING 01:40 YOUR FAVORITE #88. SO JOIN WITH US AT HOME AND 01:43 RIGHT HERE AT CENTRAL. WE'LL DO ALL THREE STANZAS. 01:46 (MUSIC) 03:40 >>THERE IS NOT A PLACE WHERE WE CAN FLEE BUT GOD IS PRESENT 03:44 THERE. IS THAT COMFORTING? HE'S ALWAYS THERE. 03:49 HE'S ALWAYS WATCHING OUT FOR US. THAT IS. 03:52 IF YOU HAVE A FAVORITE THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SING WITH US ON AN 03:56 UPCOMING PROGRAM, GO TO OUR WEB SITE AT 'SACCENTRAL.ORG' AND 04:00 CLICK ON THE 'CONTACT US' LINK AND YOU CAN PICK ANY SONG THAT'S 04:03 RIGHT HERE IN OUR HYMNAL AND WE WILL DO OUR BEST TO SING THAT 04:07 FOR YOU ON AN UPCOMING PROGRAM. OF COURSE YOU KNOW WHAT WE'RE 04:10 GOING TO DO NOW. WE'RE GOING TO SING OUR NEW SONG 04:13 - AND JOIN WITH US AS WE LEARN #90 RIGHT ON THE OTHER SIDE OF 04:17 THE PAGE. 'ETERNAL GOD, WHOSE POWER UPHOLDS'. 04:21 THIS IS FROM KENYON AND FELICIA IN NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA 04:24 AND JOYCE IN NAIROBI, KENYA. AND SO THEY ALREADY KNOW THIS 04:28 SONG, SO SING EXTRA LOUD IN KENYA AND AUSTRALIA AND WE WILL 04:32 TEACH THIS TO EVERYBODY ELSE. IT IS ACTUALLY AN ALTERNATE TUNE 04:35 FOR 'O LITTLE TOWN OF BETHLEHEM'. 04:37 THE FIRST TIME I HEARD THIS TUNE WAS WITH 'O LITTLE TOWN OF 04:39 BETHLEHEM' SO I WAS VERY EXCITED TO FIND ANOTHER 04:42 CHRISTMAS SONG IN THE HYMNAL WITH DIFFERENT WORDS. 04:47 SO LET'S LEARN THIS TOGETHER - 'ETERNAL GOD, WHOSE POWER 04:49 UPHOLDS'. WE WILL DO THE FIRST, SECOND AND FOURTH STANZAS. 04:53 (MUSIC) 07:10 >>WASN'T THAT BEAUTIFUL? BEAUTIFUL. 07:13 SO #91 WILL BE OUR NEW ONE NEXT WEEK - 07:17 SO YOU CAN GET A HEAD START ON LEARNING THAT. 07:20 AND AT THIS TIME LET'S BOW OUR HEADS FOR PRAYER. 07:25 FATHER IN HEAVEN, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING US HERE TO OPEN UP YOUR 07:29 WORD AND STUDY TOGETHER AND SING SONGS, TO PRAISE YOU. 07:34 I PRAY THAT YOU WILL COME AND LIVE IN OUR HEARTS, THAT YOU 07:38 WILL OPEN UP OUR MINDS TO WHAT PASTOR MIKE HAS TO SHARE WITH US 07:42 TODAY, AND I PRAY THAT YOU'LL BE WITH EACH PERSON HERE AND OUR 07:46 EXTENDED FAMILY AROUND THE WORLD. YOU KNOW EACH ONE. 07:49 YOU KNOW THE STRUGGLES AND THE TEMPTATIONS AND THE HURT OF EACH 07:54 HEART AND I JUST PRAY THAT YOU WILL BRING COMFORT WHERE IT'S 07:57 NEEDED AND SPEAK TO US SO THAT WE WILL ALWAYS FOLLOW YOUR WILL. 08:02 IN JESUS' NAME. AMEN. 08:06 >>IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU ALL AND THANK YOU CHORISTERS - THEY 08:09 ALWAYS DO JUST A WONDERFUL JOB, DON'T THEY. 08:13 WE HAVE A LITTLE INFOMERCIAL FIRST, AND IT'S A GOOD ONE. 08:18 IT'S 'COMPROMISE, CONFORMITY, AND COURAGE' AND IT'S WRITTEN BY 08:24 YOUR GOOD FRIEND AND MINE, PASTOR DOUG BATCHELOR AND THIS 08:28 IS OFFER #774. AND IF YOU CALL 1-866-STUDY-MORE 08:35 OR 1-866-788-3966 YOU SHALL RECEIVE THIS BOOK FREE IF YOU 08:42 LIVE IN THE CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - OFFER #774. 08:48 AND PASTOR DOUG IS TALKING ABOUT WELL, COMPROMISE AND CONFORMITY 08:53 AND COURAGE. IT'S VERY EASY TO WANT TO BE 08:57 POLITICALLY CORRECT - NOBODY WANTS TO OFFEND ANYBODY - BUT, 09:02 YOU KNOW, AS CHRISTIANS, WE DON'T WANT TO OFFEND ANYBODY 09:05 ANYWAY, DO WE? BUT, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU STAND 09:08 FOR THE TRUTH AND IT'S ALREADY GOING AGAINST CULTURAL IDEAS OF 09:15 ETIQUETTE AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF, YOU CAN FIND YOURSELF IN 09:18 A PLACE WHERE THERE'S CONFLICT AND SO YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE 09:22 COURAGE TO STAND FOR THE RIGHT THOUGH THE HEAVENS FALL. 09:27 SO THIS BOOK IS YOURS FREE IF YOU CONTACT AMAZING FACTS. 09:30 WE'LL DO ANOTHER LITTLE THING ABOUT THIS TOWARD THE END. 09:34 BUT WE'RE ON LESSON #11 - THEY GO QUICKLY, DON'T THEY? 09:39 LESSON #11 AND IT'S CALLED 'DISCIPLING SPIRITUAL LEADERS' 09:44 AND WE HAVE A MEMORY TEXT THIS MORNING - YOU PROBABLY GET 09:47 WORRIED WHEN YOU SEE ME BRING A BUNCH OF PAPERS UP HERE, 09:52 BUT I HAVE MY OWN WAY OF DOING THINGS. 09:55 WE HAVE A MEMORY TEXT HERE, IT'S IN LUKE 6, VERSES 12 AND 13. 10:02 THIS IS FROM THE NEW KING JAMES VERSION, "NOW IT CAME TO PASS IN 10:07 THOSE DAYS THAT HE" - THAT IS, JESUS - "HE WENT OUT TO THE 10:12 MOUNTAIN TO PRAY, AND CONTINUED ALL NIGHT IN PRAYER TO GOD. 10:19 AND WHEN IT WAS DAY, HE CALLED HIS DISCIPLES TO HIMSELF; AND 10:23 FROM THEM HE CHOSE TWELVE WHOM HE ALSO NAMED APOSTLES:" SO 10:30 JESUS MADE A START IN MAKING HIS FIRST SELECTION OF WHO WOULD BE 10:37 THE FIRST LEADERS OF THIS INFANT CHRISTIAN CHURCH. 10:43 AND, AS WE LOOK BACK, WE REALIZE THAT IN HUMAN TERMS HE DIDN'T 10:46 HAVE A LOT TO WORK WITH - BUT THAT'S IN HUMAN TERMS, 10:50 PRAISE GOD. GOD SEES THINGS DIFFERENTLY. 10:52 BUT IT SAYS THIS - STILL ON SUNDAY'S - LAST SABBATH'S 10:55 SECTION, SORRY, THE INTRODUCTION, SECOND PARAGRAPH, 11:01 "THE DISCIPLES' PREPARATION FOR LEADERSHIP CERTAINLY INVOLVED 11:05 THE RECEIVING OF KNOWLEDGE, BUT SPIRITUAL GROWTH WAS UPPERMOST." 11:10 AND WE'LL BE KIND OF REINFORCING THAT THIS MORNING. 11:14 THEY NEEDED AN EXPERIENCE IN THE THINGS OF GOD - OF FAITH. 11:20 CAN YOU LEARN FAITH FROM A BOOK? YOU CAN READ ABOUT IT, BUT THE 11:23 ONLY WAY YOU LEARN FAITH IS, WELL, THE SAME WAY YOU LEARN TO 11:26 SWIM - IS BY JUMPING IN THE POOL. 11:30 "THE NEED TO LEARN THE THINGS BY EXPERIENCE OF HARDSHIP, OF 11:35 SANCTIFICATION, AND OF SELF-SACRIFICE, ALONG WITH AN 11:39 INTELLECTUAL UNDERSTANDING OF DOCTRINE AND THEOLOGY." 11:43 - WE NEED BOTH - "KNOWLEDGE ALONE WAS INSUFFICIENT 11:47 PREPARATION FOR THE RIGOROUS CHALLENGES AHEAD. 11:51 JESUS GAVE THEM BOTH." AND JESUS IS THE SAME WONDERFUL 11:57 TEACHER TODAY THAT HE WAS THEN AND HE WANTS US AS HIS 12:00 DISCIPLES - TO HAVE THAT SAME PREPARATION. 12:05 BUT AGAIN, WE READ THERE IN LUKE CHAPTER 6 - I WANT TO TURN THERE 12:10 AGAIN TO LUKE 6 - BEGINNING HERE OF HOW JESUS STARTED CHOOSING 12:17 THOSE WHO HE WANTED TO DISCIPLE AND POLISH AND GROOM AND PREPARE 12:22 FOR THE GREAT WORK THAT LAY AHEAD OF THEM AS 12:25 CHARTER MEMBERS OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH. 12:28 AND AS WE READ THERE IN LUKE 6:13 - I'M GOING TO READ IT 12:34 AGAIN - LUKE 6, VERSE 13, "AND WHEN IT WAS DAY, HE CALLED HIS 12:40 DISCIPLES TO HIMSELF; AND FROM THEM HE CHOSE TWELVE WHOM HE 12:46 ALSO NAMED APOSTLES:" APOSTLES MEANS 'THOSE WHO WERE SENT'. 12:51 AND THE NEXT COUPLE OF VERSES YOU SEE IT'S GOT LISTED THERE 12:54 WHO HIS DISCIPLES WERE, BUT I WANT US TO GO TO THE VERSE 12:58 BEFORE, VERSE 12, WHICH WE READ, AND - AT LEAST - I DON'T KNOW IF 13:04 IT WAS ACTUALLY IN THE MEMORY VERSE, WAS IT? YES, IT IS. 13:09 WELL, WE'RE GOING TO READ IT AGAIN BECAUSE IT'S VERY 13:10 IMPORTANT - VERSE 12, "NOW IT CAME TO PASS IN THOSE DAYS THAT 13:14 HE WENT OUT TO THE MOUNTAIN TO PRAY, AND CONTINUED ALL NIGHT IN 13:21 PRAYER TO GOD." IF JESUS FELT AND REALIZED AND 13:28 UNDERSTOOD THE NECESSITY OF PRAYER, THEN HOW MUCH SHOULD WE? 13:33 THE NEXT DAY HE HAD A MOMENTOUS TASK OF SAYING, 'YOU, YOU, YOU, 13:42 YOU, YOU - TWELVE TIMES - AND THERE WAS MORE THAN JUST TWELVE 13:46 THERE, THERE WAS A WHOLE GROUP OF PEOPLE, BUT...HE PRAYED ALL 13:51 NIGHT. HE PRAYED ALL NIGHT. 13:55 AND IF JESUS NEEDED TO PRAY FOR WISDOM AND DISCERNMENT IN 14:00 CHOOSING WHAT WAS THE RIGHT THING TO DO IN THIS INSTANCE, 14:03 CHOOSING HIS DISCIPLES, THEN I SAY AGAIN HOW MUCH WE NEED TO 14:08 PRAY FOR WISDOM. BUT HIS EXAMPLE OF PRAYER THAT 14:14 WE GET HERE - HOW HE PRAYED ALL NIGHT IF NECESSARY, THAT BECAME 14:20 AN EXAMPLE TO HIS DISCIPLES THAT THEY NEEDED TO FOLLOW THAT AND 14:26 THERE WERE TIMES IT WAS BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T ACTUALLY PRAY THAT 14:31 THEY MISSED OUT ON SOME TREMENDOUS LIGHT AND BLESSINGS. 14:37 AND IF THEY MISSED OUT BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T PRAY, WE CAN BE SURE 14:40 THAT WE WILL MISS OUT AS WELL. SO WE'VE GOT TO LEARN - 14:43 WE HAVE TO LEARN TO PRAY. SO THERE'S A LESSON IN THIS FOR 14:46 ALL US AS WELL. YOU'VE PROBABLY HEARD IT SAID 14:49 THAT PRAYER IS A BREATH OF LIFE. I MEAN IT IS, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN 14:53 LIVE FOR DAYS WITHOUT FOOD - ACTUALLY, WEEKS WITHOUT FOOD, 14:57 DEPENDING ON HOW MANY - HOW WELL NOURISHED YOU ARE. 15:01 YOU CAN LIVE FOR WEEKS WITHOUT FOOD, DAYS WITHOUT WATER, BUT 15:05 ONLY MINUTES WITHOUT AIR AND PRAYER IS THE BREATH - IT'S AIR 15:11 FOR THE SOUL - THERE'S NO SUBSTITUTE FOR IT. 15:13 THERE'S NO SHORTCUTS. WE LIVE IN AN AGE, 15:16 UNFORTUNATELY, WHERE IT'S INSTANT THIS AND INSTANT THAT. 15:19 AND I'VE SPOKEN ABOUT THIS BEFORE. 15:20 YOU WANT MASHED POTATOES? YOU DON'T HAVE TO PEEL THEM, YOU 15:23 OPEN A PACKET, MIX THEM WITH SOME WATER, PUT A BIT OF 15:26 SOMETHING ELSE - PUT A BIT OF MARGARINE - PUT IT IN A 15:29 MICROWAVE - THREE MINUTES - INSTANT MASHED POTATO. 15:33 HOW'S THAT? AND YOU KNOW, WE SOMETIMES CARRY 15:36 THAT THINKING, I BELIEVE, INTO THE CHRISTIAN LIFE. 15:40 YOU WATCH SOMETHING ON TELEVISION - I DON'T WATCH 15:42 GARBAGE ANYMORE, IN FACT, I RARELY WATCH TELEVISION. 15:45 BUT, YOU KNOW, NORMALLY - YOU REMEMBER IF YOU WATCH 15:47 TELEVISION. I WON'T PUT ANYBODY ON THE SPOT. 15:49 BUT YOU SEE A LIFE CRISIS - A LIFE CRISIS COMES UP AND WITHIN 15:53 30 MINUTES TO 55 MINUTES, CRISIS COMES UP, RESOLUTION COMES, IT'S 15:58 SOLVED, AND EVERYBODY LIVES HAPPILY EVER AFTER AND RIDES OFF 16:01 INTO THE SUNSET. LIFE ISN'T LIKE THAT. 16:04 SO WE HAVE THIS IDEA THAT EVERYTHING SHOULD BE RIGHT 16:08 THERE. AND IN THE CHRISTIAN LIFE, IT'S 16:10 NOT LIKE THAT - AND IN THE PRAYER LIFE, IF WE WANT TO SEE 16:15 GOD WORK IN OUR LIVES - EITHER THE POWER TO RESIST TEMPTATION 16:18 OR THE ABILITY TO RECEIVE WISDOM OR TO WORK FOR GOD OR TO PRAY 16:22 FOR PEOPLE, IT TAKES NOT DRIVE-THRU CHRISTIANITY. 16:27 YOU DRIVE UP TO TACO BELL THERE'S SOMEBODY THERE, 'YEAH, 16:29 WHAT CAN I GET FOR YOU?' 'OH, THREE BEAN BURRITOS, 16:32 PLEASE.' 'OKAY.' YOU DRIVE THROUGH THE WINDOW, GIVE THEM 16:34 YOUR CARD, WITHIN THREE MINUTES YOU'VE GOT YOUR MEAL, AND YOU'RE 16:37 ON THE WAY. YOU CAN'T PRAY LIKE THAT. 16:40 THERE'S NO DRIVE THROUGH. IT HAS TO BE REAL TIME. 16:45 AND IF YOU NEED TO SPEND 30 MINUTES ON YOUR KNEES, SPEND 30 16:49 MINUTES ON YOUR KNEES. IF IT NEEDS TO BE AN HOUR, TWO 16:52 HOURS, THREE HOURS - YOU STAY ON THOSE KNEES AND YOU PRAY 16:55 YOURSELF THROUGH. THAT'S WHAT WE NEED AND JESUS 16:58 WAS TRYING TO - HE NEEDED TO TEACH HIS DISCIPLES THE NEED OF 17:03 DOING THIS AND HE SET THIS EXAMPLE IN HIS OWN LIFE. 17:07 NOW, OF COURSE, THE CONTEXT HERE IS DISCIPLING, YOU KNOW, 17:10 WHAT IS IT? WHAT'S THE LESSON? 17:12 I SHOULD READ THE TITLE SOMETIMES. 17:13 'DISCIPLING SPIRITUAL LEADERS' - PRAYER IS SO IMPORTANT. 17:18 JESUS KNEW WHAT IT WAS TO AGONIZE IN PRAYER. 17:24 I WANT US TO GO TO HEBREWS 5 AND VERSE 7 - HEBREWS 5 AND VERSE 7. 17:32 AND HERE'S - HE'S OUR MENTOR. HE'S OUR EXAMPLE. 17:37 JESUS HAD SO MUCH RESTING UPON HIS SHOULDERS AND IN HIS 17:40 HUMANITY HE WAS JUST - JUST AS FRAIL AS WE WERE IN HIS HUMANITY 17:44 AND HE CAME TO REALIZE THAT - FROM AN EARLY AGE - THAT HE WAS 17:48 THE SAVIOR. IMAGINE CARRYING THAT AROUND. 17:51 AND SO WE READ THIS - HEBREWS 5, BEGINNING IN VERSE 7, SPEAKING 17:58 OF CHRIST AND HIS PRAYER EXPERIENCE. 18:01 IT SAYS, "WHO, IN THE DAYS OF HIS FLESH, WHEN HE HAD OFFERED 18:06 UP PRAYERS AND SUPPLICATIONS," - WHAT DOES IT SAY? - 18:10 "WITH STRONG - STRONG CRYING AND TEARS UNTO HIM THAT WAS ABLE 18:19 TO SAVE HIM." JESUS - THERE WERE TIMES, MANY 18:25 TIMES, WHEN IN HIS HUMAN FRAILTY, HE FELL TO THE EARTH 18:31 AND LIKE US HE HAD TO SUPPLICATE THE THRONE OF GRACE AND HE 18:38 PRAYED, SOMETIMES WITH STRONG CRYING AND TEARS. 18:44 I MEAN, THE PASSION AND THE DETERMINATION AND THE DEVIL WAS 18:49 ON HIS TRACK ALL THE TIME TRYING TO TAKE HIM DOWN AND THE 18:53 PHARISEES TRYING TO TAKE HIM DOWN. 18:54 AND HE WAS HUMAN, YOU KNOW, HE FELT THE WOUNDS AND MANY TIMES 18:59 HE FELL ON HIS KNEES BEFORE HIS FATHER WITH THIS BURDEN ON HIS 19:03 SHOULDERS AND A BLEEDING HEART BECAUSE NOBODY SEEMED TO 19:06 UNDERSTAND - NOBODY SEEMED TO CARE - EVEN HIS OWN DISCIPLES. 19:10 JESUS WAS ALONE SO MUCH AND HE WOULD GO WITH HIS BLEEDING AND 19:15 WOUNDED HEART TO HIS FATHER WITH STRONG CRYING AND TEARS, 19:19 'FATHER, HELP ME.' AND HE STAYED THERE UNTIL THE FATHER REACHED 19:27 INTO HIS HEART AND HE FELT THOSE WOUNDS HEAL AND HIS CUP WAS 19:31 FILLED AGAIN. SOMETIMES HE'D PRAY ALL NIGHT - 19:35 IMAGINE THAT - AND HE'D GO BACK TO WORK. 19:37 AND I THINK, IF THAT WAS ME I'D JUST BE TIRED OUT. 19:40 BUT NO, HE GOES STRAIGHT BACK TO WORK AND HE HAS A WHOLE DAY OF 19:43 MINISTRY AGAIN. WHAT AN EXAMPLE TO HIS DISCIPLES 19:48 WHO HE WAS GROOMING FOR SPIRITUAL LEADERSHIP. 19:51 WHAT AN EXAMPLE TO US. STILL IN HEBREWS CHAPTER 2, 19:57 VERSES 16 THROUGH 18, WHAT JESUS HAD TO PRAY THROUGH IN HIS 20:04 HUMANITY - IT SAYS, "FOR VERILY HE TOOK NOT ON HIM THE NATURE OF 20:09 ANGELS; BUT HE TOOK ON HIM THE SEED OF ABRAHAM. 20:14 WHEREFORE IN ALL THINGS IT BEHOOVED HIM TO BE MADE LIKE 20:17 UNTO HIS BRETHREN," - THAT'S US - "THAT HE MIGHT BE A MERCIFUL 20:21 AND FAITHFUL HIGH PRIEST IN THINGS PERTAINING TO GOD, TO 20:26 MAKE RECONCILIATION FOR THE SINS OF THE PEOPLE." - 20:28 VERSE 18 - "FOR IN THAT HE HIMSELF HATH SUFFERED BEING 20:32 TEMPTED, HE IS ABLE TO SUCCOR THEM THAT ARE TEMPTED." 20:37 AND AS A LEADER, IN WHATEVER LEADERSHIP ROLE YOU HAVE, THE 20:40 ONLY WAY THAT YOU WILL KNOW HOW TO SUCCOR THOSE WHO ARE TROUBLED 20:45 IS TO ENCOURAGE THEM TO PRAY AND TO BE ABLE TO TELL THEM 20:48 FIRSTHAND WHAT YOUR PRAYER LIFE EXPERIENCE IS. 20:52 YOU CAN LOOK THEM IN THE EYE AND YOU CAN TELL THEM, "YOU KNOW 20:54 WHAT? I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE GOING 20:56 THROUGH. YOU KNOW WHAT? 20:58 TWO YEARS AGO AT THIS TIME I WAS BURDENED AND I FOUND NO RELIEF 21:02 UNTIL I REALIZED THERE WAS NO SHORTCUT. 21:04 I HAD TO FALL UPON MY KNEES AND I PLED TO GOD JUST AS JESUS DID 21:10 AND HE HELPED ME. AND WHAT HE DID FOR ME HE CAN DO 21:15 FOR YOU. YOU'LL HAVE A WITNESS. 21:19 YOU'LL BE ABLE TO LOOK PEOPLE IN THE EYE AND TELL THEM WITH A 21:21 CONFIDENCE, 'WHAT JESUS DID FOR ME, HE CAN DO FOR YOU.' AND 21:25 THEY'LL KNOW THAT YOU DIDN'T GET THAT FROM A BOOK. 21:27 THEY'LL KNOW THAT YOU'RE NOT READING A SCRIPT. 21:30 THEY WILL KNOW THAT THAT CAME RIGHT FROM YOUR HEART AND THAT 21:34 IS THE POWER OF THE PERSONAL WITNESS THAT JESUS HAD TO HIS 21:39 DISCIPLES WHICH INSPIRED THEM. THEY DID THE SAME THING AND 21:44 THAT'S THE SAME KIND OF DISCIPLES THAT WE CAN BE AS 21:48 WELL. AND WE NEED TO BE, RIGHT? 21:52 JUST, I DON'T WANT TO SPEND TOO LONG ON THIS FIRST SECTION, BUT 21:55 IT'S JUST, I MEAN IT'S TOTALLY PREGNANT WITH MEANING HERE. 22:00 MICHAEL IS MY GOOD LIBRARIAN. COULD YOU FIND ME 'DESIRE OF 22:03 AGES' PLEASE, THERE MICHAEL IN THAT LITTLE STACK? 22:06 I'M ALWAYS GLAD TO SEE YOU THERE, MIKE, EVERY SABBATH. 22:09 OH THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I DIDN'T MEAN YOU HAVE TO WAIT 22:12 ON ME, BUT THANK YOU. IN MATTHEW 17 - I'M JUST GOING 22:18 TO GIVE YOU THE REFERENCE THERE - THERE IS THE EXPERIENCE OF 22:22 JESUS' TRANSFIGURATION ON THE MOUNT OF TRANSFIGURATION. 22:26 WELL, LET'S TURN THERE, MATTHEW 17. 22:30 AND, AGAIN, WE SEE THIS DEMONSTRATION THAT JESUS GAVE OF 22:35 PRAYING, IF NECESSARY, ALL NIGHT. 22:40 MATTHEW 17, VERSE - YOU CAN READ IT THROUGH VERSES 1 THROUGH 8, 22:45 BUT I'M GOING TO READ THE VERSE - FIRST TWO VERSES - MATTHEW 17, 22:50 VERSE 1 AND THEN VERSE 2. IT SAYS, "AND AFTER SIX DAYS 22:57 JESUS TAKETH PETER, JAMES, AND JOHN HIS BROTHER, AND BRINGETH 23:04 THEM UP INTO AN HIGH MOUNTAIN APART," - AND THE NEXT VERSE 23:09 SAID, "AND WAS TRANSFIGURED BEFORE THEM AND HIS FACE DID 23:15 SHINE AS THE SUN, AND HIS RAIMENT WAS WHITE AS THE LIGHT." 23:20 THEY SAW - THEY WENT UP IN THIS MOUNTAIN, YOU READ VERSE 1 - 23:23 NEXT VERSE - SUDDENLY HE'S TRANSFIGURED AND THEY SAW CHRIST 23:27 IN ALL HIS TRANSPLENDANT - IF THAT'S THE RIGHT WORD - GLORY. 23:32 BUT, YOU KNOW, BETWEEN THE END OF VERSE 1 AND THE BEGINNING OF 23:38 VERSE 2, THERE WERE THINGS HAPPENING THERE THAT WE 23:42 DON'T READ HERE IN THE WORD OF GOD. 23:46 BUT I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU FROM THE 'DESIRE OF AGES' SOME 23:51 INFORMATION WHAT HAPPENED THERE BETWEEN THE END OF MATTHEW 17, 23:54 VERSE 1 AND THE BEGINNING OF MATTHEW 17, VERSE 2. 23:59 THE CHAPTER CALLED 'HE WAS TRANSFIGURED' - I'M GOING TO GO 24:02 TO PAGE 419 OF 'DESIRE OF AGES' AND I'D LIKE YOU TO JUST BEAR 24:10 WITH ME AS WE CONSIDER THIS HERE. 24:14 BUT PAGE 419 - IT SAYS - IT MENTIONS HERE - ELLEN WHITE 24:21 MENTIONS ABOUT JESUS HAS HAD A VERY BUSY DAY. 24:25 HE'D BEEN MINISTERING TO THE SICK, HE'D BEEN PRAYING, HE'D 24:29 BEEN ALL THESE WONDERFUL THINGS BUT SHE SAYS THIS, "HE HAD SENT 24:37 THE THRILL OF LIFE THROUGH MANY ENFEEBLED FRAMES, BUT HE ALSO IS 24:42 COMPASSED WITH HUMANITY AND WITH HIS DISCIPLES HE IS WEARIED WITH 24:50 THE ASCENT OF THIS MOUNTAIN." - HE'S JUST DOG TIRED - 24:56 "THE LIGHT OF THE SETTING SUN STILL LINGERS ON 24:58 THE MOUNTAINTOP, AND GILDS WITH ITS FADING GLORY THE PATH THEY 25:03 ARE TRAVELING. BUT SOON THE LIGHT DIES OUT FROM 25:06 HILL AS WELL AS THE VALLEY, THE SUN DISAPPEARS BEHIND THE 25:11 WESTERN HORIZON, AND THE SOLITARY TRAVELERS ARE WRAPPED 25:15 IN THE DARKNESS OF NIGHT." TRY AND SEE THIS. 25:21 THIS HAPPENED BETWEEN THE END OF VERSE 1 AND THE BEGINNING OF 25:24 VERSE 2. "THE GLOOM OF THEIR SURROUNDINGS 25:29 SEEMS IN HARMONY WITH THEIR SORROWFUL LIVES, AROUND WHICH 25:34 THE CLOUDS ARE GATHERING AND THICKENING. 25:39 THE DISCIPLES DO NOT VENTURE TO ASK CHRIST WITHER HE IS GOING 25:43 OR FOR WHAT PURPOSE." AND HERE WE READ "HE HAS OFTEN 25:49 SPENT ENTIRE NIGHTS IN THE MOUNTAINS IN PRAYER." WHY? 25:57 BECAUSE HE WAS ENCOMPASSED WITH OUR FRAILTIES AND THERE WAS 26:01 SO MUCH RESTING UPON HIS SHOULDERS. 26:05 "HE WHOSE HAND FORMED THE MOUNTAIN AND VALLEY IS AT 26:09 HOME WITH NATURE, AND ENJOYS ITS QUIETUDE. 26:12 THE DISCIPLES FOLLOW WHERE CHRIST LEADS THE WAY, YET THEY 26:15 WONDER WHY THEIR MASTER SHOULD LEAD THEM UP THIS TOILSOME 26:19 ASCENT WHEN THEY ARE WEARY, AND WHEN HE TOO IS IN NEED OF REST. 26:25 PRESENTLY CHRIST TELLS THEM THAT THEY ARE TO NOW GO NO 26:28 FURTHER. STEPPING A LITTLE ASIDE FROM 26:31 THEM" - NOW GET THIS - "THE MAN OF SORROWS" - THE MAN OF SORROWS 26:39 - "POURS OUT HIS SUPPLICATIONS WITH STRONG CRYING AND TEARS. 26:47 HE PRAYS FOR STRENGTH TO ENDURE THE TEST ON BEHALF OF HUMANITY." 26:53 HIS END WAS NOT FAR DOWN THE LINE AND HE KNEW THIS. 26:57 "HE PRAYS FOR STRENGTH TO ENDURE THE TEST IN BEHALF OF HUMANITY. 27:02 HE MUST HIMSELF GAIN A FRESH HOLD ON OMNIPOTENCE." WHY? 27:05 BECAUSE HE WAS OMNIPOTENT BUT HE PUT THAT IN A FILING CABINET AND 27:09 HE LOCKED THE DRAWER AND HE THREW THE KEY AWAY. 27:11 HE HAD TO LIVE ON THIS LIFE AS A MAN. SO HE HAD TO GO - 27:16 HE HAS TO GO SEEK OMNIPOTENCE FROM HIS FATHER, 27:19 WHICH HE ACTUALLY POSSESSED IN HIMSELF, BUT NEVER USED IT. 27:25 HE HAS TO GET "A FRESH HOLD ON OMNIPOTENCE FOR ONLY THUS CAN HE 27:28 CONTEMPLATE THE FUTURE. AND HE POURS OUT HIS HEART-LONGINGS FOR 27:34 HIS DISCIPLES THAT IN THE HOUR OF THE POWER OF DARKNESS THEIR 27:39 FAITH MAY NOT FAIL." THAT WAS HIS BURDEN AND SO HE 27:44 STAYS THERE ON HIS KNEES AND WE READ THIS: "THE DEW IS HEAVY 27:51 UPON HIS BOWED FORM BUT HE HEEDS IT NOT. 28:00 THE SHADOWS OF NIGHT GATHER THICKLY ABOUT HIM, BUT HE 28:05 REGARDS NOT THEIR GLOOM. SO THE HOURS PASS SLOWLY BY." 28:14 SO HERE HE IS, THIS IS YOUR SAVIOR, THIS IS YOUR FRIEND. 28:20 HE WAS BURDENED THAT NIGHT FOR HIS DISCIPLES AND HE WAS 28:23 BURDENED FOR YOU. THAT'S WHERE HE CARRIED YOU UPON HIS HEART. 28:28 IN HIS HUMANITY HE HAD TO GO AND PLEAD AT THE THRONE OF 28:33 OMNIPOTENCE THAT HIS STRENGTH FAIL NOT - THAT HIS DISCIPLES' 28:37 STRENGTH FAIL NOT AND THAT YOURS FAIL NOT EITHER. 28:44 NOW THE BURDEN OF HIS PRAYER IS THAT THEY MAY BE GIVEN A 28:47 MANIFESTATION OF THE GLORY HE HAD WITH THE FATHER BEFORE 28:51 THE WORLD WAS, THAT HIS KINGDOM MAY BE REVEALED 28:55 TO HUMAN EYES, AND THAT HIS DISCIPLES MAY BE STRENGTHENED TO 28:59 BEHOLD IT." THIS IS THE LONGING OF HIS SOUL, 29:01 'FATHER, THERE'S THIS TRIAL COMING. 29:03 PLEASE, PLEASE GIVE THEM SOMETHING TO HANG ONTO.' AND IT 29:09 SAYS HE PLEADS - WHAT DOES HE DO? 29:11 "HE PLEADS THAT THEY MAY WITNESS A MANIFESTATION OF HIS DIVINITY 29:17 THAT WILL COMFORT THEM IN THE HOUR OF HIS SUPREME AGONY." 29:21 AND YOU KNOW WHAT IT SAYS NEXT? "HIS PRAYER IS HEARD. 29:29 WHILE HE IS BOWED IN LOWLINESS UPON THE STONY GROUND, SUDDENLY 29:36 THE HEAVENS OPEN, THE GOLDEN GATES OF THE CITY OF GOD ARE 29:40 THROWN WIDE, AND HOLY RADIANCE DESCENDS UPON THE MOUNT, 29:45 ENSHROUDING THE SAVIOR'S FORM. 29:48 DIVINITY FROM WITHIN" - HE LETS IT OUT THE FILING CABINET NOW, 29:51 JUST FOR A MOMENT - "DIVINITY FROM WITHIN FLASHES THROUGH 29:54 HUMANITY, AND MEETS THE GLORY COMING FROM ABOVE. 29:58 ARISING FROM HIS PROSTRATE POSITION, CHRIST STANDS IN 30:01 GODLIKE MAJESTY. THE SOUL AGONY IS GONE. 30:06 HIS COUNTENANCE NOW SHINES 'AS THE SUN' AND HIS GARMENTS ARE AS 30:10 'WHITE AS LIGHT'." BUT HAD HE NOT PRAYED, WE 30:16 WOULDN'T HAVE THAT STORY TO READ ABOUT THIS MORNING AND BE 30:21 ENCOURAGED. WE DON'T KNOW HALF THE STORY, DO 30:25 WE? WE DON'T KNOW HALF OF IT. IT'S NEVER BEEN TOLD. 30:29 READ VERSE 17 - CHAPTER 17, VERSE 1 - HE GOES ON THE MOUNT - 30:33 OH, AND HE WAS TRANSFIGURED - PRAISE THE LORD! 30:37 BUT WHAT HAPPENED IN BETWEEN? 30:39 NOW HERE'S ANOTHER POINT HERE AND I'LL MOVE ON TO WHATEVER DAY 30:42 IS NEXT AND WE CAN LEARN FROM THIS. 30:49 REMEMBER MOSES AND ELIJAH, THEY CAME DOWN AND THEY SPOKE TO HIM? 30:53 HE WANTED - GOD WANTED HIS DISCIPLES TO WITNESS TO HEAR THE 31:00 CONVERSATION BETWEEN MOSES AND ELIJAH, BUT BECAUSE THE 31:04 DISCIPLES WERE SLEEPING, THEY MISSED OUT ON SOME STUFF AND 31:07 THEY WERE POORER BECAUSE OF THAT. 31:09 LET US LEARN THIS AS WELL. HIS DISCIPLES, IN GETHSEMANE, 31:13 WHEN HE SAID 'PRAY' THEY FELL ASLEEP, RIGHT? 31:15 IF THEY'D BEEN LISTENING TO HIS PRAYER THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN 31:17 STRENGTHENED. SO THIS IS A LESSON THAT WHEN 31:20 YOU FEEL THE HOLY SPIRIT GO CALL YOU TO PRAY, GO AND DO IT 31:27 BECAUSE GOD MAY HAVE SOMETHING SPECIAL THAT HE WANTS TO TELL 31:30 YOU AT THAT MOMENT IN TIME, WHICH HE MAY NOT REPEAT. 31:35 LISTEN TO THIS - IT'S IN THE SAME THING HERE. 31:39 SPEAKING OF MOSES AND ELIJAH, IT SAYS, "THESE MEN" - THAT CAME 31:42 DOWN ON THE MOUNT - "THESE MEN CHOSEN ABOVE EVERY 31:44 ANGEL AROUND THE THRONE, HAD COME TO COMMUNE WITH JESUS 31:47 CONCERNING THE SCENES OF HIS SUFFERING, AND TO COMFORT HIM 31:51 WITH THE ASSURANCE OF THE SYMPATHY OF HEAVEN" - AND SO ON 31:53 AND SO FORTH. AND IT SAYS HERE, "THROUGH BEING 31:57 OVERCOME WITH SLEEP, THE DISCIPLES HEARD LITTLE OF WHAT 32:01 PASSED BETWEEN CHRIST AND THE HEAVENLY MESSENGERS. 32:05 FAILING TO WATCH AND PRAY, THEY HAD NOT RECEIVED THAT WHICH GOD 32:09 DESIRED TO GIVE THEM, A KNOWLEDGE OF THE SUFFERINGS OF 32:14 CHRIST, AND THE GLORY THAT SHOULD FOLLOW. 32:17 THEY LOST THE BLESSING THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN THEIRS THROUGH 32:22 SHARING HIS SELF-SACRIFICE. SLOW OF HEART TO BELIEVE WERE 32:25 THESE DISCIPLES, LITTLE APPRECIATIVE OF THE TREASURE 32:29 WITH WHICH HEAVEN SOUGHT TO ENRICH THEM." AND THEY LOST IT. 32:34 THEY REALIZED AFTER THE FACT AND, YOU KNOW, WHERE WE FAIL GOD 32:38 STILL, YOU KNOW, HE STILL HELPS US OUT. 32:40 WE STILL GET A BLESSING BUT OH, WHAT COULD HAVE BEEN THEIR 32:42 EXPERIENCE, RIGHT? SO ENOUGH ON THAT. 32:46 I HOPE AND I ASSUME YOU GET THE POINT THERE. 32:49 I'VE GOT MORE COMMENTS BUT I HAVE TO MOVE ON TO MONDAY. 32:52 OKAY, LET'S MOVE ON TO MONDAY, 'KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE'. 32:56 THIS IS - THERE'S TWO PARTS TO THIS AND WE'RE TOLD THAT 33:00 BIBLICAL KNOWLEDGE AND THEORETICAL INSTRUCTION ARE ALL 33:06 VITAL PARTS IN THE CURRICULUM IN THE SCHOOL OF CHRISTIAN 33:10 DISCIPLESHIP. WE NEED THAT. 33:14 BUT ALONG WITH THAT IS THE EQUALLY IMPORTANT ASPECT OF A 33:20 PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE - OF A SPIRITUAL EXPERIENCE. 33:23 THESE HAVE TO GO TOGETHER. NOW I HAVE A GOOD FRIEND CALLED 33:29 DR. HERBERT DOUGLASS. HE LIVES JUST - I LIVE IN 33:33 ROSEVILLE - IN ROCKLIN AND HE LIVES JUST UP THE ROAD IN 33:35 LINCOLN. HE'S A GOOD FRIEND OF MINE. 33:37 HE'S A GOOD FRIEND OF A LOT OF PEOPLE. 33:38 HE'S VERY EASY TO MAKE FRIENDS WITH. 33:39 AND WE WERE PRIVILEGED TO HAVE HIM RIGHT HERE THIS LAST SABBATH 33:43 HERE TALKING ABOUT THE GREAT CONTROVERSY THEME. 33:45 AND I REMEMBER WHEN WE HAD HIM ABOUT A YEAR AGO IN OUR SABBATH 33:49 AFTERNOON CLASS - DISCIPLESHIP UNIVERSITY - AND HE HAD A 33:55 WONDERFUL WAY OF EXPLAINING THINGS WHICH, YOU KNOW, IF I WAS 34:01 MORE LEARNED MYSELF, I WOULD HAVE PROBABLY THOUGHT, "YEAH, 34:03 I'VE HEARD THAT BEFORE.' BUT I ACTUALLY HADN'T. 34:05 BUT WHEN I HEARD IT, IT MADE PERFECT SENSE. 34:07 HE SPOKE ABOUT WHEN YOU'RE DEALING WITH TRUTH, VERY OFTEN 34:10 THERE IS AN ELIPSE. AN ELIPSE COMES FROM THE TERM 34:15 'ELLIPTICAL'. YOU KNOW ELLIPTICAL? 34:16 YOU'VE GOT A CIRCLE RIGHT? AND ELLIPTICAL FORM IS THIS WAY 34:21 AND YOU SEE THIS IN ASTRONOMY. YOU'VE GOT THE SUN AND YOU'VE 34:24 GOT PLANETS AND SOME PLANETS GO AROUND, BUT SOME PLANETS, THEIR 34:28 ORBIT IS ELLIPTICAL - IT'S MORE LIKE THIS. 34:32 AND WITH TRUTH, YOU GET ELIPSES SOMETIMES. 34:38 ELIPSES - I'LL GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE: OKAY, TO HAVE A FULL 34:43 ROUNDED CHRISTIAN EXPERIENCE - THE ELIPSE OF A FULL ROUNDED 34:47 CHRISTIAN EXPERIENCE IS THAT YOU HAVE TWO THINGS THERE. 34:51 YOU HAVE PRACTICAL, BIBLICAL INSTRUCTION AROUND WHICH, IN 34:58 THAT ELLIPTICAL ORBIT, YOU HAVE ACTUALLY THE PRACTICAL 35:03 APPLICATION AND EXPERIENCE. THOSE TWO PARTS FORM AN ELIPSE 35:09 AND IF YOU TAKE OUT THE BIBLICAL KNOWLEDGE PART, YOU DON'T HAVE A 35:14 CHRISTIAN EXPERIENCE. AND IF ALL YOU HAVE IS JUST THE 35:19 THEORETICAL KNOWLEDGE AND YOU DON'T HAVE THAT EXPERIENCE, THE 35:22 ELIPSE IS BROKEN AND YOU DO NOT HAVE THE COMPLETE CHRISTIAN 35:26 EXPERIENCE IN LIFE AND YOU CAN APPLY THAT TO MANY THINGS. 35:31 YOU TAKE THE RIGHTEOUSNESS BY FAITH, PUT THAT IN AN ELIPSE, 35:38 WHAT ARE THE TWO THINGS YOU GET IN RIGHTEOUSNESS BY FAITH? 35:41 WELL, IN THAT ELIPSE, RIGHTEOUSNESS BY FAITH ACTUALLY 35:44 COMES THROUGH THE NEW BIRTH. I MEAN, THAT'S WHAT IT IS, BUT 35:47 PART OF THAT NEW BIRTH IS - THE TWO THINGS THAT FORM THAT ELIPSE 35:50 IS JUSTIFICATION AND SANCTIFICATION. 35:54 BUT THEY'RE BOTH THERE TOGETHER. 35:56 WHEN YOU HAVE THAT, THEN YOU HAVE THE TRUE EXPERIENCE OF 35:59 RIGHTEOUSNESS BY FAITH. BUT IF YOU TAKE ONE OUT YOU'RE 36:04 JUST LEFT WITH JUSTIFICATION AND NO SANCTIFICATION. 36:08 THAT'S NOT MUCH OF A GOSPEL. IT'S ONLY HALF OF A GOSPEL. 36:12 AND IF YOU JUST BELIEVE IN SANCTIFICATION BUT YOU DON'T 36:17 HAVE GOD'S WORD THAT SAYS, YOU KNOW, HERE'S THE COMMANDMENTS 36:21 AND IF YOU BREAK THEM YOU'VE SINNED. 36:24 THEN YOUR SANCTIFICATION IS REALLY, IT'S - WHAT'S THE TERM 36:26 I'M LOOKING FOR? IT'S PRESUMPTION. YOU KNOW, 36:29 'GOD LOVES ME. I'VE GOT THIS GOOD FEELING ABOUT EVERYTHING. 36:31 I'M OKAY. GOD'S OKAY.' BUT YOU'RE NOT FOLLOWING THE WORD. 36:34 YOU GET THE POINT HERE. YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE TWO AND 36:38 JESUS TAUGHT HIS DISCIPLES AND FOLLOWERS MANY RICH AND 36:43 WONDERFUL TRUTHS. I MEAN, WE ALL KNOW THIS. 36:47 HE WAS THE GREATEST BIBLE TEACHER THAT EVER WAS AND EVER 36:52 HAS BEEN, BUT WE NOTICE THAT WHAT HE HAD TO SAY WAS MORE 37:02 COMPLETE AND ROUNDED - WELL, LET ME PUT IT ANOTHER WAY, WHAT HE 37:07 HAD TO TEACH HIS DISCIPLES HE KNEW COULD NOT BE FULLY COMPLETE 37:12 AND ROUNDED - THEY COULD NOT GET THE FULL EDUCATION - HE COULD 37:16 NOT CONVEY THAT TO THEM, THE GOOD TEACHER THAT HE WAS, IN HIS 37:19 HUMANITY UNLESS THEY TOO REALIZED THAT - GOOD TEACHER AS 37:23 HE WAS AND EXAMPLE THAT HE WAS - THEY NEEDED TO HAVE, THEMSELVES, 37:27 THAT PERSONAL EXPERIENCE WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT. 37:33 I HOPE YOU'RE FOLLOWING ME HERE. I'M NOT TRYING TO MAKE IT MORE 37:35 COMPLICATED, BUT I THINK YOU GET THE POINT. 37:37 LET'S GO TO JOHN 16. THIS IS ACTUALLY IN THE LESSON. 37:43 JOHN CHAPTER 16 AND YOU REALIZE - I'M NOT SPEAKING HERESY - WHEN 37:50 JESUS MADE IT CLEAR THAT THEY NEEDED MORE THAT WHAT JUST HE 37:53 WAS TELLING THEM ABOUT. JOHN 16:7 THROUGH 14. 38:02 I'M GOING TO READ IT HERE. THIS IS CHRIST TALKING TO HIS 38:05 DISCIPLES AND THIS IS ACTUALLY IN THE UPPER ROOM. IT SAYS, 38:12 "NEVERTHELESS I TELL YOU THE TRUTH; IT IS EXPEDIENT FOR YOU 38:18 THAT I GO AWAY: FOR IF I GO NOT AWAY, THE COMFORTER WILL NOT 38:23 COME UNTO YOU; BUT IF I DEPART, I WILL SEND HIM UNTO YOU. 38:29 AND WHEN HE IS COME, HE WILL REPROVE THE WORLD OF SIN, AND OF 38:32 RIGHTEOUSNESS AND OF JUDGEMENT: OF SIN, BECAUSE THEY BELIEVE NOT 38:36 ON ME; OF RIGHTEOUSNESS, BECAUSE I GO TO MY FATHER, AND YE SEE ME 38:41 NO MORE; OF JUDGMENT" - OKAY, LET'S MOVE DOWN TO VERSE 12. 38:44 HE SAYS, "I HAVE YET MANY THINGS TO SAY UNTO YOU, BUT YE CANNOT 38:49 BEAR THEM NOW." - HE SAYS, 'THERE'S THINGS THAT 38:51 I WANT TO TELL YOU BUT YOU WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND 38:55 THEM BECAUSE IT WOULD BE KIND OF MORE ON THE THEORETICAL SENSE. 39:00 HE SAYS, 'YOU WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO BEAR THEM. 39:01 YOU WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO GRASP IT.' BUT LOOK AT VERSE 13, HE 39:06 SAYS, "HOWBEIT WHEN HE, THE SPIRIT OF TRUTH, IS COME, HE 39:10 WILL GUIDE YOU INTO" - WHAT? - "ALL TRUTH:" - SO WAS ALL THE 39:17 TRUTH EMBODIED IN CHRIST? SURE IT WAS. 39:20 AND HE COULD HAVE GIVEN THEM, THEORETICALLY, ALL THE TRUTH, 39:23 BUT HE SAID, 'YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE AN EXPERIENCE THAT GOES WITH 39:29 THAT.' - HE SAYS, 'SO I HAVE TO GO AWAY SO THE HOLY SPIRIT CAN 39:34 COME AND DWELL WITHIN YOU AND HE WILL LEAD YOU INTO ALL TRUTH.' 39:42 AND WHAT HE'S ACTUALLY SPEAKING ABOUT WAS, WHEN THE HOLY SPIRIT 39:46 CAME ON PENTECOST, THOSE WHO WERE WILLING TO RECEIVE THE HOLY 39:50 SPIRIT, THEY WERE BORN AGAIN. YOU KNOW, THE CHRISTIAN LIFE IS 39:53 SIMPLY THIS: IF YOU HAVE A CONVERSION EXPERIENCE, 39:58 EVERYTHING ELSE FALLS INTO PLACE. IT DOES. IT DOES. 40:04 BEING BORN AGAIN, JESUS SAID IN JOHN 3, HE'S SAYING, 'EXCEPT A 40:07 MAN IS BORN AGAIN HE CANNOT SEE THE KINGDOM OF GOD.' YOU SEE, IF 40:12 YOU DON'T HAVE THE HOLY SPIRIT YOU CAN'T SEE. 40:13 YOU CAN SIT DOWN ALL DAY WITH A BIBLE - UNLESS YOU HAVE THE HOLY 40:16 SPIRIT AND YOU'RE WILLING TO LET THE HOLY SPIRIT TEACH YOU - I'VE 40:19 SPOKEN TO PEOPLE LIKE THIS. I'VE SPOKEN TO PEOPLE WHO SAY, 40:22 'PASTOR MIKE, I READ THE BIBLE AND IT'S BORING. 40:25 I DON'T UNDERSTAND IT.' THERE IS A PERSON - VISITED ME FOR THE 40:30 BETTER PART OF OVER A YEAR - 18 MONTHS - THEY'RE NOT HERE SO I 40:34 CAN SPEAK. AND I WOULD TALK TO THEM ONE 40:37 WEEK AND I WOULD EXPLAIN PASSAGES OF SCRIPTURE AND THIS 40:42 PERSON WAS A VERY SMART MAN - IT'S MALE, OKAY, I LET IT SLIP. 40:46 BUT ANYWAY, A VERY SMART PERSON AND I'D GIVE THEM SOME VERY 40:51 FUNDAMENTAL THINGS AND THEY'D GO AWAY AND THEY'D COME BACK THE 40:54 NEXT WEEK AND IT WAS STILL, 'YOU KNOW, I DON'T REALLY UNDERSTAND 40:58 IT.' AND I'M THINKING - I ACTUALLY ASKED THEM - I SAID, 41:03 'ARE YOU CHERISHING - ARE YOU PRACTICING STUFF ON THE SIDE YOU 41:07 SHOULDN'T BE DOING? I MEAN, IS SOMETHING BLOCKING YOUR MIND? 41:12 AND 'NO' - I'D TAKE THEIR WORD FOR IT BUT UNLESS YOU HAVE A 41:18 CONVERSION EXPERIENCE - UNLESS A MAN OR WOMAN IS BORN AGAIN, 41:22 JESUS SAID YOU CANNOT SEE THE KINGDOM OF GOD. 41:24 YOU CANNOT DISCERN THE SPIRITUAL REQUIREMENTS. 41:27 YOU CANNOT DISCERN THE SPIRITUAL TRUTHS OF GOD'S WORD. 41:31 BUT IF YOU'RE BORN AGAIN - AND JESUS WANTS US ALL TO HAVE THE 41:34 BORN-AGAIN EXPERIENCE - WE'LL HAVE THE ELIPSE, RIGHT? 41:39 WE'LL HAVE THE TRUTH. WE'LL HAVE THE PRACTICAL 41:41 EXPERIENCE THAT ELIPSE - WE'LL PUT A LABEL ON IT CALLED 41:43 'BORN AGAIN'. PRAISE THE LORD, I'M ON MY WAY 41:46 TO THE KINGDOM OF GOD. AND AGAIN I SAY, IF YOU TAKE ONE 41:51 OF THOSE AWAY, YOU'VE GOT NOTHING. 41:55 IF YOU JUST HAVE THE BIBLE KNOWLEDGE MINUS THE HEART 41:57 CONVERSION, THEN YOU'RE RELIGIOUS INTELLECTUALS OR 42:00 LEGALISTS, TO USE AN OLD TERM. THE OPPOSITE DANGER IS - FROM 42:09 LEGALISM - WITHOUT THE EXPERIENCE IS THE OTHER SIDE OF 42:13 THE COIN. THERE'S JUST AN EMPHASIS ON 42:14 EMOTIONALISM. 'OH, I FEEL THE SPIRIT. 42:18 I FEEL THIS AND I FEEL THAT.' VERY SUBJECTIVE - THERE'S A LOT 42:23 OF RELIGION TODAY GOING AROUND THAT IS BASED - IT'S BASED ON 42:28 THAT AND IT'S DANGEROUS BECAUSE IT'S MINUS A STRONG DOCTRINAL 42:33 FOUNDATION THAT IS BUILT UPON SCRIPTURE. 42:36 AND YOU BREAK OUT OF THE ELIPSE AND YOU'RE WIDE OPEN TO 42:40 IMPRESSIONS WHICH YOU FEEL. 'OH, THAT WAS THE HOLY SPIRIT. 42:44 THE HOLY SPIRIT JUST SPOKE TO ME.' AND PEOPLE CAN TALK LIKE 42:47 THIS WITH CONVICTION. 'THE HOLY SPIRIT JUST SPOKE TO 42:50 ME AND I JUST KNOW IT. I FEEL IT IN MY HEART.' BUT IT 42:55 CAN BE VERY, VERY, VERY, VERY DANGEROUS BECAUSE IT CAN LEAD TO 42:58 AN UNBALANCED COUNTERFEIT CHRISTIAN EXPERIENCE WHICH IS ON 43:02 THE OTHER END OF THE SPECTRUM FROM LEGALISM. 43:06 AND THERE'S MUCH FOUND LIKE THAT IN CHRISTIANITY TODAY - EVEN 43:09 SPIRITUAL FORMATION, WHICH HAS MADE ITS WAY INTO THE 43:13 SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH. I'M JUST GOING TO SPEAK 43:15 STRAIGHT. SPIRITUAL FORMATION - 43:18 STAY AWAY FROM IT. JUST STAY AWAY FROM IT. 43:23 I'VE JUST MADE A BUNCH MORE ENEMIES BUT, YOU KNOW, I HAVE TO 43:26 SPEAK THE TRUTH UP HERE. BECAUSE IT OPENS THE DOOR - IT 43:29 OPENS THE DOOR TO SPIRITUALISTIC DELUSIONS - REGARDLESS OF 43:34 WHETHER IT PRODUCES NICE FEELINGS OR NOT - IT MAY - YOU 43:39 KNOW, THE DEVIL IS SO DECEPTIVE HE CAN GIVE YOU FEELINGS OF EVEN 43:44 GOODWILL TOWARD PEOPLE. 'YOU KNOW, IT MUST BE THE HOLY 43:47 SPIRIT BECAUSE I HAVE THIS KIND FEELING IN MY HEART THAT I'LL GO 43:50 GIVE THIS PERSON HERE $20.00.' BE VERY CAREFUL. 43:54 REMEMBER, SATAN OFFERED TO GIVE JESUS THE WORLD. 43:59 I MEAN, THAT WAS CERTAINLY KIND OF A KINDNESS, WASN'T IT? 44:02 'I'LL GIVE YOU THE WORLD IF YOU'LL WORSHIP ME.' SO WE MUST - 44:08 WE MUST, MUST, MUST BE VERY, VERY, VERY, VERY CAREFUL. 44:13 BUT LET ME READ THIS: TUESDAY'S SECTION, FIRST PARAGRAPH IT SAYS 44:18 AGAIN - AND THIS I'M REPEATING HERE - "SPIRITUAL KNOWLEDGE IS 44:21 INDISPENSABLE FOR SPIRITUAL TRANSFORMATION. 44:26 CHRIST HIMSELF WAS REGARDED AS THE MASTER TEACHER IN OPEN 44:29 CLASSROOMS BORDERED BY SEASHORES, MOUNTAINS, AND GOD'S 44:32 CREATED WONDERS, CHRIST DISSEMINATED FORMATIVE - 44:35 TRANSFORMATIVE KNOWLEDGE. THE HOLY SPIRIT AWAKENED 44:38 PREVIOUSLY SEARED CONSCIENCES TO ACCEPT THESE TRUTHS. 44:42 DISCIPLE MAKING IS INCOMPLETE WITHOUT EXPERIENCE, BUT 44:45 EXPERIENCE MUST BE DIRECTED BY KNOWLEDGE." 44:47 I JUST - I JUST SAID THAT BUT I WANT TO MENTION THIS: THERE IS 44:53 ANOTHER THING THAT HAS COME INTO THE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH 44:57 - I'M NOT GOING TO NAME IT - AND I'M NOT GOING TO NAME IT BECAUSE 45:00 I SINCERELY BELIEVE - I BELIEVE WITH ALL MY HEART THAT PEOPLE 45:06 THAT ARE INVOLVED WITH THIS ARE VERY GOOD PEOPLE. 45:10 THEY ARE VERY KIND PEOPLE. THEY'VE GOT SOFT HEARTS AND THEY 45:15 MEAN WELL SO I'M NOT GOING TO NAME WHAT THEY'RE DOING. 45:19 I'M NOT GOING TO TRASH THEM BECAUSE GOD LOVES THEM. 45:22 BUT I'LL HONESTLY TELL YOU I THINK THEY'RE OFF TRACK AND 45:25 THEY'VE BROKEN OUT OF THE ELIPSE HERE. 45:29 THEY'RE SINCERE PEOPLE WHO LOOK AROUND IN THE CHURCH AND THEY 45:32 SEE DIFFERENT FACTIONS, YOU KNOW, MAYBE DIFFERENCES ON THE 45:36 NATURE OF CHRIST, ON THE ORDINATION ISSUE - WOMEN'S 45:42 ORDINATION - YOU KNOW THAT - THE SANCTUARY SERVICE, 1844, AND ALL 45:47 THIS STUFF AND THEY LOOK AND THESE PEOPLE ARE - 45:50 THEY'RE NICE PEOPLE. THEY LOOK AND THEY SAY, 45:53 'YOU KNOW, WHY CAN'T WE ALL BE FRIENDS? 45:55 WHY CAN'T WE ALL GET ALONG TOGETHER?' 45:58 AND, YOU KNOW, THAT WOULD BE SO NICE. 46:02 AND I WATCHED ONE OF THE SERMONS - IT WAS ABOUT A 28-MINUTE 46:06 SERMON I WATCHED RECENTLY ON A PARTICULAR WEB SITE AND THERE 46:11 WAS THIS PERSON AND THEY WERE SAYING, YOU KNOW, IT DOESN'T 46:14 MATTER IF YOU'RE THIS OR THAT, WE ALL NEED TO COME TOGETHER. 46:18 WE NEED JESUS.' THAT IS THE POINT. 46:21 WE NEED JESUS. YOU KNOW, I SAY 'AMEN' TO THAT. 46:26 THEY'RE KIND OF SAYING, 'WE NEED TO FORGET THE DIFFERENCES AND WE 46:28 NEED TO ALL BE UNITED IN JESUS. AND CAN YOU SAY 'AMEN' TO THAT? 46:34 ABSOLUTELY. SO I DON'T HOLD IT AGAINST THEM 46:38 BUT, ALONG WITH GETTING TOGETHER WITH JESUS IN THAT ELIPSE - 46:44 THE REMNANT CHURCH - THERE'S THE ELIPSE OF THE REMNANT CHURCH - 46:47 THE REMNANT CHURCH SAYS THERE'S TWO THINGS THAT FORM THE ELIPSE. 46:51 ONE IS JESUS THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS, BUT THE OTHER ONE 46:55 IS JESUS WITH THE THIRD ANGEL'S MESSAGE, WHICH IS GOD'S LAST 46:59 MESSAGE TO THE WORLD TODAY. SO WHILE THERE'S JESUS, YES - 47:03 AND WE NEED JESUS, WE DON'T THROW THE DISTINCTIVE DOCTRINES 47:07 OUT THAT MAKE US SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS - THAT BREAK DOWN 47:11 THOSE THINGS THAT MAKE US DIFFERENT FROM EVEN OTHER 47:14 RELIGIOUS GROUPS. WHAT YOU'RE ACTUALLY DOING HERE 47:17 - YOU'RE JUST OPENING THE DOOR FOR ACCEPTANCE AND INDUCTION 47:21 INTO ECUMENISM. SO IT'S KIND OF LIKE AN 47:26 ECUMENISM IN THE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH - LET'S FORGET 47:28 THE DIFFERENCES - LET'S ALL COME TOGETHER IN JESUS - 47:30 AND WE LEVEL THE PLAYING FIELD. AND WHEN WE DO THAT, WE GET RID 47:36 OF OUR DISTINCTIVE DOCTRINES LIKE THE THIRD ANGEL'S MESSAGE. 47:40 THEN YOU REMOVE THE BARRIERS THAT MAKE US DIFFERENT FROM ANY 47:44 OTHER CHRISTIAN DENOMINATION OUT THERE. 47:46 SO WHAT ARE WE SETTING OURSELVES UP TO DO? 47:48 BE PART OF THAT OTHER ECUMENICAL MOVEMENT THAT IS OUT THERE THAT 47:52 IS BASED ON ALL KINDS OF PLURALISTIC VIEWS OF THE BIBLE - 47:57 AND THEY'RE OUT THERE - VIEWS THAT HAVE NO TIME FOR THE 48:01 SEVENTH-DAY SABBATH OR THE THIRD ANGEL'S MESSAGE - PLURALISTIC 48:06 BIBLICAL VIEWS THAT SAY, 'NO, THERE WAS NO SIX-DAY CREATION, 48:10 THERE WAS NO FLOOD IN NOAH'S TIME.' NEED I SAY MORE? 48:15 NEED I SAY MORE, DR. STONE? ABSOLUTELY NOT. 48:19 SO WE NEED TO BE SURE THAT WHILE WE - AND I'LL SAY THIS - I THINK 48:26 WE ALL NEED MORE OF JESUS. WE DO. WE NEED MORE OF JESUS. 48:33 I NEED MORE OF JESUS BUT I ALSO NEED THE GOSPEL THAT JESUS 48:38 BRINGS WITH HIM AS WELL AND THAT IS THE EVERLASTING GOSPEL THAT 48:41 YOU FIND PROCLAIMED IN THE THIRD ANGEL'S MESSAGE. 48:46 THE MESSAGE IS TO GO TO EVERY NATION, KINDRED, TONGUE AND 48:49 PEOPLE. AND IN LUKE 6, VERSE 39, THIS IS 48:56 KIND OF WHAT JESUS IS TALKING ABOUT, IF WE LET OURSELVES GET 48:59 OUT OF THAT ELIPSE AND JUST GO TO ONE EXTREME. 49:03 WHAT DID HE SAY? 6:39, "AND HE SPAKE A PARABLE 49:08 UNTO THEM, CAN THE BLIND LEAD THE BLIND? 49:12 SHALL THEY NOT BOTH FALL INTO THE DITCH?" 49:17 EXACTLY RIGHT, MICHAEL, EXACTLY RIGHT. 49:20 AND I JUST WANT TO KIND OF PUT THE - COULD YOU GET ME MY 'GREAT 49:22 CONTROVERSY' PLEASE, MIKE? YOU KNOW, I'LL COME AND GET IT. 49:26 THANK YOU. I WANT TO TAKE YOU JUST A LITTLE 49:29 FURTHER BEFORE I MOVE ON FROM TUESDAY. 49:32 AT THE END - SPEAKING GENERALLY, BUT GENERALLY THERE'S GOING TO 49:36 BE TWO - TWO BLIND GROUPS WHICH WILL AMOUNT TO THE BLIND LEADING 49:43 THE BLIND AND, TRAGICALLY, WILL FALL INTO THE DITCH AND THESE 49:47 TWO GROUPS, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THEM BOTH FALL IN THE VERY NEAR 49:51 FUTURE. THERE'LL BE THOSE WHICH HAVE 49:53 CAST AWAY THE TRUTH OF GOD'S WORD AND BASED THEIR FAITH UPON 49:56 FEELINGS AND SIGNS AND THOSE, ON THE OTHER HAND, WHO IT'S JUST 50:03 THE WORD OF GOD AND THEY DON'T HAVE THE EXPERIENCE. 50:06 BUT NONETHELESS, THEY WILL - EITHER GROUP WILL OPEN 50:10 THEMSELVES UP TO SPIRITUALISTIC INFLUENCES. 50:15 I'M READING FROM 'DESIRE OF AGES' - SORRY, 50:17 'GREAT CONTROVERSY' P. 588. 50:22 IT SAYS, "AS SPIRITUALISM MORE CLOSELY IMITATES THE NOMINAL 50:27 CHRISTIANITY OF THE DAY, IT HAS GREATER POWER TO DECEIVE AND 50:31 ENSNARE. SATAN HIMSELF IS CONVERTED, 50:35 AFTER THE MODERN ORDER OF THINGS. 50:37 HE WILL APPEAR IN THE CHARACTER OF AN ANGEL OF LIGHT. 50:40 THROUGH THE AGENCY OF SPIRITUALISM, MIRACLES WILL BE 50:43 WROUGHT, THE SICK WILL BE HEALED, AND MANY UNDENIABLE 50:46 WONDERS WILL BE PERFORMED. AND AS THE SPIRITS WILL PROFESS 50:50 FAITH IN THE BIBLE, AND MANIFEST RESPECT FOR THE INSTITUTIONS OF 50:53 THE CHURCH, THEIR WORK WILL BE ACCEPTED AS A MANIFESTATION OF 50:57 DIVINE POWER." YOU'VE READ THAT BEFORE BUT 51:00 VERSE - PARAGRAPH 4, JUST DOWN HERE, IT SAYS, "PAPISTS, WHO 51:09 BOAST OF MIRACLES AS A CERTAIN SIGN OF THE TRUE CHURCH, WILL BE 51:13 READILY DECEIVED BY THIS WONDER-WORKING POWER;" - OKAY? - 51:19 "AND PROTESTANTS, HAVING CAST AWAY THE SHIELD OF TRUTH, 51:24 WILL ALSO BE DELUDED." - 51:28 I'LL READ THAT AGAIN - "PAPISTS, WHO BOAST OF MIRACLES" 51:31 - YOU KNOW, CATHOLICISM DOES NOT REST UPON THE WORD OF GOD. 51:34 THEY HAVE THE WORD OF GOD BUT IT'S MOSTLY TRADITION AND 51:38 SUPERSTITION AND, YOU KNOW, THE HISTORY OF HOW SUNDAY CAME IN 51:41 AND ALL THESE KINDS OF THINGS OVER THE CENTURIES. 51:43 THAT'S JUST THE NATURE OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH - 51:46 COMPRISED OF MANY FINE PEOPLE, BY THE WAY - "PAPISTS, WHO BOAST 51:51 OF MIRACLES AS A CERTAIN SIGN OF THE TRUE CHURCH, WILL BE READILY 51:54 DECEIVED BY THIS WONDER-WORKING POWER" - BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT 51:58 RESTING ON THE WORD OF GOD - "AND PROTESTANTS" - 52:01 WHAT IS A PROTESTANT? 52:02 A PROTEST WAS SOMEBODY WHO, NOT LONG AGO, SAID 'SOLA SCRIPTURA. 52:08 NO, NO CATHOLIC TRADITION FOR ME. THE WORD OF GOD - 52:11 SOLA SCRIPTURA.' A LOT OF PROTESTANTS - SO-CALLED 52:15 PROTESTANTS - DON'T KNOW WHAT PROTESTANTISM MEANS 52:18 THESE DAYS AND IT'S BECAUSE THEY NO LONGER STAND UPON THIS WORD 52:23 AND THEY HAVE A GOSPEL THAT IS - DOES NOT HAVE THE TWO THINGS TO 52:30 FORM THE ELIPSE OF JUSTIFICATION AND SANCTIFICATION IN THE NEW 52:34 BIRTH AND THEY DEPEND UPON - 'LET'S PUT ASIDE THE, YOU KNOW, 52:39 THE THINGS ABOUT GOD'S WORD THAT SEPARATE US. 52:42 LET'S GO FOR THE BROTHERLY EXPERIENCE OF ONE ANOTHER AND IN 52:45 CHRIST.' WHAT THEY ARE DOING HERE - IT SAYS HERE, 52:48 "PROTESTANTS, HAVING CAST AWAY THE SHIELD OF TRUTH, 52:58 WILL ALSO BE DELUDED." IN WEDNESDAY'S SECTION HERE, 53:08 IT'S SPEAKING ABOUT - WHERE ARE WE? 53:12 LET ME FIND IT HERE - YEAH, SPEAKING ABOUT EARLY LEADERS - 53:19 SPEAKING ABOUT THE FACT THAT THE EARLY LEADERS THAT CHRIST CHOSE 53:22 - THEY WERE, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE MIGHT CALL UNEDUCATED MEN. 53:28 BUT, YOU KNOW, GOD VERY OFTEN USES THAT KIND OF PERSON BECAUSE 53:33 - NOTHING WRONG WITH EDUCATION - DON'T GET ME WRONG - BUT IT IS A 53:37 FACT - IT MENTIONS IT IN THE LESSON AND IT'S IN THE SPIRIT OF 53:39 PROPHECY AND IT'S VERY CLEAR JESUS PASSED BY ALL THE RABBIS 53:42 AND ALL THOSE THAT HAD THE DOCTORATES. HE DID - 53:45 BECAUSE HE KNEW THAT INTELLECTUALISM CAN GET IN THE 53:51 WAY AND FILL A PERSON WITH INTELLECTUAL PRIDE. 53:55 'I'M AN INTELLECTUAL.' YOU KNOW - SO VERY OFTEN INTELLECTUALISM 53:58 THESE DAYS YOU QUESTION THINGS. SIGN OF A BROAD MIND THAT YOU 54:03 QUESTION THINGS. IT GETS IN THE WAY. IT BLOCKS THE CHANNEL. 54:07 SO JESUS WENT - PASSED THEM ALL BY. 54:09 NOW, THERE WERE SOME WHO BECAME CHRISTIAN. 54:12 NICODEMUS BECAME ONE. HE WAS A GOOD MAN. 54:14 SO THEY'RE NOT ALL - THEY'RE NOT ALL ON THE WRONG PATH. 54:17 YOU LOOK AT THE REFORMATION, I MEAN, THERE WAS WYCLIFF - 54:20 HE WAS A BRILLIANT MAN. THERE WAS HUSS - HE WAS AN 54:23 INTELLECTUAL AND MARTIN LUTHER, BUT THEY'RE FEW AND FAR BETWEEN. 54:28 WHY? BECAUSE THIS INTELLECTUALISM GETS IN THE WAY. 54:31 JESUS WENT STRAIGHT FOR THOSE WHO DIDN'T HAVE THOSE HANG-UPS 54:34 SO THEY WOULD BE MORE INCLINED TO BE SIMPLE MINDED IN THE RIGHT 54:38 WAY OF BEING SIMPLE MINDED AND BE WILLING TO BE TAUGHT BY HIM. 54:42 AND WHEN YOU GET THAT GARBAGE OUT THE WAY, THE HOLY SPIRIT CAN 54:44 COME IN AND REALLY COMMUNICATE WITH YOU. 54:47 AND JESUS SAID IN MATTHEW 11:29, HE SAYS, "TAKE MY YOKE UPON YOU, 54:53 AND LEARN OF ME; FOR I AM MEEK AND LOWLY IN HEART: AND YE SHALL 54:59 FIND REST UNTO YOUR SOULS." SO JESUS, HE COULD HAVE BEEN - 55:05 WELL HE WAS THE GREATEST INTELLECTUAL THAT EVER WAS. 55:07 HE COULD HAVE STOOD THERE AND EXPOUNDED ON PHYSICS AND 55:09 PHILOSOPHY AND SCIENCE BUT HE DIDN'T. HE WASN'T THERE FOR THAT 55:12 PURPOSE, BUT HE COULD HAVE BLIND-SIDED EVERYBODY. 55:16 BUT HE CAME HUMBLY AND MEEKLY BECAUSE WHEN WE'RE IN A 55:19 SPIRITUAL WARFARE WE HAVE TO HAVE, NOT HUMAN INTELLECTUALISM 55:24 AND HUMAN STRENGTH, BUT WE NEED TO BE HUMBLE SO THAT THE POWER 55:27 OF GOD CAN COME IN US TO FIGHT THIS WARFARE THAT WE'RE 55:30 CONFRONTED WITH. AND NOTICE, ISAIAH 57:15 - HERE 55:36 IT SPELLS IT OUT - THE KIND OF INSTRUMENT THAT GOD LOOKS FOR 55:40 AND THE KIND OF INSTRUMENT THAT GOD DESIRES AND DELIGHTS TO USE 55:45 - ISAIAH 57:15 - IT SAYS, "FOR THUS SAITH THE HIGH AND LOFTY 55:49 ONE THAT INHABITETH ETERNITY, WHOSE NAME IS HOLY; I DWELL IN 55:57 THE HIGH AND HOLY PLACE," - AND OH HE DOES. 56:00 WE NEED THESE GLIMPSES OF GOD IN HIS GLORY - "I DWELL IN THE HIGH 56:05 AND HOLY PLACE, WITH HIM ALSO THAT IS OF A CONTRITE AND HUMBLE 56:14 SPIRIT, TO REVIVE THE SPIRIT OF THE HUMBLE, AND TO REVIVE THE 56:19 HEART OF THE CONTRITE ONES." THAT'S WHY JESUS CHOSE THE 56:25 DISCIPLES THAT HE DID. AND IT'S OKAY FOR US TO HAVE 56:29 COLLEGE DEGREES - FINE - BUT ABOVE AND BEYOND THAT YOU NEED 56:35 TO BE THE KIND OF PERSON THAT GOD LOOKS DOWN UPON FROM HIS 56:38 HIGH AND HOLY PLACE AND HE SAYS TO HIMSELF AND HE SAYS TO THE 56:43 ANGELS, HE SAYS, 'THAT'S MY KIND OF PERSON. THAT'S MY KIND OF 56:48 CHILD. THAT'S MY SERVANT. 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