It's been 2,000 years since
the glorious light of the Cross
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illuminated the world
veiled in darkness and confusion
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about the character of God.
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And still today the
greatest need of mankind
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as a revelation of God's love
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has revealed in
the life of Christ.
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Amazing Facts
presents the Everlasting Gospel
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with Pastor Doug Batchelor
coming to you each week
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from Sacramento Central
Church in sunny California.
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Discover hidden
treasures and God's word today.
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The message today is
dealing with the subject
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of "Adjusting to the Darkness."
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And a part of the
reason this came into my mind
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was because flying
back from Australia,
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they feed
everybody to long flight
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and then they
turn off the lights
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hoping that everybody
will drift off to sleep.
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I have hard time sleeping
on planes and I felt bad
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turning on the little
night light for my chair
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that I might
disturb the people around me
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but I--I noticed that after
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they turned off
the cabin lights,
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it doesn't take long for your
eyes to get adjusted to dark.
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And that's not
always a good thing
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when you adjust to the dark.
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You ever been to one
of those restaurants,
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it supposed to be romantic.
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The dark restaurants.
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I've got a theory that
may be they are just not clean
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as they turn lights down.
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And they call them romantic.
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Problem is you
can't see the menu
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and say you order
and then you have to eat
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by faith instead of
sight because you don't know
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what exactly it is you
have ordered on the menu.
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But it's also
dangerous in our world
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if you get too
adjusted to the dark.
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We are living in a
time of great darkness.
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Hey, I want to start
with an amazing fact.
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What would you
think if I told you
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that this is the longest
burning light bulb in the world?
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It's in not far from here.
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It's in the fire house
of Hayward, California.
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Now, think
about it for a moment,
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when this light
first began to burn,
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this particular
bulb the Wright Brothers
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has not flown their plane yet.
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Then this bulb burned
on through World War I,
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it burned through
the stock market crash.
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It burned on through
World War II and the Korean War
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and the Vietnam War
with only brief interruptions
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while they relocated the Hayward
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the fire house
there in Livermore.
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And today it is
Guinness Book of World Records
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said it's the longest known
burning light bulb in the world.
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A 108 years it's been burning.
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Well, 1901 yeah, that
would be about a 108 years
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and you can go down there
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and look for
yourself its still burning.
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It uses a 120 watts only
put out four watts though.
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It was made by the
Shelby Glass Company
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back in the 1901 and
that's when they used to--
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they used hand
blown glass bulbs.
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They were eventually bought by a
General Electric and phased out.
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But, and they used a very thick
carbon filament so there it is.
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You kind of wonder
why they don't make
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a more like that today, ha?
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They go out of businesses,
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now I guess they
did go out of business.
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Didn't they?
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If they made their light
bulbs to burn a hundred years
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I mean, you would
eventually saturate the market.
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Well, you know, it's
nice to know that a light bulb
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can last that long
but it's also interesting,
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here we are living in a time
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when never has there
been more manmade light
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than you have in the world today
and yet this great darkness.
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You have probably seen
this amazing satellite picture
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that has been taken from space.
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They use some special
filters and time relay
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but it shows the lights
that are being generated
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from the major
cities of the globe.
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Actually you can
see the whole globe
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they have got it,
the picture is taken.
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How much power do
you think it takes
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to light up the world that way?
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Isn't that phenomenal?
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Never has there
been more manmade light
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and yet we are living
in a time in the world
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where there is
never been more darkness
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that was our scripture reading.
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Isaiah 60 and
specially you go to verse 2.
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"For, behold,
darkness shall cover the earth,
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and gross darkness the people."
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Now the word gross
is kind of a unique word
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it has a few
different meanings for us today.
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Some are used to
buy things by the gross
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and what do that mean?
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As a dozen of something
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or the word grose
might mean disgusting.
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Mean you want
to-want someone to say,
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that those are
gross mashed potatoes,
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that you have made.
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Gross also means concentrated,
something that is thick.
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And so when the Bible says,
that there is gross darkness
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that covers the
people but in spite of that
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"The Lord will arise on thee,
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and his glory
will be seen thee."
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You know it's in the
time of the greatest darkness
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that the Lord's people are
going to shine the brightest.
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You read in Revelation
about the bride of Christ
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and it describes
what she is wearing,
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clothed with the sun, standing
on the moon a crown of stars.
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Why do you think that she--
what she is wearing stands out?
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Because she is against the
backdrop of a darkened heavens.
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And it's in the
darkness that God's church
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is supposed to shine.
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It's very dangerous
though, if we get to the place
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in this world
filled with gross darkness
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that you get to where
you are adjusted to it
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and you are used to it.
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You know, there is a
couple of kinds of people
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that will be in the
world when the Lord comes
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it's gonna be the
darkest when the Lord comes.
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You have got your
cockroaches and your moths
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and I think I have
talked to you about that before.
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It's interesting
in the darkest night,
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I go up to-- or
sometimes by myself
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and no artificial lights around.
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Mater of fact, it's so
dark up there on night,
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if there is clouds
or there is no moon
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that when we lay
down in the bed upstairs,
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you look at the wall and
the airport rotating beacon
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ten miles away
you can see it flash.
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Because your eyes
adjust to the dark
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and all seems to
you what was that?
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What was that?
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And there is a
periodic flash you get up
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it's a little bitty
airport light 10 miles away
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and it actually can be seen.
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But while I'm sometimes studying
there in the bedroom I turn on,
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you know the
houses run on battery
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so we use low
voltage bulbs just enough.
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And turn on light
so I can study at night
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and moths that might be
miles away see that little light
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because it's the only
artificial light long way off,
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and they are attracted to it.
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And they come to me
they started beating against
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the office widow upstairs
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because they see that
little light in the dark.
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Moths are
attracted to the light.
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And then I remember
growing up in New York City.
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Some of the places that I lived
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or my friends lived
have cockroach problems.
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And you would walk into a room.
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I remember one time I
had a friend named Andy,
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and he had a cockroach
infestation in his house.
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And only if you are
grown up in the city
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you know what I'm talking about.
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We used to play game where
we would flip on the lights
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and see if we could run in
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before the
cockroaches all got away.
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And we would actually spray
lighter fluid on the floor,
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don't do this,
around them and light it,
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so we didn't circle them.
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Only crazy kids would
do something like this.
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But they tried to scurry away
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when you turned on the
lights, you had to be fast.
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They ran from the light.
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When Jesus comes,
there is going to be moths
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that are attracted to Him.
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They will say this is our God
and there will be cockroaches
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that will run from
the wrath of the Lamb.
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Problem is that you
get used to cockroaches
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and you get
used to the darkness.
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You know, there is a part
of a poem by Alexander Pope
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and it says "Vice is a
monster of so frightful mien,
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as to be hated
needs but to be seen,
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yet too oft,
familiar with her face,
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we first endure,
then pity, then embrace."
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And that's what
happens with sin overtime.
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At first it seems
like it's a bad thing,
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and then little by
little through exposure
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we get to where once
reposed us now intrigues us.
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But once we thought it was
so bad now seems attractive.
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And little by little you can get
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to where you are
adjusted to the light.
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It's like that Irish
man who moved to the States
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and he worked for a year,
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and then his wife finally
was able to come and join him.
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And she said to her husband,
the people here sure talk funny.
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He said, well, you should
have heard them a year ago.
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He had gotten used to it.
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By the way I
discovered when I'm in Australia
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I have got an accent.
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Because everybody
there told me I had one,
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I said I never
had until I came here.
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And I suppose in
a couple of weeks,
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when I'm England
I'll have an accent again.
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But, you can get used to just
about anything as time goes by.
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The danger is this, if
we get used to the darkness.
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You know, they have got some
scriptures that talk about this.
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2 Peter 2:17
speaking of the laws it says,
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"These are wells without water,
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clouds carried
about by a tempest,"
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notice the words of
Peter "for whom is reserved
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the blackness of
darkness forever."
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We all have two
destines, light or dark.
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The Bible begins describing the
conflict between light and dark.
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God said let there be light.
Darkness covered the earth.
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God separated the
light from the darkness.
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In the world today
there is this conflict still.
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The Bible tells us
that in the last days,
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there is gonna be a
deep darkness in the world.
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Are you children of the
light or children of the dark?
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Jude says it the exact same way.
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Jude 1:13 Speaking of the laws,
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"Raging waves of the sea,
foaming up their own shame,
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wandering stars,
for whom is reserved
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the blackness and
darkness for ever."
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You know the angels that
kept now their first estate
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are reserved in
everlasting chains of darkness.
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But these are about
the most intense words
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that the Bible uses to
describe this gross darkness,
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the blackness of
darkness forever.
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What's the darkest
dark you have ever seen?
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I remember going one time
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and this will
never happen again,
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but while I was speaking
in somewhere in the South East
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I don't even
remember where I was,
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I was doing a camp meeting.
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And I kept driving
to the camp meeting
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by a sign that
said Endless Caverns.
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Any of you remember
where Endless Caverns is, ha?
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Virginia, okay, yeah
that right. It is in Virginia.
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And I thought, well, I
want to go see it one day
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and I realize I had
time before the camp meeting
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and so I went in
and we have to go down
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this stairs to the entrance area
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and they get
the little souvenirs
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and I said are there are any
more tourists in the caverns?
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And they said well we are
supposed to have one more tour
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but we don't
have anyone but you.
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It was raining outside,
it wasn't a good day I guess
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and they didn't
have too many people
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and so eventually
few people filtered out
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who has been on the last
tour and they have the student
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who was working
through the summer
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and she said she
take me on a tour.
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And so I went down I got a
tour by myself on this Cavern.
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And it actually isn't endless,
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but I guess the people
that first discovered it,
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wonder, because it does go on
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and on some
beautiful things down there
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and they got light
stationed everywhere
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that just
illuminate the beautiful,
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stalactites and stalagmites
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and at some point I don't
remember what brought around
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but I asked would you
mind turning off lights?
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I said I would like to see
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what is like when
it's perfectly black here.
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And she said, no
problem and matter of fact
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that may have been part
of what they normally do.
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And so they
turned off the lights
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and you are two or
three hundred feet down
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below ground in this Cavern.
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You just hear that
little drips in the background.
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No light at all.
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No bleed over light
and you open your eyes
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as wide as you can
and you wait a little bit.
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Usually when you
open your eyes wide,
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people slowly dilates
you, you begin to take in some
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kind of shape and form?
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Nothing. And
that's pretty spooky.
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It's so dark down
there, a cat can't even see.
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Then I remember I
took out my keychain
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I have got one of those
little illuminating lights
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so you can light up,
LED light your key at night.
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And I pulled it
out and I turned it on,
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man it was like you
turned on a spot light.
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You could see everything because
eye pupils are about that big.
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You look like
you have taken LSD.
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Don't ask me how
I would know that,
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but things just
light up real fast.
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Hey you know, I remember
hearing a story one time
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where they had this
kind of a circus program
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and it was on in a studio
and they were taping this guy
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in front of live
audience going through
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his routine with a
bunch of tigers in a cage.
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He had like six or eight tigers,
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big man eating tigers in there
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and he actually had
to go into a chamber,
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where they let him in a chamber
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they locked it then
he went into another door
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because they had a double door
so that you can get in and out
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and they locked
that and he gets in there
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and he starts working these
tigers through this routine
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and the tapes or the
TV cameras are rolling
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and they got the lights on and
the studio audience is watching
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and he is making
them all stack up
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and get on their
little stands around
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and he is cracking his whip,
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he had a little
wooden chair in his hand
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and they had a power failure.
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I'm not going to
tell you what happened.
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Okay, since you beg me.
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That 30 seconds was
all but can you imagine
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how long that must have
felt for that man in there.
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Had no flashlight,
and finally they popped on
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the lights and he was there.
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Well he is half of him.
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No he was still there
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and the tigers were
still in their positions
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and someone asked him afterward,
they said were you scared?
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He said, yes.
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So what did you do?
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He said well, I knew
that they could see me
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but I could not see them.
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Cats can see
about a hundred times
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better than people in the dark.
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And he said but, he
said they didn't know
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that I couldn't see them.
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And so I had to keep my
eyes open and be glaring
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and cracking my
weapon holding my chair,
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since but I have no
idea where they were
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but I could have let them know
I didn't know where they were.
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I don't know how that fits in
00:16:05.52\00:16:06.55
but I just
wanted to tell you that
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but I thought that
was an interesting story.
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Black holes, have
you ever been sitting
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in a well lit room and
then someone turns out the light
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and all of the sudden the
darkness seems twice as dark
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because you have
been in the light.
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How was it for those
how have been with the Lord
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and then they walk
out into the world.
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You know don't
they see the contrast?
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It's a shame if
their eyes get adjusted.
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2 Corinthians 4:3 says,
"If our gospel is hidden,
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it's hidden to
them that are lost,
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in whom the God of this age
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has blinded the minds
of them they believe not,
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lest the glorious Gospel
light should shine upon them
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for God who commanded the
light to shine out of darkness"
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speaking about Genesis
"has shown in our hearts"
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that same word that said let
there be light back in Genesis.
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"It brings lights into
our lives in our dark hearts
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to give the
light of the knowledge
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of the glory of God
and the face of Jesus."
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You know, they have got out
there in space this black holes.
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And evidently a black
hole is the result of a sun
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or some great luminary
body that has collapsed
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and has a magnetic
force, the gravitational pull
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that is so
powerful that anything
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within hundreds of
million of miles get sucked in.
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I actually don't know
what their distance is
00:17:38.85\00:17:40.26
but the surrounding vicinity
anything get sucked into it
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even light that travels
186,000 miles per second.
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Black holes are so powerful that
it will even suck in the light.
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The devils
darkness is so intense,
00:17:52.24\00:17:55.75
but he basically
gobbles up any light around him.
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He has committed
the unpardonable sin.
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And you know some people
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that have
grieved away the spirit
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they are like black holes.
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You try and
reach them they just--
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they have no interest at all.
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Bible talks about that deep
dark everlasting gross darkness
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like a black hole it just sucks
it up, nothing ever shows on it.
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Then you know
there are some people
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who are allergic to the light.
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Really, there is
a very rare disease
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called Xeroderma Pigmentosum.
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It's mostly
children that have it
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because its actually
ultimately its--its terminal.
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They do not have in their
cells that natural mechanism
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we all have where cells
repair from light damage.
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You and I are
exposed to light all the time
00:18:56.96\00:18:58.77
and you know they always
say you have to slather yourself
00:18:58.80\00:19:00.59
with sunscreen and stuff
because, overexposure to light
00:19:00.62\00:19:03.79
you get burned and but
your sunburn heals eventually.
00:19:03.82\00:19:07.94
Well, even your eyes get a
certain amount of light damage,
00:19:07.97\00:19:10.46
but the cells heal.
00:19:10.49\00:19:13.10
The young people that
have xeroderma pigmentosum
00:19:13.13\00:19:15.40
they don't heal.
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Their skin cells never heal.
00:19:16.80\00:19:18.95
They almost all get
skin cancer or blindness.
00:19:18.98\00:19:21.98
They have to live in the dark.
00:19:22.01\00:19:23.54
Even artificial
light hurts them.
00:19:23.57\00:19:26.85
They have
constantly got to wear glasses
00:19:26.88\00:19:29.28
and special
clothing and stay indoors.
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The only time they can go
outside is when it's dark.
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They can't even go out
when there is moon out.
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They are allergic to the light.
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Wouldn't that be terrible?
00:19:39.73\00:19:42.57
You probably
met people like that
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that are allergic to the light.
00:19:44.94\00:19:46.68
Now, we understand when a
child is afraid of the dark,
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but it's sort of sad if a grown
person is afraid of the light.
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Heard one time
about a four-year-old boy
00:19:59.13\00:20:00.55
that was trying to
pour himself some Kool-Aid
00:20:00.58\00:20:03.30
and he spilled some on the
linoleum in the kitchen floor.
00:20:03.33\00:20:05.61
And he wanted to help mom
mop it up but it was night.
00:20:05.64\00:20:08.80
So he ran to the porch
door because he knew the mop
00:20:08.83\00:20:10.80
was outside and they
kept it outside on the porch.
00:20:10.83\00:20:13.76
But it was dark and his mom saw
00:20:13.79\00:20:16.57
that he wanted to
do this and he went out
00:20:16.60\00:20:18.71
and he hesitated
there at the door.
00:20:18.74\00:20:20.83
Because he--kind of dark
and scary in the backyard
00:20:20.86\00:20:24.65
and his mom said son,
you don't need to be afraid
00:20:24.68\00:20:28.14
Jesus is everywhere
even in the darkness,
00:20:28.17\00:20:31.92
so he stared outside
the door for a minute.
00:20:31.95\00:20:34.14
He said, Jesus can
You hand me the mop.
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So you expect sometimes
children are afraid of the dark
00:20:38.92\00:20:41.62
but it's really sad as if
people are afraid of the light.
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And Bible
describes that Jesus said,
00:20:46.13\00:20:48.73
John 3:19 "This
is the condemnation,"
00:20:48.76\00:20:53.66
by the word--no the
way that word condemnation
00:20:53.69\00:20:56.32
is krisis and it's
where we get the word, crisis.
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"This is the crises that
light is coming to the world
00:21:01.84\00:21:05.93
and men love darkness
rather than light," why?
00:21:05.96\00:21:10.17
"Because their deeds are evil."
00:21:10.20\00:21:14.04
For everyone that
does evil hates the light.
00:21:14.07\00:21:16.67
Why did they kill Jesus?
00:21:16.70\00:21:19.14
Because of His
darkness or his light?
00:21:19.17\00:21:21.82
His light made
their darkness standout.
00:21:21.85\00:21:25.19
"Everyone that does
evil hates the light
00:21:25.22\00:21:26.92
neither comes to the light,
00:21:26.95\00:21:27.98
lest his deeds be
reproved or exposed
00:21:28.01\00:21:30.50
but he that does
truth comes to the light
00:21:30.53\00:21:33.58
that his deeds
may be made manifest
00:21:33.61\00:21:36.29
that they are wrought in God."
00:21:36.32\00:21:39.20
You know, it's a
little easier sleeping
00:21:39.23\00:21:40.69
when its dark and that's why lot
of people sleep in the church
00:21:40.72\00:21:46.88
it's because it gross
darkness I wasn't speaking
00:21:46.91\00:21:49.70
about anyone right now.
00:21:49.73\00:21:51.12
I'm talking about
generally the church
00:21:51.15\00:21:53.85
because gross darkness
covers the land and the people.
00:21:53.88\00:21:59.37
This is the condemnation
that God sends light
00:21:59.40\00:22:01.40
into the world and men
love darkness rather than light.
00:22:01.43\00:22:04.64
Now, have you
ever been in a room
00:22:04.67\00:22:06.81
where you know you
are sleeping through
00:22:06.84\00:22:07.95
the night and its dark and all
of a sudden the light comes on
00:22:07.98\00:22:11.70
and when you are
flying cross country
00:22:11.73\00:22:14.54
and everybody is got
their window sheets down.
00:22:14.57\00:22:16.71
Some people are
watching that little monitors
00:22:16.74\00:22:18.46
and they ask you to
all shut your windows
00:22:18.49\00:22:20.36
and you didn't know are
they are during the night
00:22:20.39\00:22:21.98
the sun came up,
while you are flying
00:22:22.01\00:22:24.56
and when you are flying
from the west to the east.
00:22:24.59\00:22:30.84
Sun comes up pretty quick
00:22:30.87\00:22:32.66
because you are
helping it come up.
00:22:32.69\00:22:34.78
All of a sudden someone flips up
00:22:34.81\00:22:36.25
their sheet right there, blind
00:22:36.28\00:22:38.02
and you put that down again.
00:22:38.05\00:22:40.49
It will hurt my eyes or
someone comes into your room,
00:22:40.52\00:22:43.65
they cut on the
light and you have had
00:22:43.68\00:22:45.36
your head under the pillow.
00:22:45.39\00:22:48.10
Eventually you
can't spend your life
00:22:48.13\00:22:49.60
with your head under the
pillow or with your eye mask on.
00:22:49.63\00:22:54.19
Eventually you have
got to get adjusted.
00:22:54.22\00:22:56.41
If you are Christian the
closer you come to the Lord,
00:22:56.44\00:22:58.31
the more it exposes
the things in your life
00:22:58.34\00:23:00.44
that need changing but you
don't get discouraged by that.
00:23:00.47\00:23:03.05
You keep approaching the
Lord and the light of God burns
00:23:03.08\00:23:06.79
those things out of our
lives if we don't turn away.
00:23:06.82\00:23:09.90
Light actually purifies, light
will sterilize and cleanse us.
00:23:09.93\00:23:16.10
You know, the Bible
tells us that God is light.
00:23:16.13\00:23:19.67
I John 1:5,6 "This the message
that you have heard from him,
00:23:19.70\00:23:25.79
and that we declare unto you,
00:23:25.82\00:23:27.78
that God is light, and in
him is no darkness at all,
00:23:27.81\00:23:33.16
if we say we've got
fellowship with him,
00:23:33.19\00:23:35.20
and we walk in darkness, we lie,
and do not practice the truth."
00:23:35.23\00:23:40.96
Someone said character
is who you are in the dark.
00:23:40.99\00:23:45.16
Character is
who you are when you
00:23:45.19\00:23:46.27
don't think anyone is watching.
00:23:46.30\00:23:49.68
Matthew 4:16 speaking of
the time in which Christ came,
00:23:49.71\00:23:54.65
"The people that sat in darkness
have seen a great light,
00:23:54.68\00:23:58.74
and to them that
sat in the region
00:23:58.77\00:24:00.23
and shadow of death
the light is sprung up."
00:24:00.26\00:24:04.50
Psalm 89:15
"Blessed are the people
00:24:04.53\00:24:07.45
that know the
joyful sound the walk,
00:24:07.48\00:24:10.03
O Lord, in the
light of Thy countenance."
00:24:10.06\00:24:13.55
Now, God is light and if we
have got darkness in our hearts
00:24:13.58\00:24:16.51
and darkness in our life then
we need to invite that light.
00:24:16.54\00:24:19.68
Introduce that
light into our lives.
00:24:19.71\00:24:22.40
We are called to
be light in the world.
00:24:22.43\00:24:27.01
Matthew 5:14 not only is
Jesus the light of the world,
00:24:27.04\00:24:32.58
he said "You are
the light of the world.
00:24:32.61\00:24:35.14
A city that is on a
hill cannot be hidden,
00:24:35.17\00:24:38.01
neither do men light a candle,
00:24:38.04\00:24:39.42
and put it under a
bushel, but on a candlestick
00:24:39.45\00:24:42.15
and it gives light to
all that are in the house."
00:24:42.18\00:24:46.13
You know what a blackout is
when there is a power failure.
00:24:46.16\00:24:51.08
And people and sometimes nations
are plunged into darkness.
00:24:51.11\00:24:55.20
Sometimes we have a
blackout in the church.
00:24:55.23\00:24:58.41
There is a power
failure because God's people
00:24:58.44\00:25:01.08
His children, His
church are failing
00:25:01.11\00:25:03.41
to reflect the light of God
00:25:03.44\00:25:05.51
or let that light
shine in their lives.
00:25:05.54\00:25:09.36
Did you know that you glow?
00:25:09.39\00:25:12.82
It's true I did an
amazing fact few weeks ago.
00:25:12.85\00:25:14.90
They did some studies in Japan,
00:25:14.93\00:25:17.17
they have got very
sensitive equipment right now
00:25:17.20\00:25:19.90
that can measure light
and they put the subjects
00:25:19.93\00:25:22.57
in this perfectly dark room and
they found out that people glow.
00:25:22.60\00:25:27.16
It's a light that is
about a 1,000 times dimmer
00:25:27.19\00:25:29.34
than what you can
pick up with the human eye.
00:25:29.37\00:25:31.44
I don't know if a
cat can see it or not.
00:25:31.47\00:25:34.45
But you emit light.
00:25:34.48\00:25:37.00
They figure that
it's because of--
00:25:37.03\00:25:40.34
might actually
because of free radicals.
00:25:40.37\00:25:41.95
It's like a natural
bioluminescence all living
00:25:41.98\00:25:45.95
cells emit a
certain amount of light.
00:25:45.98\00:25:48.53
The interesting thing they
found in the study in Japan
00:25:48.56\00:25:51.16
they took the subjects
and they took these men
00:25:51.19\00:25:53.01
and they photographed
them with this hypersensitive
00:25:53.04\00:25:55.56
very, very sensitive
light detecting equipment.
00:25:55.59\00:25:59.17
And they notice that
the light went up and down
00:25:59.20\00:26:01.80
at different
times during the day.
00:26:01.83\00:26:04.01
And different parts of
their bodies glowed brighter.
00:26:04.04\00:26:07.82
They actually glow brighter
00:26:07.85\00:26:08.89
around the chest
region of their bodies.
00:26:08.92\00:26:12.10
So, when Jesus said
let your light shine,
00:26:12.13\00:26:13.92
He was being serious.
We have all got light.
00:26:13.95\00:26:17.35
Did Adam and Eve glow?
00:26:17.38\00:26:19.78
They did, and that's why
they knew they were naked
00:26:19.81\00:26:22.42
after they sinned,
the light went out.
00:26:22.45\00:26:24.97
Did Mosses glow
when he talked to God?
00:26:25.00\00:26:28.36
Now you are
more sure about that.
00:26:28.39\00:26:29.42
We got that Scripture, right.
00:26:29.45\00:26:31.04
He actually had
to veil his face.
00:26:31.07\00:26:33.92
And so I think in
heaven, we all are gonna
00:26:33.95\00:26:36.17
just glow a lot
brighter than we do.
00:26:36.20\00:26:39.01
Right now, we just
still glow in a little bit.
00:26:39.04\00:26:42.22
Just don't let
your light go out.
00:26:42.25\00:26:46.78
The brightest man
made light in the world
00:26:46.81\00:26:48.75
is not very far from here,
it's down there in Las Vegas.
00:26:48.78\00:26:52.67
It's a light that comes out
of the top of the Luxor hotel.
00:26:52.70\00:26:55.67
You heard me
talk about this before
00:26:55.70\00:26:56.92
but I think it's interesting.
00:26:56.95\00:26:59.15
On the top of the hotel
talk about the power bill
00:26:59.18\00:27:03.16
they have got 45 xenon lights
00:27:03.19\00:27:08.16
that are each one is
big as a washing machine
00:27:08.19\00:27:11.65
and I don't even know how many
00:27:11.68\00:27:12.71
million candle
power they put up.
00:27:12.74\00:27:15.23
It's just really brighter
they had problems at first
00:27:15.26\00:27:18.60
because planes coming
in to the Las Vegas Airport
00:27:18.63\00:27:20.73
periodically will take a
flight path right over the hotel
00:27:20.76\00:27:24.49
and it would blind
the pilots momentarily.
00:27:24.52\00:27:27.91
They fly over this like
flash of lightening they go
00:27:27.94\00:27:30.76
what was that
there's no clouds in the sky
00:27:30.79\00:27:32.47
and they flown over the light
00:27:32.50\00:27:34.14
come out of the
top of the Luxor hotel.
00:27:34.17\00:27:36.11
You see you can't
see that light unless
00:27:36.14\00:27:39.77
there is dust in
the Las Vegas air.
00:27:39.80\00:27:43.27
Have you ever gone out
with the big spotlight at night?
00:27:43.30\00:27:46.76
Come on, any of you men
ever have a spotting light.
00:27:46.79\00:27:49.65
You go out in the
dark in the wilderness
00:27:49.68\00:27:51.48
and you turn it on
you don't see the light
00:27:51.51\00:27:52.96
till it hit something.
00:27:52.99\00:27:55.26
And sometimes it's even
those lights are so powerful
00:27:55.29\00:27:57.41
they might even be clouds
overhead you can shine it,
00:27:57.44\00:27:59.77
you can see them illuminating
00:27:59.80\00:28:01.17
the ceiling of
clouds at overhead.
00:28:01.20\00:28:03.09
Any of you ever done that?
00:28:03.12\00:28:04.15
You know what I'm talking about?
00:28:04.18\00:28:05.21
It's really
something, but you don't see it
00:28:05.24\00:28:06.67
till it hits something.
00:28:06.70\00:28:08.11
What really fun is you
go into your neighbors tent,
00:28:08.14\00:28:11.60
you got to wait
till they are asleep,
00:28:11.63\00:28:14.08
and then you
unzip it and you holler
00:28:14.11\00:28:15.47
and they look at
you and you turn it on.
00:28:15.50\00:28:17.66
Then you throw whole
water on them and you run.
00:28:17.69\00:28:22.04
Now, I don't know
why that just came to me.
00:28:22.07\00:28:23.78
I thought, I probably never
done anything like that before.
00:28:23.81\00:28:27.85
But it's actually
someone did that to me.
00:28:27.88\00:28:29.31
And then you are blinded and
you can't do anything about it.
00:28:29.34\00:28:33.48
Takes a while for
your eyes to get adjusted.
00:28:34.13\00:28:36.86
Light doesn't do anything
unless it hits something.
00:28:36.89\00:28:40.66
You get the point?
00:28:40.69\00:28:42.86
Jesus sends His
light into the world
00:28:42.89\00:28:45.90
but the world
is not gonna see it
00:28:45.93\00:28:46.96
unless it bounces off something
00:28:46.99\00:28:49.80
and it's supposed to be
reflecting of you and I.
00:28:49.83\00:28:51.91
You and I are to
reflect His light,
00:28:51.94\00:28:54.29
just as the moon
reflects the light of the sun
00:28:54.32\00:28:56.09
you can't see the moon unless
00:28:56.12\00:28:58.20
it's picking up
the light of the sun.
00:28:58.23\00:29:02.19
Luke 1:79, speaking of
Christ and His mission,
00:29:02.22\00:29:06.82
"He came to give light
to them that sit in darkness
00:29:06.85\00:29:10.79
and in the shadow of death,
00:29:10.82\00:29:12.87
to guide their feet
in the way of peace."
00:29:12.90\00:29:16.88
Now, we are told in God's word
00:29:16.91\00:29:18.15
that we are to
walk in the light.
00:29:18.18\00:29:21.39
Don't get adjusted to
the dark, walk in the light.
00:29:21.42\00:29:27.97
It seems like at one
time the things that shocked
00:29:28.00\00:29:30.86
and amazed us now
entertain and amuse us.
00:29:30.89\00:29:35.34
John 12:35, 36 "Yet a
little while the light with you.
00:29:35.37\00:29:40.51
Walk while you have the light,
lest darkness come upon you."
00:29:40.54\00:29:44.40
Can a person's light go out?
00:29:44.43\00:29:48.29
If God sends light into
your Life, it is never stagnant.
00:29:48.32\00:29:55.14
That light will always get
brighter or it will get dimmer.
00:29:55.17\00:30:00.50
You need to be
either fueling that light
00:30:00.53\00:30:02.38
so it grows brighter and
brighter till the day dawn
00:30:02.41\00:30:04.83
and the day start
rise in your heart.
00:30:04.86\00:30:06.62
You find the light of
God in the Bible describe
00:30:06.65\00:30:08.97
as either growing
brighter or it gets dimmer.
00:30:09.00\00:30:13.43
All of us are like
dimmer Switches, we are active.
00:30:13.46\00:30:18.18
Which way you are
turning your switch?
00:30:18.21\00:30:21.09
Is the light of God in
your life getting brighter
00:30:21.12\00:30:22.95
are you studying and
walking in the light?
00:30:22.98\00:30:24.67
If God gives you light
00:30:24.70\00:30:26.15
and you follow what
He's revealed to you
00:30:27.70\00:30:30.29
He will give you more light.
00:30:30.32\00:30:32.39
Well, why does He
stop giving you light
00:30:32.42\00:30:34.27
if you stop
walking in the light?
00:30:34.30\00:30:36.26
Because any light
that God gives you,
00:30:36.29\00:30:38.38
you are responsible for
and you will be judged by.
00:30:38.41\00:30:42.54
God loves you too
much to give you more light
00:30:42.57\00:30:45.50
than you are gonna walk in
00:30:45.53\00:30:46.56
because then you just
become accountable for it.
00:30:46.59\00:30:49.54
Did you get that?
00:30:49.57\00:30:51.92
If God gives you increased light
00:30:51.95\00:30:54.83
and you don't walk in the
light the more He gives you.
00:30:54.86\00:30:58.07
Jesus said if you were
blind you could not see
00:30:58.10\00:31:00.61
you would have no sin but now
that you see your sin remains.
00:31:00.64\00:31:03.91
We are accountable for
the light that we receive.
00:31:03.94\00:31:06.65
Some of us had been
stagnant in our experience
00:31:06.68\00:31:08.81
because we are not walking in
the light that He has given us.
00:31:08.84\00:31:11.01
I have seen it many
times in evangelistic meetings
00:31:11.04\00:31:12.90
someone comes
and you can see them
00:31:12.93\00:31:14.92
they are on the front row
and their faces are beamed
00:31:14.95\00:31:17.10
and they go wow, how come I
have never heard this before
00:31:17.13\00:31:19.10
this is wonderful and
they are asking questions,
00:31:19.13\00:31:21.47
and they are sitting on
the edge of the their seat
00:31:21.50\00:31:23.13
and they are drinking it in
and their faces are shinning.
00:31:23.16\00:31:27.50
And then you covers
some difficult subject
00:31:27.53\00:31:31.33
and all of a sudden
the body language changes.
00:31:31.36\00:31:34.01
You can see it, I've
seen it so many times.
00:31:34.04\00:31:35.66
Evangelists get
good at spottiness.
00:31:35.69\00:31:38.03
Instead of sitting
up and sitting forward
00:31:38.06\00:31:39.86
they sit back and
they fold their arms.
00:31:39.89\00:31:42.57
And all of a sudden you can
see little detachment happening.
00:31:42.60\00:31:45.83
And then may be they miss a
night and you go visit them.
00:31:45.86\00:31:51.40
You can bet it's good, visit
them before they miss a night.
00:31:51.43\00:31:54.55
And I'll say brother, sister,
00:31:54.58\00:31:57.18
I said you are so excited
you are coming, you missed
00:31:57.21\00:32:00.19
couple of nights, can I
help you what's going on?
00:32:00.22\00:32:03.14
Did this make sense? Yes.
00:32:03.17\00:32:04.23
Did this make sense? Yes.
00:32:04.26\00:32:07.09
And I remember this one
girl who was talking to me,
00:32:07.12\00:32:11.28
she just love the meeting.
00:32:11.31\00:32:12.96
She was drinking it all
in and she in particular
00:32:12.99\00:32:15.64
had a problem
with the presentation
00:32:15.67\00:32:19.30
on Christian
appearance and dress.
00:32:19.33\00:32:25.59
She dressed differently
00:32:25.62\00:32:29.04
and I won't go into
detail but you figure it out.
00:32:29.07\00:32:34.36
And when I cover that
subject everything changed
00:32:34.39\00:32:37.47
and she said Brother Doug,
I don't know what happened,
00:32:37.50\00:32:39.37
something happened.
00:32:39.40\00:32:41.17
She said I was just
felt so close to the Lord
00:32:41.20\00:32:43.16
and God was in my life
and He was hearing my prayers
00:32:43.19\00:32:45.65
and I just felt like he
was with me all day long
00:32:45.68\00:32:48.57
and now this last week He said--
00:32:48.60\00:32:50.81
she said its like
the light went out.
00:32:50.84\00:32:54.18
And I said that, sister,
00:32:54.21\00:32:55.24
you remember we
covered that subject? Yeah.
00:32:55.27\00:32:58.59
And I said, then you
started folding your arms
00:32:58.62\00:33:01.22
and you didn't look too happy.
00:33:01.25\00:33:02.28
She said, no, I
don't agree with that.
00:33:02.31\00:33:05.09
I said well, God's not
giving you any more light
00:33:05.12\00:33:07.71
because you are not walking in
the light that He has given you.
00:33:07.74\00:33:11.28
I said if you want
that light to keep shining
00:33:11.31\00:33:13.70
you step out and
follow what He has reveled.
00:33:13.73\00:33:16.51
You can read in
Peter that the light of God
00:33:16.54\00:33:18.35
is progressive, add
to your faith virtue
00:33:18.38\00:33:21.05
and your virtue knowledge
and it's like Jacob's Ladder
00:33:21.08\00:33:25.31
and so some of us who want
to jump the rungs in the ladder.
00:33:25.34\00:33:29.15
If God reveal something to you,
00:33:29.18\00:33:31.42
you and your life
that needs addressing
00:33:31.45\00:33:33.86
and you are now
in a holding pattern.
00:33:33.89\00:33:35.56
You are trading lot
and you are wondering
00:33:35.59\00:33:36.92
why you are not
getting anywhere.
00:33:36.95\00:33:39.37
Walk in the light, you can
you can only be in a holding
00:33:39.40\00:33:42.81
pattern so long,
you gonna run out of gas
00:33:42.84\00:33:44.64
and drop out of the sky.
00:33:44.67\00:33:46.47
It's very dangerous, try
to maintain your relationship
00:33:46.50\00:33:50.02
with Jesus without growth.
00:33:50.05\00:33:52.08
When you think
you are standing still
00:33:52.11\00:33:54.38
as a Christian you are
actually sliding backwards.
00:33:54.41\00:33:57.49
You are loosing altitude
you may not even know it.
00:33:57.52\00:34:00.81
You got to be
moving forward friends.
00:34:00.84\00:34:03.85
Walk in the light
while you got the light.
00:34:03.88\00:34:06.98
Job 29:3 "When his
candle shined on my head,
00:34:07.01\00:34:11.50
and when by his light I
walked through the darkness,
00:34:11.53\00:34:15.55
Thy word is a lamp unto my feet,
00:34:15.58\00:34:17.15
and a light unto my path."
00:34:17.18\00:34:18.82
1 John 1:7 "But if
we walk in the light,
00:34:18.85\00:34:22.23
as he is in the
light, we have fellowship
00:34:22.26\00:34:24.93
with one another, and
the blood of Jesus Christ
00:34:24.96\00:34:27.65
his Son cleanse
us from all sin."
00:34:27.68\00:34:29.46
Did you get that?
00:34:29.49\00:34:30.72
How many want to
be cleansed from sin?
00:34:30.75\00:34:33.02
There is a
condition for cleansing.
00:34:33.05\00:34:35.55
What is that condition?
00:34:35.58\00:34:37.56
Turn your back on the darkness
and walk forward in the light.
00:34:37.59\00:34:41.66
Continue to talk
in the advancing light
00:34:41.69\00:34:44.11
that God gives you.
00:34:44.14\00:34:45.95
You know what typically
happens with denominations?
00:34:45.98\00:34:48.97
We are part of the denomination
but there is a history.
00:34:49.00\00:34:52.52
It's sad but it's true.
00:34:52.55\00:34:55.31
God will raise
up some individual
00:34:55.34\00:34:58.09
that will discover
new light from God's word
00:34:58.12\00:35:00.00
that's been neglected
or a group of individuals
00:35:00.03\00:35:02.77
and they say, hey, how come we?
00:35:02.80\00:35:04.56
How come we stop
baptizing by immersion?
00:35:04.59\00:35:07.12
We need to go
back to Bible baptism
00:35:07.15\00:35:09.13
and a whole new moment comes out
00:35:09.16\00:35:10.84
of this new light
and it's called Baptist.
00:35:10.87\00:35:14.64
But then after the
founders die, the people say
00:35:14.67\00:35:17.97
well, here's what
the founders wrote.
00:35:18.00\00:35:19.16
They didn't say
anything about this subject
00:35:19.19\00:35:22.35
so we're not changing
and they stop growing.
00:35:22.38\00:35:25.41
And pretty soon a
couple of generations go by
00:35:25.44\00:35:27.56
and it will turn
into a denomination
00:35:27.59\00:35:29.47
instead of a movement.
00:35:29.50\00:35:32.28
If you will
forgive me for saying so,
00:35:32.31\00:35:34.38
I have seen it happen
historically with Lutherans.
00:35:34.41\00:35:38.00
Luther found great
light and those who recognize
00:35:38.03\00:35:41.55
that they have walked in
the light, then Luther died
00:35:41.58\00:35:43.57
and say well, Luther never
knew about baptism by immersion.
00:35:43.60\00:35:46.74
And they stopped.
00:35:46.77\00:35:49.47
And John Wesley comes
along and he teaches about
00:35:49.50\00:35:51.47
sanctification and Godly living
00:35:51.50\00:35:53.29
that why they're
called the Methodist
00:35:53.32\00:35:54.47
because they had a method
of holiness in their lives.
00:35:54.50\00:35:57.46
And the devotional
life and then Wesley died
00:35:57.49\00:36:02.03
and his brothers and
they kind of flattened out.
00:36:02.06\00:36:06.89
And pretty soon the
church few generation go by
00:36:06.92\00:36:09.39
and they start,
they don't realize
00:36:09.42\00:36:10.97
that they are ordaining gays
00:36:11.00\00:36:16.48
and all kinds of things
started happening to the church
00:36:16.51\00:36:19.74
and they go, what happened?
00:36:19.77\00:36:22.92
They stopped
walking in the light.
00:36:22.95\00:36:24.34
Are we immune to that?
00:36:24.37\00:36:27.54
If we don't continue to live in
the light and walk in the light
00:36:27.57\00:36:30.49
pretty soon you
become a denomination,
00:36:30.52\00:36:32.74
you become an
organization that a social club
00:36:32.77\00:36:35.09
and you just start drifting
down back with the world.
00:36:35.12\00:36:38.87
And you still have your name,
you still have your building.
00:36:38.90\00:36:42.67
What happens to denomination
happens to individuals.
00:36:42.70\00:36:46.31
When you trace the history of
the seven churches in Revelation
00:36:46.34\00:36:50.63
starting out with Ephesus going
for concurring and to concur.
00:36:50.66\00:36:55.71
You look at the ups and
downs of those seven churches,
00:36:55.74\00:37:00.20
it begins on fire
with that first love.
00:37:00.23\00:37:02.47
Eventually looses the
love and after going through
00:37:02.50\00:37:05.07
a few cycles by the time
00:37:05.10\00:37:06.38
you get to the end of
Laodicea, it's lukewarm.
00:37:06.41\00:37:09.47
They don't know that
they are poor and wretched
00:37:09.50\00:37:12.52
and miserable
and blind and naked.
00:37:12.55\00:37:14.68
It comes on gradually to pretty
soon it's just an institution.
00:37:14.71\00:37:20.04
Laodicea describes a
lukewarm institution.
00:37:20.07\00:37:23.49
Think they are rich
and increase with goods.
00:37:23.52\00:37:24.72
You got lot of property, you
have got lot of institutions,
00:37:24.75\00:37:26.72
lot of educational
things and hospitals
00:37:26.75\00:37:30.66
and the people think
they are rich and increase
00:37:30.69\00:37:32.31
with goods and in their lives
00:37:32.34\00:37:33.72
they are not walking in
the light they are in darkness.
00:37:33.75\00:37:37.14
And they don't know
it and then you end up
00:37:37.17\00:37:38.94
with a blind leading the blind.
00:37:38.97\00:37:43.87
You know, the deepest darkness
00:37:43.90\00:37:45.25
biblically comes
before deliverance.
00:37:45.28\00:37:49.85
"It's only darkest before
the dawn" Thomas Fuller said.
00:37:49.88\00:37:54.12
You know, by now the
days are getting really short.
00:37:54.15\00:37:58.00
I was kind of depressed
coming back from Sydney
00:37:58.03\00:38:00.66
because there it was
going from spring to summer
00:38:00.69\00:38:03.13
and it was just gorgeous.
00:38:03.16\00:38:05.67
I spent several days
walking around the harbor
00:38:05.70\00:38:07.61
just reveling in spring time.
00:38:07.64\00:38:10.68
And then one day I went from
00:38:10.71\00:38:12.09
going into spring
to going into winter.
00:38:12.12\00:38:16.14
Actually I was going
in from spring to summer,
00:38:16.17\00:38:18.00
now I'm going
from fall to winter.
00:38:18.03\00:38:20.53
And there the days
were getting longer
00:38:20.56\00:38:22.06
and here now the
days are getting shorter.
00:38:22.09\00:38:24.27
All in one day, and
I remember first day
00:38:24.30\00:38:29.06
I was back I looked up it was
5 o'clock and it was dark out.
00:38:29.09\00:38:31.77
I thought bomber.
00:38:31.80\00:38:34.38
You know what I
like about Christmas?
00:38:34.41\00:38:36.70
Not Santa Claus,
when you get to Christmas
00:38:36.73\00:38:41.25
the days finally
start getting longer again.
00:38:41.28\00:38:45.23
You know in Alaska they have,
00:38:45.26\00:38:47.95
they have diagnosed and
if what happened you know,
00:38:47.98\00:38:50.75
probably in Scandinavia to
any of these northern countries
00:38:50.78\00:38:53.36
but where they get
the long winter nights,
00:38:53.39\00:38:56.71
they have diagnosed
a depression connected
00:38:56.74\00:39:00.16
with these long
nights where sun comes up
00:39:00.19\00:39:03.54
through an hour or two a day
00:39:03.57\00:39:05.17
and it goes back down again.
00:39:05.20\00:39:08.47
That would, that
would be kind of depressing
00:39:08.50\00:39:10.87
but nice thing about
Alaska, they also produce
00:39:10.90\00:39:13.61
some of the best vegetables
00:39:13.64\00:39:14.67
because they have got
the longest day light.
00:39:14.70\00:39:17.80
If you want to
have those long days
00:39:17.83\00:39:18.86
sometimes it
comes after long night.
00:39:18.89\00:39:21.77
When is Jesus coming?
00:39:21.80\00:39:24.36
I'm not talking
for a day or hour
00:39:24.39\00:39:25.57
no not 2012 Mayan calendar.
00:39:25.60\00:39:30.24
Since I mentioned it
00:39:30.27\00:39:32.43
I'll tell you Karen and I
and the boys were in Belize
00:39:32.46\00:39:35.55
and I got to
drive by a Mayan Indian.
00:39:35.58\00:39:39.00
Gave me a ride while I was there
00:39:39.03\00:39:41.61
and I asked him
about the Mayan calendar
00:39:41.64\00:39:43.52
and he just
laughed almost choked.
00:39:43.55\00:39:45.83
See that's the most
absurd thing they ever heard.
00:39:45.86\00:39:48.94
Here Hollywood is making a
movie about the Mayan calendar
00:39:48.97\00:39:50.85
and the Mayans are laughing.
00:39:50.88\00:39:52.83
They don't think the
world is ending in 2012.
00:39:52.86\00:39:54.89
They got thousands
of calendar and stones
00:39:54.92\00:39:57.15
that all could be
interpreted different ways.
00:39:57.18\00:39:59.11
But yeah, if
Hollywood could make a buck
00:39:59.14\00:40:01.35
who knows it might be 2012
00:40:01.38\00:40:02.63
and everyone is gonna
be laughing as it happens.
00:40:02.66\00:40:04.44
But it will have nothing
to do with the Mayan calendar.
00:40:04.47\00:40:07.59
Could be sooner,
00:40:07.62\00:40:10.43
got another character
out there saying its 2011.
00:40:10.46\00:40:15.12
I actually think
It's happening in 1996.
00:40:15.15\00:40:20.20
See you missed it, no I just--
00:40:20.23\00:40:21.60
I'm seeing if you are listening.
00:40:21.63\00:40:25.57
When is Jesus coming?
00:40:25.60\00:40:28.76
Midnight, we didn't
know where He is coming from.
00:40:28.79\00:40:33.49
I know exactly
when He is coming.
00:40:33.52\00:40:35.29
Midnight, I'm not talking about
00:40:35.32\00:40:38.48
what hour the day I'm talking
about what hour of the world.
00:40:38.51\00:40:42.67
Bible says
00:40:42.70\00:40:45.29
"And at midnight
there was a cry made,
00:40:45.32\00:40:47.98
Behold, the bridegroom
comes go out to meet him.
00:40:48.01\00:40:53.10
And all those
virgins trimmed their lamps."
00:40:53.13\00:40:55.02
They needed to do
something when Jesus came
00:40:55.05\00:40:57.38
to dispel the
darkness and help other people
00:40:57.41\00:40:59.72
find their way to the wedding.
00:40:59.75\00:41:01.30
It's during the darkest
time of the world's history
00:41:01.33\00:41:05.21
that the church needed the
most to let their light shine.
00:41:05.24\00:41:10.60
You know, just before the
children of Israel came out
00:41:10.63\00:41:12.58
of Egypt there was
a plague of darkness,
00:41:12.61\00:41:17.34
darkness on the
headquarters of Egypt.
00:41:17.37\00:41:21.38
Just before the Lord comes
00:41:21.41\00:41:22.87
one of the seven
last plagues is what?
00:41:22.90\00:41:25.49
Darkness on the
seat of the beast.
00:41:25.52\00:41:28.26
By the way I want to read
this to you from Exodus 10:21
00:41:28.29\00:41:33.38
"The Lord said to Moses, Stretch
out your hand toward heaven,
00:41:33.41\00:41:36.08
that there may be
darkness over the land of Egypt,
00:41:36.11\00:41:38.54
even darkness that may be felt."
00:41:38.57\00:41:41.52
That's called gross darkness.
00:41:41.55\00:41:44.96
"And Moses stretched
out his hand towards heaven
00:41:44.99\00:41:47.13
and there was a thick darkness
00:41:47.16\00:41:49.65
in all the land of
Egypt for three days.
00:41:49.68\00:41:52.92
They saw not one
another, neither any arose
00:41:52.95\00:41:55.71
from his place for three days
but all the children of Israel
00:41:55.74\00:41:59.53
had light in their dwellings."
00:41:59.56\00:42:03.00
Does God want us
to be in darkness?
00:42:03.03\00:42:05.89
Doesn't the Bible say but you
are not children of the night,
00:42:05.92\00:42:09.76
we are children of the day.
00:42:09.79\00:42:11.01
The day of the Lord should
not overtake us as a thief.
00:42:11.04\00:42:13.87
Let us not walk in
darkness as others do.
00:42:13.90\00:42:19.43
1 Thessalonians 5:4,
5 "But you, brethren,
00:42:19.46\00:42:23.00
are not in
darkness, that that day
00:42:23.03\00:42:24.96
should overtake you as a thief.
00:42:24.99\00:42:26.92
You are the children of light,
and the children of the day
00:42:26.95\00:42:29.36
we are not of the
night, nor of darkness."
00:42:29.39\00:42:32.86
The light of God ought
to be seen in our lives.
00:42:32.89\00:42:37.16
You know, there are few other
verses I want to share with you.
00:42:37.19\00:42:42.03
When Jesus died it was a time
00:42:42.06\00:42:44.91
when the world
rejected its Creator
00:42:44.94\00:42:47.63
and there was a
super natural darkness.
00:42:47.66\00:42:50.70
Matthew 27:45 "Now
from the sixth hour
00:42:50.73\00:42:54.61
there was darkness over all
the land to the ninth hour."
00:42:54.64\00:42:58.33
During the plague of Moses
it was three days of darkness.
00:42:58.36\00:43:00.73
During the death of Jesus,
it was three hours of darkness,
00:43:00.76\00:43:03.81
supernatural darkness.
00:43:03.84\00:43:06.57
And then "Jesus
cried with a loud voice,
00:43:06.60\00:43:09.12
Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?
00:43:09.15\00:43:10.98
My God, My God, why
have You forsaken me?"
00:43:11.01\00:43:13.86
At the time where it looks like
the world is forsaken by God.
00:43:13.89\00:43:18.55
There is gonna
be gross darkness.
00:43:18.58\00:43:22.09
Could we have
the grossest darkness
00:43:22.12\00:43:24.53
in an age of man where we
have the most artificial light?
00:43:24.56\00:43:29.04
Could it be possible that
all of the artificial light
00:43:29.07\00:43:32.65
we are able to now
create is really deceiving us.
00:43:32.68\00:43:38.19
We think that's the
substitute for the real light.
00:43:38.22\00:43:40.33
Hey, you know we have
got something interesting
00:43:43.91\00:43:46.46
that we are doing
here at Central Church
00:43:46.49\00:43:48.42
talking about
light and darkness?
00:43:48.45\00:43:51.22
We are very intrigued about
the idea of putting solar panels
00:43:51.25\00:43:54.88
on the roof as
actually a cost saving.
00:43:54.91\00:43:59.29
That's its--well, I will
tell you about that sometime.
00:43:59.32\00:44:02.64
Well, we can covert sunlight
into light in the church.
00:44:02.67\00:44:05.75
I'm really
intrigued by solar light
00:44:05.78\00:44:07.80
because you take
the light that God made
00:44:07.83\00:44:09.18
and if you can store it, you
can turn it into natural light.
00:44:09.21\00:44:14.87
Sort of what the
Lord does with us.
00:44:14.90\00:44:16.50
He shines in our hearts and
then is reproduced in our lives.
00:44:16.53\00:44:23.35
The day is coming when
there's gonna be no more dark.
00:44:23.38\00:44:26.76
Romans 13:12 "The
night is far spent,
00:44:26.79\00:44:30.44
the day is at hand, let us
00:44:30.47\00:44:31.86
therefore cast off
the works of darkness."
00:44:31.89\00:44:34.39
Are you getting
adjusted to the light?
00:44:34.42\00:44:36.89
Are you casting off
the works of darkness?
00:44:36.92\00:44:40.22
And let us put on the armor.
00:44:40.25\00:44:42.87
Doesn't say armor of God
it says the armor of light.
00:44:42.90\00:44:48.90
Do your clothes glow?
00:44:48.93\00:44:51.55
Talk about good
detergent the blood of Christ
00:44:51.58\00:44:53.35
will make your cloths glow.
00:44:53.38\00:44:56.54
Better an OxiClean.
00:44:56.57\00:44:59.74
Ephesians 5:8 "For
you once were darkness,
00:44:59.77\00:45:03.74
but now you are
light in the Lord,
00:45:03.77\00:45:05.87
walk as children of Light."
00:45:05.90\00:45:09.58
You all glow a little bit right
now, we just need to glow more.
00:45:09.61\00:45:13.89
Ephesians 5:11
"And have no fellowship
00:45:13.92\00:45:18.17
with the
unfruitful works of darkness,
00:45:18.20\00:45:21.37
but rather reprove them."
00:45:21.40\00:45:24.14
Don't get used to the dark,
00:45:24.17\00:45:27.32
we need to ask God
to help us recognize
00:45:27.35\00:45:29.73
the darkness of this
world and reprove it.
00:45:29.76\00:45:31.63
"For it is a shame even
to speak of those things
00:45:31.66\00:45:33.69
that are done
by them in secret."
00:45:33.72\00:45:35.56
2 Corinthians 4:6
"For God, who has commanded
00:45:35.59\00:45:39.56
the light to
shine out of darkness,
00:45:39.59\00:45:41.06
has shined in our hearts"
00:45:41.09\00:45:43.08
and I mentioned this one before
00:45:43.11\00:45:44.14
"the light to give us
the light of the knowledge
00:45:44.17\00:45:47.04
of the glory of God
in the face of Jesus."
00:45:47.07\00:45:50.92
So how do we--how
do we let these lights
00:45:50.95\00:45:53.77
shine in a dark world.
00:45:53.80\00:45:56.33
Well, several ways.
00:45:56.36\00:45:59.04
One is very simply
the word of God is light.
00:45:59.07\00:46:02.36
But you don't see
the light of God word
00:46:02.39\00:46:04.32
until it hits something.
00:46:04.35\00:46:06.64
As you read the word of God
00:46:06.67\00:46:08.50
and you allowed into your lives
00:46:08.53\00:46:10.08
and you seek to live it
out and you walk in the light,
00:46:10.11\00:46:13.13
people are gonna see that light
00:46:13.16\00:46:15.06
in your life and
they will follow.
00:46:15.09\00:46:18.33
And then some good news friends,
00:46:18.36\00:46:21.54
we are going to a place
00:46:21.57\00:46:22.60
where it's never
going to be dark again.
00:46:22.63\00:46:26.34
I like this Revelation 21:23,
00:46:26.37\00:46:29.99
"And the city had
no need of the sun,
00:46:30.02\00:46:32.10
neither of the
moon, to shine in it
00:46:32.13\00:46:34.27
for the glory of
God did lighten it,
00:46:34.30\00:46:36.63
and the Lamb is
the light thereof."
00:46:36.66\00:46:40.40
You know when you think
about the brilliance of heaven,
00:46:40.43\00:46:43.49
whenever when Ellen
White went into vision
00:46:43.52\00:46:50.44
and she would see
the glories of heaven.
00:46:50.47\00:46:54.50
When the vision ended and she
had to come back to the world
00:46:54.53\00:46:57.08
and going into vision
she said glory, glory, glory
00:46:57.11\00:47:01.48
and to be ever
louder glory, glory, glory
00:47:01.51\00:47:04.85
because things were getting
brighter, brighter, brighter.
00:47:04.88\00:47:07.99
And as the vision
ended she would often say,
00:47:08.02\00:47:10.68
dark, dark, dark.
00:47:10.71\00:47:13.81
This world is so dark.
00:47:13.84\00:47:15.79
You know, Bible
teaches that, Isaiah 30:26,
00:47:15.82\00:47:18.95
speaking of heaven,
"Moreover the light of the moon
00:47:18.98\00:47:23.37
in that kingdom will be
like the light of the sun,
00:47:23.40\00:47:27.31
and the light of the
sun will be sevenfold."
00:47:27.34\00:47:31.89
So picture right now don't do it
00:47:31.92\00:47:33.83
but if were to go
outside and you would look
00:47:33.86\00:47:35.50
at the sun, it burn your eyes.
00:47:35.53\00:47:37.10
Can you imaging
living in a world
00:47:37.13\00:47:39.14
where your eyes are
able to adjust to a moon
00:47:39.17\00:47:41.62
that is brighter than our
sun is now, that's what it says.
00:47:41.65\00:47:47.12
Our whole world
was darkened by sin
00:47:47.15\00:47:51.10
and the sun will be
seven times brighter
00:47:51.13\00:47:54.07
than it is now and
I have got a theory
00:47:54.10\00:47:56.87
that in that kingdom
because we will not have
00:47:56.90\00:47:59.14
xeroderma pigmentosum, we will
be able to look into the sun
00:47:59.17\00:48:03.75
in its strength and
it won't hurt our eyes
00:48:03.78\00:48:11.39
because God will be
brighter than the sun there.
00:48:11.42\00:48:15.83
The city is not
illuminated by the natural sign,
00:48:15.86\00:48:18.36
it's illuminated by God himself.
00:48:18.39\00:48:22.96
I'm tired of living in
the dark, this dark world,
00:48:22.99\00:48:26.22
this gross darkness
will cover the people.
00:48:26.25\00:48:29.70
But as we walk in the
light, as He is in the light
00:48:29.73\00:48:32.34
His blood will
cleanse us from all sin.
00:48:32.37\00:48:34.30
You know, what
the command is to us?
00:48:34.33\00:48:36.40
It's in our scripture reading.
It says arise and shine.
00:48:36.43\00:48:41.57
God is calling us
to "Arise and to shine
00:48:41.60\00:48:45.16
and like the glory of
the Lord, rise upon me.
00:48:45.19\00:48:48.83
His glory will be seen on thee."
00:48:48.86\00:48:51.86
I don't know about you friends
00:48:51.89\00:48:52.92
but by His grace I want to
be a light in this dark world.
00:48:52.95\00:48:56.35
At midnight Jesus is coming
00:48:56.38\00:48:57.72
and this when we are
supposed to trim our lamps
00:48:57.75\00:48:59.99
and keep them burning.
00:49:00.02\00:49:01.05
So people will see the
light of God in our lives.
00:49:01.08\00:49:03.40
Very simple message
today about light and darkness,
00:49:03.43\00:49:05.87
but it's very real,
it's not all theory.
00:49:05.90\00:49:08.47
We do live in a dark world.
00:49:08.50\00:49:10.08
How many of you want
to let your light shine
00:49:10.11\00:49:12.66
to reflect His light off of you,
00:49:12.69\00:49:15.56
and let's and we'll sing 515
00:49:15.59\00:49:18.47
our closing hymn
the Lord is my light.
00:49:18.50\00:49:20.48
Let's sing verses 1, 2 and 4.
00:49:23.25\00:49:24.99
The Lord is my light,
then why should I fear
00:49:44.52\00:49:50.46
By day and by night
His presence is near
00:49:50.49\00:49:57.12
He is my salvation
from sorrow and sin
00:49:57.15\00:50:03.46
This blessed
persuasion the Spirit brings in
00:50:03.49\00:50:10.53
The Lord is my
light, my joy, and my song
00:50:10.56\00:50:16.77
By day and by
night He leads me along
00:50:16.80\00:50:23.41
The Lord is my
light, my joy, and my song
00:50:23.44\00:50:30.14
By day and by
night He leads me along
00:50:30.17\00:50:38.14
I like to give you
an opportunity friends,
00:50:38.17\00:50:41.97
to make a decision today.
00:50:42.00\00:50:44.74
Some may be of you who recognize
00:50:44.77\00:50:48.69
that you are not walking in the
light that God has given you.
00:50:48.72\00:50:51.60
You've not been
allowing His light to reflect
00:50:51.63\00:50:53.91
and to shine in your life
00:50:53.94\00:50:55.97
or may be He has
revealed light to you
00:50:56.00\00:50:59.07
and you are
neglecting or ignoring it.
00:50:59.10\00:51:02.51
Can't be in a
holding pattern for long
00:51:02.54\00:51:04.15
you gonna lose altitude friends,
that light will get dimmer.
00:51:04.18\00:51:07.11
If you want more light
to go brighter and brighter
00:51:07.14\00:51:09.69
until that day, you
got to walk in the light.
00:51:09.72\00:51:12.95
And if the Holy
Spirit is speaking to you
00:51:12.98\00:51:14.57
and you recognize Lord, I'm
willing to step out in faith
00:51:14.60\00:51:18.56
and to walk in that light
00:51:18.59\00:51:20.17
or you need some
special prayer in your life.
00:51:20.20\00:51:22.07
May be you felt it
you just got this plague
00:51:22.10\00:51:24.33
of darkness in your heart
00:51:24.36\00:51:25.62
and you want the light of
God's glory to shine in again.
00:51:25.65\00:51:28.72
Well, I have
special prayer for you
00:51:28.75\00:51:30.07
come as we sing Verse 2 together
00:51:30.10\00:51:32.45
"The Lord is my light."
00:51:32.48\00:51:35.30
The Lord is my light,
though clouds may arise
00:51:35.33\00:51:42.67
Faith, stronger than
sight, looks up to the skies
00:51:42.70\00:51:50.31
Where Jesus
forever in glory doth reign
00:51:50.34\00:51:57.58
Then how can I
ever in darkness remain?
00:51:57.61\00:52:05.42
The Lord is my
light, my joy, and my song
00:52:05.45\00:52:13.10
By day and by
night He leads me along
00:52:13.13\00:52:20.71
The Lord is my
light, my joy, and my song
00:52:20.74\00:52:28.26
By day and by
night He leads me along
00:52:28.29\00:52:36.26
Not only do we want
the Lord's light to shine
00:52:39.00\00:52:41.03
in us as individuals we
are also a church family
00:52:41.06\00:52:45.16
and
collectively as God's people,
00:52:45.19\00:52:46.83
we're to be a temple of
light in this community. Amen.
00:52:46.86\00:52:50.18
We want to be a
light on the hill.
00:52:50.21\00:52:51.98
Is it your
prayer that as His body
00:52:52.01\00:52:54.23
we can walk in the light
00:52:54.26\00:52:55.86
not become a stagnant
denomination or institution
00:52:55.89\00:52:59.24
but to walk in increasing
light and follow where He leads.
00:52:59.27\00:53:03.19
Is that your prayer?
00:53:03.22\00:53:04.25
Let's sing the fourth verse
together and then we will pray.
00:53:04.28\00:53:07.81
The Lord is my
light, my all and in all
00:53:07.84\00:53:15.37
There is in His
sight no darkness at all
00:53:15.40\00:53:23.26
He is my
Redeemer, my Savior and King
00:53:23.29\00:53:30.71
With saints and with
angels His praises I sing
00:53:30.74\00:53:38.70
The Lord is my
light, my joy, and my song
00:53:38.73\00:53:46.52
By day and by
night He leads me along
00:53:46.55\00:53:54.33
The Lord is my
light, my joy, and my song
00:53:54.36\00:54:02.27
By day and by
night He leads me along
00:54:02.30\00:54:10.27
Dear Father, Lord, we know
00:54:16.73\00:54:19.35
that we are living in a
world of abject gross darkness.
00:54:19.38\00:54:24.90
Heaven forbid that we
should become used to the dark.
00:54:24.93\00:54:29.09
I pray Lord, that our
eyes will not get adjusted
00:54:29.12\00:54:32.13
to the dark so we feel
comfortable in the shadows.
00:54:32.16\00:54:35.65
But that we'll
yearn to walk in the light
00:54:35.68\00:54:37.89
even though at times,
00:54:37.92\00:54:39.08
it exposes the spots of
defilement in our characters.
00:54:39.11\00:54:42.86
We know the blood of Jesus
will purge our armor of light.
00:54:42.89\00:54:48.71
I pray that each person here,
00:54:48.74\00:54:51.23
as individuals will be
resolved by Your grace to walk
00:54:51.26\00:54:54.64
in the light that
You shed on our paths.
00:54:54.67\00:54:56.43
That will approach the light
that will have that yearning
00:54:56.46\00:54:59.38
like a moth in the darkness
to fly towards the light
00:54:59.41\00:55:03.14
without reservation.
00:55:03.17\00:55:05.89
And I pray that
as we come to you
00:55:05.92\00:55:07.73
that You will also help us
to reflect the light of Jesus
00:55:07.76\00:55:11.06
in this perishing world
we are living in the time.
00:55:11.09\00:55:14.74
We are nearing
midnight right now Lord,
00:55:14.77\00:55:17.33
where it seems that judgment
and the values of the world
00:55:17.36\00:55:20.76
have been so
skewed by this darkness
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that people are
stumbling and mumbling
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and bumbling in the dark.
00:55:25.39\00:55:28.23
Help us Lord,
not to be among those
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who are just the
blind leading the blind
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but help us to walk in the light
00:55:33.30\00:55:35.28
that it will grow
brighter and brighter
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until that day dawn and the
day start arise in our hearts.
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Lord, we pray that You
will arise and shine upon us
00:55:42.06\00:55:45.87
and that You will dispel
the darkness of the devil
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in our hearts and that we
may be a light in this world.
00:55:48.43\00:55:51.87
Bless each person
Lord, we are talking
00:55:51.90\00:55:53.40
with lot of metaphors today
00:55:53.43\00:55:54.85
but we want to apply
these things in practical ways,
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real ways in our lives
and as we go from this place
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to walk in the light,
we ask in Jesus name, amen.
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