(MUSIC) >>WELCOME
TO SACRAMENTO CENTRAL
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SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH.
WE'RE SO GLAD THAT YOU ARE
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TUNING IN. WHETHER
THIS IS YOUR FIRST TIME
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OR YOU JOIN US EVERY
WEEK IT DOESN'T MATTER.
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WE'RE JUST GLAD THAT YOU
ARE READY TO STUDY GOD'S WORD
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TOGETHER AND SING SONGS AS
WE PRAISE OUR HEAVENLY FATHER.
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WE'VE GOT SOME GOOD SONGS
THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE SINGING
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TOGETHER THAT HAVE COME IN -
THE REQUESTS HAVE COME IN FROM
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AROUND THE WORLD AND IF THIS IS
YOUR REQUEST WE ARE SO EXCITED
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TO SING THAT WITH YOU
TODAY. THE FIRST ONE IS #109 -
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'MARVELOUS GRACE' - IT IS TRULY
MARVELOUS GRACE THAT WE ARE
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GOING TO SING ABOUT
- ALL THREE STANZAS.
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AND THIS IS FROM MOSES, SUKLA,
AND JOSEPH IN AUSTRALIA, KELLY,
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LEON, AND MICHAEL LUKE IN NEW
ZEALAND, AND DR. SYLVESTER IN
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SAUDI ARABIA AND THERE WAS
A WHOLE LIST OF NAMES FOR THIS
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SONG. IT IS ONE OF MY FAVORITES.
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JOIN WITH US. ALL
THREE STANZAS - #109.
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(MUSIC)
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>>THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
PICKING THAT LOVELY SONG.
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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, IT'S VERY SIMPLE.
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ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS GO TO
OUR WEBSITE AT 'SACCENTRAL.ORG',
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CLICK ON THE 'CONTACT US' LINK,
AND YOU CAN SEND IN ANY SONG
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THAT IS IN THE HYMNAL AND WE
WILL DO OUR BEST TO SING THAT
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FOR YOU ON AN UPCOMING PROGRAM
AND IF WE DON'T KNOW IT WE'RE
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GOING TO ALL LEARN IT TOGETHER -
LIKE OUR NEXT ONE IS OUR NEW ONE
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- RIGHT ACROSS THE PAGE, #110.
I MADE THIS VERY EASY FOR YOU
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TODAY. THIS IS
FROM RALPH AND BERDIE IN
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THE BAHAMAS AND THAT WAS IT.
SO THIS IS DEFINITELY A NEW ONE
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SO WE ARE ALL GOING TO LEARN
THIS TOGETHER - #110 - BEAUTIFUL
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- 'GOD'S FREE MERCY
STREAMETH' - ALL FOUR STANZAS.
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(MUSIC)
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>>'LIFE IS DARK WITHOUT
THEE, DEATH WITH THEE IS
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BRIGHT.' THAT'S THE HOPE
FOR THE CHRISTIAN, ISN'T IT?
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WITHOUT HIM LIFE IS MEANINGLESS
AND DARK AND EVEN IF YOU WERE ON
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YOUR DEATHBED BUT YOU HAVE
JESUS, IT'S BRIGHT AND YOU HAVE
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SUCH A FUTURE
TO LOOK FORWARD TO.
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AT THIS TIME LET'S
BOW OUR HEADS FOR PRAYER.
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FATHER IN HEAVEN, THANK YOU SO
MUCH FOR BRINGING US HERE TODAY
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TO SING AND TO
WORSHIP YOU WITH OUR HEARTS.
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WE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR LOVING
US, FOR DYING FOR US, AND I PRAY
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YOU WOULD BE WITH EACH ONE HERE
- THOSE THAT CAN HEAR MY VOICE
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ON THE RADIO - THOSE THAT ARE IN
THE FARTHEST PARTS OF THE WORLD
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- FATHER WE ALL COME TOGETHER
AND WE WORSHIP YOU AND WE JUST
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PRAY THAT YOU WILL BRING US
SAFELY HOME TO HEAVEN ONE DAY
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VERY SOON. IN JESUS' NAME, AMEN.
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AT THIS TIME OUR LESSON STUDY
IS GOING TO BE BROUGHT TO US -
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THERE WE GO - BY
PASTOR MIKE THOMPSON.
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HE IS OUR HEALTH AND VISITATION
PASTOR HERE AT SACRAMENTO
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CENTRAL.
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>>THANK YOU VERY MUCH DEBBIE
AND THE REST OF THE SINGERS.
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GOOD TO SEE YOU ALL. AND
I TOO WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME
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YOU TO 'CENTRAL STUDY HOUR'.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MICHAEL,
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SAME TO YOU. GOOD TO SEE YOU.
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BEFORE WE BEGIN WE
HAVE A FREE OFFER HERE.
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IT'S CALLED 'THE TRINITY' AND
IT'S OFFER #166 AND IF YOU CALL
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1-866-STUDY-MORE OR
1-866-788-3966 AMAZING FACTS
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WILL SEND THIS TO YOU ABSOLUTELY
FREE IF YOU LIVE IN THE
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CONTINENTAL
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
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IT'S ACTUALLY WRITTEN
BY PASTOR DOUG HIMSELF.
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THE TRINITY OR THE GODHEAD, IT'S
KIND OF A CONTROVERSIAL SUBJECT
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EVEN AMONG SOME
SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS.
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WE'LL BE MENTIONING A LITTLE BIT
ABOUT THE TRINITY THIS MORNING.
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ONE GOD, YET THREE BEINGS
- YOU KNOW, IT'S A BIT HARD
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TO PUT TOGETHER SOMETIMES.
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BUT WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT THAT
- BUT NONETHELESS, EVEN IF YOU
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DON'T UNDERSTAND
IT, IT'S TRUE, RIGHT?
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BECAUSE THE JUST
SHALL LIVE BY FAITH.
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WE DON'T ALWAYS GO BY
THE THINGS WHICH WE CAN SEE.
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WE, AS
CHRISTIANS, WE WALK BY FAITH.
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THERE'S THINGS OUT THERE
WE DON'T SEE BUT THEY'RE THERE
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NONETHELESS. SO
SEND FOR 'THE TRINITY' BY
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PASTOR DOUG AND AMAZING
FACTS WILL SEND THAT TO YOU.
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WE ARE BEGINNING A NEW
QUARTERLY, IT'S CALLED 'THE
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TEACHINGS OF JESUS'. AND
I HAVE THE PRIVILEGE THIS
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MORNING OF LOOKING AT THE VERY
FIRST LESSON AND REVIEWING IT
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WITH YOU AND IT'S CALLED,
'OUR LOVING HEAVENLY FATHER'.
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THIS WAS ACTUALLY JESUS'
FAVORITE THEME THAT HE LOVED TO
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PRESENT WAS THE FATHERHOOD OF
GOD AND US BEING HIS CHILDREN.
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AND THERE'S A MEMORY TEXT ON
THE FIRST PAGE IN THE LESSON.
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IT'S FROM 1 JOHN 3:1 AND WE'RE
REMINDED, "BEHOLD WHAT MANNER OF
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LOVE THE FATHER HATH BESTOWED
UPON US THAT WE SHOULD BE CALLED
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THE CHILDREN OF GOD.
THEREFORE THE WORLD DOES NOT
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KNOW US BECAUSE IT DID NOT
KNOW HIM." IT'S TRUE, RIGHT?
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AND - VERY LAST LITTLE SENTENCE
AT THE END - LAST TWO SENTENCES
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AT THE END OF THE INTRODUCTORY
PAGE - IT SAYS, "THIS WEEK WE
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WILL EXPLORE WHAT
JESUS TAUGHT ABOUT OUR FATHER
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AND ABOUT HIS
INFINITE LOVE FOR US.
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WE WILL LOOK, TOO, AT THE CLOSE
RELATIONSHIP WITH THE FATHER,
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WITH THE SON, AND
WITH THE HOLY GHOST."
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THAT LAST PART THERE - WE'LL BE
ABLE TO TOUCH ON IT JUST AT THE
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END IF WE GET THERE
SO I WANT TO KEEP MOVING.
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BUT THE GODHEAD IS SOMETHING
WE CAN SPEND A WHOLE BOOK ON SO
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BEAR WITH ME TODAY,
YOU'LL ONLY GET THE BARE BONES.
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BUT SUNDAY'S LESSON - SECTION
- 'OUR FATHER IN HEAVEN' - LET'S
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TURN TO MATTHEW 7, VERSES 9
THROUGH 11 AND HERE WE HAVE SOME
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WELL-KNOWN WORDS - A PROMISE TO
US FROM JESUS FROM HIS SERMON ON
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THE MOUNT. MATTHEW
7, VERSES 9 THROUGH 11.
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HE SAYS - AND HE'S ILLUSTRATING
HERE GOD'S CARE AND HIS
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WILLINGNESS TO HELP US - "OF
WHAT MAN IS THERE OF YOU, WHOM
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IF HIS SON ASK BREAD,
WILL HE GIVE HIM A STONE?
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OR IF HE ASK A FISH,
WILL HE GIVE HIM A SERPENT?"
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- WELL, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE SOME
FATHERS THAT ARE PERVERSE ENOUGH
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TO DO THAT BUT NOT GOD.
VERSE 11, "IF YE THEN, BEING
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EVIL, KNOW HOW TO GIVE GOOD
GIFTS UNTO YOUR CHILDREN, HOW
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MUCH MORE SHALL YOUR FATHER
WHICH IS IN HEAVEN GIVE GOOD
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THINGS TO THEM THAT ASK HIM?"
YOU KNOW, THAT'S A VERY POWERFUL
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AND REASSURING
PROMISE. BUT, UNFORTUNATELY, THE
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TREMENDOUS POTENTIAL IN THIS
DIVINE PROMISE HERE NEVER EVEN
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GETS OFF THE GROUND FOR
SOME PEOPLE BECAUSE THEY DON'T
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BELIEVE THAT GOD CAN POSSIBLY
TAKE SUFFICIENT NOTICE OF THEM.
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MAYBE YOU'VE BEEN
THERE ONCE IN A WHILE.
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YOU'RE GOING THROUGH A TRIAL AND
IT'S ESPECIALLY DIFFICULT AND
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YOU THINK, 'IS GOD
REALLY TAKING NOTICE OF ME NOW?'
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WELL, HE DOES, BUT IT'S EASY FOR
US IN OUR HUMANNESS TO THINK,
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'DOES HE REALLY CARE THAT MUCH?
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AND SOME PEOPLE, ON TOP OF THAT,
THEY THINK, 'YOU KNOW, GOD HAS
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SO MANY OTHER BEINGS CLAMORING
FOR HIS ATTENTION, HOW CAN HE
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POSSIBLY TAKE SUFFICIENT NOTICE
TO TAKE IN - HAVE SUFFICIENT
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INTEREST IN MY NEEDS WHEN I'M
JUST A TINY, TINY SPECK IN THIS
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VAST UNIVERSE? AND GOD IS WAY
OUT THERE SOMEWHERE. YES, HE'S
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CALLED MY HEAVENLY FATHER
BUT HEAVEN SEEMS SO FAR AWAY.
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CAN HE REALLY SEE ME AND DOES HE
REALLY CARE ABOUT WHAT'S GOING
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ON?' WELL, IF THERE'S ANYBODY
HERE THIS MORNING OR ANYBODY
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LISTENING OR ANYBODY WATCHING,
I NEED TO TELL YOU THIS.
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I MEAN, I REALLY NEED TO TELL
YOU, THAT WHEN WE THINK LIKE
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THIS AND THEN, BECAUSE THOSE ARE
OUR THOUGHTS AND WE ACT OUT OUR
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THOUGHTS, WE GREATLY
DISAPPOINT OUR HEAVENLY FATHER.
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WE REALLY - WE WOUND HIM AND WE
HURT HIM AND WE BRING SORROW TO
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HIM BECAUSE HE'S GIVEN
EVERYTHING IN JESUS AND THAT
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CROSS IS A GUARANTEE - IT'S AN
EMBLEM OF HOW MUCH HE LOVES US
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AND WHAT HE'S DONE TO SAVE US
AND IT'S ALSO A GUARANTEE THAT
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IF HE'S GIVEN THAT MUCH, WHICH
IS EVERYTHING, HOW MUCH MORE
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WILLING AND ABLE IS HE TO GIVE
US THE FAR LESSER THINGS THAT WE
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NEED IN LIFE? HE'S GIVEN US
HIS SON AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
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I MEAN, THAT'S SMALL
CHANGE. BUT, NONETHELESS, THOSE
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SMALL-CHANGE TRIALS CAN SEEM
VERY DAUNTING FOR US AT TIMES.
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BUT HE DOES - HE TAKES A
PERSONAL INTEREST IN OUR LIVES
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AND HIS WILLINGNESS AND ABILITY
TO BE KIND TO US AND TO PROVIDE
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EVERY LEGITIMATE NEED - NOW,
NOTICE I SAID 'LEGITIMATE' -
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EVERY LEGITIMATE NEED - GOD WILL
DO THAT. YOU MAY NOT GET ALL
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YOUR WANTS - 'LORD, I
WANT A BMW' OR 'I WANT THIS'.
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DON'T BOTHER
PRAYING THOSE PRAYERS.
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HE ACTUALLY MAY GIVE YOU ONE FOR
SOME REASON, BUT - GOD SURPRISES
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US SOMETIMES - BUT
YOU'LL GET WHAT YOU NEED.
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"AND THE LOVING KINDNESS
AND COMPASSION AND AFFECTION AND
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WATCH CARE THAT OUR HEAVENLY
FATHER HAS TOWARDS US IS, I SAY
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AGAIN, IT WAS JESUS' FAVORITE
THEME - WAS, 'YOU HAVE A FATHER
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IN HEAVEN THAT LOVES YOU SO
INFINITELY AND I LOVE YOU TOO
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AND I'M HERE TO BE A
DEMONSTRATION OF THAT.
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JESUS SPOKE THAT
TO THE MULTITUDES.
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AND WHILE GOD IS THE ALMIGHTY
SOVEREIGN LORD OF THE UNIVERSE,
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TERRIBLE IN MAJESTY AND
RIGHTEOUSNESS - HIS EYES ARE A
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FLAME OF FIRE. BEFORE
HIS FACE HEAVEN AND EARTH
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FLEE AWAY AND THERE IS
FOUND NO PLACE FOR THEM.
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HE SPEAKS AND HE SHAKES
THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH.
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HE WALKS UPON THE MOUNTAINS AND
LIGHTNINGS IGNITE BENEATH HIS
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FEET AND THE
MOUNTAINS MELT BENEATH HIM.
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HE'S A GOD WHO IS
TERRIBLE IN MAJESTY.
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IT'S A CONSUMING FIRE AND, WHILE
IT'S GOOD FOR US TO HAVE THAT
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HEALTHY RESPECT FOR GOD, AND
HE'S WORTHY OF IT, YET AT THE
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SAME TIME, HE'S THE MOST
KIND, CARING AFFECTIONATE BEING
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ANYWHERE IN THIS VAST CREATION.
AS I WAS THINKING ABOUT THIS
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THIS WEEK I THOUGHT, 'OH,
I'VE GOT A GOOD THOUGHT FROM THE
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SPIRIT OF PROPHECY THAT WILL GO
ALONG WITH THIS.' AND 'STEPS TO
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CHRIST' PLEASE, MIKE. SO
I KIND OF PRIDED MYSELF ON
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FINDING THIS PASSAGE AND THEN
I FOUND OUT IT'S ALREADY FURTHER
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ON IN THE LESSON SO - I'M
GOING TO READ IT NOW, THOUGH.
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IT'S 'STEPS TO CHRIST' PAGE
100 AND IT'S IN THE CHAPTER 'THE
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PRIVILEGE OF PRAYER' AND IT'S
SPEAKING HERE OF GOD'S - THIS
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GREAT GOD BUT HIS INFINITE CARE
- PERSONAL CARE FOR EACH ONE OF
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US. IT'S A WELL-KNOWN STATEMENT.
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IT SAYS, "KEEP YOUR WANTS, YOUR
JOYS, YOUR SORROWS, YOUR CARES
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AND YOUR FEARS BEFORE
GOD. YOU CANNOT BURDEN HIM.
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YOU CANNOT WEARY HIM. HE
WHO NUMBERS THE HAIRS OF YOUR
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HEAD IS NOT INDIFFERENT
TO THE WANTS OF HIS CHILDREN.
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THE LORD IS VERY
PITIFUL AND OF TENDER MERCY.
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HIS HEART OF LOVE IS TOUCHED
BY OUR SORROWS" - TOUCHED BY OUR
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SORROWS - "AND EVEN BY
OUR UTTERANCES OF THEM."
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SO WE'RE TOLD HERE TAKE TO HIM
EVERYTHING THAT PERPLEXES THE
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MIND. "NOTHING IS
TOO GREAT FOR HIM TO
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BEAR FOR HE HOLDS UP WORLDS"
- THERE WE SEE THE OTHER SIDE OF
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HIM - HE HOLDS UP THE UNIVERSE
AND YET, AT THE SAME TIME, HE
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COMES AND HE PICKS US
UP AND HE SAYS, 'IT'S OKAY.
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IT'S ALRIGHT. DON'T
WORRY.' WHAT A WONDERFUL
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GOD. WE'RE NOT DONE YET.
"THERE IS NO CHAPTER IN OUR
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EXPERIENCE TOO
DARK FOR HIM TO READ.
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THERE IS NO PERPLEXITY TOO
DIFFICULT FOR HIM TO UNRAVEL."
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- DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING
UNRAVELING RIGHT NOW AND YOU
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THINK, 'HOW ON EARTH - HOW ON
EARTH?' WELL, GOD CAN TO THAT.
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- "NO CALAMITY CAN BEFALL
THE LEAST OF HIS CHILDREN, NO
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ANXIETY HARASS THE SOUL, NO JOY,
CHEER, NO SINCERE PRAYER CAN
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ESCAPE THE LIPS OF WHICH OUR
HEAVENLY FATHER IS UNOBSERVANT
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OR IN WHICH HE TAKES
NO IMMEDIATE INTEREST.
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HE HEALETH THE BROKEN IN HEART
AND BINDETH UP THEIR WOUNDS."
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- THIS PARAGRAPH CONCLUDES WITH
THE FOLLOWING: "THE RELATIONS
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BETWEEN GOD AND EACH SOUL ARE
AS DISTINCT AND FULL AS THOUGH
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THERE WERE NOT ANOTHER
SOUL UPON THE EARTH TO SHARE HIS
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WATCH CARE, NOT ANOTHER SOUL FOR
WHOM HE GAVE HIS BELOVED SON."
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I WON'T COMMENT ANYMORE ON THAT
BECAUSE IT SPEAKS FOR ITSELF,
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DOESN'T IT MICHAEL? IT DOES.
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SO I'D LIKE US TO TAKE THE
EXAMPLE OF MOSES - MOSES COMES
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TO MY MIND AS SOMEBODY
WHO UNDERSTOOD THIS MYSTERIOUS
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BLENDING OF GOD'S HIGH AND
ALMIGHTY, MAJESTIC AND HOLY
00:20:26.30\00:20:31.36
LORDSHIP AND YET THAT BLENDED
WITH HIS PARENTAL WATCH CARE
00:20:31.36\00:20:37.23
OVER HIS FRAIL,
WAYWARD, AND EARTHLY CHILDREN.
00:20:37.23\00:20:41.20
MOSES GOT A GRASP OF THAT.
00:20:41.20\00:20:43.53
AS A SERVANT OF GOD, MOSES
LEARNED EARLY TO REVERENCE HIS
00:20:43.53\00:20:48.46
MAKER AND TO WALK
HUMBLY BEFORE HIM.
00:20:48.46\00:20:51.16
HE WAS A CONSUMING FIRE,
ESPECIALLY WHEN HE ENCOUNTERED
00:20:51.16\00:20:55.73
GOD AT THE BURNING
BUSH - DO YOU REMEMBER THAT?
00:20:55.73\00:20:58.56
AND GOD TOLD HIM 'TAKE OFF
YOUR SHOES, MOSES, FOR YOU'RE
00:20:58.56\00:21:02.46
STANDING ON HOLY GROUND.'
HE TOOK THEM OFF STRAIGHTAWAY,
00:21:02.46\00:21:05.40
RIGHT? FELL ON HIS FACE.
00:21:05.40\00:21:09.26
MOSES UNDERSTOOD THE SACREDNESS
AND THE HOLINESS OF GOD
00:21:09.26\00:21:16.50
FIRSTHAND, AS ONE WHO
ASCENDED INTO GOD'S PRESENCE ON
00:21:16.50\00:21:21.86
MOUNT SINAI. IMAGINE THAT.
00:21:21.86\00:21:26.26
AND YET, WHILE MOSES STILL
MAINTAINED AN ABSOLUTE STRICT
00:21:26.26\00:21:31.23
AND REVERENTIAL RESPECT TOWARD
THE ALMIGHTY ONE, MOSES, AT THE
00:21:31.23\00:21:37.20
SAME TIME, WAS ABLE TO ENTER
INTO A VERY CLOSE AND A VERY
00:21:37.20\00:21:43.36
EXTREMELY, TENDER, AFFECTIONATE
RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD BECAUSE HE
00:21:43.36\00:21:49.76
ALSO KNEW THE GREAT CREATOR
AS HIS FRIEND AND HIS HEAVENLY
00:21:49.76\00:21:54.70
FATHER AND HE KNEW HIM AS
A LOVING AND MERCIFUL FATHER.
00:21:54.70\00:22:01.26
IT SAYS IN EXODUS 33:11, "AND
THE LORD SPAKE UNTO MOSES FACE
00:22:01.26\00:22:08.53
TO FACE, AS A MAN
SPEAKETH UNTO HIS FRIEND."
00:22:08.53\00:22:12.90
- NOW, IN THE SAME SECTION HERE
YOU'LL SEE WHERE GOD SAYS, 'NO,
00:22:12.90\00:22:16.50
YOU CAN'T LOOK AT MY FACE AND
LIVE.' SO MOSES WASN'T EXACTLY
00:22:16.50\00:22:21.50
LOOKING RIGHT INTO GOD'S FACE
WITH THE GLORY SHINING, BUT AS
00:22:21.50\00:22:25.36
FAR AS A HUMAN BEING COULD
POSSIBLY GET HE HAD THAT, IF YOU
00:22:25.36\00:22:30.53
LIKE, THAT FACE-TO-FACE
RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD, THE GREAT
00:22:30.53\00:22:35.93
CREATOR AND YET HIM WHO WAS
- I DON'T SAY THIS IN A SICKLY,
00:22:35.93\00:22:41.93
SENTIMENTAL WAY
- HE WAS HIS DADDY,
00:22:41.93\00:22:45.80
YOU KNOW? HE WAS HIS DADDY.
00:22:45.80\00:22:49.23
AND WE CAN KNOW GOD - WE
CAN KNOW GOD THE ALMIGHTY AS ONE
00:22:49.23\00:22:55.83
SITTING ON HIS THRONE, AGAIN AS
THIS CONSUMING FIRE, WE CAN KNOW
00:22:55.83\00:22:58.73
HIM LIKE THAT AND WE NEED TO
BECAUSE AS GOD'S PEOPLE WE'VE
00:22:58.73\00:23:01.73
LOST A LOT OF REVERENCE FOR GOD
THE WAY WE SO OFTEN WALK INTO
00:23:01.73\00:23:05.93
HIS HOUSE. IT
MIGHT AS WELL BE SAFEWAY.
00:23:05.93\00:23:09.20
IT MIGHT AS WELL BE A CAR
AUCTION SOMETIMES, I MEAN IT'S
00:23:09.20\00:23:13.16
TOO BAD. I WON'T
DWELL ON THIS, BUT I WAS
00:23:13.16\00:23:16.13
DOWN AT THE IMMIGRATION PLACE
JUST OVER A WEEK AGO WITH MY
00:23:16.13\00:23:21.00
WIFE. WE HAD TO GO
AND RENEW OUR GREEN
00:23:21.00\00:23:23.73
CARDS. YES, WE
ARE LEGAL RESIDENTS.
00:23:23.73\00:23:28.23
AND THERE WAS ABOUT SIX OR SEVEN
HUNDRED PEOPLE IN THERE - IT WAS
00:23:28.23\00:23:31.73
A PRETTY BIG ROOM - AND,
YOU KNOW, WE WALKED IN AND
00:23:31.73\00:23:35.40
AS SOON AS WE GOT THROUGH THAT
DOOR THE RECEPTIONIST MAN SAID
00:23:35.40\00:23:38.70
TO US, 'LET ME SEE YOUR
IDENTIFICATION.' SO WE SAID,
00:23:38.70\00:23:44.06
'HERE'S OUR IDENTIFICATION.'
SO WE WERE WHISPERING.
00:23:44.06\00:23:46.43
WE SAT DOWN AND
NOBODY WAS MUTTERING.
00:23:46.43\00:23:49.16
EVEN THE LADIES WHO CALL PEOPLE
OVER FOR THEIR PICTURES AND
00:23:49.16\00:23:51.93
FINGERPRINTS - IT WAS ,
'COME OVER HERE PLEASE.'
00:23:51.93\00:23:55.10
IT WAS A GOVERNMENT BUILDING.
00:23:55.10\00:23:57.43
AND I SAID TO MY WIFE, 'THERE'S
MORE REFERENCE IN HERE THAN
00:23:57.43\00:23:59.96
THERE IS AT
CHURCH.' AND THERE WAS.
00:23:59.96\00:24:02.90
SO, I DON'T WANT TO GET
SIDETRACKED BUT, YOU KNOW, WHEN
00:24:02.90\00:24:05.23
WE COME INTO THIS HOUSE WE
DON'T SEE HIM, BUT WHO'S HERE?
00:24:05.23\00:24:11.00
GOD. AND WE'LL
TALK ABOUT ANY OLD
00:24:11.00\00:24:14.10
THING, WON'T WE? SOMETIMES.
00:24:14.10\00:24:16.33
SO WE NEED TO KNOW GOD
REVERENTLY AS MOSES DID AND,
00:24:16.33\00:24:21.43
YET, AT THE SAME TIME, WHEN WE
ARE WASHED CLEAN IN THE BLOOD OF
00:24:21.43\00:24:28.50
JESUS AND CLOTHED IN HIS
RIGHTEOUSNESS, WE CAN KNOW WHAT
00:24:28.50\00:24:34.30
IT IS TO APPROACH GOD SAFELY AND
JOYFULLY AS A LITTLE CHILD COMES
00:24:34.30\00:24:44.73
TO THEIR MOMMY AND THEIR DADDY
ASSURED THAT THEY'RE GREATLY
00:24:44.73\00:24:50.43
LOVED AND THAT CHILD COMES
CONFIDENT THAT THEY WILL BE
00:24:50.43\00:24:53.86
RECEIVED WITH THE
FONDEST AFFECTION.
00:24:53.86\00:24:57.50
I WENT TO BABY SIT MY LITTLE
BOYS FOR TWO HOURS ON THURSDAY
00:24:57.50\00:25:01.23
AND OPENED THE DOOR - I PULLED
UP OUTSIDE THEIR HOUSE AND THE
00:25:01.23\00:25:04.00
DOOR OPENS AND OUT COMES
WEEMO JUST RUNNING, YOU KNOW?
00:25:04.00\00:25:07.40
HE THREW HIMSELF AT ME AND I
PICKED HIM UP AND THERE HE WAS
00:25:07.40\00:25:09.93
AND HIS FEET WERE UP HERE AND
I SNUGGLED HIM AND I THOUGHT HE
00:25:09.93\00:25:13.53
HAS AN ABSOLUTE - HE HAS
ABSOLUTELY NO DOUBT THAT GRANDPA
00:25:13.53\00:25:16.60
LOVES HIM JUST AS
MUCH TODAY AS YESTERDAY.
00:25:16.60\00:25:19.40
AND I DID, YOU KNOW, AND I SAW
IN THAT HOW GOD WILL EMBRACE US
00:25:19.40\00:25:24.36
WHEN WE COME TO HIM. WE
NEED TO SEE HIM LIKE THAT.
00:25:24.36\00:25:27.36
AND MORE THAN THAT, WE
NEED TO EXPERIENCE THAT BECAUSE
00:25:27.36\00:25:30.20
IT GIVES US CONFIDENCE IN HIM
AS ONE WHO CARES FOR US BECAUSE
00:25:30.20\00:25:33.20
WHAT IS THE THEME?
'OUR LOVING AND HEAVENLY
00:25:33.20\00:25:35.03
FATHER.' PSALM 103:13, "LIKE AS
A FATHER PITIETH HIS CHILDREN,
00:25:35.03\00:25:40.26
SO THE LORD PITIETH THEM THAT
FEAR HIM." OKAY, LET'S MOVE ON.
00:25:40.26\00:25:45.80
MONDAY AND TUESDAY -
I'VE KIND OF COMBINED THESE.
00:25:45.80\00:25:49.16
'OUR LOVING HEAVENLY FATHER' -
MONDAY AND ALSO 'HIM REVEALED BY
00:25:49.16\00:25:53.80
THE SON,' WHICH IS TUESDAY.
THERE'S A VERSE, JOHN 14, VERSE
00:25:53.80\00:26:00.06
9 - THE LATTER PART OF VERSE 9,
JESUS SAID, "HE THAT HATH SEEN
00:26:00.06\00:26:03.93
ME HATH SEEN THE FATHER;"
REMEMBER, PHILIP CAME AND HE
00:26:03.93\00:26:08.63
SAID, 'LORD,' - YOU KNOW - 'SHOW
US THE FATHER.' HE SAID, 'I'VE
00:26:08.63\00:26:11.13
BEEN WITH YOU ALL THIS
TIME. DON'T YOU UNDERSTAND YET?
00:26:11.13\00:26:14.73
IF YOU'VE SEEN ME,
YOU'VE SEEN THE FATHER.
00:26:14.73\00:26:20.63
BUT SUCH A REVELATION OF A
LOVING, HEAVENLY FATHER AS SEEN
00:26:20.63\00:26:24.70
IN THE EARTHLY LIFE AND MINISTRY
OF JESUS, WAS NEEDFUL NOT ONLY
00:26:24.70\00:26:30.36
FOR HIS DISCIPLES, BUT FOR EVERY
HUMAN BEING UPON THIS EARTH -
00:26:30.36\00:26:35.93
AND STILL IS - TO GET THAT
UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT A LOVING
00:26:35.93\00:26:39.83
AND KIND GOD IS. WE
SEE THAT IN JESUS AND THE
00:26:39.83\00:26:42.93
WORLD IS WAITING FOR A
REVELATION OF THAT THROUGH US,
00:26:42.93\00:26:48.50
RIGHT? BECAUSE
JESUS IS IN HEAVEN.
00:26:48.50\00:26:51.00
BUT GOING BACK TO JESUS' DAY,
JESUS WAS THAT REVELATION, AND
00:26:51.00\00:26:56.60
THIS REVELATION THROUGH CHRIST,
OF THE CHARACTER OF GOD - HIS
00:26:56.60\00:27:01.10
LOVE AND HIS COMPASSION AND
HIS KINDNESS, THIS REVELATION
00:27:01.10\00:27:07.63
THROUGH CHRIST WAS ALSO
NECESSARY, NOT JUST FOR US HERE,
00:27:07.63\00:27:11.63
BUT FOR THE WHOLE UNFALLEN
UNIVERSE, SO THAT IN THE FINAL
00:27:11.63\00:27:18.10
RESOLVING OF THE GREAT
CONTROVERSY BETWEEN GOD AND
00:27:18.10\00:27:24.10
SATAN, JUDGMENT WILL BE GIVEN
IN FAVOR OF GOD AND THE WHOLE
00:27:24.10\00:27:31.23
UNFALLEN UNIVERSE AND THOSE DOWN
HERE AND EVEN THE DEVIL AND HIS
00:27:31.23\00:27:36.53
ANGELS AND EVERY HUMAN
BEING THAT HAS EVER FOLLOWED THE
00:27:36.53\00:27:40.80
DEVIL, EVERYBODY FINALLY, ONE
DAY, INSIDE OR OUTSIDE THE WALLS
00:27:40.80\00:27:47.10
OF THE NEW JERUSALEM WILL
BOW DOWN AND SAY, 'GOD, YOU'RE A
00:27:47.10\00:27:50.56
GOOD GOD AND SATAN, HE'S THE BAD
GUY.' BUT THAT WOULD NEVER BE IF
00:27:50.56\00:27:57.66
IT HAD NOT BEEN FOR THE
REVELATION OF GOD FIRST IN JESUS
00:27:57.66\00:28:01.26
CHRIST DOWN HERE AND THEN TO THE
WHOLE UNIVERSE BECAUSE, AS YOU
00:28:01.26\00:28:05.36
KNOW, IN THE GREAT CONTROVERSY,
SATAN - CAN YOU GET ME 'DESIRE
00:28:05.36\00:28:08.06
OF AGES,' MIKE? SATAN
HAS REALLY DONE A - SHOULD
00:28:08.06\00:28:13.03
I SAY - A GOOD JOB
AT MAKING GOD LOOK BAD.
00:28:13.03\00:28:18.23
AND SO THE CROSS - THE LIFE OF
JESUS - THIS IS 'DESIRE OF AGES'
00:28:18.23\00:28:21.90
PAGE 22, "THE EARTH WAS DARK
THROUGH MISAPPREHENSION OF GOD
00:28:21.90\00:28:30.33
THAT THE GLOOMY SHADOWS MIGHT BE
LIGHTENED, THAT THE WORLD MIGHT
00:28:30.33\00:28:34.96
BE BROUGHT BACK TO GOD.
SATAN'S DECEPTIVE POWER WAS TO
00:28:34.96\00:28:40.73
BE BROKEN. THIS
COULD NOT BE DONE BY FORCE.
00:28:40.73\00:28:47.13
THE EXERCISE OF FORCE IS
CONTRARY TO THE PRINCIPLES OF
00:28:47.13\00:28:51.66
GOD'S GOVERNMENT. HE
DESIRES ONLY THE SERVICE OF
00:28:51.66\00:28:57.00
LOVE AND LOVE
CANNOT BE COMMANDED.
00:28:57.00\00:29:01.46
IT CANNOT BE WON
BY FORCE OR AUTHORITY.
00:29:01.46\00:29:05.26
ONLY BY LOVE IS LOVE AWAKENED.
TO KNOW GOD IS TO LOVE HIM.
00:29:05.26\00:29:12.20
HIS CHARACTER MUST BE MANIFEST
IN CONTRAST TO THE CHARACTER OF
00:29:12.20\00:29:15.80
SATAN." - THAT WAS
THE ISSUE, YOU SEE,
00:29:15.80\00:29:17.53
IN THE GREAT CONTROVERSY - WHO
IS TRULY THE GOOD ONE AND WHO IS
00:29:17.53\00:29:21.40
TRULY THE BAD ONE - "THIS
WORK" - THIS REVEALING OF WHO
00:29:21.40\00:29:28.23
WAS GOOD AND WHO WAS BAD - "THIS
WORK ONLY ONE BEING IN ALL THE
00:29:28.23\00:29:33.73
UNIVERSE COULD DO." -
AND WHO WAS THAT ONE BEING?
00:29:33.73\00:29:39.76
JESUS, YES - "ONLY HE WHO KNEW
THE HEIGHT AND DEPTH AND THE
00:29:39.76\00:29:46.53
LOVE OF GOD COULD MAKE IT KNOWN.
UPON THE WORLD'S DARK NIGHT, THE
00:29:46.53\00:29:52.40
SON OF RIGHTEOUSNESS MUST
RISE WITH HEALING IN HIS WINGS."
00:29:52.40\00:29:59.46
AND SO JESUS, THE SON OF
RIGHTEOUSNESS CAME, WITH HEALING
00:29:59.46\00:30:04.60
IN HIS WINGS, TO BRING HEALING,
NOT JUST FROM THE DISEASE OF SIN
00:30:04.60\00:30:11.20
AND ALL THE TERRIBLE SUFFERING
THAT IT BRINGS, BUT ALSO, AS
00:30:11.20\00:30:16.63
WELL, THE HEALING - TO HEAL THE
SEPARATION THAT SIN HAS BROUGHT
00:30:16.63\00:30:23.90
BETWEEN GOD AND THE CREATURES
THAT HE HAS MADE - HIS EARTHLY
00:30:23.90\00:30:29.63
CHILDREN. AND, YOU
KNOW, EVEN THE LOYAL
00:30:29.63\00:30:34.23
ANGELS - WELL, I'LL
LEAVE THAT FOR A MOMENT.
00:30:34.23\00:30:36.93
LET ME LEAVE THAT FOR A
MOMENT. SO JESUS CAME TO DO THIS
00:30:36.93\00:30:42.23
REVEALING - WITHOUT THE USE OF
FORCE, WHICH WE READ IS CONTRARY
00:30:42.23\00:30:46.46
TO GOD'S WAYS
AND GOD'S CHARACTER.
00:30:46.46\00:30:49.16
JESUS CAME WITH BUT TWO WEAPONS
TO UNDERTAKE THIS TREMENDOUS
00:30:49.16\00:30:55.43
CHALLENGE. TWO
WEAPONS - FIRST WEAPON WAS
00:30:55.43\00:30:59.80
TRUTH - DIVINE TRUTH - AND THE
SECOND WEAPON WAS DIVINE LOVE.
00:30:59.80\00:31:06.90
AND WE MIGHT WELL AS, 'HOW COULD
TWO SUCH THINGS' - YOU KNOWN, IT
00:31:06.90\00:31:13.30
SEEMS ALMOST WEAK AND FLIMSY
- 'LOVE - HE'S GOING TO DEFEAT
00:31:13.30\00:31:15.76
THIS TYRANT WITH LOVE AND TRUTH.
00:31:15.76\00:31:19.60
HOW COULD TWO SUCH THINGS AS
LOVE AND TRUTH PREVAIL AGAINST A
00:31:19.60\00:31:23.56
DEVIL WHOSE WEAPONS INCLUDED AND
STILL DO INCLUDE CRUELTY, FORCE,
00:31:23.56\00:31:31.66
FEAR, COERCION, AND HIS
MASTERFUL ABILITY TO DECEIVE THE
00:31:31.66\00:31:41.00
HUMAN RACE - A WHOLE RACE -
WHICH ALREADY HAD A NATURAL BENT
00:31:41.00\00:31:46.83
TOWARD EVIL BECAUSE OF
THE CONSEQUENCE OF ADAM'S SIN.
00:31:46.83\00:31:51.66
NOT ADAM'S GUILT BUT ADAM'S SIN.
ADAM HANDED ON THE LEGACY TO HIS
00:31:51.66\00:31:56.56
CHILDREN THAT THEY
HAD FALLEN NATURES.
00:31:56.56\00:31:58.66
SO SATAN CAME DOWN HERE
TO FORCE, TO COERCE, TO BULLY
00:31:58.66\00:32:04.20
PEOPLE - WITH A RACE THAT WAS
ALREADY WEAK BECAUSE THEY WERE
00:32:04.20\00:32:07.43
ALREADY SINFUL BEINGS. COULD
JESUS PREVAIL WITH LOVE AND
00:32:07.43\00:32:13.16
TRUTH? WELL, THE ANSWER IS
'YES HE DID.' AND IT WILL BE
00:32:13.16\00:32:15.83
SEEN ESPECIALLY IN THE FUTURE.
00:32:15.83\00:32:19.16
BUT AT THE BEGINNING OF HIS
MINISTRY WHEN JESUS CAME DOWN
00:32:19.16\00:32:22.60
HUMANLY, WITH JUST LOVE AND
TRUTH, ALL THE ODDS WERE JUST
00:32:22.60\00:32:26.76
TOTALLY STACKED
AGAINST HIM. BUT HE CAME.
00:32:26.76\00:32:33.06
HE CAME NONETHELESS AND
HE DECLARED THE NATURE OF HIS
00:32:33.06\00:32:36.53
MISSION AS SOON AS HE BEGAN HIS
EARTHLY MINISTRY HE WAS RIGHT
00:32:36.53\00:32:40.33
THERE AT THE SYNAGOGUE IN
NAZARETH, YOU REMEMBER? AND HE
00:32:40.33\00:32:44.76
WENT, AS HIS CUSTOM WAS, AND
THEY BROUGHT TO HIM THE SCROLL
00:32:44.76\00:32:47.06
OF THE PROPHET ISAIAH AND FROM
ISAIAH 61 HE READ THIS PASSAGE
00:32:47.06\00:32:52.70
HERE, WHICH IS ACTUALLY IN
LUKE 4:18 AND I WANT TO READ IT.
00:32:52.70\00:32:57.10
HERE JESUS IS READING THE NATURE
OF HIS MISSION AND YOU'LL SEE IN
00:32:57.10\00:33:01.33
HERE THERE'S TRUTH AND THERE'S
LOVE, WHICH COME THROUGH.
00:33:01.33\00:33:05.53
THIS IS WHAT HE IS COME TO
DO THROUGH THESE TWO THINGS.
00:33:05.53\00:33:08.46
LUKE 4:18, HE SAYS, "THE SPIRIT
OF THE LORD IS UPON ME, BECAUSE
00:33:08.46\00:33:15.03
HE HATH ANOINTED ME TO PREACH
THE GOSPEL TO THE POOR;" - TRUTH
00:33:15.03\00:33:20.23
- "HE HATH SENT ME TO HEAL
THE BROKENHEARTED," - LOVE - "TO
00:33:20.23\00:33:26.90
PREACH DELIVERANCE TO THE
CAPTIVES, AND RECOVERING OF
00:33:26.90\00:33:30.20
SIGHT TO THE BLIND, TO SET AT
LIBERTY THEM THAT ARE BRUISED."
00:33:30.20\00:33:34.00
TO SET THEM FREE - A FALLEN RACE
UNDER THE POWER OF SATAN - WITH
00:33:34.00\00:33:37.16
JUST LOVE AND TRUTH.
HERE WAS AN AGENDA WHICH WAS
00:33:37.16\00:33:43.56
TOTALLY OUT OF KEEPING - THIS
WAS THE DIVINE AGENDA WHICH WAS
00:33:43.56\00:33:48.23
TOTALLY OUT OF KEEPING WITH THE
PICTURE THAT SATAN HAD PAINTED
00:33:48.23\00:33:54.93
OF GOD AS THIS
TERRIBLE, TERRIBLE TYRANT.
00:33:54.93\00:34:00.16
AND THIS IS THE PICTURE THAT
SATAN HAD ESPECIALLY, WHICH WAS
00:34:00.16\00:34:05.03
THE OPPOSITE TO THIS PROPHECY
FROM ISAIAH 61, DECLARING THE
00:34:05.03\00:34:08.86
NATURE OF CHRIST'S MISSION
AND SATAN HAD VERY POWERFULLY
00:34:08.86\00:34:14.26
PAINTED THE OPPOSITE PICTURE AND
IMPLANTED INDELIBLY IN THE MIND
00:34:14.26\00:34:18.10
OF THE JEWS WHO HAD SUCH A
MISCONCEPTION OF GOD - THEY, TOO
00:34:18.10\00:34:22.66
SAW HIM AS A TYRANT. AND
TIME AFTER TIME JESUS HAD TO
00:34:22.66\00:34:26.86
BATTLE AGAINST THIS MINDSET WITH
THE PHARISEES AND THE SCRIBES AS
00:34:26.86\00:34:32.90
THEY WOULD WALK PAST PEOPLE
WHO WERE SICK IN THE STREET.
00:34:32.90\00:34:36.20
JESUS WOULD STOP AND HELP THEM
BUT THE SCRIBES AND PHARISEES
00:34:36.20\00:34:38.86
WOULD WALK BY BECAUSE 'YOU'RE
SICK, YOU'RE BLIND, YOU HAVE
00:34:38.86\00:34:41.90
LEPROSY BECAUSE OF YOUR SINS.
GOD HATES YOU.' HE HAD TO COME
00:34:41.90\00:34:49.03
WITH TRUTH AND LOVE TO
COMBAT ALL THAT AND CHANGE THE
00:34:49.03\00:34:52.70
LANDSCAPE. BUT HE
DID. ARE YOU GLAD?
00:34:52.70\00:34:58.20
WE READ THIS - THESE
ARE THE GLORIOUS RESULTS -
00:34:58.20\00:35:02.53
AND ALL THE
RESULTS ARE NOT IN YET.
00:35:02.53\00:35:04.76
WE'RE GOING TO SEE IT
IN A GREATER FULLNESS.
00:35:04.76\00:35:07.23
2 CORINTHIANS 4:6, "FOR GOD, WHO
COMMANDED THE LIGHT TO SHINE OUT
00:35:07.23\00:35:15.26
OF DARKNESS, HATH SHINED IN OUR
HEARTS, TO GIVE THE LIGHT OF THE
00:35:15.26\00:35:21.10
KNOWLEDGE OF THE GLORY OF GOD" -
THAT'S WHAT NEEDED TO BE SEEN TO
00:35:21.10\00:35:25.26
GIVE THE LIGHT OF THE KNOWLEDGE
OF THE GLORY OF GOD IN THE FACE
00:35:25.26\00:35:29.00
OF SATAN'S TERRIBLE PROPAGANDA
TO BRING THE LIGHT - "TO GIVE
00:35:29.00\00:35:32.83
THE LIGHT OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF
THE GLORY OF GOD IN THE FACE OF
00:35:32.83\00:35:37.20
JESUS CHRIST." SO
EVERYONE THAT CAME TO JESUS
00:35:37.20\00:35:41.90
FOR HEALING - THAT THEY WOULD
LOOK IN THAT FACE AND THEY'D SEE
00:35:41.90\00:35:48.26
THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE GLORY
OF GOD. WHAT KIND OF A GOD?
00:35:48.26\00:35:54.20
AN ALMIGHTY GOD, YES, WHO COULD
STILL THE WINDS AND THE STORMS.
00:35:54.20\00:35:58.66
BUT A GOD WHO IS, ACCORDING
TO OUR LESSON, A LOVING HEAVENLY
00:35:58.66\00:36:02.96
FATHER. EVERY
PERSON THAT CAME TO HIM,
00:36:02.96\00:36:08.33
THEY'RE UNDER CONDEMNATION
BECAUSE THE PHARISEES HAVE SAID,
00:36:08.33\00:36:13.73
'YOU WRETCH! YOU'RE
GOING TO GO TO GEHENA.
00:36:13.73\00:36:17.50
YOU'RE GOING TO
BURN. YOU WRETCH!'
00:36:17.50\00:36:20.20
AND THESE PEOPLE WERE LOADED
DOWN WITH GRIEF AND HOPELESSNESS
00:36:20.20\00:36:25.76
AND DESPAIR. THAT
MAN THEY LET DOWN THROUGH
00:36:25.76\00:36:28.43
THE ROOF - DO YOU REMEMBER?
HE WAS SICK - HE WAS SICK
00:36:28.43\00:36:31.60
BECAUSE HE'D BEEN A BAD BOY.
HE'D LIVED OUT ON THE TOWN FOR
00:36:31.60\00:36:34.96
TOO LONG AND HE WAS
SICK. HE WAS PAYING A PRICE.
00:36:34.96\00:36:37.83
BUT THE THING THAT WEIGHED
HEAVIEST ON HIS HEART WAS HIS
00:36:37.83\00:36:40.26
SINS. AND THEY
LET HIM DOWN THROUGH
00:36:40.26\00:36:43.16
THAT ROOF AND JESUS STOPPED WHAT
HE WAS DOING AS THIS MAN JUST
00:36:43.16\00:36:47.03
COMES DOWN AND JESUS COULD READ,
RIGHT AWAY, THIS MAN'S LIFE
00:36:47.03\00:36:50.20
STORY AND HE
COULD READ HIS HEART.
00:36:50.20\00:36:52.80
BEFORE HE SAID ANYTHING ABOUT,
YOU KNOW, 'I'M GOING TO FIX YOUR
00:36:52.80\00:36:55.60
LEGS. I'M GOING
TO FIX YOUR ULCERS.'
00:36:55.60\00:36:57.86
HE SAID, 'SON, BE OF GOOD CHEER.
YOUR SINS BE FORGIVEN YOU.' SEE?
00:36:57.86\00:37:04.56
WHEN THAT MAN - ELLEN WHITE SAYS
THE HE JUST LAID BACK ON HIS
00:37:04.56\00:37:08.90
LITTER AND HE JUST - HE
DIDN'T CARE IF HE HAD NO LEGS.
00:37:08.90\00:37:15.43
HE DIDN'T CARE IF HE
HAD ULCERS. HE WAS FORGIVEN.
00:37:15.43\00:37:19.73
AND WHEN THAT MAN LOOKED IN THE
FACE OF JESUS CHRIST, WHAT DID
00:37:19.73\00:37:23.13
HE SEE? HE SAW THE LIGHT OF THE
KNOWLEDGE OF THE GLORY OF GOD AS
00:37:23.13\00:37:28.73
THE ONE WHO HAD SPREAD FORTH THE
HEAVENS THROUGH THE WORD OF HIS
00:37:28.73\00:37:31.93
MOUTH, BUT ALSO A GOD WHO IS
ALSO - WHAT DOES THE LESSON SAY?
00:37:31.93\00:37:36.63
'A LOVING HEAVENLY
FATHER.' WONDERFUL, ISN'T IT?
00:37:36.63\00:37:44.26
BUT THAT WAS
NEEDFUL FOR THIS WORLD.
00:37:44.26\00:37:49.56
JESUS HAS GONE BACK TO HEAVEN,
BUT THAT MISSION STATEMENT STILL
00:37:49.56\00:37:54.10
STANDS FROM LUKE 4:18. I
TOLD YOU THIS A MINUTE AGO, HE
00:37:54.10\00:37:59.40
WANTS US TO BE HIS HANDS AND HIS
FEET AND HIS VOICE AND HIS FACE.
00:37:59.40\00:38:03.40
AND FOR US TO GO AND DO THOSE
THINGS SO PEOPLE LOOK IN OUR
00:38:03.40\00:38:06.73
FACE AND NOT SEE
US BUT SEE JESUS.
00:38:06.73\00:38:09.46
AS THEY LOOK AT JESUS
THEY WILL SEE THE FATHER.
00:38:09.46\00:38:12.20
SO THIS WAS NEEDFUL ON
THIS EARTH BUT ALSO, AGAIN, I'VE
00:38:12.20\00:38:14.76
ALLUDED TO THIS, THIS
REVELATION OF GOD WAS NECESSARY,
00:38:14.76\00:38:18.16
AGAIN, FOR THE GREAT
CONTROVERSY. THAT THE WHOLE
00:38:18.16\00:38:21.20
UNFALLEN UNIVERSE - THAT EVERY
INTELLIGENCE OUT THERE AS WELL
00:38:21.20\00:38:24.76
AS DOWN HERE, WOULD ONE DAY
DECLARE SATAN'S GUILT AND GOD'S
00:38:24.76\00:38:27.83
INNOCENCE AND DECLARE
EVERYONE THAT GOD IS LOVE.
00:38:27.83\00:38:34.13
YOU NOTICE THE CONFLICT OF THE
AGES SERIES, ALL FIVE VOLUMES,
00:38:34.13\00:38:36.90
THEY BEGIN WITH 'PATRIARCHS AND
PROPHETS' - 'GOD IS LOVE,' AND
00:38:36.90\00:38:41.53
THE VERY LAST SENTENCE OF 'GREAT
CONTROVERSY' IT IS 'GOD IS LOVE'
00:38:41.53\00:38:48.13
AND, OF COURSE, THE CENTERPOINT
REVELATION - DON'T MISS THIS -
00:38:48.13\00:38:55.30
THE CENTERPOINT REVELATION
OF GOD THE FATHER'S LOVE - HIS
00:38:55.30\00:39:01.13
BOUNDLESS LOVE, AS WITNESSED IN
THE EARTHLY SOJOURN AND MINISTRY
00:39:01.13\00:39:05.56
OF JESUS CHRIST WAS ULTIMATELY
SEEN IN WHAT PLACE? AT CALVARY.
00:39:05.56\00:39:15.83
THAT'S WHERE IT
ALL CAME TOGETHER.
00:39:15.83\00:39:21.90
AND ROMAN SOLDIERS STOOD AROUND
THAT CROSS AND SCOFFERS LOOKING
00:39:21.90\00:39:25.76
AT THIS MALEFACTOR -
NOT REALIZING, FOR A SECOND,
00:39:25.76\00:39:32.60
WHAT WAS GOING ON.
00:39:32.60\00:39:36.33
ONE DAY THEY WILL, BUT
EVEN THOUGH HUMAN BEINGS DIDN'T
00:39:36.33\00:39:40.90
UNDERSTAND WHAT WAS GOING ON -
A REVELATION OF GOD'S LOVE - THE
00:39:40.90\00:39:43.93
WHOLE UNFALLEN UNIVERSE
WAS LOOKING DOWN UPON THIS TINY
00:39:43.93\00:39:48.73
SPECK OUT THERE ON THE EDGE
OF THE MILKY WAY GALAXY - THIS
00:39:48.73\00:39:52.23
LITTLE PLANET - THE
THEATER OF THE UNIVERSE.
00:39:52.23\00:39:55.60
AND ANGELS AND BEINGS OF
UNFALLEN WORLDS AND SYSTEMS,
00:39:55.60\00:39:59.56
THEY WERE LOOKING, AMAZED -
TOTALLY AMAZED THAT THIS GOD,
00:39:59.56\00:40:07.53
WHO THEY'D REMAINED FAITHFUL TO
BUT, NONETHELESS, SATAN HAD DONE
00:40:07.53\00:40:12.73
SUCH A GOOD JOB, THERE WERE
STILL A FEW LITTLE QUESTIONS,
00:40:12.73\00:40:17.50
YOU KNOW? YOU KNOW
WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT?
00:40:17.50\00:40:21.30
BUT WHEN SATAN OVERREACHED AND
CRUCIFIED THE SON OF GOD, ELLEN
00:40:21.30\00:40:29.80
WHITE SAYS, IN GREAT
CONTROVERSY, HIS MASK WAS TORN
00:40:29.80\00:40:33.20
OFF AND THEY SAW JUST WHAT HE
REALLY WAS AND THEY SAW WHAT GOD
00:40:33.20\00:40:41.66
WAS REALLY LIKE. THEY
KNEW GOD WAS GOOD - AFTER
00:40:41.66\00:40:45.66
THE CROSS, EVERY ANGEL THAT
CAME BEFORE HIS THRONE AGAIN AND
00:40:45.66\00:40:48.40
EVERY UNFALLEN BEING THAT CAME
BEFORE HIS THRONE MUST HAVE SEEN
00:40:48.40\00:40:52.83
GOD THROUGH DIFFERENT EYES EVEN
THOUGH THE VIEW THEY HAD OF HIM
00:40:52.83\00:40:57.46
WAS ALWAYS
WONDERFUL UNTIL THE CROSS.
00:40:57.46\00:41:01.16
WHEN JESUS DIED ON THAT
CROSS, AND HE CRIED OUT 'IT IS
00:41:01.16\00:41:05.23
FINISHED!' HE RANG
THE DEATH KNELL OF THE
00:41:05.23\00:41:09.33
DEVIL AND SOON THE DEVIL WILL
ACTUALLY SUFFER THAT WHICH WAS
00:41:09.33\00:41:16.20
DETERMINED WHEN JESUS POURED
HIMSELF OUT FOR US AT CALVARY.
00:41:16.20\00:41:20.46
LET'S MOVE ON TO WEDNESDAY,
'THE COMPASSIONATE CARE OF OUR
00:41:20.46\00:41:22.86
HEAVENLY FATHER'. I WANT TO
READ FROM PSALM 18, VERSE 5.
00:41:22.86\00:41:32.26
IT SAYS, "THE SORROWS
OF HELL COMPASSED ME ABOUT:
00:41:32.26\00:41:38.46
THE SNARES OF
DEATH PREVENTED ME."
00:41:38.46\00:41:43.93
HAVE YOU EVER FELT LIKE THE
SORROWS OF HELL OR THE GRAVE
00:41:43.93\00:41:47.00
COMPASSED YOU ABOUT AND THE
SNARES OF DEATH WERE JUST ABOUT
00:41:47.00\00:41:50.93
READY TO TAKE YOU
DOWN INTO A BLACK HOLE?
00:41:50.93\00:41:55.16
WE CAN USE THAT AS FIGURATIVE
LANGUAGE TO DESCRIBE SOME
00:41:55.16\00:41:58.30
TERRIBLE CRISIS OR SOME TERRIBLE
EXPERIENCE YOU'RE GOING THROUGH
00:41:58.30\00:42:02.70
IN LIFE - ANGUISH AND SORROW
AND GRIEF AND YOU NAME IT.
00:42:02.70\00:42:08.80
WELL, YOU KNOW, IN THE BOOK
OF PSALMS, AS I'VE SAID BEFORE,
00:42:08.80\00:42:11.36
THERE'S A LOT OF HEART CRIES.
00:42:11.36\00:42:14.00
THERE'S JOYFUL CRIES IN THE BOOK
OF PSALMS BUT THERE ARE SOME
00:42:14.00\00:42:17.90
AWFUL SORROWFUL ONES AS
WELL AND HERE'S ONE OF DAVID'S.
00:42:17.90\00:42:23.50
HERE DAVID EXPRESSES HIS
ANGUISHED HEART CRY RELATED TO
00:42:23.50\00:42:28.53
HIS MALTREATMENT AT THE
HANDS OF SAUL. REMEMBER THAT?
00:42:28.53\00:42:33.26
WHAT WAS GOING
ON WITH DAVID THERE?
00:42:33.26\00:42:35.53
SAUL WAS HUNTING HIM LIKE A
DOG. AND, AGAIN, PERHAPS YOU CAN
00:42:35.53\00:42:39.56
RELATE TO DAVID'S PAIN
AND DISTRESS RIGHT NOW.
00:42:39.56\00:42:42.76
BUT IF SO, REMEMBER THIS -
REMEMBER, YOU ARE NOT ALONE.
00:42:42.76\00:42:50.40
YOU ARE NEVER ALONE. YOU
STILL HAVE A COMPASSIONATE
00:42:50.40\00:42:54.20
CARING HEAVENLY FATHER. WE
STARTED THERE AND WE'RE STILL
00:42:54.20\00:42:59.80
TALKING ABOUT IT. HE
SEES, HE KNOWS, HE CARES AND
00:42:59.80\00:43:04.36
YOU CAN TURN TO HIM WHEN YOU'RE
THE OBJECT OF INJUSTICE AND
00:43:04.36\00:43:09.66
CRUELTY AT THE HANDS
OF OTHERS AS DAVID WAS.
00:43:09.66\00:43:14.06
AND HERE, BACK IN PSALM 18 WE
MOVE TO VERSE 6 AND THIS IS WHAT
00:43:14.06\00:43:18.10
HE SAYS - HE SAYS, "IN MY
DISTRESS I CALLED UPON THE LORD,
00:43:18.10\00:43:25.33
AND CRIED UNTO MY GOD: HE HEARD
MY VOICE OUT OF HIS TEMPLE, AND
00:43:25.33\00:43:31.76
MY CRY CAME BEFORE
HIM, EVEN INTO HIS EARS."
00:43:31.76\00:43:37.76
THAT STATEMENT FROM CHRIST'S -
'STEPS TO CHRIST' ONE HUNDRED -
00:43:37.76\00:43:41.10
PAGE 100 - MEMORIZE THAT -
THAT'S NOT HARD TO REMEMBER,
00:43:41.10\00:43:44.16
RIGHT? 'STEPS TO
CHRIST' PAGE 100 -
00:43:44.16\00:43:47.13
THAT'S WHERE THAT
BEAUTIFUL STATEMENT WAS.
00:43:47.13\00:43:49.06
THERE'S NOTHING THAT ESCAPES
OUR HEAVENLY FATHER'S IMMEDIATE
00:43:49.06\00:43:52.03
INTEREST AND ATTENTION.
AND IT WAS THE SAME WITH DAVID.
00:43:52.03\00:43:55.83
GOD SAW AND GOD WORKED IT OUT.
00:43:55.83\00:43:57.86
PSALM 18, VERSE 16, FINALLY
DAVID SAYS ABOUT GOD, "HE SENT
00:43:57.86\00:44:05.26
FROM ABOVE, HE TOOK ME, HE
DREW ME OUT OF MANY WATERS."
00:44:05.26\00:44:10.83
- OR IN THE MARGIN IT SAYS,
'GREAT WATERS.' VERSE 17, "HE
00:44:10.83\00:44:15.30
DELIVERED ME FROM MY STRONG
ENEMY, AND FROM THEM WHICH HATED
00:44:15.30\00:44:18.73
ME: FOR THEY WERE
TOO STRONG FOR ME."
00:44:18.73\00:44:20.60
- VERSE 19, "HE BROUGHT ME
FORTH ALSO INTO A LARGE PLACE;
00:44:20.60\00:44:25.56
HE DELIVERED ME,
BECAUSE HE DELIGHTED IN ME."
00:44:25.56\00:44:30.60
SO GOD - THERE'S TWO THINGS HERE
I WANT US TO NOTICE: GOD NOT
00:44:30.60\00:44:33.70
ONLY SHOWED CARE AND COMPASSION
TO DAVID WHEN HE WAS INNOCENT OF
00:44:33.70\00:44:39.20
DOING ALL WRONG - WHEN SAUL WAS
CHASING HIM, AND YET GOD, BEING
00:44:39.20\00:44:45.66
WHAT HE IS, HE ALSO SHOWED CARE
AND COMPASSION TO DAVID WHEN
00:44:45.66\00:44:50.06
DAVID WAS ACTUALLY SUFFERING THE
CONSEQUENCES OF HIS OWN SINS -
00:44:50.06\00:44:55.20
HIS OWN HEINOUS SINS
OF ADULTERY AND MURDER.
00:44:55.20\00:44:59.80
GOD FORGAVE HIM BUT
THERE WERE CONSEQUENCES.
00:44:59.80\00:45:02.60
BUT EVEN THERE GOD WAS WITH HIM.
IN RETREATING FROM JERUSALEM IN
00:45:02.60\00:45:07.80
THE MIDST OF AN INSURRECTION
- YOU REMEMBER THAT?
00:45:07.80\00:45:11.76
- AN INSURRECTION AGAINST HIM
INVOLVING HIS OWN SON ABSALON.
00:45:11.76\00:45:15.66
WE READ THE FOLLOWING OF
HOW GOD STILL LOOKED UPON DAVID.
00:45:15.66\00:45:22.16
ANOTHER BOOK, MIKE. THE
ONE UNDERNEATH THE TOP ONE.
00:45:22.16\00:45:26.00
THANK YOU. MIKE'S
MY GOOD FRIEND, UNLESS
00:45:26.00\00:45:30.63
YOU HADN'T NOTICED BY NOW.
MINISTRY OF HEALING PAGE 11.
00:45:30.63\00:45:38.83
THIS IS BEAUTIFUL. I
MEAN, IF YOU'RE SMARTING AND
00:45:38.83\00:45:42.66
HURTING AS A CONSEQUENCE OF SOME
WRONGDOING AND YOU'RE FEELING
00:45:42.66\00:45:49.26
JUST ROTTEN, THIS IS FOR YOU.
"OUR HEAVENLY FATHER IS NEVER
00:45:49.26\00:45:56.46
UNMINDFUL OF THOSE
WHOM SORROW HAS TOUCHED."
00:45:56.46\00:46:00.56
- WHETHER OTHERS HAVE BROUGHT
IT UPON YOU OR WHETHER YOU'VE
00:46:00.56\00:46:02.86
BROUGHT IT UPON YOURSELF - "WHEN
DAVID WENT UP THE MOUNT OLIVET,
00:46:02.86\00:46:09.13
HE WEPT AS HE WENT UP AND HE
HAD HIS HEAD COVERED AND HE WENT
00:46:09.13\00:46:14.56
BAREFOOT. THE LORD
LOOKED PITYINGLY UPON
00:46:14.56\00:46:19.20
HIM. DAVID WAS
CLOTHED IN SACKCLOTH
00:46:19.20\00:46:23.10
AND HIS
CONSCIENCE WAS SCOURGING HIM.
00:46:23.10\00:46:27.33
THE OUTWARD SIGNS OF HUMILIATION
TESTIFIED TO HIS CONTRITION.
00:46:27.33\00:46:33.40
IN TEARFUL, BROKEN UTTERANCES,
HE PRESENTED HIS CASE TO GOD AND
00:46:33.40\00:46:38.76
THE LORD DID NOT
FORSAKE HIS SERVANT."
00:46:38.76\00:46:42.56
- LISTEN TO THIS - "NEVER
WAS DAVID DEARER TO THE HEART OF
00:46:42.56\00:46:48.76
INFINITE LOVE THAN, WHEN
CONSCIENCE SMITTEN, HE FLED FOR
00:46:48.76\00:46:54.00
HIS LIFE FROM HIS ENEMIES WHO'D
BEEN STIRRED TO REBELLION BY HIS
00:46:54.00\00:46:58.33
OWN SON." HE HAD IT
COMING, RIGHT? REALLY HE DID.
00:46:58.33\00:47:04.93
AND GOD, AT THE SAME
TIME, DIDN'T PREVENT THAT.
00:47:04.93\00:47:08.96
HE TOLD HIM, 'THE SWORD SHALL
NOT DEPART FROM YOUR HOUSE.' GOD
00:47:08.96\00:47:11.73
DOES NOT TAKE SIN LIGHTLY.
HE FORGAVE HIM, BUT THERE HAD TO
00:47:11.73\00:47:14.96
BE
CONSEQUENCES. HE WAS THE KING.
00:47:14.96\00:47:17.90
"BUT NEVER WAS DAVID DEARER
TO THE HEART OF INFINITE LOVE
00:47:17.90\00:47:23.30
THAN, WHEN CONSCIENCE SMITTEN,
HE FLED FOR HIS LIFE FROM HIS
00:47:23.30\00:47:27.53
ENEMIES WHO HAD BEEN STIRRED
TO REBELLION BY HIS OWN SON.
00:47:27.53\00:47:32.80
THE LORD SAYS, 'AS MANY AS
I LOVE I REBUKE AND CHASTEN.
00:47:32.80\00:47:37.83
BE ZEALOUS,
THEREFORE, AND REPENT."
00:47:37.83\00:47:41.53
IT SAYS, "CHRIST LIFTS UP THE
CONTRITE HEART AND REFINES THE
00:47:41.53\00:47:45.73
MOURNING SOUL UNTIL
IT BECOMES HIS ABODE."
00:47:45.73\00:47:49.66
SEE GOD BRINGS
GOOD OUT OF IT, RIGHT?
00:47:49.66\00:47:52.36
YOU MAY FEEL SMITTEN AND
SCOURGED BY YOUR OWN CONSCIENCE
00:47:52.36\00:47:56.50
AND YOU'D PROBABLY DESERVE
IT, BUT GOD HE WILL USE THAT TO
00:47:56.50\00:48:00.70
PURIFY YOU AND MAKE THAT HEART
THAT HAS BEEN REBELLIOUS AGAINST
00:48:00.70\00:48:04.23
GOD, GOD'S OWN ABODE IN SUCH
A WAY IT PROBABLY COULDN'T HAVE
00:48:04.23\00:48:09.26
HAPPENED UNLESS YOU'VE
GONE THROUGH THAT EXPERIENCE.
00:48:09.26\00:48:14.00
ANYWAY, WE CAN KNOW THAT DAVID
FOUND COMFORT IN GOD, BUT LET'S
00:48:14.00\00:48:19.26
NOT OVERLOOK THE FACT HERE THAT
DAVID ALSO, I MEAN, HE FOUND
00:48:19.26\00:48:25.23
COMFORT IN THE COMPANION - IN
THE COMPASSION AND COMPANIONSHIP
00:48:25.23\00:48:30.46
OF THE LOYAL FRIENDS HE
HAD WHO REMAINED BY HIS SIDE.
00:48:30.46\00:48:34.40
HE WENT OUT THERE BUT HE
WASN'T ALONE. SO HE HAD HUMAN
00:48:34.40\00:48:38.03
COMPANIONSHIP AND SUPPORT,
OF COURSE IT DOESN'T TAKE
00:48:38.03\00:48:40.36
THE PLACE OF DIVINE,
BUT STILL THEY WERE THERE.
00:48:40.36\00:48:43.23
AND IT'S ALSO THROUGH HUMAN
INSTRUMENTALITIES THAT GOD WANTS
00:48:43.23\00:48:46.93
TO DEMONSTRATE TO US
HIS COMPASSIONATE CARE.
00:48:46.93\00:48:52.50
NOW LET ME ASK YOU SOMETHING -
I'LL TELL YOU SOMETHING AND YOU
00:48:52.50\00:48:55.10
COULD PROBABLY RELATE TO THIS:
HAVE YOU EVER PRAYED TO GOD IN
00:48:55.10\00:48:58.86
YOUR DISTRESS AND YOU LOOK FOR
AN ANGEL TO COME DOWN THROUGH
00:48:58.86\00:49:02.13
THE ROOF OR SOMETHING BUT,
INSTEAD, THERE'S A KNOCK AT THE
00:49:02.13\00:49:04.60
DOOR AND IT'S NOT A DIVINE ANGEL
COMING DOWN THROUGH THE CEILING
00:49:04.60\00:49:08.43
BUT IT'S ANOTHER HUMAN BEING
ON YOUR DOORSTEP WHO'S COME
00:49:08.43\00:49:11.80
AT THAT MOMENT TO
ANSWER YOUR PRAYER?
00:49:11.80\00:49:15.20
HAVE YOU HAD
SOMETHING LIKE THAT?
00:49:15.20\00:49:16.76
THERE WAS A LADY WHO WAS
RECENTLY - SHE'S GOING TO BE
00:49:16.76\00:49:20.60
BAPTIZED - I WAS
MEETING WITH HER THE OTHER DAY.
00:49:20.60\00:49:23.06
SHE SAID, 'YOU KNOW, MY LIFE WAS
THIS, THAT AND IT WAS THE OTHER.
00:49:23.06\00:49:25.66
IT WAS TERRIBLE.
SO I WAS PRAYING.
00:49:25.66\00:49:28.56
I WAS PRAYING TO GOD FOR HELP,
FOR GUIDANCE, FOR LIGHT - AND
00:49:28.56\00:49:31.60
THERE WAS A KNOCK ON MY DOOR
AND IT WAS A COUPLE OF AFCOE
00:49:31.60\00:49:34.53
STUDENTS.' YOU KNOW, SHE MAYBE
THOUGHT THAT GOD WOULD SEND A
00:49:34.53\00:49:41.53
THUNDERBOLT DOWN, YOU KNOW,
AND THIS HAND WOULD WRITE WITH
00:49:41.53\00:49:44.63
LETTERS OF FIRE ON THE WALL BUT,
NO, HE SENT TWO AFCOE STUDENTS.
00:49:44.63\00:49:48.53
GOD OFTEN WORKS LIKE THAT. I
REMEMBER WHEN I WAS - WHEN WE
00:49:48.53\00:49:52.50
- HELEN IS SOMEWHERE AROUND -
WHEN WE WERE - I WAS A NEWBOLD
00:49:52.50\00:49:56.13
STUDENT - THIS
WAS A LONG TIME AGO.
00:49:56.13\00:49:58.80
DEBBIE WAS THIS BIG - TWO
AND A BIT - AND RACHEL WAS THREE
00:49:58.80\00:50:02.66
SOMETHING AND WE HAD IN THE
PANTRY - I THINK A JAR OF DRIED
00:50:02.66\00:50:08.93
GARBANZOS? NOT MY
FAVORITE - AND A JAR OF
00:50:08.93\00:50:12.26
DRIED GREEN PEAS
- NOT MY FAVORITE.
00:50:12.26\00:50:15.60
THIS WAS IN THE OLD DAYS
WHEN YOU PAID THE MILK MAN.
00:50:15.60\00:50:19.13
WE HAD ENOUGH MONEY TO PAY
THE MILK BILL AND THAT WAS IT.
00:50:19.13\00:50:23.00
TWO LITTLE KIDS, A WIFE,
AND ME BUT, YOU KNOW WHAT?
00:50:23.00\00:50:27.33
I WAS ACTUALLY A LITTLE BIT
EXCITED BECAUSE I WAS THINKING,
00:50:27.33\00:50:31.96
'WHAT'S GOD GOING TO DO?'
SO WE GET UP THE NEXT MORNING
00:50:31.96\00:50:36.66
AND LEFT THE MONEY OUT FOR THE
MILKMAN AND WE PRAYED - GOT THE
00:50:36.66\00:50:39.43
LITTLE GIRLS AROUND AND WE SAID,
'LORD, YOU KNOW, WE REALLY DON'T
00:50:39.43\00:50:42.33
HAVE ANYTHING TO EAT.' AND SO
I WENT OFF TO COLLEGE AND HELEN
00:50:42.33\00:50:46.93
STAYED HOME AND LATER THAT
MORNING THERE WAS A KNOCK ON THE
00:50:46.93\00:50:49.50
DOOR AND THERE WAS ONE OF
THE STUDENTS WIVES - ONE OF THE
00:50:49.50\00:50:51.93
THEOLOGY STUDENT'S
WIVES WITH A LOAF OF BREAD.
00:50:51.93\00:50:54.30
'I'VE JUST BEEN
BAKING SOME BREAD.
00:50:54.30\00:50:55.96
I THOUGHT YOU MIGHT LIKE THIS.'
'OH, THANK YOU SO MUCH.' AND
00:50:55.96\00:50:59.43
THEN LATER IN THE MORNING HELEN
WENT TO GO LOOK - WE'RE IN A
00:50:59.43\00:51:02.40
MARRIED STUDENT HALL. SHE
JUST WENT OUT THE APARTMENT
00:51:02.40\00:51:05.93
AND THERE, ON THE
DOOR, WAS AN ENVELOPE.
00:51:05.93\00:51:07.90
SHE PULLED IT OFF, OPENED IT UP,
AND THERE WAS MONEY IN THERE TO
00:51:07.90\00:51:10.00
BUY A WEEK'S GROCERIES. YOU SEE?
00:51:10.00\00:51:14.30
I KNOW YOU CAN ALL RELATE
AND TELL STORIES LIKE THAT.
00:51:14.30\00:51:19.50
SO WHY AM I
ADDING THIS? BECAUSE.
00:51:19.50\00:51:23.10
BECAUSE WE, AS YOU AND I, AS
GOD HAS HEARD OUR PRAYERS AND
00:51:23.10\00:51:34.13
BECAUSE HE'S OUR LOVING, CARING,
COMPASSIONATE HEAVENLY FATHER,
00:51:34.13\00:51:38.10
AND HE HAS ANSWERED OUR PRAYERS
- SOMETIMES DIRECTLY FROM HIM.
00:51:38.10\00:51:41.20
YOU KNOW, HE
SPEAKS TO YOU SOMETIMES.
00:51:41.20\00:51:43.90
BUT AS HE, VERY OFTEN, HAS SENT
HUMAN INSTRUMENTALITIES TO YOUR
00:51:43.90\00:51:47.36
DOOR WITH, LET'S SAY A LOAF OF
BREAD OR SOMETHING OF THE LIKE,
00:51:47.36\00:51:51.60
WE NEED TO BE WILLING OURSELVES
TO TAKE ON THAT ROLE WHEN
00:51:51.60\00:51:58.80
SOMEBODY WE DON'T KNOW
ABOUT IS ALSO PRAYING TO GOD,
00:51:58.80\00:52:02.66
'LORD, I NEED HELP. IF
YOU'RE REALLY THERE, HELP
00:52:02.66\00:52:06.16
ME.' YOU NEED TO BE THE
ONE WHO'S WILLING - AS YOU HAVE
00:52:06.16\00:52:10.86
RECEIVED YOU NEED TO GIVE - TO
BE THE ONE, IF HE CALLS YOU AT
00:52:10.86\00:52:13.80
2:00 IN THE MORNING - SOMETIMES
HE MIGHT - TO GET UP AND GO OUT
00:52:13.80\00:52:17.00
AND GO TO THAT
PLACE. GO TO THAT HOUSE.
00:52:17.00\00:52:19.86
CALL THAT PERSON AND UNDERSTAND
THAT GOD HAS CALLED YOU TO THE
00:52:19.86\00:52:25.56
GREAT HONOR AND UNIQUE PRIVILEGE
OF NOW BEING HIS INSTRUMENT, IN
00:52:25.56\00:52:29.96
HIS HANDS, TO BE A DEMONSTRATION
OF HIS LOVE AND COMPASSION TO
00:52:29.96\00:52:36.26
SOME OTHER STRUGGLING
HUMAN BEING. IS GOD GOOD? HE IS.
00:52:36.26\00:52:44.33
>>EVERY DAY WE MAKE
HUNDREDS OF DECISIONS.
00:52:44.33\00:52:46.80
SOMETIMES THESE
CHOICES ARE MUNDANE.
00:52:46.80\00:52:49.36
WHAT WILL YOU
HAVE FOR BREAKFAST?
00:52:49.36\00:52:50.73
OR WHAT WILL YOU WEAR FOR WORK?
00:52:50.73\00:52:52.56
BUT SOMETIMES THESE DECISIONS
CAN HAVE AN ETERNAL IMPACT: LIKE
00:52:52.56\00:52:56.43
WHEN YOU SET UP AN ESTATE
PLAN THAT SUPPORTS GOD'S WORK.
00:52:56.43\00:53:01.60
WE NEED TO MOVE QUICKLY,
FRIENDS, TO ENSURE AS MANY SOULS
00:53:01.60\00:53:05.00
AS POSSIBLE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY
TO MAKE DECISIONS FOR CHRIST.
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AND WHEN YOU CHOOSE TO INCLUDE
YOUR EVANGELISM VALUES IN YOUR
00:53:09.43\00:53:12.40
ESTATE PLAN TODAY, AMAZING FACTS
CAN DO EVEN MORE TO EXPAND GOD'S
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KINGDOM THROUGH YOUR
FAITHFUL STEWARDSHIP.
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I'D LIKE TO OFFER YOU A
FREE GIFT ENTITLED, 'PROVIDE AND
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PROTECT' WHICH IS A TREMENDOUS
RESOURCE TELLING ABOUT LIFE AND
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DEATH DECISIONS
CONNECTED WITH YOUR ESTATE PLAN.
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CONTACT OUR PLANNED GIVING
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THAT COMES FROM
KNOWING YOUR HOUSE IS IN ORDER.
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>>WELL, MY CONVERSION STORY IS
WHEN I WAS IN THE PHILIPPINES I
00:53:45.03\00:53:50.43
JUST GRADUATED AS A NURSE AND
AFTERWARDS I DID NOT HAVE ANY
00:53:50.43\00:53:55.60
RELIGION AND ONE TIME I FOUND
MYSELF INSIDE A SMALL CHURCH -
00:53:55.60\00:54:01.03
CATHOLIC CHURCH IN MANILLA -
AND BEFORE A BIG CROSS AND I WAS
00:54:01.03\00:54:08.13
KNEELING BEFORE AND I COULD HEAR
JESUS TELLING ME TO ENTER THE
00:54:08.13\00:54:13.66
CONVENT, SAVE
MYSELF, AND ALSO MY FAMILY.
00:54:13.66\00:54:18.06
AND I SAID, 'LORD, I WOULD LIKE
TO FOLLOW YOU ALL THE WAY.' AT
00:54:18.06\00:54:21.16
THAT POINT I SEEMED TO BE HAPPY,
EXTERNALLY, BUT BECAUSE INSIDE
00:54:21.16\00:54:26.16
THE CONVENT WE DON'T READ THE
BIBLE - WE DON'T STUDY ABOUT THE
00:54:26.16\00:54:29.93
WORD OF GOD, WE
PRAY THE ROSARIES.
00:54:29.93\00:54:33.43
WE ALSO, AT THE SAME TIME, STUDY
THE LIVES OF THE SAINTS AND ALSO
00:54:33.43\00:54:37.86
OUR FOUNDERS AND THE
ENCYCLICALS OF THE POPE,
00:54:37.86\00:54:42.00
AND THE VIRGIN MARY. AND
SO I DO NOT KNOW THE TRUTH
00:54:42.00\00:54:45.63
AND I HAD THIS TORTURE OF
CONSCIENCE - THE GUILTY FEELINGS
00:54:45.63\00:54:50.06
THAT CANNOT BE RESOLVED. SO
I WOULD CONFESS TO THE PRIEST
00:54:50.06\00:54:53.46
IN THE CONFESSIONAL BOX
SAYING, 'FATHER, FORGIVE ME.
00:54:53.46\00:54:57.50
SINCE MY LAST CONFESSION WAS
LAST WEEK - SINCE THEN I HAVE
00:54:57.50\00:55:01.83
COMMITTED THE FOLLOWING SIN
INCLUDING THE ROOT CAUSE, 'WHY
00:55:01.83\00:55:05.66
AM I FALLING AND FALLING IN THAT
SAME SIN OVER AND OVER AGAIN?'
00:55:05.66\00:55:11.20
AND STILL, FOR 21 LONG YEARS
I STRUGGLE AND I STRUGGLE AND I
00:55:11.20\00:55:16.73
STRUGGLE. I REALIZED
THAT I WAS TOTALLY EMPTY.
00:55:16.73\00:55:21.90
I WAS TOTALLY HELPLESS AND
HOPELESS AND SO DEPRESSED AND SO
00:55:21.90\00:55:26.56
DESPERATE THAT I WOULD
LIKE ALREADY TO END MY LIFE.
00:55:26.56\00:55:31.10
I WAS WORKING FOR FIVE YEARS AS
DEAN OF THE UNIVERSITY OF SAINT
00:55:31.10\00:55:35.66
AUGUSTINE COLLEGE OF NURSING
IN OOLA OOLA CITY, ONE OF THE
00:55:35.66\00:55:39.33
ISLANDS IN THE PHILIPPINES.
AFTER FIVE YEARS I RECEIVED MY
00:55:39.33\00:55:45.63
COMMISSION FROM MY PARENTS
TO HELP MY SISTER WHO IS BEING A
00:55:45.63\00:55:50.26
BATTERED WOMAN. THIS IS
ONE OF THE REASONS WHY I
00:55:50.26\00:55:53.76
CAME OVER TO THE UNITED STATES.
IT IS BECAUSE MY SISTER NEEDS MY
00:55:53.76\00:55:59.93
HELP. AS I WAS
WORKING IN THE HOSPITAL
00:55:59.93\00:56:02.70
IN NEW YORK, MY BOSS, SERAPHIN,
HE WAS SO GRACIOUS ENOUGH TO
00:56:02.70\00:56:06.76
GIVE ME AN INVITATION TO
THE 'MILLENIUM OF PROPHECY'.
00:56:06.76\00:56:10.80
AS I WAS LISTENING TO PASTOR
DOUG BATCHELOR'S PRESENTATION,
00:56:10.80\00:56:15.43
MY HEART REALLY WAS BEATING SO
FAST AND MY MIND - I AM ABLE TO
00:56:15.43\00:56:20.73
GRASP THE TRUTH THAT THIS IS THE
TRUTH THAT I'VE BEEN LONGING TO
00:56:20.73\00:56:26.30
HEAR ALL MY LIFE - THAT I
HAVE BEEN SEEKING FOR SO LONG.
00:56:26.30\00:56:31.76
MY PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP WITH
JESUS - I CAN SEE JESUS AS MY
00:56:31.76\00:56:36.63
PERSONAL SAVIOR. HE IS
NOT ONLY THE SAVIOR OF THE
00:56:36.63\00:56:40.50
WHOLE WORLD, BUT HE
IS MY PERSONAL SAVIOR.
00:56:40.50\00:56:44.60
HE WAS THE ONE WHO DELIVERED ME
MIGHTILY FROM THE DEPTHS OF SIN
00:56:44.60\00:56:50.50
- FROM THE MIRY CLAY.
PASTOR DOUG BATCHELOR HAS BEEN
00:56:50.50\00:56:54.40
USED BY THE LORD
IN MY CONVERSION.
00:56:54.40\00:56:57.43
THE AMAZING
FACTS - I OWE TO THEM.
00:56:57.43\00:57:00.60
THE LORD REALLY BLESSED THIS
MINISTRY AND I'M SO PROUD I WAS
00:57:00.60\00:57:05.96
ABLE TO ATTEND THIS
'MILLENIUM OF PROPHECY'.
00:57:05.96\00:57:09.63
MY LIFE HAS NEVER BEEN THE SAME.
IT HAS GIVEN ME THAT PEACE -
00:57:09.63\00:57:14.40
THAT JOY THAT NEVER - I
HAVE NEVER TASTED IN MY LIFE.
00:57:14.40\00:57:20.76
NOW I AM SET FREE TO BE ABLE TO
WORK FOR HIM AND TO FOLLOW HIM.
00:57:20.76\00:57:38.30
>>DID YOU KNOW THAT NOAH WAS
PRESENT AT THE BIRTH OF ABRAHAM?
00:57:38.30\00:57:41.53
OKAY, MAYBE HE WASN'T IN
THE ROOM, BUT HE WAS ALIVE AND
00:57:41.53\00:57:45.36
PROBABLY TELLING
STORIES ABOUT HIS FLOATING ZOO.
00:57:45.36\00:57:48.63
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00:57:48.63\00:57:51.46
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