Our presentation this
evening is entitled Babylon is
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alive and well, but we
have to finish this up before
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we get into our
presentation tonight.
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So we are on the back
page there on how was the
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Roman church
state originally formed?
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That was the question we
asked here on the screen.
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And the answer is it worked
through secular governments.
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It worked through
what kind of governments?
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Secular governments.
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Notice right here
in your study guide.
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The Roman state
church has no standing army.
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It has always worked
through existing secular
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governments to
achieve its purposes.
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So that is what you would
write in there on that line.
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Secular governments.
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So the image of the beast
will not be a literal image.
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Let's go to Revelation
chapter 13 so that we can
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get our fingers
wrapped around this idea of
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the image of the beast.
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There are some people do
have the anticipation that
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end of time there is going
to be a literal image set up
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and that people will be
compelled to worship a literal
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image such as we
find in Daniel chapter 3.
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I think a closer examination
of the text will reveal
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something a little
different than that.
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Revelations chapter
13, beginning in verse 11.
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Revelation 13:11,
this is where we find the
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second beast coming up.
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We have already
identified this second beast and
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we will begin in verse 11.
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"Then I saw
another beast coming up
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out-of-the-where, everyone?
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"Out of the earth and he
had two horns like a Lamb. "
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But who did he speak like?
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"He spoke like a dragon. "
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"He exercises all the
authority of the first beast
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in his presence and
causes the earth and those who
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dwell in it to
worship the first beast whose
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deadly wound was healed. "
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So the primary objective
of this second beast is to
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cause the earth to
worship the first beast.
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That is why sometimes he
is called a false prophet.
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He's like a spokesperson
for the first beast.
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Verse 13, "he even performed
signs, wonders so that he
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makes fire come down from
men on earth insight of men. "
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We will talk about
that just a moment.
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"He deceives those who dwell
on earth by those signs which he
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was granted to do in
the sight of the beast. "
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"Telling those who dwell on
the earth," now notice this,
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"to make an image to the beast
who was wounded by the sword,"
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and what? "And lived. "
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So what happens with
this second beast is that his
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primary objective is to
cause the earth to worship
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the first beast and then it says
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that he even sets up
this image of the beast.
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Let's look at that
again here in verse 14.
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It says, "telling those
who dwell on the earth to make
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an image to the
beast who was wounded by
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the sword and lived.
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He was granted power," I'm
in verse 15, "to give breath".
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To give what everyone?
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To give breath, that is
the New Testament word, Numa.
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"That he would give
his spirit," or breath,
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"to the image of the beast,
that the image of the beast
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should both speak and
cause as many as would not
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worship the image of the
beast should be killed. "
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Now the imagery here is
actually very interesting.
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It is straight out
of the book of Genesis.
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Your remember that God
said, see if you can remember
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this with me, God said,
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"let us make man in
our," what? "Image. "
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And after He made man in
His image, the Bible says,
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"he breathed into his
nostrils the breath of life
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and man became a living soul. "
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That is exactly the
imagery you find here.
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Does everybody
see that? Yes or no?
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It says that he creates
this image and then he breathes
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into this thing, so
really what you find here is a
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counterfeit of what God
did in the book of Genesis.
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So this figure, this
form, this image is set up and
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then, he breathes into
him his breath and this
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thing comes alive.
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We picked up in verse 15.
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"He was granted power to
give breath to the image of
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the beast that the
image of the beast should both
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speak and cause as
many as would not worship
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the image of the beast
should be," what? "Killed. "
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Verse 16, "he causes
all, both small and great,
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rich and poor, free and
slaved, to receive a mark on
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their right hand or in
their foreheads and that no man
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might buy or sell except
him who has the mark of the
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beast or the number of his name.
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Here is wisdom, let
him who has understanding
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calculate the number of the
beast, for it is the number,"
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of a what? "Man," and
what is that number? "666."
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Six, six, six,
that is exactly right.
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So we find here is that
at the end of time there is
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going to be an
image of the beast.
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There is going to
be a what everyone?
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An image of the beast.
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Well an image is a
copy, or a likeness.
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There will be a
likeness of the beast,
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or a copy of the beast
and notice that it says,
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that this image of the
beast is created because
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the first beast had
received a deadly wound.
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We see that a Revelations 13:3.
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That he received a deadly
wound and began to go down.
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As this beast was going
down the second beast was
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coming up, but
the second beast turns
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and breaths breath
back into the first beast
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and here it comes again.
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The image of the
beast is created right down
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to the end of time.
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We will talk
about that in a moment.
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Historically we
need to ask the question,
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how has the Roman
Church State functioned?
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We have already
said that it worked
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or what kind of
government? Secular governments!
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Again the Roman Church
state does not have a standing
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standing army the
same as the United States
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has a standing army.
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They have always worked
through a secular government.
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Whether it was England or
Italy or France or Germany.
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So we are back to
our study guide here.
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So it says the image
of the beast will not be a
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literal image, rather
it will be the resurgence
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of the kind of
power and influence the
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Roman Church had
in the dark ages.
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As the church worked
historically through secular
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governments, to
achieve its ends, so too,
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at the end of time.
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The resurrected beast
will work through secular
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governments to achieve its ends.
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The United States will
sadly play them very role,
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this is what the prophecy
means in Revelation 13:11 says,
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"it will speak like a dragon. "
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And a dragon is who?
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Who is the dragon?
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It is the devil.
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So what we are contending
here is that we are seeing
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that deadly wound
spoken of, in Revelation 13:3,
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we are seeing that
deadly wound being healed right
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before our very eyes.
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When the most powerful rulers,
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the most powerful leaders,
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the most powerful
governing official attended that
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papal funeral, at
least in the case of the
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United States of America,
it was the first time in
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history that any
President had ever
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attended a papal funeral.
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Here was not just one,
but the current President
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and two former Presidents,
not to mention many other
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Prime Ministers and
Ambassadors, all kneeling.
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All what everyone? All kneeling.
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Not before God, they
are kneeling before the
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dead body of Pope John Paul,
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who
incidentally is just a sinner
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like everyone
of us in this room.
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Do you believe that?
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Absolutely, God loves
Pope John Paul II, no question
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about that, but to kneel
before him is highly unusual.
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Particularly highly unusual
for the most powerful men
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and women in the government.
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So we're beginning to see
this secular wound, pardon me,
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this wound healing as the
secular governments are aligning
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themselves more and more
closely with this papal power.
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We are seeing
this wound heal right
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before our very eyes.
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Now there are good
Christian folks who want to
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make a change in the world.
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They see the moral
decadence, they see the moral
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democracy that is taking place.
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Unfortunately many of
these good Christian people are
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going to try and make a
good change in the wrong way.
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Dr. James Dobson, do any
of you know this man here?
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Of course!
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Listen, I have several
books my library that I love,
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Dare to Discipline,
Bringing Up Boys, there is no
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question that the man
has a special connection with
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Christ, particularly as
it relates to being able to
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communicate, great counseling
and psychological truths,
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in a spiritual way,
no question about that.
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My concern is that when
good men, like a James Dobson,
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or a Ralph Reed, or a Ted
Hager, or a hundred others
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that could be cited.
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When these men get
involved in politics as a mean
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to push their
Christian agenda, I get a little
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nervous because I see
the union of church and
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state coming closer and
closer and closer together.
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If we know anything from
the old world experiments,
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church and state do
not make good bed partners.
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If you believe that say Amen!
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That is why when the
forefathers and foremothers came
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to this land, they said things
like we are going to be free
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from a King and they
set up civil liberty.
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We are going to be free
from the dictates of the Pope
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and they set up a
religious liberty.
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They said church and
state would remain separate.
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Now what that means is
not that we do not want
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Christian people, or
moral people, or good natured
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people in governing offices,
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but that none of
them should be enforcing,
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or legislating their
particular version or
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interpretation of the
faith, what ever faith that is.
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Amen? Amen! That
is really the point.
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Now I am back in
your study guide here.
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Second paragraph.
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God made man in
his own what? Image!
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Then he breathed into
him, so to the image of the
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beast, which comes to
life, when the second beast
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breathes his power
into the Roman Church.
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The image of the beast,
which looks just like the
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beast did in the dark ages,
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will suddenly be
brought back to life.
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The United States will
work with the Roman Church to
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bring this nation,
quote: "back to God!"
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This seemingly noble
experiment climax and run
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amuck when Sunday, the mark
of the Roman churches authority
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and religious
matters is enforced,
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first with economic
sanctions, and then, finally,
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on pain of death.
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You say do you really
believe that it's going to
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happen Pastor Asscherick?
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I believe that with
every fiber of my being and not
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because I am looking at
headlines, not because I'm
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looking at the newspapers,
but because I'm looking at
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Revelation
Chapter 12 and 13 and 14.
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God has His seal,
the beast has his mark.
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We asked the
beast what is your mark?
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He says the mark of our
ecclesiastical authority is
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that we changed
that day of worship,
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the day of solemnity,
from the biblical Sabbath
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to the Catholic Sunday.
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That is going to be
enforced, I believe that with
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every bit of my being and
believe that we are headed,
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very rapidly, in that direction.
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Now you are sitting there
thinking, it is not possible.
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But I will remind you
again, that already 36,
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what did I say everyone?
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36 states in this union
already have Sunday laws.
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They are already on the
books, these are not laws that
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have to be passed and
written and legislated,
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these are laws that
need to be enforced.
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What were did I
say everyone? Enforced!
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You can do a
little research on it.
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You can go to any Google
search engine and type in
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Sunday blue laws and
find out what comes up.
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The laws are already there.
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Now notice that it says that the
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deadly wound would heal.
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You say how is
this going to happen?
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How is this radical
shifting of the paradigm,
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here in America, from religious
protector, and religious liberty
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and religious
freedom to religious tyranny.
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It is going to happen as
the Catholics are extending
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their arm to the Protestants.
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The Protestants, I am
talking about leadership here,
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because God loves people
but hates systems that are
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not consistent with His word.
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If you believe that say Amen!
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so what we see here is
the Catholic leadership
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reaching out to the Protestants.
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The Protestants reaching
out to the Catholics and both
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of them clasping
hands and reaching out
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to the secular government.
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Now I want to notice
this very interesting from the
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Washington Post,
Monday, November 1, 1999.
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This is not
ancient history beloved.
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Six years ago, and I
want you to notice there the
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title of this
headline news article.
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Lutherans and Catholics
unite to, what is that word?
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Heal 482-year-old division.
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A very
interesting choice of words.
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Sounds exactly
like Revelation 13:3.
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"That he is deadly wound,"
would be what? "Healed. "
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And basically what
happened is this man here,
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a representative Christian,
a representative of the
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Lutheran World Federation
sat down with this man here,
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Edward Casey, and a
signed document that said in
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essence that the whole
Protestant information was
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a great big misunderstanding.
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Well I can just
imagine that Martin Luther did
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somersaults in his
grave at hearing that.
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A misunderstanding?
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Sure to the tune of 50
million, 60 million, 70 million,
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and some say as high as a
100 million people dead, why?
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Because of a misunderstanding,
you wish it was more
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than a misunderstanding,
radically different systems.
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One says that you
are saved by grace alone,
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through faith alone,
to the glory of God alone.
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And the other says you are
saved by faith plus abiding
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by the traditions and
sacraments of the Church.
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These are
radically different systems.
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The Reformation was not
a mistake, it was genuine,
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it was real, and
it was substantive.
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The fact that people
some 5 hundred years later can
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sit down and write a
document that says it was
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a mistake, shows that
number one they are not
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historians, and
number two they are driven
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by an agenda, not by truth.
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Very interesting isn't it?
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These groups are
rushing together.
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I just got this
off the Internet today.
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This is just happening recently.
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First it was Lutherans,
100 million Lutherans,
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now it is the Methodist.
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This is taken from
Reuters say News Agency,
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July 23,2006.
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Notice the title of the article.
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Historical rift mended.
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You could change
that very easily to say,
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historical wound healed.
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Notice!
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All that they are doing
is joining on to that same
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document that the
Lutherans have signed
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some 6 years before.
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Oh they solved it,
there really was no difference
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between the
Protestants and Catholics,
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it has all been solved now.
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So the Methodist can
say now we can come back
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home to the mother Church.
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And the Lutherans can
say oh we can come back
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home to mother Church.
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They have solved it?
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I'm sure that John and
Charles Wesley are doing
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somersaults, circles, and
cartwheels in their graves
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thinking what has
happened to people?
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They do not know
their Bibles anymore.
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Of course in the case
of Methodists, if you're
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a Methodist today, I sincerely
apologize, but I do not
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apologize for
what I'm going to say.
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I just apologize for the
fact that your church has
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so terrifically
abandoned the faith.
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I mean they are
having huge council to decide
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whether or not it is
biblical to ordain, openly,
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homosexual ministers.
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When you have left the
Bible so far that you have to
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convene a council to decide
if it is okay to ordain an
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openly homosexual minister,
it is just a matter of time
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before you say, you know what?
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We do not know our way anymore,
we have lost our anchor,
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we have lost our direction
and so you will go back
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to the mother Church.
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I mean if you have left
this thing and you are willing
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to say with a straight
face, you know what we solve
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the whole problem of
the Protestant Reformation.
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Whoop! It was all a
big misunderstanding.
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That tells me you
do not know your Bible.
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Not only do you
not know your Bible,
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you do not know history.
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The Protestant
Reformation it goes on to say,
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That was an
official statement released
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by the Methodist church.
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Notice that a common
understanding of justification.
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Now for those of you
today who are not theologians,
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justification
means how you are saved.
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So let's just substitute that.
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A common understanding
of how you are saved.
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Beloved, did John and
Charles Wesley have a common
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understanding of how
they were saved as compared to
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the Popes in the
Catholics and the pre-lattés?
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No! I mean it was
radically different,
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night and day, oil
and water, up and down,
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forward and
backwards, zig and zag.
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To say that these two
are the same is like saying
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that black is white.
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You can say all you
want, but it is not true.
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Just because you get
people who do not know their
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Bibles are biblically
illiterate sit down and sign
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a document that says
it was all a mistake does
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not prove that it
was all a mistake.
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What it does prove is that
you do not know your Bible,
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and you do not know
history, and you are driven
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by a larger political agenda
to unite the Christian world,
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to get this
nation and this world
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back to God, despite the costs.
00:15:37.87\00:15:40.22
But beloved, it is
far, far, far better to be
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divided by truth
then united by error.
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We do not live in that
world anymore, we live in
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a world where it is
politically incorrect to suggest
00:15:51.17\00:15:52.93
that somebody is wrong,
but beloved, you are going to
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stand on what the Bible says.
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Your life is going to be
a rebuke to people who would
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rather accommodate a
political position and agenda,
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than to stand for Jesus
Christ and His end-time truth.
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If what I am saying makes
sense I want you to say Amen?
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Amen! Now look at this.
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Just tonight, somebody
handed me this document here.
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It is dated,
November 30, what is today?
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November 30, and I am
reading here is an AP article
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Istanbul, Turkey? Pope Benedict
XVI called divisions among
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the Christian Church
a scandal to the world.
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Whoa, Whoa, Whoa,
let's read that again.
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Today the pope
called divisions among the
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Christian Church a
scandal to the world.
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Do you know
what he is saying is?
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He is saying that the
church should not be divided.
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The church should not be what?
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He says it is a scandal.
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Of course, listen, I
was one of those people that
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look at Christianity
and thought wait a minute,
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we have one Lord,
we have one baptism,
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we have one Bible.
00:16:52.17\00:16:53.14
How come we have 1300 different
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Christian denominations?
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I mean that is
confusing, someone say Amen?
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But God is not the
author of confusion and I will
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take you the solution is
not running back to Rome.
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The solution is
running back the Bible,
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someone say Amen?
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So when the Pope says,
oh it is a scandal that the
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church is divided, you
are right it is a scandal.
00:17:10.73\00:17:12.41
But going back to the
mother, is not the solution.
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You know what is
happening, when the Methodist,
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come back to town with the
Catholics, and the Lutherans,
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and again we are
talking about systems,
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not people!
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I want to say that
again, can someone say Amen?
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We are talking about systems,
systems, systems, systems.
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God loves Catholics,
God loves Protestants,
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God loves Muslims,
God loves atheists,
00:17:30.79\00:17:33.21
God loves the
agnostics, God loves black,
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God loves whites, God
loves males, God loves female.
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Is that clear
everyone? Yes or no?
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The point is when the
leadership of the Methodist
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come back to the Catholic
Church, and the leadership
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of the Lutherans come
back to the Catholic Church,
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I will give you one
guess who is making the biggest
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concessions to
bring about unity?
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Do you think the
Catholics are saying,
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you know what?
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Let us change all the
teachings for 100' s of
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1000' s of years, do you
think they are doing that?
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Do you know who is
making the concessions?
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The Protestants are
making the concessions beloved.
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Rome is not
changing, Rome cannot change.
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Rome has built into its
doctrinal structure something
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called Ex Cathedra, and
that is when the Pope speaks,
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out of the cathedral,
what he says is infallible.
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When something is infallible
it can never be changed.
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So when it comes time to
start making concessions and
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saying I guess we
were wrong about that.
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The ones that are making
the vast, majority of changes,
00:18:20.92\00:18:24.54
and concessions,
are not the Catholics.
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It's the Protestant leadership.
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So when the pope stands
up and says, hey it is a
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scandal to the world
that the church is divided.
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Do you know what
you should be hearing?
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The churches should
be united, oh, but wait,
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if the church is going
to be united we need a head.
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Well, who should that be?
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The article goes on.
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"At a joint ceremony Thursday
with the spiritual leader
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of the Orthodox Christian
Church which split from
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Catholicism nearly
a thousand years ago.
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Reaching out to
the world 250 million
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Orthodox Christian is a
centerpiece of Benedict's
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papacy, he has set the
difficult goal of full unity
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between two ancient
branches of Christianity. "
00:19:02.29\00:19:04.46
Look at that, full unity.
00:19:04.49\00:19:06.42
"Which divided
over disputes including
00:19:06.45\00:19:08.21
the extensive papal authority. "
00:19:08.24\00:19:09.46
Last one here, "the
divisions which exist among the
00:19:09.49\00:19:11.58
Christians are
scandal to the world,
00:19:11.61\00:19:13.53
said the pope after
joining the ecumenical patriarch
00:19:13.56\00:19:15.89
Bartholomew I, to mark
the feast days of St. Andrew,
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a priest across Asia
minor, who believed to ordain
00:19:19.08\00:19:22.04
the first Bishop of
Constantinople in Istanbul. "
00:19:22.07\00:19:24.41
So we have reached out to
the Lutherans and got them.
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We have reached out to
the Methodist and got them.
00:19:27.69\00:19:29.47
Now we reaching out to who?
00:19:29.50\00:19:30.70
The Orthodox!
00:19:30.73\00:19:31.91
While he was in Turkey
he made several steps to
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reach out, several stops
to reach out to the Muslims.
00:19:34.21\00:19:37.41
Beloved, you are
seeing a coming together,
00:19:37.44\00:19:39.75
a conversion of religions.
00:19:39.78\00:19:41.84
What did I say
everyone? A conversion,
00:19:41.87\00:19:44.39
or a coming
together of religions.
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There is a
technical term for this and
00:19:45.82\00:19:47.07
it is called Ecumenism.
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Ecumenism, now if you
are sitting here today and
00:19:48.73\00:19:50.93
you are Methodist, I
hope you are not offended.
00:19:50.96\00:19:52.52
I mean if you are offended,
00:19:52.55\00:19:54.14
you should not
be offended at me.
00:19:54.17\00:19:55.55
You should be
offended at your church for
00:19:55.58\00:19:57.08
abandoning the Bible and
is refusing to stand for up a
00:19:57.11\00:19:59.73
thus saith the Lord.
00:19:59.76\00:20:00.73
Someone say Amen?
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Don't be offended at the pastor.
00:20:01.72\00:20:02.75
If you are sitting
here today as a Lutheran,
00:20:02.78\00:20:04.08
you should be offended,
00:20:04.11\00:20:05.18
but don't be
offended by Pastor Asscherick.
00:20:05.21\00:20:06.80
Be offended by your
churches total abandonment
00:20:06.83\00:20:09.30
of truth when it
comes to justification.
00:20:09.33\00:20:11.61
Oh, it was all a big
mistake when Martin Luther
00:20:11.64\00:20:13.76
nailed his 95 theses to the door
at Wittenberg and a 100 million
00:20:13.79\00:20:16.29
that died in the process.
00:20:16.32\00:20:17.59
Whoops, made a mistake, No!
00:20:17.62\00:20:18.99
There is a mistake
that is being made,
00:20:19.02\00:20:21.71
and that mistake is
trying to gloss over and put a
00:20:21.74\00:20:24.44
nice veneer over a
huge theological difference
00:20:24.47\00:20:28.15
between
Catholicism and Protestantism,
00:20:28.18\00:20:31.05
between traditions of man
and biblical Christianity.
00:20:31.08\00:20:34.51
Do not say they are the same.
00:20:34.54\00:20:36.53
You know what, you
can already begin to see
00:20:36.56\00:20:40.10
how it is going to look.
00:20:40.13\00:20:41.10
When someone stands up
and says, it is a mockery,
00:20:41.13\00:20:43.16
it's a lie, it's not
biblical, it's not true,
00:20:43.19\00:20:47.10
the emperor is
naked, that person is going
00:20:47.13\00:20:49.76
to be very popular isn't he?
00:20:49.79\00:20:51.13
Is that person
going to be very popular?
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You know what he is
going to be labeled?
00:20:53.58\00:20:55.03
You are anti-unity.
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You are anti-unity,
you are anti-the truth,
00:20:56.18\00:20:59.34
we are trying to
being everybody together
00:20:59.37\00:21:00.98
and you are the bad guy.
00:21:01.01\00:21:02.01
You are a terrorist.
00:21:02.04\00:21:03.15
Beloved, are you
seeing this? Yes or no?
00:21:03.18\00:21:07.46
You have to be half
asleep not to see it.
00:21:07.49\00:21:10.00
We are going to
continue on here.
00:21:10.03\00:21:11.54
Look at this!
00:21:11.57\00:21:12.54
All roads lead to Rome.
00:21:12.55\00:21:13.80
"Protestant churches
are beating Rome's door down
00:21:13.83\00:21:16.83
to be allowed back
into the mother Church. "
00:21:16.86\00:21:19.43
"This phenomenon is
called ecumenism and is
00:21:19.46\00:21:22.07
happening at an alarming rate. "
00:21:22.10\00:21:23.46
"This coming together
of the church strengthens
00:21:23.49\00:21:26.52
the Roman Church's
plans and potency," more on
00:21:26.55\00:21:29.19
this in a future lesson
we are actually compiling
00:21:29.22\00:21:30.77
so you won't get
any more on it tonight.
00:21:30.80\00:21:32.75
"Just like Shadrach,
Meshach and Abednego,
00:21:32.78\00:21:35.07
God's last day people
will be forced to choose
00:21:35.10\00:21:37.60
between forced
worship and God's",
00:21:37.63\00:21:40.02
God's what? "Commandments. "
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Daniel Chapter three we
find them standing strong,
00:21:42.40\00:21:44.89
by God's enabling grace,
refusing to bow down to that
00:21:44.92\00:21:47.47
great golden image that
Nebuchadnezzar had instructed. "
00:21:47.50\00:21:49.69
"May Jesus Christ grant
us the grace, courage and
00:21:49.72\00:21:52.82
power to do the same. "
00:21:52.85\00:21:53.94
"May we say with Peter
that we ought to obey God
00:21:53.97\00:21:56.88
rather than men. " If
you believe what I have said,
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I want you to say Amen? Amen!
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It is not because of me either.
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This book was
released several years ago.
00:22:03.49\00:22:05.49
Evangelicals and Catholics
Shared A Common Mission.
00:22:05.52\00:22:07.82
Written by two men,
Charles Colson, a man who have
00:22:07.85\00:22:10.76
a great deal of respect
for, no question about that.
00:22:10.79\00:22:13.30
I am concerned about
the direction that some of
00:22:13.33\00:22:17.08
these people are going
when they start laying aside
00:22:17.11\00:22:18.71
biblical truth for
political expediency and agenda.
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It says here:
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That is just facts now.
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The Houston Chronicle
reported on this book:
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You see there is an agenda.
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There is an agenda,
they are not coming together
00:22:48.88\00:22:50.71
because they want
to get in bed together,
00:22:50.74\00:22:52.37
they are coming
together for a purpose.
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You have heard this,
there is no better way than
00:22:54.11\00:22:56.42
to get to people that
are at odds together than
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to have a common enemy.
00:22:59.26\00:23:00.46
Isn't that true, yes or no?
00:23:00.49\00:23:01.84
They say secularism
is the common enemy.
00:23:01.87\00:23:03.89
Moral decadence
that is the common enemy.
00:23:03.92\00:23:05.49
What ever you want to
say is the common enemy.
00:23:05.52\00:23:07.36
So people start
uniting and they are
00:23:07.39\00:23:09.12
not paying attention to truth.
00:23:09.15\00:23:10.95
I was at a promise
keeper rally one time,
00:23:10.98\00:23:12.73
and I have nothing
against the promise keepers,
00:23:12.76\00:23:14.84
it is kind of faded.
00:23:14.87\00:23:15.84
I get a little
concerned when you start having
00:23:15.87\00:23:18.03
these radical
political agendas taking place.
00:23:18.06\00:23:20.82
I was at a rally with
some twenty thousand people and
00:23:20.85\00:23:22.73
Max Lucado got up in
front, he said to everybody
00:23:22.77\00:23:24.71
I want everybody to
say their denomination
00:23:24.74\00:23:27.63
on account of three so,
1, 2, 3, and everybody says
00:23:27.67\00:23:29.75
their denomination at once.
00:23:29.78\00:23:31.25
Presbyterian, Methodist,
Seventh-day Adventist,
00:23:31.28\00:23:33.12
Catholic,
Mormon, blah, blah, blah.
00:23:33.15\00:23:35.68
He said, sounds like confusion
to me, and everybody laughed.
00:23:35.71\00:23:39.48
Then he said on the
count of three I want everyone
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to say Jesus Christ.
00:23:43.19\00:23:44.69
And then 1, 2, 3, and of
course it sounded so nice.
00:23:44.72\00:23:46.87
Jesus Christ!
00:23:46.90\00:23:48.93
He said, that is the
way it is supposed to be.
00:23:48.96\00:23:50.14
And everybody went!
00:23:50.17\00:23:53.50
they were all
cheering, but listen beloved.
00:23:53.53\00:23:55.51
Listen, listen, listen!
00:23:55.54\00:23:56.51
We can say the words.
00:23:56.52\00:23:58.61
The question is
what the words mean?
00:23:58.64\00:24:00.48
Does that make sense?
00:24:00.51\00:24:02.14
Listen if the devil
gets a hold of language,
00:24:02.17\00:24:06.34
the game is over.
00:24:06.37\00:24:07.74
Does that make sense?
00:24:07.77\00:24:09.17
Listen, my Jesus
Christ is not the Jesus Christ
00:24:09.20\00:24:12.39
of the Mormons, can
we be clear on that?
00:24:12.42\00:24:15.31
I can say the same
word you are saying,
00:24:15.34\00:24:17.47
but the Jesus Christ
that I believe in is not
00:24:17.50\00:24:19.47
the same Jesus Christ
that the Mormons believe in.
00:24:19.50\00:24:21.56
Our picture of Jesus
is informed by correct
00:24:21.59\00:24:24.80
biblical teachings. Amen?
00:24:24.83\00:24:27.27
I do not believe
that Jesus Christ was
00:24:27.30\00:24:28.41
the brother of Lucifer.
00:24:28.44\00:24:29.52
I do not believe
that he is one of a
00:24:29.55\00:24:30.52
multiplied million spirit being.
00:24:30.53\00:24:32.11
He is blah,
blah, blah! Nonsense!
00:24:32.14\00:24:34.17
You can say Jesus
Christ and someone else to say
00:24:34.20\00:24:37.16
Jesus Christ, we can
all say it together and
00:24:37.19\00:24:38.74
it sounds so good.
00:24:38.77\00:24:39.74
But beloved, if
it is not biblical.
00:24:39.75\00:24:40.93
It may sound good but
all you have to do is lift
00:24:40.96\00:24:43.03
the lid and look
underneath and there's cancer
00:24:43.06\00:24:44.65
under there, there
is garbage under there.
00:24:44.68\00:24:46.34
Does that make sense?
00:24:46.37\00:24:48.07
So beloved it is not
going to work for us all just
00:24:48.10\00:24:50.56
to get together in
one room and raise our
00:24:50.59\00:24:52.27
hands and say
Jesus Christ and suddenly
00:24:52.30\00:24:53.99
everything is okay, beloved?
00:24:54.02\00:24:55.23
It has to be according to truth.
00:24:55.26\00:24:56.64
Jesus Himself
said, I am the way,
00:24:58.48\00:25:01.02
and the truth, and the life.
00:25:01.05\00:25:03.68
He did not say I am a way.
00:25:03.71\00:25:05.13
There are many ways
and I am one of a multitude
00:25:05.16\00:25:07.51
in these ways. No!
00:25:07.54\00:25:08.52
I am a way, a
truth, and am a light.
00:25:08.55\00:25:11.12
The way
singular, definite article.
00:25:11.15\00:25:13.16
The truth,
singular, definite article.
00:25:13.19\00:25:14.90
And the life.
00:25:14.93\00:25:16.14
So yes I do believe
in the Lord Jesus Christ,
00:25:16.17\00:25:19.17
and you believe in
the Lord Jesus Christ,
00:25:19.20\00:25:20.69
but the only way that we
can be sure that language
00:25:20.72\00:25:22.90
has meaning and we are
saying the same thing is
00:25:22.93\00:25:24.81
if we have some
objective thing that tells us
00:25:24.84\00:25:27.59
what Jesus
Christ is. Amen? Amen!
00:25:27.62\00:25:31.37
Maybe you have heard
people say this is absolutely
00:25:31.40\00:25:32.70
ridiculous thing, that it
doesn't matter the doctrine.
00:25:32.73\00:25:35.01
Doctrine doesn't matter,
the teaching doesn't matter,
00:25:35.04\00:25:36.80
only Jesus matters.
00:25:36.83\00:25:38.03
Wait a minute, how do
you know what Jesus is like?
00:25:38.06\00:25:40.59
Do you believe that Jesus died,
00:25:40.62\00:25:42.24
was buried, and resurrected?
00:25:42.27\00:25:43.40
Well that is doctrine beloved.
00:25:43.43\00:25:45.16
Do you believe that
Jesus was the son of God?
00:25:46.63\00:25:48.75
Oh yeah I've
believe, that is doctrine.
00:25:48.79\00:25:50.29
It is one thing for
us all to sound good,
00:25:50.32\00:25:53.49
and sound unified,
and blah, blah, blah.
00:25:53.52\00:25:55.93
Beloved we had to
be unified on Christ,
00:25:55.96\00:25:58.07
and in Christ, in truth.
00:25:58.10\00:25:59.77
So here we are.
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Back to the statement
from the Houston Chronicle.
00:26:04.66\00:26:08.63
So they come
together for political means.
00:26:16.51\00:26:18.13
And that is the point
where this whole thing is going.
00:26:26.51\00:26:28.41
The archbishop of New York said:
00:26:28.44\00:26:30.49
Church and state
will unite to enforce
00:26:49.55\00:26:51.76
religious practices.
00:26:51.79\00:26:53.67
Be crystal clear on
it, for Bible says that
00:26:53.70\00:26:55.97
is what is going to happen.
00:26:56.00\00:26:57.15
It is not going to
happen because of what we see
00:26:57.18\00:26:58.98
in the news headlines.
00:26:59.01\00:26:59.98
It is going to
happen because that is what
00:27:00.01\00:27:01.31
Revelation says
is going to happen.
00:27:01.34\00:27:02.91
Worship will be compulsory,
worship will be enforced,
00:27:02.94\00:27:06.97
and unfortunately
it is not going to
00:27:07.00\00:27:09.08
be biblical worship.
00:27:09.11\00:27:10.59
It is not going to
be Bible-based worship.
00:27:10.62\00:27:12.21
Is going to be based
on the teachings of the
00:27:12.24\00:27:14.53
mother Church,
which are not biblical.
00:27:14.56\00:27:16.93
So people like myself,
who say no, I am going to
00:27:16.96\00:27:20.60
stand on the plain thus
saith the Lord and not the
00:27:20.63\00:27:22.43
tradition and canons of
men, I am going to be put
00:27:22.46\00:27:24.63
in a very awkward
position, when the laws of land
00:27:24.66\00:27:27.13
intersect the laws of God.
00:27:27.16\00:27:29.85
But for me and my house, we
are going to serve the Lord.
00:27:29.88\00:27:33.69
Whether we can't buy or
sell, whether it causes pain.
00:27:33.72\00:27:36.93
Listen beloved,
it doesn't matter.
00:27:36.96\00:27:39.92
I will serve the Lord
with Job, "though he slays me,
00:27:39.95\00:27:45.19
yet I will trust Him. "
00:27:45.22\00:27:46.82
Now we are on the
second study guide.
00:27:46.85\00:27:49.33
Let's talk about Babylon.
00:27:49.36\00:27:50.39
Many people wonder why there are
00:27:50.42\00:27:53.42
so many Christian denominations.
00:27:53.45\00:27:54.94
How many people in this
room have ever wondered,
00:27:54.97\00:27:56.36
why are there so many
Christian denominations?
00:27:56.39\00:27:57.76
I'm going to tell you
tonight why there are so many
00:27:57.79\00:27:59.01
Christian denominations.
00:27:59.04\00:28:00.27
This is a fair
question after all there is
00:28:00.30\00:28:02.64
just one Bible, one
Savior, and one God.
00:28:02.67\00:28:04.35
So what is it difficult
to understand why there
00:28:04.38\00:28:06.61
should be so many
different, what? Churches!
00:28:06.64\00:28:09.05
The purpose of this lesson
will be to understand both
00:28:09.08\00:28:12.02
the cause and the
solution of this phenomenon.
00:28:12.05\00:28:14.66
Let's begin by
asking this question,
00:28:14.69\00:28:16.47
how many churches
did Jesus establish?
00:28:16.50\00:28:19.19
I give you
Matthew Chapter 16:13-19.
00:28:19.22\00:28:22.55
I would just
quoted quickly for you,
00:28:22.58\00:28:23.69
"who do men say
that I am son of man,
00:28:23.72\00:28:25.31
some say John the
Baptist, some say Jeremiah,"
00:28:25.34\00:28:26.86
some say this or that.
00:28:26.89\00:28:28.36
Jesus said, "who
do you say that I am?"
00:28:28.39\00:28:30.15
Peter speaks up on
behalf of the rest of
00:28:30.18\00:28:32.02
the apostles and
says, "you are the Christ,
00:28:32.05\00:28:33.52
the son of the living God. "
00:28:33.55\00:28:34.71
Jesus says, "Blessed
are you Simon Barjona
00:28:34.74\00:28:36.45
for flesh and blood has
not revealed this unto you,
00:28:36.48\00:28:38.76
but My Father
which is in heaven. "
00:28:38.79\00:28:40.11
Then he says
something very fascinating.
00:28:40.14\00:28:41.33
He said Peter you are
little Rolling Stone but
00:28:41.36\00:28:43.88
upon this petra, large
monolithic unmovable rock,
00:28:43.91\00:28:46.86
I will build my churches.
00:28:46.89\00:28:49.96
No, no, no, I
will build my what?
00:28:49.99\00:28:52.72
My church, and then he
says, "the gates of hell will
00:28:52.75\00:28:56.59
not prevail against" what?
00:28:56.62\00:28:58.11
"It", he did not
say, them, he said, "it. "
00:28:58.14\00:29:01.53
Jesus established a
single church. Amen? Amen!
00:29:01.56\00:29:07.50
Now I will give
you another text there.
00:29:07.53\00:29:09.47
For example in Ephesians
chapter 5, it says that Jesus
00:29:09.50\00:29:11.73
gave Himself for the
church, not the churches.
00:29:11.76\00:29:16.41
Today there are
many different flavors of
00:29:16.44\00:29:18.52
Christianity, it
is like going into
00:29:18.55\00:29:19.80
a Baskin-Robbins
or in to a cold Stone.
00:29:19.83\00:29:21.74
What do you want?
00:29:21.77\00:29:23.07
You can find a
church that fits your needs.
00:29:23.10\00:29:25.76
You can find a church
that fits you just right.
00:29:25.79\00:29:27.61
You say I don't really
go for the double chocolate
00:29:27.64\00:29:29.49
fudge, and I do
like the praline pecan,
00:29:29.52\00:29:31.11
but mmmm! Coconut
mint, give it to me.
00:29:31.14\00:29:34.51
You can have your
own little flavor.
00:29:34.54\00:29:36.16
You say well I don't
really like the Presbyterians.
00:29:36.19\00:29:38.78
I'm not really a
Methodist kind of guy.
00:29:38.81\00:29:40.66
I'm more of a Pentecostal.
00:29:40.69\00:29:42.20
All of us have our
little different flavors of
00:29:42.23\00:29:45.31
Christianity,
but beloved, beloved,
00:29:45.34\00:29:46.72
beloved we have
bought into a huge deception.
00:29:46.75\00:29:48.69
Jesus established one church.
00:29:48.72\00:29:52.03
Then he said the gates
and you will not prevail
00:29:52.06\00:29:54.86
against what? "It"!
00:29:54.89\00:29:56.21
We continue on here.
00:29:56.24\00:29:57.91
Jesus established one church.
00:29:57.94\00:30:00.19
Here is an
essential point to grasp.
00:30:00.22\00:30:01.41
Over 1000 separate
Christian denominations in the
00:30:01.44\00:30:04.74
world today, yet Jesus
established one church.
00:30:04.77\00:30:07.07
What happened?
00:30:07.10\00:30:08.07
Revelation holds the key.
00:30:08.08\00:30:09.21
Of course the
Catholics are going to say,
00:30:09.24\00:30:10.93
well I will tell you
what happened, you all left
00:30:10.96\00:30:12.19
the mother church.
00:30:12.22\00:30:13.60
Um, that is not what happened.
00:30:13.63\00:30:15.06
What happened is that
people left the Bible.
00:30:15.09\00:30:17.67
And you go to Revelation
12, let's go there together.
00:30:17.70\00:30:21.41
Let's see if we can look
at Revelation Chapter 12,
00:30:21.44\00:30:24.30
beginning in verse 1.
00:30:24.33\00:30:25.70
Here we see
Revelation 12:1, a true church.
00:30:25.73\00:30:30.66
God's true people, now I
know some people say this is
00:30:30.69\00:30:34.58
only Israel,
Revelation 12 is only Israel.
00:30:34.61\00:30:38.19
Beloved, it is not only Israel.
00:30:38.22\00:30:39.79
We are going to spend the
whole time on that when we
00:30:39.82\00:30:41.97
get together on Saturday,
entitled: Who Is Real Israel?
00:30:42.00\00:30:45.71
The only reason you would think
this woman was only Israel,
00:30:45.74\00:30:48.60
if you were based on a
radical misinterpretation and
00:30:48.63\00:30:52.09
misunderstanding of
the book of Revelation that
00:30:52.12\00:30:53.90
basically says only up
to Revelation 3 is for the
00:30:53.93\00:30:56.84
church and everything after
that is for Israel post-rapture,
00:30:56.87\00:30:59.90
I mean you have got
to be kidding me beloved.
00:30:59.93\00:31:02.00
If ever there was
egregious, dangerous teaching,
00:31:02.03\00:31:05.03
that is it.
00:31:05.06\00:31:06.03
Because we are all
going around saying oh ho,
00:31:06.04\00:31:07.80
I'm so glad I'm not going
to be here when the mark of
00:31:07.83\00:31:09.05
the beast crisis comes.
00:31:09.08\00:31:10.21
High five, no Antichrist,
I'm not going to be around,
00:31:10.24\00:31:12.68
and even if I was,
second chance baby.
00:31:12.71\00:31:15.49
Come on beloved, the
devil has pulled a fast one.
00:31:15.52\00:31:19.20
The devil has
pulled a huge fast one.
00:31:19.23\00:31:22.63
I mean you really want to
look me in the eye and tell me
00:31:22.66\00:31:24.96
that Revelation 5-22
has nothing to do with you?
00:31:24.99\00:31:28.74
Are you kidding beloved?
00:31:28.77\00:31:31.06
So anyone who says, Ahhh
this is only Israel is based
00:31:31.09\00:31:33.23
on a huge misunderstanding
and we will deal
00:31:33.26\00:31:35.25
more with that on Saturday.
00:31:35.28\00:31:36.25
If "is now a great sign
appeared," where every one?
00:31:36.26\00:31:38.50
"In heaven, a woman
clothed with the Sun and
00:31:38.53\00:31:41.74
the Moon under her
feet, and on her head
00:31:41.77\00:31:43.21
a garland of twelve stars. "
00:31:43.24\00:31:44.50
A woman in Bible
prophecy represents what?
00:31:44.53\00:31:46.24
A church, or the
true people of God.
00:31:46.27\00:31:48.36
Now want you to notice that
she is clothed with 3 things,
00:31:48.39\00:31:50.01
the sun, the
moon, and the stars.
00:31:50.04\00:31:52.17
You go back to Genesis 1
and 2 and God ordained the Sun,
00:31:52.20\00:31:55.54
the Moon, and the stars
to bring light to this world.
00:31:55.57\00:31:58.63
So this woman is clothed
with light giving things.
00:31:58.66\00:32:02.74
Someone say Amen?
00:32:02.77\00:32:04.10
So she will be
bringing light to the earth.
00:32:04.13\00:32:07.29
Isaiah says, "that darkness
covers the earth and gross
00:32:07.32\00:32:09.68
darkness the people, but
the Lord will arise upon Thee
00:32:09.71\00:32:13.17
and his glory shall
be seen upon thee. "
00:32:13.20\00:32:14.78
so this woman, this true church
who stands on the Bible thy word
00:32:14.81\00:32:17.46
is a lamp unto my feet,
and a light into my path. "
00:32:17.49\00:32:19.49
This woman powerfully, will be
bringing light to a dark world.
00:32:19.52\00:32:23.42
But there is another woman
and she is in Revelation 17,
00:32:23.45\00:32:27.50
go there with me if you would.
00:32:27.53\00:32:28.90
Revelation 17:1, "one of
the seven angels who had the
00:32:28.93\00:32:35.40
seven bowls came and
talked with me saying, to me,
00:32:35.43\00:32:37.50
come and I will show you the
judgment of the great harlot. "
00:32:37.53\00:32:40.80
Some versions say
whore or prostitute,
00:32:40.83\00:32:43.05
"who sits on many
waters with whom the kings of
00:32:43.08\00:32:45.09
the earth have committed"
What everyone? Fortification's.
00:32:45.12\00:32:47.96
So she had illicit relations
with the kings of the earth.
00:32:48.00\00:32:50.81
"And thee inhabitants of
the earth were made drunk
00:32:50.84\00:32:53.08
through the wine of
her fortification. "
00:32:53.11\00:32:54.60
"So he carried me
away in the Spirit into the
00:32:54.63\00:32:56.48
wilderness: and I
saw woman sitting on a
00:32:56.51\00:32:57.69
scarlet beast which was
full of the names of blasphemy
00:32:57.72\00:32:59.47
having seven
heads and ten horns. "
00:32:59.50\00:33:00.93
"The woman was arrayed
in purple and scarlet and
00:33:00.96\00:33:03.23
adorned with gold and
precious stones and pearls,
00:33:03.26\00:33:05.16
having in her hand a
golden cup full of abominations
00:33:05.19\00:33:07.80
and the filthiness
of her fornication:"
00:33:07.83\00:33:10.87
"and on her forehead with
the name written, MYSTERY,
00:33:10.90\00:33:13.18
BABYLON THE GREAT,
THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS
00:33:13.21\00:33:15.19
AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH."
00:33:15.22\00:33:16.72
"And I saw the woman",
the woman in Bible prophecy
00:33:16.75\00:33:18.62
is what everyone? A
church, or God's people.
00:33:18.65\00:33:20.80
"And I saw the woman
drunk with the blood of
00:33:20.83\00:33:22.81
the saints, and with the
blood of the martyrs of Jesus:
00:33:22.84\00:33:25.59
and when I saw her, I
marveled with great amazement. "
00:33:25.62\00:33:28.08
So when we come to the
book of Revelation we do not
00:33:28.11\00:33:30.50
find one church, even
though Jesus had established
00:33:30.53\00:33:32.54
just one church,
we find many churches.
00:33:32.57\00:33:34.68
You say many I
thought there was only two.
00:33:34.71\00:33:36.54
No look there again, it
says that her name is mystery,
00:33:36.57\00:33:39.64
Babylon the great, the
mother of what? Harlots!
00:33:39.67\00:33:44.09
Harlots is plural, so
you have at least 4 women,
00:33:44.12\00:33:46.83
because you have the
woman at Revelation 17,
00:33:46.86\00:33:49.03
and she has at
least two daughters,
00:33:49.06\00:33:51.03
otherwise it
wouldn't be in a plural.
00:33:51.06\00:33:52.48
And then you have the
woman of Revelation Chapter 12.
00:33:52.51\00:33:54.18
What John is trying
to show you here is that
00:33:54.21\00:33:56.60
there are many
people at the end of time
00:33:56.63\00:33:58.39
claiming to be God's bride.
00:33:58.42\00:33:59.99
But you can be sure about this,
00:34:00.02\00:34:01.87
Jesus is not a polygamist! Amen!
00:34:01.90\00:34:07.28
He is not a polygamist,
he has a single bride
00:34:07.31\00:34:11.22
and we will pick that
up there in our question,
00:34:11.25\00:34:12.72
Is Jesus a polygamist?
00:34:12.75\00:34:14.02
One of our attendees
came in tonight and said,
00:34:14.05\00:34:15.89
I have learned so
much in these meetings,
00:34:15.92\00:34:17.20
I don't think I
can handle this one.
00:34:17.23\00:34:18.37
Beloved we are not going to
teach you that polygamy is okay!
00:34:21.09\00:34:23.37
No such thing!
00:34:23.40\00:34:24.72
Revelation 12 depicts a chaste,
beautiful, virtuous woman.
00:34:24.75\00:34:27.81
This woman
represents God's true church,
00:34:27.84\00:34:30.31
His faithful people.
00:34:30.34\00:34:31.54
Remember a woman in
Bible prophecy represents
00:34:31.57\00:34:33.41
the church and I have
given you 2 text there
00:34:33.44\00:34:35.15
Many others could be cited.
00:34:35.18\00:34:36.42
Revelation 17 we find an
unfaithful adulterous woman
00:34:36.45\00:34:38.72
the Bible calls
a what? A harlot!
00:34:38.75\00:34:41.62
Verses 1 to 5 she
is accused 3 times of
00:34:41.65\00:34:44.28
having adultery,
adultery, adultery.
00:34:44.31\00:34:47.07
She has numerous
lovers who themselves
00:34:47.10\00:34:48.94
are adulterers and unfaithful.
00:34:48.97\00:34:50.65
Notice that there
are many different women,
00:34:50.68\00:34:52.33
or churches here in Revelation.
00:34:52.36\00:34:53.63
This is especially
incredible when you remember
00:34:53.67\00:34:56.45
that we have
already learned that
00:34:56.48\00:34:58.18
Jesus Christ
established how many churches?
00:34:58.21\00:35:00.29
One church prior
to His ascension.
00:35:00.32\00:35:02.46
So why do we
have multiple women,
00:35:02.49\00:35:04.61
multiple churches in
the book of Revelation?
00:35:04.64\00:35:06.77
Because the devil
is muddying the waters.
00:35:06.80\00:35:10.32
Because what did I say?
00:35:10.35\00:35:11.77
The devil is
muddying the waters.
00:35:11.80\00:35:14.36
How many people here are
converts to Christianity?
00:35:14.39\00:35:16.94
In other words you are not
raised in a Christian home.
00:35:16.97\00:35:18.61
You are
converts to Christianity?
00:35:18.64\00:35:20.87
Okay me too!
00:35:20.90\00:35:21.87
Raise your hands
nice and high, okay!
00:35:21.88\00:35:22.85
How many of you found
it difficult to become
00:35:22.86\00:35:24.92
a Christian, because
you say where do I go?
00:35:24.95\00:35:26.46
There are so many options?
00:35:26.49\00:35:28.02
How many found that confusing?
00:35:28.05\00:35:29.55
Listen, that has to be
one of the most confusing
00:35:29.58\00:35:32.33
things in the whole
Christian experience,
00:35:32.36\00:35:34.03
and that is why John Paul
says, not John Paul pardon me,
00:35:34.06\00:35:36.19
but Benedict says,
it's a scandal to the world.
00:35:36.22\00:35:38.70
Well sure it is a scandal
to world, but the solution
00:35:38.73\00:35:41.02
is not running back to
Rome, the solution is running
00:35:41.05\00:35:43.41
back to Bible truth.
00:35:43.44\00:35:45.00
Amen? And by the way
I have just say this,
00:35:45.03\00:35:48.36
do not come up to me and say
00:35:48.39\00:35:50.31
that it's just
your interpretation.
00:35:50.34\00:35:52.13
Beloved, that
will drive me crazy and
00:35:52.16\00:35:53.78
it should drive you crazy too.
00:35:53.81\00:35:55.04
Maybe you have
heard somebody say,
00:35:55.07\00:35:56.28
well that is true for
you and this is true for me.
00:35:56.31\00:35:58.78
Beloved, beloved,
beloved that is an effrontery
00:35:58.81\00:36:01.53
to the English language.
00:36:01.56\00:36:02.96
Something is either
true or it is not true.
00:36:02.99\00:36:05.10
You know I can say
2 plus 2 is 7 for you,
00:36:05.13\00:36:07.98
and 2 plus 2 is 17 for
me, and that is true for you.
00:36:08.01\00:36:10.99
No, no, no,
something is either true,
00:36:11.02\00:36:13.84
or it is not true.
00:36:13.87\00:36:14.96
Amen? Don't think
that you can just say,
00:36:14.99\00:36:18.49
well that is Pastor
Asscherick's interpretation.
00:36:18.52\00:36:20.54
Beloved it is not
about Pastor Asscherick's
00:36:20.57\00:36:22.67
interpretation is about
what the Bible says, Amen?
00:36:22.70\00:36:24.93
I'm doing my best, night
by night, to present to you
00:36:24.96\00:36:26.92
what the Bible says.
00:36:26.95\00:36:28.06
That is why say to you listen,
00:36:28.09\00:36:29.06
if you show me where I am
00:36:29.07\00:36:30.18
in error from the
Bible, from the what?
00:36:30.21\00:36:32.93
The Bible, I will
stand up and tell you,
00:36:32.96\00:36:35.32
I will stand up and say I
was wrong about something.
00:36:35.35\00:36:37.89
I have no problem with that.
00:36:37.92\00:36:39.36
I just want to
know what is true. Amen?
00:36:39.39\00:36:42.06
We are not out to
make fun or anything here,
00:36:42.09\00:36:45.05
but when I say will give
you $10,000 if you can show
00:36:45.08\00:36:46.90
me were the Sabbath was changed.
00:36:46.93\00:36:48.29
I am not just whistling Dixie.
00:36:48.32\00:36:49.74
I had a young man come
up to me tonight and said,
00:36:49.77\00:36:51.78
I think I have
your Sabbath thing here,
00:36:51.81\00:36:53.49
listen if your
arguments are valid,
00:36:53.52\00:36:56.23
I'll give you 10,000 bucks.
00:36:56.26\00:36:57.95
Beloved we want to
know what is truth. Amen?
00:36:57.98\00:37:00.45
So that is what is
happening, this movement that
00:37:00.48\00:37:06.03
basically says we are
going to unite upon error.
00:37:06.06\00:37:09.27
You have all these
different churches,
00:37:09.30\00:37:11.67
that is true for you
in this is true for me.
00:37:11.70\00:37:13.33
You are Methodist
and I am a Presbyterian.
00:37:13.36\00:37:15.20
You are Baptist and
I'm a, listen beloved,
00:37:15.23\00:37:17.10
we should be a Christian
standing on Bible truth.
00:37:17.13\00:37:18.98
If someone was to say, Ah,
David is a member of a cult.
00:37:19.01\00:37:22.71
Listen, beloved, beloved,
beloved the Bible says in
00:37:22.74\00:37:25.50
Luke 6:26, it is when
Jesus was speaking and said,
00:37:25.53\00:37:29.08
"woe unto you when all
men speak well of you!"
00:37:29.11\00:37:32.73
They say Jesus was Beelzebub.
00:37:32.76\00:37:36.79
Do you know what that means?
00:37:36.82\00:37:37.86
The devil, so if Jesus
could be called the devil,
00:37:37.89\00:37:41.36
you can call me
whatever you want.
00:37:41.39\00:37:42.70
You can say cult,
you can say crazy,
00:37:42.73\00:37:44.36
you can say insane,
00:37:44.39\00:37:45.52
you can say
whatever you want to say,
00:37:45.55\00:37:47.09
but if my conscience is
clear and I'm standing on a
00:37:47.12\00:37:49.20
plain and thus saith the Lord.
00:37:49.23\00:37:50.40
You call me what you
want, I am just interested
00:37:50.43\00:37:52.57
in what God thinks. Amen?
00:37:52.60\00:37:54.49
And my father said
oh Lord have mercy,
00:37:54.52\00:37:56.83
because I was studying
medicine at the University
00:37:56.86\00:37:58.82
of Wyoming and said
dad, I have to take some time
00:37:58.85\00:38:01.00
off to think
these things through and
00:38:01.03\00:38:02.00
I'm going to become a Christian.
00:38:02.01\00:38:03.08
He said, ah, I'm
not so sure about that.
00:38:03.11\00:38:04.63
I'm going to start
keeping the Sabbath.
00:38:04.66\00:38:05.74
Ah, I'm not so sure about that.
00:38:05.77\00:38:06.95
My father loves me very
much, but he was concerned.
00:38:06.98\00:38:10.61
He was throwing out a few
words there, you know cult,
00:38:10.64\00:38:13.39
and be careful, religious
intolerance, and extreme,
00:38:13.42\00:38:18.30
and all of that.
00:38:18.33\00:38:19.33
But beloved, what
my father thought,
00:38:19.36\00:38:20.82
even though I love my
dad with all of my heart,
00:38:20.85\00:38:22.97
what my dad thought
had to be secondary to what
00:38:23.00\00:38:25.83
my Heavenly Father thought.
00:38:25.86\00:38:27.33
Okay, so do not worry about
what people are going to say.
00:38:27.36\00:38:30.09
If your family says, ah,
you are going up to those
00:38:30.12\00:38:32.64
meetings where they are
talking about the Sabbath,
00:38:32.67\00:38:34.18
Blah, blah, blah, blah,
listen don't worry about what
00:38:34.21\00:38:36.49
your family says,
worry about what your
00:38:36.52\00:38:38.05
Heavenly Father says. Amen?
00:38:38.08\00:38:39.76
We're going right along tonight,
00:38:42.12\00:38:43.24
I'm telling you that right now.
00:38:43.27\00:38:44.40
A Babylonian bride, at
the bottom of the page.
00:38:47.31\00:38:49.58
Revelation 17:5 tells us
the name of this unfaithful
00:38:49.61\00:38:53.04
woman, mystery, Babylon
the great, the mother harlots,
00:38:53.07\00:38:55.33
and the
abominations of the earth.
00:38:55.36\00:38:56.83
This reference to
Babylon is an important one and
00:38:56.86\00:38:59.62
we must not overlook it.
00:38:59.65\00:39:01.50
We must not overlook it.
00:39:01.53\00:39:03.87
Genesis 11, let's
go there together.
00:39:03.90\00:39:07.45
The first reference to Babylon,
very quickly if you would.
00:39:07.48\00:39:10.28
Genesis 11 and I'm
beginning to read verse one.
00:39:10.31\00:39:14.64
What verse
everyone? Genesis 11:1.
00:39:14.67\00:39:19.06
"Now the whole earth had
one language and one speech
00:39:19.09\00:39:21.35
and it came to pass as
they journeyed from the East
00:39:21.38\00:39:23.52
they found a plain
in the land of Shinar,
00:39:23.55\00:39:25.22
and they dwell there. "
00:39:25.25\00:39:26.23
"Then they said to one another,
00:39:26.26\00:39:27.34
come on let's bake bricks,
and bake them thoroughly.
00:39:27.37\00:39:29.26
They had brick for stone
and they had asphalt for mortar,
00:39:29.29\00:39:31.28
and they say, let us build
ourselves a city and a tower
00:39:31.31\00:39:33.59
who's top is into the heavens
and let us make a name for
00:39:33.62\00:39:35.16
ourselves lest we should be
scattered abroad over the face
00:39:35.19\00:39:37.80
of the whole earth. "
00:39:37.83\00:39:38.80
"But the Lord came down
to see the city and the tower
00:39:38.83\00:39:40.47
which the sons
of men had built. "
00:39:40.50\00:39:41.74
"And the Lord said, behold
the people is one and they
00:39:41.77\00:39:43.94
have one language;
and this they began to do:
00:39:43.97\00:39:45.81
and now nothing they
have proposed to do will
00:39:45.84\00:39:47.77
be withheld from them. "
00:39:47.80\00:39:48.93
Come now on let's go
down there and confuse their
00:39:48.96\00:39:52.36
language, that
they may not understand
00:39:52.39\00:39:54.07
one another's speech. "
00:39:54.10\00:39:55.11
"So the Lord scattered
them abroad over the face of
00:39:55.14\00:39:57.02
the whole earth and they
ceased building the city. "
00:39:57.05\00:39:59.10
Therefore its name is
called," what? Babel or Babel!
00:39:59.13\00:40:03.67
because the Lord confused
language of all the earth:
00:40:03.70\00:40:05.56
and from there the
Lord scattered them abroad
00:40:05.60\00:40:07.65
over the face
of all the earth. "
00:40:07.68\00:40:09.26
This is the first reference
we have to Babel or Babel.
00:40:09.29\00:40:12.11
The idea here is that...
00:40:12.14\00:40:14.01
oh, the 666 thing, I've
got to come back to that.
00:40:14.04\00:40:18.52
Let me just pick this thing
up here very, very quickly.
00:40:18.55\00:40:22.70
The idea of Babel or
Babylon is that it has
00:40:22.73\00:40:25.14
to do with confusion.
00:40:25.17\00:40:26.34
Has to do with what? Confusion!
00:40:26.37\00:40:28.61
The Bible says in 1 Corinthians
14, God is not the author
00:40:28.64\00:40:33.80
of what? Confusion!
Very interesting isn't it?
00:40:33.83\00:40:36.53
So here you have this
confusion that is resulting,
00:40:36.56\00:40:39.13
and at the end of time it
says this woman called mystery,
00:40:39.16\00:40:42.49
Babylon of great, and
Babylon stands for many things.
00:40:42.52\00:40:44.77
A great many things.
00:40:44.80\00:40:45.80
But one of the
things that Babylon
00:40:45.83\00:40:47.31
stands for is confusion.
00:40:47.34\00:40:49.81
It is what everyone? Confusion!
00:40:49.84\00:40:51.82
That is why I said what
I had you raise your hands
00:40:51.85\00:40:53.94
and looked out across the
religious landscape at the
00:40:53.97\00:40:55.71
Christian world,
it looked confusing.
00:40:55.74\00:40:57.78
Amen? Yes or no?
00:40:57.81\00:40:59.91
I mean it is totally confusing.
00:40:59.94\00:41:01.26
God is not the author of
confusion, so who is responsible
00:41:01.29\00:41:03.96
for creating this
confusing situation?
00:41:03.99\00:41:06.10
Well beloved it is not God.
00:41:06.13\00:41:07.52
And I want to be clear
about something, God has people
00:41:07.55\00:41:12.34
in the Baptist church, if
you believe that say Amen?
00:41:12.37\00:41:14.55
God has faithful people in
the Methodist church, Amen.
00:41:14.58\00:41:18.21
God has faithful people
in the Catholic Church, Amen.
00:41:18.24\00:41:20.68
God has faithful people in
every denomination and that
00:41:20.71\00:41:23.98
is not what we are talking
about, we are talking about
00:41:24.01\00:41:25.73
systems, somebody say Amen?
00:41:25.76\00:41:27.73
No question I skipped
over the 666 thing and want
00:41:27.76\00:41:30.93
to cover this with you,
and I told you I was going
00:41:30.96\00:41:32.55
to do it twice in a row.
00:41:32.58\00:41:33.68
Let's just call
quickly about this idea of 666.
00:41:33.71\00:41:36.65
It says in Revelation
13:18 that he has this
00:41:36.68\00:41:39.55
mysterious number 666.
00:41:39.58\00:41:43.74
That it is the
number of his name.
00:41:43.77\00:41:46.33
The number of his
what, every one? Name!
00:41:46.36\00:41:49.61
Is just a further
identifier of this power.
00:41:49.64\00:41:52.85
Now it is very interesting
that one of the titles of
00:41:52.88\00:41:55.69
Romans Pontiff is Vicarious
Fili Dei, that is in Latin.
00:41:55.72\00:42:02.11
One of the official
titles, in fact one of the
00:42:02.14\00:42:03.69
best known official title.
00:42:03.72\00:42:05.85
I know that it is very
interesting when you go on the
00:42:05.88\00:42:07.59
Wikipedia and look this up
the church is actually trying
00:42:07.62\00:42:11.08
to distance themselves,
but Catholic Church trying to
00:42:11.11\00:42:13.56
distance themselves
from this title, but there is
00:42:13.59\00:42:15.35
incredible documentation
from the time of the donation of
00:42:15.38\00:42:19.59
Constantine which is
sometime around 750 to 850 A.D.
00:42:19.62\00:42:22.91
This s was a very
common well-known title of the
00:42:22.94\00:42:27.46
Bishop of Rome.
00:42:27.49\00:42:28.62
The fact that they are
trying to distance themselves
00:42:28.65\00:42:30.14
from it today, is not
because it is not true,
00:42:30.17\00:42:32.76
but because they have
gone a lot of grief over what
00:42:32.79\00:42:34.82
I'm about ready to show you.
00:42:34.85\00:42:36.20
So this idea of the
Vicarious Fili Dei, is common
00:42:36.23\00:42:39.70
practice, in the
days of Rome, to take the
00:42:39.73\00:42:42.51
Roman numerals and to
add those Roman numerals up
00:42:42.54\00:42:45.49
to equal a favorite number,
or a specific number, etc. etc.
00:42:45.52\00:42:49.63
This is well known, numerology.
00:42:49.66\00:42:51.94
In fact our modern day
numbering system did not come
00:42:51.97\00:42:55.38
into practical use until
probably the better part of
00:42:55.41\00:42:57.99
less than a
thousand years ago really.
00:42:58.02\00:43:00.09
We started using our
number one and numeral 2 and
00:43:00.12\00:43:02.79
numeral 3, it was always
Roman numerals prior to that.
00:43:02.82\00:43:04.93
So you take this
official title here, one of the
00:43:04.96\00:43:08.41
best known titles, and
probably one of the most
00:43:08.44\00:43:10.03
presumptuous titles
of the Roman Church.
00:43:10.06\00:43:12.45
That is of the Roman
Pontiff, Vicarious Fili Dei,
00:43:12.48\00:43:17.02
that is Vicar of the Son of God.
00:43:17.05\00:43:20.16
That is what it means,
Vicar of the son of God.
00:43:20.19\00:43:22.40
I want you to think
about this for just a moment.
00:43:22.43\00:43:24.52
A Word vicarious, how
many of you have heard that
00:43:24.55\00:43:27.59
word before, vicarious?
00:43:27.62\00:43:28.98
For example it is
a theological term.
00:43:29.01\00:43:30.81
If I say to you Jesus
paid the penalties for my sins,
00:43:30.84\00:43:36.14
vicariously, how many of
you have heard that before?
00:43:36.17\00:43:39.30
If I could say that and
was preaching a sermon and
00:43:39.33\00:43:41.11
said beloved Jesus has
paid the price for your sins.
00:43:41.14\00:43:44.48
He died your death
in a vicarious manner.
00:43:44.51\00:43:47.20
Do you know what that means?
00:43:47.23\00:43:48.20
He means He died
as your substitute.
00:43:48.21\00:43:49.89
He died is or what? Substitute!
00:43:49.92\00:43:53.24
It comes from the
Latin word vicarious,
00:43:53.27\00:43:54.67
which means
substitute. Substitute.
00:43:54.70\00:43:58.00
Now I want you to look
up one of these official
00:43:58.03\00:44:00.00
titles here, Vicarious Fili Dei.
00:44:00.03\00:44:03.03
Dei is God, Fili is son,
and vicarious is substitute.
00:44:03.06\00:44:06.33
Now they use the term and
soften it as representative,
00:44:06.36\00:44:10.56
but the Latin
word is substitute.
00:44:10.59\00:44:12.94
Substitute for the son of God.
00:44:12.97\00:44:15.54
It is very interesting
when you take those names and
00:44:15.57\00:44:18.21
the numbers, pardon me,
those letters that actually have
00:44:18.24\00:44:22.71
numerical
values and add them up.
00:44:22.74\00:44:24.71
What do you guess
they will come up to?
00:44:24.74\00:44:27.19
Exactly 666.
00:44:27.22\00:44:29.83
So you take one of the
most presumptuous titles of
00:44:29.86\00:44:32.30
the Roman Church, the
representative of God on earth.
00:44:32.33\00:44:36.18
The substitute of God
on earth and you add up all
00:44:36.21\00:44:39.54
the Roman numerals, 666.
00:44:39.57\00:44:42.11
The Bible says
in Revelation 13:18,
00:44:42.14\00:44:43.98
that it is the number of a man.
00:44:44.01\00:44:46.08
The number of a
what every one? A man!
00:44:46.11\00:44:48.47
And it says let him
that have wisdom calculate.
00:44:48.50\00:44:50.76
The Greek word
literally means to add up
00:44:50.79\00:44:53.14
and figure it out.
00:44:53.17\00:44:54.35
Add it up and figured it out.
00:44:54.38\00:44:57.51
It is right there and by the
way you think Pastor Asscherick
00:44:57.54\00:45:00.34
is so smart that
he came up with this.
00:45:00.37\00:45:01.75
Beloved I didn't
come up with this.
00:45:01.78\00:45:02.75
Protestants were teaching
this from 1616 and onward.
00:45:02.76\00:45:07.12
This has been around for
almost 500 years, 400 years.
00:45:07.15\00:45:11.48
Pardon me, 1616 and onward.
00:45:11.52\00:45:14.37
If you want documentation
I would be glad, glad, glad
00:45:14.41\00:45:17.35
to get you some documentation,
but I do not want you to think
00:45:17.39\00:45:18.94
that this is something
Pastor Asscherick invented.
00:45:18.98\00:45:20.92
Not at all!
00:45:20.96\00:45:22.52
One of the most presumptuous
titles of the man of sin,
00:45:22.56\00:45:26.35
is the substitute for God's
Son and is right there, 666.
00:45:26.38\00:45:30.14
Incredible beloved.
00:45:30.18\00:45:32.33
You can see why the Roman
Church would want to distance
00:45:32.37\00:45:34.48
themselves from that title,
can you see that yes or no?
00:45:34.51\00:45:36.59
Sure where there is
smoke there is fire.
00:45:36.62\00:45:39.25
Never forget that, where
there's smoke there is fire.
00:45:39.29\00:45:41.65
So I'm asking you
tonight, and I am asking you
00:45:41.69\00:45:44.00
every night to make a
choice between Rome and Christ.
00:45:44.03\00:45:46.73
What are you going to choose?
00:45:46.77\00:45:47.92
Someone is bound to say
while I am learning so much
00:45:47.96\00:45:49.99
in the seminars I do
not know what is true.
00:45:50.02\00:45:51.34
I had one person said to me,
I'll read the whole Bible all
00:45:51.38\00:45:52.68
the way through,
and then I will decide.
00:45:52.72\00:45:54.55
Let me tell you
something, God allow this truth
00:45:54.58\00:45:59.17
to come into your
life right now before
00:45:59.21\00:46:01.07
you have read the whole Bible.
00:46:01.11\00:46:02.55
Does that make sense?
00:46:02.59\00:46:04.02
And don't think that you
have to go back to school
00:46:04.05\00:46:06.76
and get a Ph. D., or a
Th. D. or any sort of degree
00:46:06.79\00:46:09.46
before you can
follow Bible truth.
00:46:09.50\00:46:11.23
Jesus said, that except
you become as little children
00:46:11.27\00:46:13.80
you shall in no wise
enter the Kingdom God.
00:46:13.84\00:46:15.50
It does not take a
rocket scientist to figure out
00:46:15.54\00:46:17.44
the basics of what we are
telling you in these meetings.
00:46:17.48\00:46:19.86
That is this, there is
going to be a division between
00:46:19.89\00:46:22.24
the Commandments of God and the
00:46:22.28\00:46:23.38
Commandments of the church.
00:46:23.41\00:46:24.45
God's true people are going
to stand on the Commandments
00:46:24.48\00:46:27.08
of God and the faith of Jesus,
is that confusing to anyone?
00:46:27.12\00:46:29.68
Hopefully that is not
confusing and don't think that
00:46:29.72\00:46:32.04
you can wait and put it
off until I understand all
00:46:32.08\00:46:34.37
these things better.
00:46:34.40\00:46:35.47
Beloved, God allowed
these things to come to you
00:46:35.51\00:46:38.00
right now, and God has
the expectation that when He
00:46:38.03\00:46:40.54
reveals truth to you,
you will walk in the truth He
00:46:40.57\00:46:43.04
has revealed to you, Amen?
00:46:43.08\00:46:44.49
Some people say well,
I'm not so sure about this.
00:46:44.53\00:46:46.41
I am going to wait it
out and see how it goes.
00:46:46.45\00:46:48.30
Beloved, it is
never safe to wait. Amen?
00:46:48.33\00:46:51.49
It is never safe to
delay, delayed obedience is
00:46:51.52\00:46:55.85
disobedience, never forget that.
00:46:55.88\00:46:58.23
Delayed
obedience is disobedience.
00:46:58.27\00:47:00.55
It is never safe to
disobey one command of God,
00:47:00.58\00:47:04.30
can you say Amen?
00:47:04.33\00:47:05.48
Absolutely a we can spend
even more time on that but
00:47:05.51\00:47:08.46
let's get back here to
this idea of who this woman is.
00:47:08.49\00:47:10.92
I want to get right straight
to the heart of this issue
00:47:10.95\00:47:13.35
before this
evenings meeting is done.
00:47:13.38\00:47:15.54
It says they are, I
am on the second page.
00:47:15.57\00:47:18.63
We looked at Genesis
11 and we read that verse
00:47:18.66\00:47:21.68
on the Tower of Babel.
00:47:21.72\00:47:22.85
Genesis Chapter 11, it
was basically a center of
00:47:22.89\00:47:24.82
man made religion. Genesis 11:9
00:47:24.85\00:47:27.16
Many scholars have said
they were going to build a
00:47:31.09\00:47:33.34
tower to reach
up into the heavens.
00:47:33.38\00:47:35.14
That tower that would
reach up into the heavens,
00:47:35.18\00:47:38.40
in case God ever destroy
the Earth by a flood again,
00:47:38.43\00:47:41.66
what would happen is they
can basically save themselves.
00:47:41.69\00:47:44.89
That is what the thinking was.
00:47:44.92\00:47:45.99
So this becomes a classic
example of salvation by works.
00:47:46.02\00:47:50.75
Salvation by what
everyone? By works!
00:47:50.78\00:47:53.41
We will save ourselves.
00:47:53.45\00:47:54.88
God says confusion,
and so confusion comes,
00:47:54.91\00:47:59.26
and Babel represents confusion.
00:47:59.29\00:48:01.07
And Daniel 4:30, we find
Nebuchadnezzar looking out
00:48:01.10\00:48:04.45
over his vast estate,
there in Babylon, and it says:
00:48:04.48\00:48:07.80
the Bible says and
Daniel 4 he was stricken at that
00:48:19.27\00:48:21.47
moment with a terrible disease
called lycanthropic insanity
00:48:21.51\00:48:24.25
and he lived in the
field for 7 years and thought
00:48:24.28\00:48:26.35
he was a beast.
00:48:26.39\00:48:27.66
So Babylon
represents not just confusion,
00:48:27.69\00:48:30.83
Babylon represents
to the glory of man.
00:48:30.87\00:48:33.85
To the glory of
what? To the glory of man.
00:48:33.89\00:48:36.80
Is this not great
Babylon that I have built from
00:48:36.84\00:48:39.00
my royal
dwelling, from my, my, my.
00:48:39.03\00:48:40.94
Who does that
sound like by the way?
00:48:40.97\00:48:43.08
It sounds like
Satan, doesn't it?
00:48:43.11\00:48:45.15
I will exalt and I
will be, and I, I, I.
00:48:45.18\00:48:47.82
of course Satan is the
one that is right behind
00:48:47.85\00:48:50.80
this great
Babylonian enterprise.
00:48:50.84\00:48:52.75
Never forget we have
already told you in Revelation,
00:48:52.79\00:48:54.32
you had that counterfeit motif.
00:48:54.35\00:48:56.12
God has woman,
Satan has a woman.
00:48:56.16\00:48:57.96
God has a city,
Satan has a city.
00:48:58.00\00:48:59.73
God has a Trinity,
Satan has a Trinity.
00:48:59.76\00:49:01.65
I mean you did go right
down the list counterfeit
00:49:01.69\00:49:03.42
after counterfeit after
counterfeit after counterfeit.
00:49:03.46\00:49:05.56
Let's just take a very
quick look here at Babylon
00:49:05.59\00:49:09.00
the great, it is a
man-made system of religion.
00:49:09.04\00:49:12.23
Okay, that is what it
is, they built that tower,
00:49:12.27\00:49:15.42
it's right there
in your study guide.
00:49:15.46\00:49:16.91
A man-made system of
religion, here we are.
00:49:16.95\00:49:22.18
This is taken from
Wherry's Church History Pg. 54.
00:49:22.21\00:49:25.78
Christianity had now
become popular, look at this!
00:49:25.81\00:49:28.60
It is talking about the
third and fourth century.
00:49:28.64\00:49:31.40
Beloved never forget
this, just because Christianity
00:49:46.56\00:49:48.77
is popular that
does not mean that
00:49:48.80\00:49:51.61
good things are happening.
00:49:51.65\00:49:53.30
Cancers also grow very rapidly.
00:49:53.33\00:49:55.93
Rapid growth is not
necessarily an indication
00:49:55.96\00:50:00.27
of something that is good.
00:50:00.30\00:50:01.54
So what happened is that
Constantine wanted to broaden
00:50:01.57\00:50:04.96
his wings and invite all
the pagans to come in as well.
00:50:04.99\00:50:07.54
Well a pagan start coming
in and there is a problem,
00:50:07.58\00:50:10.10
they did not leave
their paganism at the door.
00:50:10.13\00:50:12.56
They brought their
paganism into the church and so
00:50:12.60\00:50:14.96
this new relation, this
popular religion became popular.
00:50:14.99\00:50:18.10
But people were not
leaving behind the lifestyle,
00:50:18.13\00:50:20.35
they were not
leaving the old man
00:50:20.38\00:50:21.40
be crucified with Christ.
00:50:21.43\00:50:22.70
They were just
saying I am now a Christian,
00:50:22.74\00:50:24.86
but they had not left
anything behind and they hadn't
00:50:24.89\00:50:27.11
added anything new,
if that makes sense Amen?
00:50:27.14\00:50:28.93
Beloved, that is
happening in churches today.
00:50:28.96\00:50:31.29
You put rock 'n roll
bands up front and call it
00:50:31.32\00:50:33.72
Christian rock, yet we
are rocking out for Jesus.
00:50:33.75\00:50:36.12
Here's our
Christian movie festival.
00:50:36.15\00:50:39.18
We have a Christian pizza party.
00:50:39.21\00:50:40.95
And a Christian
this in a Christian that.
00:50:40.98\00:50:42.31
Beloved listen to
me very carefully.
00:50:42.34\00:50:43.45
Just because you have
people in a building does
00:50:43.48\00:50:45.55
not mean that you
have Christ in people.
00:50:45.58\00:50:47.17
Amen? Amen!
00:50:47.21\00:50:49.74
You can get all kinds
of people in a building,
00:50:49.78\00:50:51.67
but the question is do
you have Christ in people?
00:50:51.70\00:50:53.53
Well some people say what
is wrong with Christian rock?
00:50:53.56\00:50:56.09
What is the problem?
00:50:56.13\00:50:57.10
Listen, let me just
say something about that.
00:50:57.11\00:50:58.86
Just adding the word
Christian to something,
00:50:58.89\00:51:00.64
doesn't make it Christian.
00:51:00.67\00:51:02.19
Can you imagine if I
say to you, hey I have this
00:51:02.23\00:51:04.07
incredible magazine and
you have to check it out.
00:51:04.10\00:51:06.09
If the new Christian
pornography magazine and you
00:51:06.12\00:51:07.96
are going to love it.
00:51:07.99\00:51:08.96
It is done totally
to the glory of God.
00:51:08.97\00:51:11.19
All the actors are
Christian, like this lady here,
00:51:11.22\00:51:14.21
she is Christian.
00:51:14.25\00:51:15.22
This guy here, oh, it
is a Christian pornography.
00:51:15.23\00:51:17.82
You would say what?
Christian pornography?
00:51:17.85\00:51:19.99
That is some a
counter diction in term.
00:51:20.03\00:51:22.10
Adding the word Christian
to something doesn't make
00:51:22.14\00:51:23.64
it Christian, Amen?
00:51:23.68\00:51:25.05
What I said I have
got the good stuff,
00:51:25.08\00:51:27.61
it is Christian marijuana!
00:51:27.64\00:51:29.36
Whew, let me tell you the
spirit has blessed this stuff.
00:51:29.39\00:51:33.03
The guy that owns it, let
me tell you everybody that
00:51:33.06\00:51:36.66
works in his fields,
they are all Christians.
00:51:36.70\00:51:38.61
He pays tithe on what
he, I mean this is the goods.
00:51:38.64\00:51:42.11
They anoint their fields
and you have to smoke out.
00:51:42.15\00:51:45.55
This is, what is this guy
insane, Christian pornography,
00:51:45.59\00:51:49.44
Christian marijuana.
00:51:49.48\00:51:50.49
Beloved calling
something Christian,
00:51:50.52\00:51:51.82
doesn't make it Christian.
00:51:51.85\00:51:53.12
You can call it
Christian rock and roll,
00:51:53.15\00:51:54.79
it doesn't make Christian Amen?
00:51:54.82\00:51:56.49
We are rocking out for
Jesus, you are rocking out
00:51:56.52\00:52:00.51
is what you are doing.
00:52:00.55\00:52:01.93
You are rocking out,
and the fact that you can
00:52:04.59\00:52:06.16
get a bunch of young
people to a rock concert,
00:52:06.19\00:52:07.73
well surprise, surprise!
00:52:07.77\00:52:09.30
It's not difficult to get
young people to go to a rock
00:52:09.33\00:52:12.40
concert, what is difficult
is to have young people turn
00:52:12.43\00:52:15.26
their backs on the attractions
and distractions of this
00:52:15.30\00:52:18.11
world and make a firm decision
for the Lord Jesus Christ.
00:52:18.15\00:52:20.93
That is a horse
of a different color.
00:52:20.96\00:52:23.57
Now I am not down
on creative Ministry.
00:52:23.60\00:52:26.14
I am not saying that
everything has to be done
00:52:26.18\00:52:28.00
exactly my way come but
what I am saying is there
00:52:28.03\00:52:30.66
is a huge difference
between something being branded
00:52:30.69\00:52:33.18
as Christianity and something
actually being Christian.
00:52:33.22\00:52:35.67
Amen? Amen!
00:52:35.71\00:52:38.28
I am not going to stand up
here and make a set of rules
00:52:38.31\00:52:39.81
and say, this is
in and this is out.
00:52:39.85\00:52:41.14
God has given you a
brain the same way He has given
00:52:41.17\00:52:44.13
me a brain, Amen?
00:52:44.17\00:52:45.49
I am responsible to God
for my choices and you are
00:52:45.52\00:52:47.60
responsible to God for
your choices, but ultimately
00:52:47.63\00:52:49.90
not everything that is
called Christian is Christian.
00:52:49.93\00:52:52.16
If that makes
sense say Amen? Amen!
00:52:52.20\00:52:53.58
that is what
was happening in the
00:52:53.62\00:52:54.96
third and fourth century.
00:52:55.00\00:52:56.02
Look Christianity had
now become what? Popular!
00:52:56.06\00:52:58.38
W W J D, what would Jesus do?
00:52:58.42\00:53:01.86
A large proportion though,
perhaps a large majority of
00:53:01.89\00:53:04.72
those, that embraced it
only assumed what? The name.
00:53:04.76\00:53:07.55
They were as much
heathen as they were before.
00:53:07.59\00:53:10.96
Error and
corruption now came in upon
00:53:11.00\00:53:12.71
the church like a flood.
00:53:12.74\00:53:13.76
This is history
beloved, this is history.
00:53:13.80\00:53:16.32
Very quickly here,
Babylon the great is the center
00:53:16.35\00:53:19.21
of image worship, image worship.
00:53:19.24\00:53:22.20
Dr. Alexander Hyslop,
in his marvelous book,
00:53:22.24\00:53:24.05
The Two Babylons, said:
00:53:24.08\00:53:25.27
every stream of idolatry
that exist today found its
00:53:30.82\00:53:34.51
watershed, it's fountain,
00:53:34.54\00:53:38.85
its original streams in Babylon.
00:53:38.89\00:53:43.35
There are examples
of this incidentally.
00:53:43.39\00:53:46.59
You can go to Rome today
and go to the Vatican today,
00:53:46.63\00:53:49.95
and there are statutes of
Jesus in Rome that existed
00:53:49.99\00:53:53.28
before Jesus was incarnate.
00:53:53.31\00:53:55.03
You say how's that possible,
did they know He was coming?
00:53:55.07\00:53:58.13
No, these statues were to
pagan gods and pagan goddesses.
00:53:58.16\00:54:01.19
Then when the Romans
became Christian they said,
00:54:01.22\00:54:04.61
this is such a pretty statue.
00:54:04.65\00:54:06.51
I mean I don't
really want to throw it out.
00:54:06.54\00:54:08.14
Oh I have a great
idea, we will take this
00:54:08.17\00:54:09.70
Christian statue of
Semiramis and her little baby,
00:54:09.73\00:54:12.35
and say it is
Jesus, Mary and Jesus and
00:54:12.38\00:54:16.26
start putting Christian
stickers on everything.
00:54:16.29\00:54:19.30
Beloved calling
something Christian doesn't
00:54:19.33\00:54:22.30
make it Christian.
00:54:22.34\00:54:23.69
If that makes sense say Amen?
00:54:23.73\00:54:25.17
But this is what is happening,
it is absolute history.
00:54:25.20\00:54:27.38
Look at this from
John Cardinal Henry Newman.
00:54:27.42\00:54:29.22
Development of
Christian doctrine:
00:54:29.26\00:54:30.95
you see he just
basically widened Christianity,
00:54:49.30\00:54:52.23
real wide, and said you
all just come in and join
00:54:52.26\00:54:55.16
the party and you
can be Christians too.
00:54:55.19\00:54:57.12
But they were
Christians only in name and
00:54:57.16\00:54:59.06
that is the point.
00:54:59.09\00:55:00.06
Yeah just bring it all
in, come on in, it is a great
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big party and the
church was happy because
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it look like evangelism.
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It look like what
everyone? Evangelism!
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The problem was is that
the heathen were coming into
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the church not for the
purposes of conversion,
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but for the purposes
of political expediency.
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For the purposes of
uniting Constantine's kingdom.
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Constantine looked out
and he had about 80% that were
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your run-of-the-mill
pagans, and the other 20% were
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Christians and they
were constantly in conflict.
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He said can we all get
along and supposedly had a
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vision of the cross
and lined a few soldiers up
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along the River and
march them through the river
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and said, now you are baptized.
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They were all baptized because
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they had marched through River.
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What was happening
was that Christianity
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was basically been
overtaken by paganism.
00:55:59.68\00:56:02.54
You had this weird
amalgamation, half paganism,
00:56:02.58\00:56:06.15
half Christianity and he
put a big stamp on it and
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call it evangelism.
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Babylon the great is
also the center of false
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teachings about death,
about what everyone? Death!
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Said The
Watchman in April of 1940.
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I just don't know how I
can say this more plainly,
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immortality is something
that God gives you as a gift,
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not something that
you process innately.
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If that makes sense, say Amen?
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The idea that you are naturally
immortal is a pagan teaching,
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or a pagan doctrine.
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It comes from the
Babylonians and the Egyptians.
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Now look at the
sermon by Amos Phelps.
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It is absolutely remarkable.
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His sermon was entitled,
Is Man By Nature Immortal?
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Now I love this quotation,
it was too good to leave out.
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In other words he is saying,
where did this all come from?
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I will tell you where it came
from beloved, it came from the
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serpent who
passed it on to paganism,
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who passed it on to Judaism,
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who passed on to Catholicism,
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who has passed it
on to Protestantism.
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The Bible teaching is
this, "for God so loved the
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world that he gave
his only begotten son,
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that whosoever
should believes in him,
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should not perish. "
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But have the opposite of
perishing? "everlasting life".
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Immortality is a gift
that God gives you when you
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except Jesus Christ
as your Savior, Amen!
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