Participants: Pr. Mike Thompson
Series Code: CSH
Program Code: CSH021439
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00:44 >>WELCOME TO SACRAMENTO CENTRAL SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH. 00:48 YOU HAVE TUNED INTO SACRAMENTO CENTRAL STUDY HOUR FROM ACROSS 00:54 THE COUNTRY - AROUND THE WORLD. WE COME TOGETHER EVERY WEEK TO 00:57 STUDY GOD'S WORD AND TODAY IS NO EXCEPTION. 01:00 BEFORE WE BEGIN STUDYING WE ALWAYS LIKE TO SING TOGETHER AS 01:04 ONE BIG FAMILY. TODAY WE'RE GOING TO BE SINGING 01:07 HYMN #647 TO BEGIN - 'MINE EYES HAVE SEEN THE GLORY OF THE 01:12 COMING OF THE LORD.' I CAN HARDLY WAIT FOR THAT DAY. 01:15 SING ALONG WITH US. THIS COMES AS A REQUEST FROM 01:18 IGNACIO IN CHILE, ISAAC IN LIBERIA, GERALYN IN SAUDI 01:23 ARABIA, PAIGE AND SERENA IN THE UNITED KINGDOM, AND IT SAYS, 01:28 'PLUS MANY, MANY MORE PEOPLE FROM AROUND THE PLANET.' 01:31 SO WE ARE IN A BATTLE. WE KNOW THAT CHRIST IS COMING 01:35 SOON AND WE JUST WANT TO PROCLAIM HIS MESSAGE TO THE VERY 01:38 END, AMEN? SO LET'S SING ABOUT IT - #647 - 'MINE EYES HAVE SEEN 01:42 THE GLORY' - WE WILL SING ALL THREE VERSES. 01:44 (MUSIC) 04:07 >>I WISH YOU, IN TV LAND, COULD SEE WHAT'S GOING ON IN HERE. 04:10 LOTS OF SINGING. LOTS OF SMILES. IT'S A BEAUTIFUL THING. 04:13 AS MANY OF YOU KNOW THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF CHANGES TAKING PLACE 04:17 HERE AT SACRAMENTO CENTRAL CHURCH WITH AMAZING FACTS AND 04:20 GRANITE BAY AND PASTOR DOUG IS AT GRANITE BAY. 04:24 CENTRAL CHURCH IS NOW A MEDIA CHURCH ON THEIR OWN STARTING 04:28 NEXT WEEK. AND I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU 04:31 KNOW THAT TODAY IS MY LAST SABBATH RECORDING FOR AMAZING 04:35 FACTS - FOR CENTRAL STUDY HOUR HERE AT CENTRAL. 04:38 I WILL BE HEADED OVER TO GRANITE BAY TO HELP OUT WITH THE AMAZING 04:42 FACTS CENTRAL STUDY HOUR - OR THE AMAZING FACTS STUDY HOUR 04:46 OVER THERE; HOWEVER, CENTRAL STUDY HOUR WILL CONTINUE WITH 04:50 THESE LOVELY FOLKS. BRAND-NEW FACES - KULA IS GOING 04:54 TO BE THE MAIN CHORISTER AND SO WE ARE TURNING IT OVER TO HER AS 04:59 OF NEXT WEEK AND I JUST WANT TO SAY WHAT A PRIVILEGE IT IS TO BE 05:05 ABLE TO DO GOD'S WORK SINGING AND WHAT A PRIVILEGE IT IS TO BE 05:13 ABLE TO BE A MEDIA CHURCH. THERE'S NO LONGER JUST ONE. 05:16 NOW THERE'S GOING TO BE TWO TO FINISH UP GOD'S WORK AND LET'S 05:19 GO HOME. SO AS WE ALL STUDY TOGETHER WEEK 05:22 AFTER WEEK, SOON WE ARE GOING TO BE STUDYING AND LEARNING ABOUT 05:26 CHRIST AND MORE OF HIS GOODNESS AND GRACE WITH HIM FACE TO FACE. 05:31 I CANNOT WAIT FOR THAT DAY. I PRAY THAT EACH ONE OF YOU WILL 05:34 STAY TUNED INTO HIM AND WE CAN BE TOGETHER IN HEAVEN. 05:38 SO LET'S SING TOGETHER 'O SACRED HEAD NOW WOUNDED' - HYMN #156. 05:46 THIS COMES AS A REQUEST FROM NORMA IN BARBADOS, ERIC IN 05:50 BRAZIL, VALERIE IN MASSACHUSETTS, AND SRIKANTH IN 05:55 WISCONSIN. WE WILL SING ALL THREE VERSES OF 05:58 'O SACRED HEAD NOW WOUNDED.' ONE OF MY FAVORITES. 06:02 (MUSIC) 09:27 >>LET'S BOW OUR HEADS. OUR FATHER IN HEAVEN, WHAT A 09:30 PRIVILEGE IT IS TO COME BEFORE YOU TO WORSHIP YOU WEEK AFTER 09:37 WEEK, DAY AFTER DAY BECAUSE YOU ARE OUR CREATOR, YOU ARE OUR 09:41 SAVIOR, AND YOU ARE OUR LORD. SO I THANK YOU FOR THE PASTORS 09:46 THAT ARE WILLING TO STAND UP - TO SPEAK YOUR WORDS TRUE AND 09:50 CLEAR AND THAT WE HAVE A CHOICE TO FOLLOW YOU. 09:54 AND SO, LORD, JUST KEEP US FAITHFUL UNTIL THE VERY END. 09:57 NO MATTER WHAT COMES OUR WAY, HELP US TO STAND FOR YOU AND 10:01 YOUR TRUTH - TO KNOW THAT WE HAVE A CROWN IN HEAVEN AND THAT 10:06 WE CAN SEE YOU FACE TO FACE. LORD, WE LOOK FORWARD TO 10:09 THAT DAY. WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR SPIRIT AND 10:12 YOUR RIGHTEOUSNESS THAT TAKES OUR PLACE. 10:15 THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DID. WE PRAY THESE THINGS IN YOUR 10:18 PRECIOUS NAME. AMEN. OUR STUDY THIS MORNING WILL BE 10:25 BROUGHT TO US BY PASTOR MIKE THOMPSON. 10:36 >>THANK YOU VERY MUCH JOLYNE AND SINGERS. 10:40 PRAISE THE LORD, WE'RE HERE AGAIN. 10:43 WELL THANK YOU VERY MUCH MICHAEL. 10:46 SAME TO YOU AND HERE'S A BOOK FOR YOU TO HANG ONTO IF YOU 10:49 DON'T MIND. GOD WILLING I'LL GET THAT FAR IN 10:53 THE LESSON THAT I'LL BE ASKING FOR YOU - I MEAN ASKING YOU FOR 10:57 IT. ANYWAY, WELCOME EVERYBODY. WE HAVE AN OFFER THIS MORNING, 11:04 IT'S OFFER #105. IT'S 'THE ULTIMATE DELIVERANCE' 11:10 AND IT'S ACTUALLY FROM THE AMAZING FACTS LESSON SERIES AND 11:13 IT'S ON THE SECOND COMING OF JESUS. 11:17 AND IT'S OFFER #105 AND IF YOU CALL 1-866-STUDY-MORE OR 11:22 1-866-788-3966, AMAZING FACTS WILL SEND THIS TO YOU FREE. 11:30 THIS IS, ACTUALLY - AS YOU KNOW, JOLYNE MENTIONED - THIS IS THE 11:34 LAST OFFICIAL JOINT EFFORT BETWEEN CENTRAL CHURCH AND 11:38 AMAZING FACTS. IT'S LESSON #13 IN THE SABBATH 11:41 SCHOOL QUARTERLY, 'THE TEACHINGS OF JESUS.' PASTOR DOUG WOULD BE 11:44 HERE BUT HE'S DOWN UNDER IN AUSTRALIA SO YOU HAVE YOURS 11:48 TRULY THIS MORNING. SO IT'S KIND OF A MOMENT FOR ME 11:51 AS WELL. I'VE BEEN HERE 16 YEARS AND SO 11:54 IT'S KIND OF A - QUITE A WATERSHED FOR MYSELF AS WELL. 11:59 BUT, AS YOU KNOW, WE'RE STILL CARRYING ON. PASTOR DOUG - 12:01 YOU CAN STILL SEE HIM ON 3ABN, AMAZING FACTS TELEVISION - 12:05 AND WE'LL BE HERE NEXT WEEK WITH OUR OWN LITTLE CAMERAS DOING 12:09 THEIR STUFF AND - YEAH. WE GOT THEM FROM TOYS R US. 12:17 NO, THEY'RE ACTUALLY VERY GOOD. 12:18 THEY'RE VERY GOOD CAMERAS. WE'LL FIND OUT NEXT WEEK. 12:21 AND SO YOU CAN TURN TO 'SACCENTRAL.ORG' AND WE'LL BE 12:27 HERE SMILING LARGE AS LIFE. WE'LL BE ON LIVE STREAM AS WELL 12:31 SO WE'RE NOT DONE, YOU KNOW? WE'RE STILL GOING TO CARRY ON. 12:35 WE'RE ON THE LAST LESSON OF THIS QUARTER, 'THE TEACHINGS OF 12:38 JESUS' AND THIS LESSON, OF COURSE - THIS BOOKLET THAT YOU 12:42 CAN RECEIVE FREE - IT TIES IN WITH THE LAST ONE TODAY, 'THE 12:47 SECOND COMING OF JESUS.' THERE ARE DIFFERENT IDEAS IN 12:49 RESPECTING THE WAY IN WHICH JESUS WILL MAKE HIS APPEARANCE 12:53 AT THE END AND THAT END IS ALMOST UPON US. 12:57 THERE'S THE RAPTURE THEORY. THERE'S ALL KINDS OF THINGS. 12:59 BUT TODAY WE'RE LOOKING AT WHAT THE BIBLE REALLY TEACHES AND 13:04 YOU, HOPEFULLY, WOULDN'T EXPECT ANYTHING ELSE FROM US. 13:08 BUT HERE WE ARE AND I WANT TO BEGIN READING ON THE 13:12 INTRODUCTORY PAGE OF SABBATH'S LESSON. 13:17 THE MEMORY VERSE IS FROM JOHN 14:1 THROUGH 3, OF COURSE. 13:21 JESUS SAID, "LET NOT YOUR HEART BE TROUBLED; YOU BELIEVE IN GOD, 13:26 BELIEVE ALSO IN ME. IN MY FATHER'S HOUSE ARE MANY 13:30 MANSIONS; IF IT WERE NOT SO, I WOULD HAVE TOLD YOU. 13:35 I GO TO PREPARE A PLACE FOR YOU. AND IF I GO AND PREPARE A PLACE 13:39 FOR YOU, I WILL COME AGAIN AND RECEIVE YOU TO MYSELF; THAT 13:44 WHERE I AM, THERE YOU MAY BE ALSO." BEAUTIFUL PROMISE. 13:51 SO I WANT TO READ THE REST OF THE INTRO OF THE LESSON HERE ON 13:55 SABBATH AFTERNOON'S PAGE, "THE SECOND COMING OF JESUS, 14:01 MENTIONED MORE THAN 300 TIMES IN THE NEW TESTAMENT, IS THE 14:05 CAPSTONE OF OUR TEACHINGS. IT IS ESSENTIAL TO OUR IDENTITY 14:11 AS SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHRISTIANS. 14:14 THE DOCTRINE IS ENGRAVED IN OUR NAME." 14:18 THERE ARE THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE SEEN CENTRAL CHURCH OUTSIDE. 14:20 WE HAVE A BIG MOSAIC. IT CAME FROM ITALY OR GREECE, I 14:23 FORGET WHERE, BUT THERE'S THREE ANGELS AND RIGHT BACK HERE 14:27 THERE'S ANOTHER MOSAIC FROM ITALY OR GREECE. 14:29 WE DON'T WORSHIP IT, BY THE WAY, BUT IT'S JUST A PICTURE OF THE 14:34 SECOND COMING OF JESUS. SO IT'S ENGRAVED IN OUR NAME AS 14:38 SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS. "WITHOUT THE PROMISE OF HIS 14:42 COMING, OUR FAITH WOULD BE IN VAIN." AND INDEED, IT WOULD. 14:46 "THIS GLORIOUS TRUTH GIVES US A SENSE OF DESTINY AND MOTIVATES 14:50 OUR MISSIONARY OUTREACH. IT COULD BE ARGUED THAT THE 14:55 STRETCHING OF TIME BEYOND OUR EXPECTATIONS WOULD UNDERMINE OUR 14:59 BELIEF IN JESUS' PROMISE TO RETURN. HOWEVER, 15:03 THIS HAS NOT HAPPENED." WELL, I THINK IT HAS WITH SOME 15:09 OF US AND WE'LL BE LOOKING AT THAT THIS MORNING, BUT 15:13 OFFICIALLY, NO IT HASN'T. AND IT HASN'T FOR US HERE - I 15:17 KNOW. "FOR MANY, OUR PASSION FOR 15:20 CHRIST'S RETURN IS STRONGER THAN EVER. 15:23 THIS WEEK WE WILL REVIEW WHAT JESUS SAID ABOUT THE BLESSED 15:27 HOPE AND GLORIOUS APPEARING OF OUR GREAT GOD AND SAVIOR JESUS 15:33 CHRIST." ELOQUENT, WASN'T IT? JUST ELOQUENT. 15:37 SO SUNDAY WE'RE LOOKING AT THE PROMISE OF CHRIST'S RETURN. 15:42 NOW GOD HAS GIVEN US MANY PROMISES IN HIS WORD AND I KNOW 15:48 IT'S TRUE TO SAY THAT EVERY PROMISE HE HAS GIVEN FOR OUR 15:51 GOOD, SATAN HAS ALWAYS SOUGHT TO CONTEST THAT BECAUSE HE KNOWS IT 15:57 NEVER WORKS OUT FOR HIS BEST GOOD. 16:02 HE KNOWS THERE'S ALWAYS ADVERSE CIRCUMSTANCES. 16:04 ANYTHING THAT GOD PROMISES FOR US THAT'S GOOD, IT DOESN'T MEAN 16:07 THAT FOR HIM SO HE TRIES TO STOP IT. AND ESPECIALLY CAN WE SAY 16:11 THIS ABOUT THE PROMISE OF THE SECOND COMING. 16:14 BUT AS WE LOOK BACK IN THE HISTORY OF GOD'S DEALING AND THE 16:17 GREAT CONTROVERSY, IN THE VERY BEGINNING WHEN GOD GAVE THE 16:21 PROMISE OF A REDEEMER, SATAN TRIED TO CONTEST THAT. 16:26 THE PROMISE WAS GIVEN IN THE GARDEN OF EDEN, RIGHT THERE 16:29 BESIDE THE TREE, GENESIS 3:15, THERE WAS A PROMISE GIVEN OF A 16:33 REDEEMER WHO WOULD COME AND IN THE PROCESS HIS HEEL WOULD BE 16:39 BRUISED - JESUS WOULD BE CRUCIFIED - 16:41 BUT THE SERPENT'S HEAD WOULD BE CRUSHED. 16:43 SATAN LISTENED TO THAT AND DIDN'T LIKE THE IDEA OF THAT. 16:46 SO WHAT HAS HE DONE? HE'S SOUGHT TO CONTEST THAT. 16:49 ALWAYS THE SAME. IT NEVER FAILS. 16:52 WHEN JESUS ACTUALLY CAME - BEFORE JESUS CAME - TIME AND 16:56 TIME AGAIN, SATAN SOUGHT TO DESTROY THE BLOODLINE THROUGH 16:59 WHICH THE REDEEMER WOULD COME. YOU KNOW THIS. 17:02 IT'S ALL HISTORY. IT'S IN THE SCRIPTURES. 17:04 AND WHEN JESUS ACTUALLY CAME, WE KNOW WELL THE STORY OF HOW 17:09 SATAN, WORKING THROUGH KING HEROD, TRIED TO DESTROY ALL THE 17:13 BABY BOYS IN BETHLEHEM, UP TO TWO YEARS OF AGE. 17:15 HE DID NOT LIKE THE PROMISE SO HE WANTED TO RESIST THAT AND 17:20 DESTROY EVERY HOPE OF THAT PROMISE BEING FULFILLED. 17:23 BUT, YOU KNOW, PRAISE GOD. GOD'S PURPOSES, HOWEVER MUCH 17:27 SATAN MAY CONTEST THEM, GOD ALWAYS SUCCEEDS. 17:32 HE COMES THROUGH BECAUSE HE IS GOD. 17:36 AND IT'S BECAUSE HE'S GOD IT'S - IT'S WITH BOLDNESS, ALMOST 17:41 BRAZEN BOLDNESS, WE MIGHT SAY, THAT SIX HUNDRED YEARS 17:46 THEREABOUTS, BEFORE JESUS CAME THE FIRST TIME TO THIS EARTH, 17:51 THROUGH THE PROPHET DANIEL IN DANIEL 9, GOD STATED BOLDLY THE 17:55 VERY YEAR WHEN JESUS WOULD COME TO BEGIN HIS PUBLIC MINISTRY 17:59 IN AD 27. IT'S THERE IN THAT 70-WEEK PROPHECY, IN FACT, THE 18:03 LAST WEEK - THE SEVENTIETH WEEK OF THE OTHER - OF THE SEVENTY 18:07 WEEKS. IN THAT PROPHECY IT WAS BOLDLY STATED THE VERY YEAR THAT 18:12 THE MESSIAH WOULD BE CRUCIFIED, TO OFFER FOR US AN ATONING 18:16 SACRIFICE. SATAN TRIED DESPERATELY TO 18:20 DESTROY THAT PROMISE BEING FULFILLED. 18:22 BUT JESUS WENT TO THE CROSS AS A SINLESS OFFERING AND THE DEVIL 18:27 WAS THWARTED AGAIN. AND SO GOD HAS FULFILLED THESE 18:33 PROMISES TO US REGARDING JESUS' FIRST COMING. THEY WERE SURE. 18:39 AND, THEREFORE, WE KNOW - WE CAN KNOW FOR A FACT THAT THE 18:42 PROMISES RELATING TO JESUS' SECOND COMING, THAT WILL ALSO 18:47 COME TO PASS AND SATAN WILL NOT BE ABLE TO OVERRULE IT, THOUGH 18:51 HE'S SURE GOING TO TRY TO MESS THINGS UP. 18:55 HOWEVER, THAT SAID, WITH JESUS - WITH THE PROMISE OF JESUS' FIRST 19:02 COMING, IT WAS THERE THAT THE YEAR WAS GIVEN WHEN HE'D BEGIN 19:05 HIS PUBLIC MINISTRY IN AD 27. BUT THE PROMISE OF JESUS' SECOND 19:13 COMING, THAT TIME IS NOT GIVEN IN SCRIPTURE. 19:16 IT'S NOT GIVEN ANYWHERE. WE KNOW THAT VERY WELL. 19:20 BUT NONETHELESS, WE KNOW THAT IT WILL SURELY COME TO PASS BECAUSE 19:24 EVERY OTHER PROMISE OF GOD IS BEING FULFILLED. 19:27 BUT HERE'S THE THING. WE DON'T KNOW WHEN IT WILL BE 19:29 BUT THIS WE DO KNOW: IT CAN BE DELAYED. GOD KNOWS THE HOUR AND 19:36 GOD KNOWS THE DESIRABLE TIME HE WOULD HAVE LOVED TO HAVE 19:39 FULFILLED THAT, WHICH WAS ACTUALLY DECADES BEFORE THIS 19:42 DATE IN 2014. BUT TIME HAS LINGERED ON. DO YOU KNOW WHY? 19:47 BECAUSE THE PROMISE IS SURE, BUT BECAUSE WE, GOD'S PEOPLE, ARE 19:51 THE ONES WHO HAVE DELAYED IT AND ARE DELAYING IT. 19:58 THERE'S TWO THINGS - WHY THIS FULFILLMENT IS DELAYED. 20:03 #1 IF YOU LOOK AT THAT MOSAIC OUTSIDE, WE HAVEN'T TAKEN THE 20:06 THIRD ANGEL'S MESSAGE TO THE WORLD YET. THAT'S ONE REASON. 20:11 AND THE SECOND REASON, AS WELL, IS THAT JESUS HIMSELF - IT'S NOT 20:17 JESUS, OKAY, WE DON'T WORSHIP THIS PICTURE. 20:19 DON'T E-MAIL US, WE DON'T WORSHIP IT. 20:21 BUT JESUS, HIMSELF - THERE'S A WONDERFUL TEACHING 20:28 IN THE BIBLE CALLED RIGHTEOUSNESS BY FAITH. 20:32 AND IN ITS FULLNESS, THAT TEACHING OF RIGHTEOUSNESS BY 20:35 FAITH MEANS THAT JESUS CAN COME INTO THE LIFE, CAN FORGIVE EVERY 20:43 SIN - HE CAN CLEANSE US FROM EVERY SIN AND HE CAN RECREATE US 20:48 INTO HIS OWN BEAUTIFUL, RIGHTEOUS, MORAL IMAGE. 20:52 AND THE REASON HE HASN'T COME YET IS BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T GOT 20:57 THAT YET. WE'RE NOT EXPERIENCING IT AS WE SHOULD. 21:02 THAT'S WHY WE'RE STILL HERE. LAST YEAR OUR CHURCH CELEBRATED 21:08 151 YEARS, OFFICIALLY, AS A DENOMINATION. 21:14 SOME OF US WERE INCLINED TO CELEBRATE, 'WOW, WE'VE BEEN 21:17 AROUND 150 YEARS.' I FELT LIKE WEEPING. 21:22 THERE'S NO GROUNDS TO CELEBRATE. 150 YEARS HAS GONE BY SINCE WE 21:26 WERE ESTABLISHED AS A DENOMINATED CHURCH AND WE'RE 21:30 STILL HERE. WHY? BECAUSE OF THE THINGS I'VE 21:32 JUST MENTIONED JUST NOW. AND SO, JESUS WANTS TO CHANGE 21:36 THAT. HE'S LONGING TO CHANGE THAT. 21:38 AND HERE IN 'CHRIST'S OBJECT LESSONS' PAGE 69, HERE THE 21:44 SERVANT OF GOD ENCAPSULATES WHAT I'VE JUST BEEN TALKING ABOUT 21:48 HERE. SAYS IT FAR BETTER THAN ME. 21:51 IT SAYS, "IT IS THE PRIVILEGE OF EVERY CHRISTIAN, NOT ONLY TO 21:55 LOOK FOR, BUT TO HASTEN THE COMING OF OUR LORD JESUS 22:00 CHRIST." BUT HE HASN'T COME, RIGHT? 22:04 IT SAYS, "CHRIST IS WAITING FOR THE MANIFESTATION OF HIMSELF IN 22:09 HIS CHURCH. WHEN THE CHARACTER OF CHRIST 22:12 SHALL BE PERFECTLY REPRODUCED IN HIS PEOPLE, THEN HE WILL COME TO 22:17 CLAIM THEM AS HIS OWN." THERE YOU HAVE IT. 22:21 SO WE HAVE A PROMISE THAT IS SURE. 22:23 BUT IT'S NOT FULFILLED YET BECAUSE OF NO FAULT ON GOD'S 22:27 PART, BUT BECAUSE OF US. AND I'M SUPPOSED TO BE A LEADER 22:31 SO THERE'S MORE ONUS AND BLAME UPON ME THAN ANYBODY ELSE. 22:36 AND PASTOR CHRIS AND PASTOR DOUG, YOU KNOW? 22:39 WE'RE FIRST IN THE FIRING LINE. BUT YOU FOLKS ARE NOT FAR BEHIND 22:43 US. DON'T FORGET THAT. NOW LET ME READ YOU THIS AS WELL. 22:47 THIS IS FROM 'IN THIS DAY WITH GOD' PAGE 204. 22:52 I'M FOCUSING A LITTLE BIT ON THIS ISSUE OF THE CHARACTER OF 22:56 CHRIST BEING PERFECTLY REPRODUCED SO THAT THAT PROMISE 22:59 OF HIS COMING CAN BE FULFILLED. LISTEN TO THIS: 'IN THIS DAY 23:04 WITH GOD' PAGE 204, "CHRIST DID NOT LEAVE 23:09 THIS WORLD UNTIL HE HAD MADE IT POSSIBLE FOR EVERY SOUL TO LIVE 23:13 A LIFE OF PERFECT FAITH AND OBEDIENCE. 23:17 TO HAVE A PERFECT CHARACTER. CHRIST HAS MADE IT POSSIBLE FOR 23:22 YOU TO PRACTICE HIS LIFE." DID YOU HEAR THAT? 23:27 THERE ARE PEOPLE TODAY IN OUR CHURCH WHO SAY, 23:29 'WELL, I DON'T BELIEVE THAT.' WELL, I DO. 23:32 I'M OLD-FASHIONED ENOUGH TO BELIEVE THAT. 23:36 I ASK YOU A QUESTION: DO YOU HAVE FAITH TO BELIEVE THAT JESUS 23:40 CAN DO THAT? BECAUSE NOTICE SOMETHING IMPORTANT HERE. 23:43 WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT LEGALISM OR EARNING YOUR WAY TO HEAVEN, 23:46 IT'S WHAT HE CAN DO IN YOUR LIFE IF YOU WILL LET HIM. 23:49 LET ME READ IT AGAIN, "CHRIST DID NOT LEAVE THIS WORLD UNTIL 23:54 HE HAD MADE IT POSSIBLE" - WHO MADE IT POSSIBLE? - 23:58 "...HE HAD MADE IT POSSIBLE FOR EVERY SOUL TO LIVE A LIFE OF 24:02 PERFECT FAITH AND OBEDIENCE. TO HAVE A PERFECT CHARACTER. 24:06 CHRIST HAS MADE IT POSSIBLE" - WHO'S MADE IT POSSIBLE? 24:10 "CHRIST HAS MADE IT POSSIBLE FOR YOU TO PRACTICE HIS LIFE." 24:16 TO PRACTICE HIS LIFE. AND THEN THERE'S ANOTHER ONE I'M 24:20 GOING TO THROW IN WITH THIS AND I CITED THIS THE OTHER WEEK AND 24:24 I GOT SOME E-MAILS BECAUSE I DIDN'T GIVE THE REFERENCE. 24:27 SO IF THERE'S ANYBODY OUT THERE WHO MISSED IT - AND I TRIED TO 24:30 E-MAIL EVERYBODY BACK - BUT FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO MAY 24:33 HAVE MISSED THIS, I'M GOING TO READ IT. 24:36 THE REFERENCE IS REVIEW & HERALD MARCH 10, 1904 AND I THINK IT'S 24:42 IN '3 SELECTED MESSAGES' SOMEWHERE AROUND THERE. 24:44 BUT ANYWAY, REVIEW & HERALD MARCH 10, 1904 - THE LAST 24:50 STATEMENT I READ I SAID, 'YOU KNOW, IF YOU HAVE FAITH TO 24:53 BELIEVE, CHRIST WILL MAKE IT - HE'S MADE IT POSSIBLE.' AND HERE 24:56 IT COMES, "HE WHO IS NOT OF SUFFICIENT FAITH IN CHRIST TO 25:02 BELIEVE THAT HE CAN KEEP HIM FROM SINNING, HAS NOT THE FAITH 25:07 THAT WILL GIVE HIM AN ENTRANCE INTO THE KINGDOM OF GOD." 25:12 IS THAT PLAIN ENOUGH? IT'S PLAIN ENOUGH, RIGHT? 25:16 IT COMES DOWN TO FAITH BECAUSE HE IS THE ONE WHO WILL MAKE IT 25:22 POSSIBLE IF WE'LL GIVE HIM OUR HEARTS. 25:24 THAT'S WHERE OUR STRUGGLE LIES. IT'S NOT OVERCOMING SIN, THAT'S 25:27 JESUS' JOB TO DO THAT. OUR STRUGGLE IS GOING TO HIM TO 25:31 SAY, LORD, HELP ME, HELP ME, HELP ME OVERCOME.' HE'LL DO 25:35 THAT. OUR STRUGGLE IS WANTING TO LET 25:37 HIM DO THAT. THAT'S WHERE IT IS. 25:40 BUT, YOU KNOW, EVERY DAY, IF WE GO TO THE CROSS AND SEE WHAT IT 25:42 COST HIM TO PAY THE PRICE FOR US - THAT'S WHERE THE INCENTIVE 25:46 COMES WHEN TEMPTATION COMES AND IT MAY BE TUGGING AT YOUR 25:49 PASSIONS AND YOUR HEARTSTRINGS AND YOU THINK OF THAT CROSS AND 25:52 YOU THINK, 'LORD, HOW CAN I DO THAT?' 25:54 LIKE JACOB, JOSEPH - IN POTIPHAR'S HOUSE. 25:56 SHE CAME, YOU KNOW, AND SHE WAS HITTING ON HIM. 25:58 HIS JACKET CAME OFF AND HE SAID, 'LORD, HOW CAN I DO THIS THING 26:01 AND SIN AGAINST MY GOD?' AND HE WAS GONE. 26:05 DO YOU THINK HE WASN'T TEMPTED? SURE HE WAS. 26:07 HE WAS A RED-BLOODED YOUNG MAN BUT HE LIVED - HE LIVED FOR A 26:09 HIGHER PURPOSE AND THAT WAS TO HONOR THE GOD WHO CREATED HIM. 26:13 TO HONOR THE GOD WHO, IN HIS DAY, HAD PROMISED HIM A 26:16 REDEEMER. THAT REDEEMER HAS ALREADY BEEN 26:18 AND WHEN YOU GET TEMPTED AND YOU LOOK AT THAT CROSS 26:20 AND YOU THINK OF THE PRICE THAT WAS PAID YOU SAY, 'LORD, HOW CAN 26:23 I DO THIS THING AND SIN AGAINST MY GOD? 26:25 HOW CAN I DO THIS THING AND CRUCIFY AFRESH THE SON OF GOD 26:28 AND PUT HIM TO SHAME?' THAT'S WHERE THE INCENTIVE LIES. 26:32 SO IF YOU WILL SPEND TIME BEFORE THAT CROSS, WHEN THE TEMPTATION 26:38 COMES, YOU WILL HAVE THE INCENTIVE TO SAY, 26:41 'LORD, HELP ME.' AND HE'LL DO THE REST. 26:44 AND YOU WILL FIND THAT YOU CAN LIVE A VICTORIOUS LIFE. 26:48 ALRIGHT, LET'S MOVE ON. WE'VE GOT TO MOVE ON NOW. 26:51 WE'VE GOT TO GO TO MONDAY. THE PURPOSE OF JESUS' SECOND 26:54 COMING - THE FIRST PARAGRAPH ON MONDAY'S INTRO READS AS FOLLOWS: 27:01 "THE GREAT PLAN OF REDEMPTION WILL FIND ITS CULMINATION IN THE 27:05 SECOND COMING." THE GREAT PLAN OF REDEMPTION 27:09 WILL FIND ITS CULMINATION IN THE SECOND COMING. 27:12 WE'RE LOOKING AT THE PURPOSE OF CHRIST'S SECOND COMING. 27:15 "WITHOUT CHRIST'S RETURN TO THIS EARTH, HIS INCARNATION, DEATH 27:18 AND RESURRECTION WOULD HAVE NO EFFECT FOR OUR SALVATION." 27:23 AND HOW TRUE THIS IS. IF HE HADN'T COME HIS 27:26 INCARNATION, HIS DEATH, HIS RESURRECTION - THE PURPOSES 27:30 WOULD HAVE COME TO NOTHING IF HE HAD NOT FULFILLED THOSE 27:33 REQUIREMENTS. "AND AT JESUS' SECOND COMING, HE 27:38 WILL INDEED BRING FORTH THE FRUITS OF GOD'S PURPOSES." 27:45 HE'LL BRING FORTH THE FRUITS OF GOD'S PURPOSES THAT WERE 27:49 ENSHRINED IN HIM COMING TO EARTH, HIS INCARNATION, HIS 27:53 DEATH, AND HIS RESURRECTION. AND HE'LL BRING FORTH THE FRUITS 27:56 OF GOD'S PURPOSE AS RELATED TO GOD'S MERCY, BECAUSE GOD HAS 28:02 PURPOSES OF MERCY INVOLVED IN ALL THIS. 28:06 AND AT HIS SECOND COMING IT WILL ALSO BRING FORTH THE FRUITS OF 28:10 GOD'S PURPOSES OF HIS JUSTICE RELATING TO ALL THIS. 28:17 WE HAVE THE BLENDING OF MERCY AND JUSTICE AT THE CROSS AND AT 28:23 THE SECOND COMING WE SEE THE FULFILLMENT OF GOD'S MERCY AND 28:27 ALSO HIS JUSTICE. THOSE PURPOSES WILL BE FULFILLED 28:32 AND WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT THAT RIGHT NOW. 28:34 IN MATTHEW 16:27 IT SAYS, "FOR THE SON OF MAN WILL COME IN THE 28:41 GLORY OF HIS FATHER WITH HIS ANGELS, AND THEN HE WILL REWARD 28:45 EACH ACCORDING TO HIS WORKS." SO WHILE THE MERCY - WHILE IN 28:53 MERCY CHRIST REWARDS THE RIGHTEOUS ACCORDING TO THEIR 28:57 WORKS, IN JUSTICE HE ALSO REWARDS THE WICKED ACCORDING TO 29:04 THEIR WORKS, RIGHT? AS HE FINALLY BRINGS IN 29:08 EVERLASTING RIGHTEOUSNESS AND HIS MERCY AND HIS GRACE, HE 29:13 FINALLY BRINGS EVIL TO AN END IN THIS WORLD - THE PURPOSE OF HIS 29:18 JUSTICE - BOTH OF THEM WORKING TOGETHER. 29:22 NOW, JUST CONCENTRATING A LITTLE BIT ON THE LATTER HALF, GOD - 29:27 HIS JUST PURPOSES BEING FULFILLED AT THE SECOND COMING. 29:31 AND WE KNOW, TECHNICALLY YES, WE HAVE TO WAIT TILL THE END OF THE 29:34 MILLENNIUM AND THAT SECOND RESURRECTION BEFORE IT'S ALL 29:37 FULLY GONE. BUT AS FAR AS WE'RE CONCERNED, 29:40 AT THE SECOND COMING OF JESUS WE'RE OFF THIS PLANET. 29:43 WE'RE DONE. OUR TIMES OF TROUBLE ARE OVER. 29:46 PRAISE THE LORD. THE SOONER THE BETTER. 29:49 BUT NONETHELESS, GOD HAS SET BOUNDS BEYOND WHICH HE WILL NOT 29:55 PERMIT EVIL TO CONTINUE ANY LONGER. 29:59 HE SAYS, 'THUS FAR AND NO FURTHER.' LIKE THE 30:01 ANTEDILUVIANS, THERE CAME A TIME WHEN GOD FINALLY SAID, 'ENOUGH!' 30:07 AND THAT WAS IT. EVERYONE EXCEPT NOAH AND HIS 30:11 FAMILY WERE DESTROYED IN THE FLOOD. LIKE THE SODOMITES 30:16 WHO REFUSED TO TURN FROM THEIR SEXUAL PERVERSIONS. 30:21 THERE CAME A TIME WHEN GOD FINALLY SAID, 'ENOUGH!" 30:26 AND THEY ALL PERISHED UNDER A HAIL OF FIRE AND BRIMSTONE. 30:32 IT DIDN'T HAVE TO HAPPEN, YOU KNOW? 30:36 GOD PLEAD WITH THOSE PEOPLE FOR YEARS. 30:39 WHEN ABRAHAM WENT FIRST INTO THE PROMISED LAND AS A PREVIEW, IT 30:43 SAYS THE CUP OF THE - WAS IT AMMONITES? 30:45 I THINK IT SAYS IT WAS NOT YET FULL. 30:48 GOD GAVE THEM ANOTHER FORTY SOMETHING - FOUR HUNDRED AND 30:51 SOMETHING YEARS. HIS SPIRIT WAS STRIVING WITH 30:54 THESE PEOPLE BUT THEY STILL CONTINUED TO BURN THEIR OWN 30:56 CHILDREN SO GOD SAID, 'ENOUGH!' AND HE SENT HIS PEOPLE IN TO BE 31:01 HIS INSTRUMENTS OF JUSTICE TO CLEAR THEM OUT. 31:05 GOD IS MERCIFUL BUT HE'S JUST. 31:09 TAKE ADVANTAGE OF HIS MERCY BUT DON'T FLIRT WITH HIS JUSTICE 31:15 BECAUSE THERE'S A HIGH PRICE TO PAY. 31:19 AND SO, IN LIKE MANNER, CHRIST'S SECOND COMING - HE WILL STOP THE 31:24 MURDEROUS PURPOSES OF EVIL - SATAN'S LAST-DITCH ATTEMPT - 31:30 WHEN HE WORKS THROUGH THE GOVERNMENTS OF THE WORLD TO 31:33 FINALLY PASS A DEATH SENTENCE UPON EVERY ONE OF GOD'S FAITHFUL 31:39 PEOPLE, TO WIPE THEM FROM THE FACE OF THE PLANET AND IT'S 31:44 GOING TO LOOK LIKE SATAN IS GOING TO SUCCEED AND AT THE LAST 31:46 MINUTE GOD IS GOING TO SAY, 'ENOUGH!' 31:50 OH, IT THRILLS ME WHEN I READ 'GREAT CONTROVERSY' - GOD'S 31:53 PEOPLE DELIVERED - I'M GETTING OFF TRACK BUT I CAN'T HELP IT SO 31:56 I'M ON A ROLL HERE. YOU SEE GOD'S PEOPLE IN THESE 31:58 LITTLE GROUPS AND THEY'RE PRAYING, YOU KNOW? 32:00 YOU'VE READ IT MANY TIMES. 32:01 AND THERE'S THESE MURDEROUS RABBLING MOBS COMING WITH THEIR 32:05 GUNS AND SWORDS AND THEY THINK, 'WE'VE GOT YOU NOW!' 32:07 AND THEN SUDDENLY - WHOOSH - THIS BLACKNESS DESCENDS ALL OVER 32:11 THE PLACE AND AROUND EACH PRAYING BAND THERE'S A RAINBOW. 32:16 AND, YOU KNOW, RAINBOWS NEVER SHINE AS BRIGHT AS THEY DO 32:20 AGAINST A BLACK SKY. AND THIS MURDEROUS RABBLE THEY 32:26 JUST DROP THEIR SWORDS. THEY DON'T KNOW QUITE WHAT IT 32:28 MEANS BUT THEY KNOW IT DOESN'T PORTEND GOOD FOR THEM. 32:32 AND IT IS A SIGN THAT GOD HAS DELIVERED HIS PEOPLE. 32:36 I WANT TO BE UNDER THAT RAINBOW, WHAT ABOUT YOU? 32:39 OH YES, THAT IS THE TIME WHEN GOD WILL FULFILL HIS PURPOSES OF 32:44 MERCY. LET'S ACCEPT HIS MERCY. 32:48 AND HE'LL ALSO FULFILL HIS PURPOSES OF JUSTICE. 32:52 ACCEPT HIS MERCY BUT DON'T FLIRT WITH HIS JUSTICE. 32:55 THERE'S A HIGH PRICE TO PAY. 32:59 AND JUST AT THAT TIME GOD WILL SAY, 'ENOUGH!' 33:02 AND HE WILL DELIVER HIS PEOPLE FROM THE SNATCH OF THE DEVIL AND 33:06 THOSE WHO HE SOUGHT TO WORK HIS PURPOSES THROUGH. 33:10 REVELATION 19 - WE SHOULD READ A VERSE HERE, SHOULDN'T WE? 33:13 REVELATION 19, VERSE 11, "NOW I SAW HEAVEN OPENED, AND BEHOLD, A 33:18 WHITE HORSE; AND HE THAT SAT UPON HIM WAS CALLED FAITHFUL AND 33:23 TRUE, AND IN RIGHTEOUSNESS HE DOTH JUDGE AND MAKE WAR." 33:29 - AND VERSE 15 - SO HE COMES TO DELIVER HIS PEOPLE - VERSE 15, 33:32 "AND OUT OF HIS MOUTH GOETH A SHARP SWORD, THAT WITH IT HE 33:35 SHOULD SMITE THE NATIONS: AND HE SHALL RULE THEM WITH A ROD OF 33:39 IRON: AND HE TREADETH THE WINEPRESS OF THE FIERCENESS 33:42 AND WRATH OF ALMIGHTY GOD." 33:45 WHEW, SO IN TERRIBLE JUSTICE IT BECOMES THE DAY OF THE 33:50 FIERCENESS OF THE WRATH OF ALMIGHTY GOD FOR THE WICKED WHO 33:54 ARE DESTROYED BY THE GLORY AND THE BRIGHTNESS OF JESUS' 33:57 COUNTENANCE AND YET IT BECOMES A DAY OF INCREDIBLE JOY FOR HIS 34:05 FAITHFUL PEOPLE WHO ARE SNATCHED FROM THE FIRE JUST AT THAT 34:10 INTENSE MOMENT. BECAUSE TO THE RIGHTEOUS, THAT 34:16 FACE AND THAT GLORY OF JESUS IS TO THEM - THEY JUST BASK IN THAT 34:22 GLORY OF HIS LOVE AND THE SWEETNESS OF BEING DELIVERED. 34:27 SO IT'S A BIT LIKE THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL AND THE EGYPTIANS 34:32 THERE BY THE RED SEA THE NIGHT BEFORE THE FINAL SHOWDOWN. 34:35 TO THE EGYPTIANS, THAT CLOUD WAS A CLOUD OF DARKNESS, 34:38 BUT ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT SAME CLOUD, TO THE ISRAELITES, 34:42 IT WAS LIGHT AND IT WAS GLORY AND IT WAS SUNSHINE. 34:45 MAKE SURE YOU'RE ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE CLOUD AND MAKE SURE 34:48 YOU'RE ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF GOD'S MERCY AND THE RIGHT SIDE 34:50 OF GOD'S JUSTICE. AND, ALSO IN THE LESSON, IT'S 34:56 BEEN - I'VE GOT TO MOVE FASTER HERE - MATTHEW 16:27, "FOR THE 35:00 SON OF MAN SHALL COME IN THE GLORY OF HIS FATHER WITH HIS 35:04 ANGELS; AND THEN HE SHALL REWARD EVERY MAN ACCORDING TO HIS 35:06 WORKS." IN THE LESSON IT MAKES THE 35:07 POINT, OBVIOUSLY, THAT FOR HIM TO GIVE REWARDS TO PEOPLE, THERE 35:11 MUST HAVE BEEN AN INVESTIGATION FIRST. 35:14 YES WE BELIEVE, AS SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS, BEFORE JESUS COMES 35:18 THERE IS THE INVESTIGATIVE JUDGMENT- THE PRE-ADVENT 35:21 JUDGMENT TO DETERMINE WHO IS SAVED AND WHO IS LOST. 35:27 WELL, ACTUALLY, CORRECTLY SPEAKING, ONLY THOSE WHO EVER 35:33 HAVE CLAIMED TO ACCEPT JESUS EVER COME UP IN THE 35:35 INVESTIGATIVE JUDGMENT. PEOPLE WHO'VE NEVER ACCEPTED 35:38 HIM, THEIR CASES AREN'T EVEN LOOKED AT. 35:40 THEY'RE JUST LOST ANYWAY. 35:42 BUT IN THAT JUDGMENT, IT IS TO DETERMINE WHO, AMONG PROFESSED 35:46 ISRAEL, IS BEING FAITHFUL TO GOD? 35:50 AND THAT IS WHERE THE REWARDS ARE DETERMINED. 35:54 AND JESUS, WHEN HE COMES BACK, HE WILL DISPENSE THOSE REWARDS. 35:57 WE COULD STOP RIGHT HERE AND DO A WHOLE SECTION ON THE 35:59 INVESTIGATIVE JUDGMENT BUT I WON'T DO THAT. 36:02 I DON'T HAVE THE TIME AND, HOPEFULLY, YOU SHOULD UNDERSTAND 36:07 THAT ANYWAY. AND IF YOU DON'T - IF YOU DON'T, 36:10 AMAZING FACTS ACTUALLY HAS TWO LESSONS - I THINK IT'S #17 AND 36:12 #18 - ON THE INVESTIGATIVE JUDGMENT - ONE ON THE SANCTUARY 36:17 - THE EARTHLY SANCTUARY IN THE WILDERNESS AND THEN LESSON #18 36:21 IS A LESSON ON HOW THAT RELATES TO THE HEAVENLY SANCTUARY AND 36:26 THE INVESTIGATIVE JUDGMENT. 36:28 AND IF YOU GO ON AMAZING FACTS' WEBSITE - YOU GO ON 36:30 'BIBLEUNIVERSE.COM' YOU'LL FIND ALL THE - I'M SPEAKING TO THE 36:33 PEOPLE ON CAMERA, WHO MAY BE LOOKING IN FOR THE FIRST TIME. 36:36 IF YOU GO ON 'BIBLEUNIVERSE.COM' YOU'LL FIND THERE - IT'S AN 36:40 AMAZING FACTS SITE - INFORMATION ON ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING ABOUT 36:45 WHAT I'VE SPOKEN ABOUT THIS MORNING AND OTHER THINGS 36:47 BESIDES. IT'S JUST A TREASURE CHEST SO GO THERE. 36:50 LET'S MOVE ON TO TUESDAY. HOW WILL JESUS COME? 36:54 MATTHEW 24 - MATTHEW CHAPTER 24, VERSES 23 THROUGH 27. 37:07 WE READ THE FOLLOWING: "THEN IF ANY MAN SHALL SAY UNTO YOU, LO, 37:15 HERE IS CHRIST, OR THERE;" - JESUS SAID, "BELIEVE IT NOT. 37:21 FOR THERE SHALL ARISE FALSE CHRISTS, AND FALSE PROPHETS, AND 37:26 SHALL SHEW GREAT SIGNS AND WONDERS; INSOMUCH THAT, IF IT 37:30 WERE POSSIBLE, THEY SHALL DECEIVE THE VERY ELECT." 37:35 AND THEN HE SAYS, "BEHOLD, I HAVE TOLD YOU BEFORE. 37:38 WHEREFORE IF THEY SHALL SAY UNTO YOU, BEHOLD, HE IS IN THE 37:41 DESERT; GO NOT FORTH: BEHOLD, HE IS IN THE SECRET 37:46 CHAMBERS; BELIEVE IT NOT. 37:48 FOR AS THE LIGHTNING COMETH OUT OF THE EAST, AND SHINETH EVEN 37:51 UNTO THE WEST; SO SHALL ALSO THE COMING OF THE SON OF MAN BE." 37:57 IN HIS WORD, JESUS HAS GIVEN A VERY CLEAR DESCRIPTION OF HIS 38:02 SECOND COMING - THE NATURE OF IT - HOW IT'S GOING TO TAKE PLACE - 38:07 IN WHAT WAY HE WILL RETURN TO EARTH. 38:10 AND IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE UNDERSTAND THIS SO THAT WE'RE 38:13 NOT FOOLED. I THINK YOU SHOULD ALL KNOW 38:18 THIS, BUT SOME OF YOU MAY NOT. IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE 38:21 UNDERSTAND HOW HE'S GOING TO COME BACK. 38:24 WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THIS SO WE'RE NOT FOOLED BY SATAN'S 38:28 MASTERFUL ATTEMPT TO PRE-EMPT THE TRUE SECOND COMING OF JESUS 38:36 WITH A DECEPTIVE COUNTERFEIT JUST BEFORE THE VERY END. 38:41 HE'S GOT A PURPOSE IN THAT. 38:43 HE'S GOING TO PRETEND TO BE JESUS AND SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, 38:47 HE'S CHANGED THE SABBATH FROM THE SEVENTH DAY TO THE FIRST DAY 38:51 AND IT'S JUST A WHOLE BIG DECEPTION. 38:52 AND GAZILLIONS OF CHRISTIANS ARE ACTUALLY GOING TO FALL FOR THAT. 38:57 BUT IN MATTHEW 24:26 JESUS WARNED, "WHEREFORE IF THEY SHALL 39:02 SAY UNTO YOU, BEHOLD, HE IS IN THE DESERT; GO NOT FORTH: 39:07 BEHOLD, HE IS IN THE SECRET CHAMBERS; BELIEVE IT NOT." 39:11 HERE, JESUS MAKES CLEAR THAT SATAN'S COUNTERFEIT WILL CONSIST 39:15 OF HIM, THAT IS SATAN, APPEAR IN DIFFERENT LOCATIONS UPON THE 39:20 PLANET AT DIFFERENT TIMES. NOW, REGARDLESS OF HOW CLEVER 39:26 SATAN MAY BE IN IMPERSONATING CHRIST AND - ACTUALLY, IN 39:31 'GREAT CONTROVERSY' THE TERM 'PERSONATING CHRIST' IS USED. 39:37 THERE ARE SOME - I DON'T WATCH THEM NOW, BUT I REMEMBER YEARS 39:40 AGO I USED TO WATCH THESE IMPERSONATORS. 39:43 AND YOU CAN TELL THAT IT'S JOE SMITH, YOU KNOW, IT'S JOE SMITH? 39:46 BUT HE'S VERY GOOD AT DOING AN IMPERSONATION OF THE PRESIDENT. 39:49 SO YOU GO, 'OH WELL, THIS IS JOE SMITH BUT BOY HE CAN REALLY LOOK 39:52 LIKE THE PRESIDENT AND SOUND LIKE THE PRESIDENT.' HE'S REALLY 39:54 GOOD AT WHAT HE DOES, BUT I KNOW IT'S JOE SMITH, RIGHT? 39:57 SATAN IS NOT JUST SOME EARTHLY ENTERTAINER. 40:01 HE ACTUALLY PERSONATES CHRIST. HE LOOKS EXACTLY LIKE HIM. 40:07 HE SOUNDS EXACTLY LIKE HIM AS FAR AS WE WILL UNDERSTAND. 40:13 HIS VOICE WILL BE SWEET AND MELODIOUS AND HE WILL QUOTE FROM 40:19 SCRIPTURE THE WORD OF GOD. BUT HE'LL QUOTE THOSE VERSES 40:22 THAT SUIT HIS PURPOSES. HE'LL MAKE PEOPLE SICK - WE 40:26 WON'T KNOW HE'S MADE PEOPLE SICK BUT THEY'LL APPEAR AS SICK AND 40:28 HE'LL COME AND HE'LL TOUCH THEM AND THEY'LL BE HEALED. 40:30 AND HE'LL KISS THE BABIES AND BLESS THEM AND PUT THEM IN THEIR 40:33 MOTHER'S ARMS AND THEIR MOTHERS WILL SAY, 'OH, JESUS, HE WAS SO 40:36 WONDERFUL.' AND THEN EVERYBODY WILL WORSHIP HIM AND HE WILL SAY 40:40 - THE GREAT IMPOSTER - HE'LL DO HIS PUNCH LINE ABOUT, 'OH, BY 40:45 THE WAY, MY DEAR CHILDREN, I DO WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND THAT I 40:50 HAVE TRANSFERRED THE SOLEMNITY FROM THE SEVENTH-DAY SABBATH IN 40:54 THE SCRIPTURES - YES IT'S IN THE SCRIPTURES, BUT I AM THE LIVING 40:57 WORD. I HAVE CHANGED THE WORD. 40:59 IT IS NOW THE FIRST DAY OF THE WEEK.' AND EVERYBODY'S GOING TO 41:02 SWALLOW IT, BUT THERE'S GOING TO BE A LITTLE GROUP THAT WILL LOOK 41:05 AT THIS BEING AND SAY, 'THAT'S NOT JESUS, THAT'S THE DEVIL!' 41:12 NOT GOING TO BE VERY POPULAR, ARE THEY? 41:15 BUT THEY WILL SPEAK THE TRUTH NONETHELESS. 41:18 BUT HE'S GOING TO BE SO GOOD, YOU SEE, AT WHAT HE DOES. 41:23 AND SO THE ONLY WAY THAT WE CAN UNDERSTAND - OR ANYBODY CAN 41:27 UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S NOT JESUS, IT'S TWO THINGS. 41:32 AND YOU KNOW WHAT THEY ARE. YOU KNOW WHAT THEY ARE, RIGHT? 41:35 WE JUST READ IT IN MATTHEW 27 - SORRY, MATTHEW 24. 41:40 HE SAYS, "FOR AS THE LIGHTNING COMETH OUT OF THE EAST, AND 41:42 SHINETH EVEN UNTO THE WEST; SO SHALL ALSO THE COMING OF 41:45 THE SON OF MAN BE." 41:47 WHEN JESUS COMES - REVELATION 1:7 AS WELL - WHEN HE COMES, 41:50 EVERY EYE SHALL SEE HIM. EVERYBODY ALL AT THE SAME TIME. 41:55 AND IF YOU EVEN CLOSE YOUR EYES AND CLOSE THEM TIGHT - HAVE YOU 41:58 EVER WALKED OUT IN A THUNDERSTORM OR YOU'VE LOOKED 42:01 TOWARD WHERE THE THUNDER'S COMING? YOU CLENCH YOUR EYES. 42:03 YOU STILL KNOW WHEN IT FLASHES, RIGHT? 42:05 'CAUSE YOU SEE THE LIGHT EVEN PENETRATES YOUR EYELIDS. 42:08 SO NOBODY IS GOING TO MISS SEEING HIM WHEN HE COMES. 42:11 SO THIS WILL TELL US, 'THIS IS AN IMPOSTER.' 'WELL, WE SAW HIM 42:15 YESTERDAY. HE WAS DOWN AT - HE WAS DOWN AT CAPITAL PARK. 42:18 NOW THIS AFTERNOON HE'S OVER IN RENO.' OR 'TOMORROW WE HEARD 42:22 THAT HE'S GOING TO BE IN NEW YORK.' THAT'S NOT JESUS. 42:24 THAT'S THE DEVIL. EVERYBODY WILL SEE HIM COME. 42:32 AND THE SECOND POINT IS - IN 1 THESSALONIANS 4:16 AND 17. 42:36 I'M GOING TO MOVE FAST HERE. YOU KNOW, WE USE THIS - WE READ 42:39 THIS A LOT AT FUNERALS BECAUSE IT'S SPEAKING OF THE BLESSED 42:44 HOPE AND I'VE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF SPEAKING THESE WORDS TO 42:52 FAMILIES OF SAINTS - BEING ABLE TO READ THESE WORDS WITH 42:56 ASSURANCE THAT THEY WOULD SEE THEIR LOVED ONE AGAIN. 43:00 1 THESSALONIANS CHAPTER 4, VERSE 16, "FOR THE LORD HIMSELF SHALL 43:06 DESCEND FROM HEAVEN WITH A SHOUT, WITH THE VOICE OF THE 43:10 ARCHANGEL, AND WITH THE TRUMP OF GOD: AND THE DEAD IN CHRIST 43:13 SHALL RISE FIRST: THEN WE WHICH ARE ALIVE AND REMAIN SHALL BE 43:18 CAUGHT UP TOGETHER WITH THEM IN THE CLOUDS, TO MEET THE LORD IN 43:21 THE AIR: AND SO SHALL WE EVER BE WITH THE LORD." 43:23 SO DOES HE TOUCH THE EARTH? NO, HE DOESN'T. YOU SEE? 43:26 SO EVERYBODY SEES HIM COME ALL AT THE SAME TIME AND NEITHER 43:29 DOES HE WALK AROUND ON THE EARTH. 43:30 SO THOSE ARE THE TWO MAIN THINGS. 43:32 WE CAN KNOW - WE CAN DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN THE TRUE 43:35 SECOND COMING OF JESUS AND SATAN'S PREPOSTEROUS 43:42 COUNTERFEITS. OH, THERE'S - IN - BECAUSE IT 43:48 SPEAKS OF THE DEAD BEING RAISED AND SATAN CAN'T DO THAT. 43:51 AND, OF COURSE, THE VOICE OF THE ARCHANGEL AND THE TRUMPET OF GOD 43:56 AND - REVELATION 6:14 - THERE'S A GREAT EARTHQUAKE. 44:00 OH, THIS EARTH IS GOING TO - GOING TO BE FALLING TO PIECES 44:03 WHEN JESUS COMES IN THE CLOUDS OF GLORY. 44:06 REVELATION 16:20 AND 21 IT SAYS, "AND EVERY ISLAND FLED AWAY, AND 44:11 THE MOUNTAINS WERE NOT FOUND. AND THERE FELL UPON MEN A GREAT 44:14 HAIL OUT OF HEAVEN, EVERY STONE ABOUT THE WEIGHT OF A TALENT:" - 44:18 SO WHEN JESUS COMES - THE PLAGUES - THE SEVENTH LAST 44:21 PLAGUE IS ALSO COMING DOWN AS WELL. 44:23 SO THERE IS A GREAT - THERE'S LIGHT YEARS' DIFFERENCE BETWEEN 44:27 THE DESCRIPTION IN SCRIPTURE DESCRIBING HOW JESUS WILL COME, 44:34 CONTRASTED BETWEEN THE FALSE REPRESENTATION THAT SATAN IS 44:38 GOING TO SEEK TO PALM OFF BEFORE THE REAL THING. 44:41 BUT I WANT TO CONCLUDE THIS SECTION BY SAYING A LITTLE BIT 44:45 ABOUT ALL THE GLORY. ALL THE GLORY THAT'S GOING TO BE 44:50 FLASHING AROUND AT THAT TIME. MATTHEW 24 - AND THAT IS THE 44:56 GLORY OF JESUS AND THE GLORY OF THE ANGELS. 44:59 MATTHEW 24:30, "AND THEN SHALL APPEAR THE SIGN OF THE SON OF 45:06 MAN IN HEAVEN: AND THEN SHALL ALL THE TRIBES OF THE EARTH 45:10 MOURN," - THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN DECEIVED BY THE DEVIL OR JUST 45:15 BLATANTLY REFUSED TO ACCEPT THE GIFT OF SALVATION - "AND THEN 45:20 SHALL ALL THE TRIBES OF THE EARTH MOURN, AND THEY SHALL SEE 45:22 THE SON OF MAN COMING IN THE CLOUDS OF HEAVEN WITH POWER AND 45:27 GREAT GLORY." IN REVELATION 19:12 IT SPEAKS OF 45:33 JESUS WHEN HE'S COMING, 'HIS EYES WERE AFLAME' - AFIRE. 45:38 I WANT TO READ FROM THAT BOOK THERE, MIKE, IF YOU COULD PASS 45:41 IT TO ME. THANK YOU. THE GLORY OF THIS - 45:46 OF THIS MOMENT - 'GREAT CONTROVERSY' PAGE 641, 45:56 END OF THE FIRST PARAGRAPH AND JUST PARTWAY THROUGH THE 45:59 SECOND. IT'S NOT TOO LONG BUT IT'S 46:02 GLORIOUS SO I WANT TO SHARE IT WITH YOU. 46:04 SPEAKING OF JESUS IT SAYS, "NO CROWN OF THORNS NOW MARS THAT 46:10 SACRED HEAD; BUT A DIADEM OF GLORY RESTS ON HIS HOLY BROW. 46:16 HIS COUNTENANCE OUTSHINES THE DAZZLING BRIGHTNESS OF THE 46:21 NOONDAY SUN AND HE HATH ON HIS VESTURE AND ON HIS THIGH A NAME 46:25 WRITTEN, 'KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS.' BEFORE HIS PRESENCE 46:32 ALL FACES ARE TURNED INTO PALENESS. 46:36 UPON THE REJECTERS OF GOD'S MERCY FALLS THE TERROR OF 46:40 ETERNAL DESPAIR." THIS IS FROM NAHUM AND JEREMIAH 46:44 - "THE HEART MELTETH AND THE KNEES SMITE TOGETHER AND THE 46:48 FACES OF THEM ALL GATHER BLACKNESS. 46:51 THE RIGHTEOUS - EVEN THE RIGHTEOUS CRY WITH TREMBLING, 46:54 'WHO SHALL BE ABLE TO STAND?'" NOW, LET'S PAUSE A MINUTE 46:59 HERE. EVEN THE RIGHTEOUS CRY OUT, 'WHO 47:05 SHALL BE ABLE TO STAND?' LET'S REMEMBER THIS. 47:08 THIS IS THE FIRST TIME SINCE THE FALL THAT HUMAN BEINGS HAVE 47:17 BEHELD THE FULL GLORY OF DEITY. WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT THAT. 47:23 WE'VE HAD 4,000 YEARS TO KIND OF IMAGINE WHAT IT'S LIKE, YOU 47:27 KNOW, THINK WHAT IT MIGHT BE LIKE. 47:29 THIS IS THE FIRST TIME SINCE THE FALL THAT HUMAN BEINGS HAVE SEEN 47:35 THE FULL GLORY UNDIMMED AND UNVEILED OF DEITY. 47:41 AND THAT'S WHY, EVEN FOR THE RIGHTEOUS, EVEN THEY CRY OUT 47:48 WITH TREMBLING, 'WHO SHALL BE ABLE TO STAND?' YOU SEE, 47:57 WE NEED DEEPER VIEWS OF GOD - OF HIS HOLINESS, OF HIS MAJESTY. 48:10 THERE'S A SONG AND I MENTIONED THIS A YEAR AGO IN A SERMON. 48:13 THERE'S A SONG - VERY NICE SONG - IT SAYS, 'WE SHALL BEHOLD 48:17 HIM.' HAVE YOU EVER HEARD THAT SONG? 48:19 BEAUTIFUL SONG. WE SHALL BEHOLD HIM - AND IT 48:27 SPEAKS OF THE BEAUTY OF JESUS AND WHEN HE COMES. 48:31 AND THERE ARE A LOT OF CHRISTIANS - PROFESSED 48:36 CHRISTIANS TODAY WHO HAVE LISTENED TO THAT SONG, WHO SING 48:41 THAT SONG, AND THEY'RE JUST WRAPPED IN JOYOUS RAPTURE. 48:48 'OH, I'M GOING TO SEE JESUS.' BUT HERE'S THE THING: THEY'RE 48:56 LIVING WITH A GOSPEL THAT TELLS THEM, 'IT'S OKAY. 49:02 THE LAW'S BEEN DONE AWAY WITH. JESUS LOVES YOU. 49:06 JUST AS YOU ARE.' OF COURSE HE LOVES YOU. 49:09 BUT YOU GET THE POINT I'M MAKING HERE. 49:12 THEY'RE LIVING THIS LIFE OF PRESUMPTUOUS DISOBEDIENCE 49:17 AGAINST THE LAW OF GOD. WE NEED TO ACCEPT GOD'S MERCY, 49:27 GLADLY, BUT WE DON'T WANT TO FLIRT WITH HIS JUSTICE, RIGHT? 49:33 BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE AND THEY DON'T REALIZE IT. 49:38 BUT IF THEY'RE HONEST IN HEART THEY'LL HEAR A MESSAGE BEFORE 49:40 THE END THAT WILL TURN THEM AROUND AND THEY'LL REALIZE, 49:45 'LORD, I'VE BEEN PRESUMPTUOUS. FORGIVE ME.' IT SAYS, "ALL FACES 49:51 ARE TURNED INTO PALENESS. UPON THE REJECTERS OF GOD'S 49:56 MERCY FALLS A TERROR OF ETERNAL DESPAIR. 49:59 THE HEART MELTETH. THE KNEES SMITE TOGETHER AND THE 50:02 FACES OF THEM ALL GATHER BLACKNESS. 50:04 EVEN THE RIGHTEOUS CRY WITH TREMBLING, 'WHO SHALL BE ABLE TO 50:09 STAND?'" WOO, BELOVED, SO WE - YOU AND 50:18 ME - WE'VE GOT SOME HEART SEARCHING TO DO, RIGHT? 50:23 TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN REALLY SING THAT SONG WHEN HE COMES. 50:29 TO BE ABLE TO STAND IN THAT GLORY AND NOT BE CONSUMED OR TO 50:33 BE THE PRESUMPTUOUS ONES AND THEY'RE WAITING FOR HIM COMING 50:37 AND THEY'RE SINGING THAT SONG AND WHEN THEY SEE THAT GLORY 50:39 THEY REALIZE THEY'RE ALL UNDONE AND IN TERROR THEY FLEE AWAY 50:42 BECAUSE THEY CAN'T BEAR TO LOOK UPON THAT FACE WHICH IS AS A 50:45 FLAMING FIRE. AND THE DEVIL IS SO GOOD AT 50:49 DECEIVING PEOPLE SO THAT SO MANY AT THAT TIME WILL NOT BE 50:54 PREPARED. DON'T BE AMONG THEM, RIGHT? 51:01 SO TO THOSE, THAT FACE IS A FLAMING FIRE - THAT COUNTENANCE 51:05 - THEY HAVE TO FLEE FROM IT. BUT LET'S GET BACK TO THE 51:08 RIGHTEOUS, OKAY? "EVEN THE RIGHTEOUS CRY WITH 51:13 TREMBLING, 'WHO SHALL BE ABLE TO STAND?" 51:16 - I'LL READ THE REST OF THE STATEMENT NOW. 51:19 "EVEN THE RIGHTEOUS CRY, 'WHO SHALL BE ABLE TO STAND?' 51:22 THE ANGELS' SONG IS HUSHED." - IT'S QUIET AND THERE IS A 51:27 PERIOD OF AWFUL SILENCE AND EVEN THE RIGHTEOUS, THEY'RE LOOKING 51:33 AT DEITY FOR THE FIRST TIME. THEN THE VOICE OF JESUS IS HEARD 51:41 SAYING, "MY GRACE IS SUFFICIENT FOR YOU." 51:49 PRECIOUS JESUS. "MY GRACE IS SUFFICIENT FOR YOU. 51:55 THE FACES OF THE RIGHTEOUS ARE LIGHTED UP AND JOY FILLS EVERY 52:00 HEART AND THE ANGELS STRIKE A NOTE HIGHER AND SING AGAIN AS 52:06 THEY DRAW STILL NEARER TO THE EARTH." OH, PRAISE GOD. 52:11 SO WON'T YOU JUST BE SO THANKFUL? 52:14 WON'T YOU JUST BE SO GLAD WHEN - IN THAT MOMENT OF AWFUL SILENCE, 52:18 WHEN YOU MAYBE START SECOND GUESSING AND YOU THOUGHT - YOUR 52:21 LIFE IS RACING BEHIND AND YOU THINK, 52:23 'LORD, HAVE I REALLY GIVEN YOU MY HEART? 52:25 HAVE I BEEN PRESUMPTUOUS AND YOU STAND THERE AND HE LOOKS 52:27 AT YOU AND HE SAYS - AND YOU KNOW HE'S LOOKING AT YOU. 52:32 AND THE WICKED KNOW HE'S LOOKING AT THEM. 52:35 AND HE'S LOOKING AT YOU AND YOU'VE BEEN FAITHFUL. 52:37 YOU HAVEN'T BEEN PERFECT. YOU'RE JUST A FALLEN HUMAN BEING. 52:40 BUT IN YOUR WEAKNESS YOU'VE CLUNG TO HIM. 52:42 YOU'VE CLUNG TO HIM LIKE JACOB IN HIS TIME OF TROUBLE AND 52:44 YOU'VE SAID,'LORD, I WILL NOT LET YOU GO LEST YE BLESS ME. 52:47 I'M A WEAK CREATURE, LORD. I STUMBLE AT THIS. 52:50 I STUMBLE AT THAT, BUT I BELIEVE IN YOUR RIGHTEOUSNESS AND IF I 52:52 CLING TO YOU, YOU'LL MAKE ME A VICTOR. 52:54 YOU'LL MAKE ME A VICTOR.' AND HE WILL. 52:57 AND IN THAT MOMENT YOU'LL BE SO GLAD AND YOU'LL HEAR HIS VOICE 53:00 SAY - HE'LL LOOK AT YOU AND HE'LL SAY, 'MICHAEL, MY GRACE IS 53:04 SUFFICIENT FOR YOU, SON.' AND MICHAEL'S KNEES MAY HAVE BEEN 53:08 TREMBLING, BUT THEY'LL BE STRONG NOW. 53:11 AND HIS FACE MAY HAVE TURNED TO BLACKNESS, BUT THERE'S GOING TO 53:14 BE A JOYFUL SMILE BREAK OUT ON HIS FACE AND HE'LL SAY, 53:18 'OH, JESUS, THROUGH YOU I MADE IT! 53:22 PRAISE THE LORD!' WHAT A MOMENT OF JOY. 53:25 YOU KNOW, I'M GOING TO BE DELIRIOUS WITH JOY. 53:29 I'M GOING TO BE DELIRIOUS - WHEN I WAS A KID AND IT WAS CHRISTMAS 53:32 MY - I USED TO DO THE CHRISTMAS THING WHEN I WAS A KID. 53:35 I'D GO TO BED, YOU KNOW, AND MY UNCLE WOULD COME UPSTAIRS WITH 53:40 SOME RED THING OVER HIS HEAD AND I'D BE LAYING IN BED LIKE THIS 53:42 AND MY MOM WOULD SAY, 'DON'T LOOK. DON'T LOOK. 53:44 IT'S SANTA CLAUS.' SO MY EYES WOULD BE LIKE THIS. 53:47 THEN HE - THEY'D LEAD HIM DOWNSTAIRS. 53:49 HE'D GO OUT THE FRONT DOOR. 53:50 THEN MY MOTHER WOULD SAY, 'OKAY SON, YOU CAN GET UP NOW.' SO I'D 53:52 GO DOWNSTAIRS AND SHE SAID - I WAS A LITTLE TINY KID - SHE SAID 53:56 I WAS RIPPING OPEN PRESENTS AND SHE SAID, 'YOU WERE SHAKING WITH 53:59 EXCITEMENT.' THE TIME - MY MOM DELIGHTED TO TELL ME THAT STORY. 54:03 SHE SAID, 'YOUR LITTLE HANDS, THEY WERE JUST SHAKING WITH 54:06 EXCITEMENT.' DELIRIOUS WITH JOY. 54:11 WELL, THAT DAY IS GOING TO BE WORTH MORE THAN TEN BILLION 54:17 CHRISTMASES FOR A LITTLE KID THAT'S RIPPING OPEN THE BEST 54:21 PRESENTS HE'S EVER HAD. OH, DO YOU WANT TO BE THERE? 54:26 YOU CAN. YOU CAN. YOU CAN. 54:29 NOT IN YOUR OWN STRENGTH, BUT IN JESUS. 54:33 SO IF YOU'RE STRUGGLING, SOMEBODY HERE OR SOMEBODY OUT 54:35 THERE IN CYBERSPACE, IF YOU'RE STRUGGLING, GO TO JESUS. 54:38 HE'S GOT IT ALL FIGURED OUT. HE'S WALKED IN YOUR SHOES. 54:43 AND WHEN HE COMES HE'S GOING TO TAKE YOU AND HE'S GOING TO TAKE 54:46 YOU HOME AND YOU CAN LIVE WITH HIM FOREVER. 54:50 AND THE TRIALS AND THE DIFFICULTIES THAT WE GET IN THIS 54:54 LIFE. AND MAYBE PERSECUTION FROM YOUR 54:56 SPOUSE BECAUSE YOU'RE A CHRISTIAN. 54:58 OR MAYBE AT WORK OR WHATEVER ELSE AND WHATEVER IS TO COME. 55:01 WHEN WE GET TO HEAVEN WE'RE GOING TO SAY 55:03 HEAVEN'S CHEAP ENOUGH AT ANY PRICE. 55:05 ALL WE HAVE LEFT, FRIENDS, IS A FEW SHORT DAYS UPON THIS PLANET. 55:10 JUST A FEW SHORT DAYS LEFT SO LET HIM HAVE YOUR HEART AND 55:16 HE'LL DO EVERYTHING HE NEEDS TO DO AND YOU WILL BE THERE WITH 55:19 HIM AND WE'LL BE THERE TOGETHER, RIGHT? 55:22 IT DOES SAY - I'M GOING TO SKIP WEDNESDAY BECAUSE WE KIND OF 55:24 ANSWERED THE QUESTION, SOMEWHAT, 'WHEN WILL JESUS COME?' 55:27 WHEN THE CHARACTER OF CHRIST IS PERFECTLY REPRODUCED. 55:30 THAT'S TAKEN CARE OF. 55:32 BUT IT SAYS, 'WATCH AND BE READY' IN THURSDAY'S SECTION. 55:38 JESUS HAS GIVEN US ALL A WORK TO DO BUT, YOU KNOW, THAT WORK IS 55:44 WORKING FOR OTHERS IN OUR PERSONAL WORK, OUR RELATIONSHIP 55:47 WITH HIM, BUILDING A RELATIONSHIP. 55:50 BUT IT'S EASY FOR US TO SLACK OFF. 55:52 LET ME READ YOU THIS FROM 'ACTS OF THE APOSTLES' PAGE 565, 55:56 "THERE ARE THOSE WHO, FOR A TIME, ARE SUCCESSFUL IN THE 55:59 STRUGGLE AGAINST THEIR SELFISH DESIRE FOR PLEASURE AND EASE. 56:03 THEY ARE SINCERE AND EARNEST BUT GROW WEARY OF PROTRACTED EFFORT 56:07 OF DAILY DEATH, OF CEASELESS TURMOIL. 56:10 INDOLENCE SEEMS INVITING. DEATH TO SELF REPULSIVE AND THEY 56:14 CLOSE THEIR DROWSY EYES AND FALL UNDER THE POWER OF TEMPTATION 56:18 INSTEAD OF RESISTING IT." DON'T LET THAT HAPPEN. 56:22 GO TO WORK. GO TO WORK. 'ACTS OF THE APOSTLES,' 105.2, 56:26 "STRENGTH TO RESIST EVIL IS BEST GAINED BY AGGRESSIVE SERVICE." 56:30 SO GET OUT THERE AND DO SOMETHING FOR JESUS. 56:33 AND TEMPTATIONS WILL STILL COME, BUT YOU KNOW, AS YOU'RE WORKING 56:36 FOR JESUS, IT'S PART OF THE SANCTIFYING PROCESS? 56:39 AND ONE WAY TO RESIST TEMPTATION IS TO GET UP AND GO DO SOMETHING 56:41 FOR SOMEBODY ELSE. THERE IS POWER IN THAT. 56:45 WELL, MY TIME IS GONE. 56:47 AND, IN CLOSING, OUR OFFER IS OFFER #105. 56:51 CALL 1-866-STUDY-MORE OR 1-866-788-3966 - 'THE ULTIMATE 56:56 DELIVERANCE' - THE SECOND COMING OF JESUS, HOW YOU CAN KNOW THE 57:00 GENUINE FROM THE FALSE. 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