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>>TODAY'S SMART PHONES
ARE A VIRTUAL UNIVERSE OF
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INFORMATION THAT FITS
IN THE PALM OF YOUR HAND.
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IT'S A GOOD THING WE
HAVE OPPOSABLE THUMBS!
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WITH IT YOU CAN BUY YOUR
GROCERIES, TAKE CARE OF YOUR
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EXERCISE REGIME, WATCH A VIDEO,
LISTEN TO MUSIC, YOU CAN SURF
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THE INTERNATIONAL WORLD-WIDE
WEB, WHICH MAY NOT ALWAYS BE A
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GOOD THING. AND,
YOU KNOW, THERE IS MORE
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COMPUTER PROCESSING TECHNOLOGY
AND POWER IN A LITTLE SMART
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PHONE TODAY THAN WAS USED BY
NASA TO PUT A MAN ON THE MOON.
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AND I ALMOST FORGOT, YOU CAN
ALSO USE THESE TO MAKE A PHONE
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CALL, BUT WHO DOES THAT
ANYMORE? TODAY COMMUNICATION IS
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NOT IN COMPLETE SENTENCES.
IT'S ALL ABOUT SHORT MESSAGE
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SERVICING OR SMS TEXTING.
THAT'S RIGHT, THERE ARE ABOUT
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2.5 BILLION PEOPLE IN THE WORLD
TODAY THAT ARE COMMUNICATING
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WITH THEIR FELLOW HUMANS
IN SHORT BYTES CALLED TEXTING.
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THAT'S MORE DATA THAT IS BEING
USED THAN THOSE WHO ARE SURFING
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THE WEB OR EVEN
PLAYING VIDEO GAMES.
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AND, FRIENDS, NOWHERE IS THIS
MORE TRUE THAN RIGHT HERE IN THE
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PHILIPPINES. EVEN
THOUGH THE PHILIPPINES HAS
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ABOUT 100 MILLION PEOPLE, THEY
ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE LARGEST
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NUMBER OF TEXT MESSAGES
OF ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD.
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THEY'RE THE TWELFTH-LARGEST
COUNTRY, BUT THEY SEND 400
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MILLION TEXT MESSAGES
EVERY DAY. WOW, THAT'S A LOT
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OF FINGER FATIGUE. EVEN
THOUGH THE GREATEST NUMBER
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OF TEXTERS IS HERE IN THE
PHILIPPINES, THE RECORD FOR THE
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FASTEST TEXTER IN
THE WORLD IS FROM BRAZIL.
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A YOUNG MAN BY THE NAME OF
MARCEL FERNANDES FILHO - HE WAS
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ABLE TO TEXT 25 VERY COMPLICATED
WORDS IN A LITTLE MORE THAN 18
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SECONDS. WOW, IT
TAKES ME LONGER THAN
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THAT TO JUST SAY 'I LOVE
YOU' TO MY WIFE AND PRESS SEND.
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ALL THUMBS. ONE OF
THE NEAT THINGS ABOUT
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TEXTING IS YOU CAN
TEXT JUST ABOUT ANYWHERE.
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IF YOU'RE SURROUNDED WITH PEOPLE
AND YOU WANT TO SEND A PERSONAL
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MESSAGE, YOU TEXT.
YOU'RE IN A CROWDED SUBWAY
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OR AN AIRPORT, YOU CAN TEXT.
IF YOU'RE SURROUNDED BY NOISE
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OR NOSEY PEOPLE, YOU
CAN TEXT - JUST DON'T TEXT
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WHILE YOU'RE DRIVING.
THAT'S WHAT'S SO WONDERFUL,
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FRIENDS, YOU CAN ALWAYS
TEXT GOD A MESSAGE OF PRAYER
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FROM YOUR HEART.
WHEN YOU'RE WONDERING
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'WHAT SCHOOL DO I GO
TO?' 'WHAT JOB DO I TAKE?'
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'WHO AM I SUPPOSED TO DATE THAT
MAY BE A FUTURE LIFE PARTNER?'
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YOUR PRAYERS
DON'T HAVE TO BE LONG.
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THE SHORTEST PRAYER IN THE BIBLE
IS THREE WORDS - WHEN PETER
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PRAYED, 'LORD SAVE ME.'
AND JESUS ANSWERED HIS PRAYER.
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IT DOESN'T MATTER HOW FAST YOU
CAN TEXT WHEN YOU'RE TALKING TO
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GOD, HE'LL KNOW WHAT YOU'RE
ASKING FOR AND HEAR YOUR PRAYER
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BEFORE YOU HAVE A CHANCE TO
SAY 'AMEN' AND PRESS THE SEND
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BUTTON. IN FACT,
FRIENDS, YOU'LL BRING
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JOY TO GOD WHEN YOU SEND
HIM REGULAR MESSAGES FROM
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YOUR HEART TO HIS.
SO WHY DON'T YOU TALK
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TO HIM RIGHT NOW? >>I
REALLY WANTED TO START A NEW
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DEVOTIONAL HABIT
BUT LIFE GOT IN THE WAY.
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NEXT THING I KNOW, WE'RE A MONTH
INTO THE NEW YEAR AND I'M LIKE,
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'WHAT'S THE POINT OF STARTING?'
THEN I SAW '365 AMAZING ANSWERS
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TO BIG BIBLE QUESTIONS'.
EACH DAY IS A SINGLE STUDY SO
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YOU CAN START ANYWHERE ON
ANY DAY AND NOT MISS A THING.
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>>WELL, I'VE PICKED AN
IMPOSSIBLE TASK THIS MORNING
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AND, HOPEFULLY, YOU ARE ABLE
TO FIGURE THAT OUT JUST FROM THE
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SERMON TITLE. I'M
GOING TO ATTEMPT TO TALK
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ABOUT THE HOLINESS OF GOD
AND RIGHT AT THE OUTSET YOU NEED
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TO EXPLAIN THAT THAT WORD
'HOLINESS' IS SOMETHING THAT
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REALLY EXPLAINS SOMETHING
THAT CAN'T BE EXPLAINED.
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IT'S BEYOND OUR COMPREHENSION.
AND SO MY TASK TO YOU IS TO TALK
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ABOUT SOMEONE AND A LIFE THAT
IS ALMOST BEYOND COMPREHENSION.
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SO PRAY FOR ME BECAUSE
YOU REALLY ARE ATTEMPTING THE
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IMPOSSIBLE TO HELP PEOPLE GET
A CONCEPT OF THE HOLINESS OF GOD
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BECAUSE ANYTHING THAT I MIGHT
SAY - THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE IS
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TOO FEEBLE AND IS CERTAINLY
GOING TO FALL SHORT, BUT I'M
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GOING TO TRY. GOD HAS CALLED US
TO LIVES OF HOLINESS AND PURITY.
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I SUPPOSE YOU CAUGHT IT IN THE
SCRIPTURE READING WE JUST HAD.
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PETER IS ACTUALLY QUOTING THE
OLD TESTAMENT WHEN HE SAID, 'BE
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YE HOLY FOR I AM HOLY.' THE
ENCOURAGING THING ABOUT WHAT
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PETER SAID IS, WHENEVER YOU FIND
THE WORD 'BE' IN A STATEMENT OF
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GOD, THERE'S
CREATIVE POWER IN THAT.
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IT'S LIKE WHEN GOD
SAID, 'LET THERE BE A HEAVENS.
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LET THERE BE LIGHT.' WHEN
HE SAID LET THERE BE SOMETHING,
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THAT MEANS IT'S ENTIRELY
POSSIBLE FOR IT TO HAPPEN
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BECAUSE THERE IS
CREATIVE POWER IN GOD'S WORD.
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SO WHEN GOD SAYS, 'BE YE HOLY,
FOR I AM HOLY.' IT'S LIKE WHEN
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JESUS SAID TO THE LEPER,
'BE YE CLEAN.' AND HE WAS.
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AND SO THE VERY FACT THAT GOD IS
CALLING US TO BE SOMETHING MEANS
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THAT THERE'S CREATIVE
DYNAMICS IN THE WORD ITSELF.
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YOU KNOW, THERE IS A SPIDER THAT
LIVES IN EUROPE AND ASIA THAT IS
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CALLED THE DIVING BELL SPIDER
- AN INTERESTING CREATURE -
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EVOLUTIONISTS CAN'T FIGURE
OUT HOW THIS HAPPENED - IT'S A
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SPIDER AND, YOU KNOW, INSECTS
BREATHE THROUGH THEIR SKIN AND
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INSECTS WILL DROWN WHEN
THEY'RE PLUNGED IN WATER.
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BUT THIS SPIDER
LIVES UNDER WATER.
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IT HAS FINE HAIRS ALL OVER ITS
BODY SO THAT WHEN IT GOES UP TO
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THE SURFACE, IT CAPTURES AIR
IN ITS HAIRS AND WHEN IT GOES
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UNDERNEATH THE WATER, THE HAIRS
HOLD THE OXYGEN BUBBLE AROUND
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ITS BODY. IT WEAVES
A WEB ON SOME OF THE
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PLANTS - AND HERE'S AN EXAMPLE
OF ONE - THAT GROW IN THE RIVERS
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AND THE LAKES, AND THEN IT
SCRAPES THE HAIRS OFF OF ITS
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BODY AND BEGINS TO
FILL UP THIS BELL OF AIR.
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AND THEN IT GOES BACK TO
THE SURFACE AND GETS MORE AND IT
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CONTINUES THROUGH THE DAY
TO REFRESH ITS SUPPLY OF AIR.
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AND THAT SPIDER LIVES IN
THIS BUBBLE UNDER THE WATER,
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SURROUNDED BY ANOTHER WORLD,
AND IT FEEDS AND IT MATES AND IT
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DOES - IT LIVES ITS LIFE AND
IT EATS THERE IN THIS BUBBLE.
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IT'S ITS HOME. BUT
IT HAS TO CONSTANTLY BE
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RETURNING TO THE SURFACE FOR THE
ATMOSPHERE FROM ABOVE IN ORDER
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TO LIVE IN THE WORLD BELOW.
YOU KNOW, JESUS HAS CALLED US TO
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BE IN THE WORLD,
BUT NOT OF THE WORLD.
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CHRISTIANS HAVE AN
INTERESTING CHALLENGE.
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HE IS ASKING US TO BE
HOLY IN AN UNHOLY ENVIRONMENT.
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AND THE ONLY WAY YOU CAN DO THAT
IS BY MAKING FREQUENT TRIPS TO
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THE SURFACE AND GETTING THAT
HEAVENLY ATMOSPHERE AND BRINGING
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IT WITH YOU. AND YOU
NEED TO CONTINUE TO RETURN.
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AND SO RIGHT HERE AT THE
BEGINNING I'M SHARING WITH YOU
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WHAT I THINK IS THE
SECRET TO LIVING A HOLY LIFE.
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IT'S BY STAYING
IN TOUCH WITH HEAVEN.
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I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU, BUT WHEN
I TRAVEL I LIKE GOING TO SEE
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SOME OF THE GREAT SITES, YOU
KNOW, GO AND SEE THE STATUE OF
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LIBERTY IF YOU GO TO NEW YORK
OR, YOU KNOW, YOU GO TO SOME OF
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THESE NATURAL WONDERS, BUT WHAT
I REALLY LIKE WHEN I TRAVEL IS I
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LIKE TO GO TO THE PLACES
WHERE VERY FEW PEOPLE GO.
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I LIKE GOING TO SEE THINGS
THAT VERY FEW PEOPLE HAVE SEEN.
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AND WHEN WE WERE JUST IN FIJI IT
WAS FUN BECAUSE YOU LAND ON THE
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MAIN ISLAND AND THEN WE WENT TO
A SMALLER ISLAND AND TOOK A BOAT
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TO ANOTHER ISLAND AND THEN WE
TOOK A TRUCK AND WE DROVE TO A
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ROAD AND WE HIKED UP A TRAIL
AND WE SAW THE MOST BEAUTIFUL
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WATERFALL. I THINK I SHOWED
A PICTURE TO YOU LAST WEEK.
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TO SEE THESE BEAUTIFUL PLACES
YOU HAVE TO GO A LITTLE FURTHER.
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IT'S A LITTLE
HARDER TO GET THERE.
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BUT YOU SEE THINGS THAT ARE JUST
WONDROUS, AND I LIKE ADVENTURE.
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NOW, FRANKLY, IT'S A LITTLE
DISAPPOINTING TO ME WHEN YOU
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COME TO CHURCH AND YOU ONLY
HEAR ABOUT THE INTRODUCTION OF
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CHRISTIANITY, WHICH IS A
HOLINESS THAT YOU RECEIVE
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THROUGH JUSTIFICATION, BUT
IT'S REALLY - IT'S THE STARTING
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POINT. THE LORD
PRIMES YOUR PUMP IN THE
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CHRISTIAN LIFE BY JUSTIFYING
YOU WHEN YOU COME TO HIM
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JUST LIKE YOU ARE.
THE THIEF ON THE CROSS WHO
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TURNED TO JESUS WAS FORGIVEN AND
JUSTIFIED AND JESUS - WHEN HE
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SAID, 'LORD, REMEMBER ME' AND HE
CONFESSED THAT HE WAS A SINNER,
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HE SAID, 'YOU'LL BE WITH ME IN
PARADISE.' JESUS FORGAVE HIM, HE
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WAS JUSTIFIED, HE WAS DECLARED
TO BE HOLY ENOUGH FOR HEAVEN
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EVEN THOUGH HE
DIDN'T DO ANY GOOD WORKS.
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I MEAN, OTHER THAN BELIEVING
IN CHRIST - THAT WAS THE WORK HE
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DID. HE WITNESSED
FOR CHRIST FROM THE
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CROSS, WHICH IS MORE THAN SOME
OTHERS WERE DOING THAT DAY, BUT
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HE'S GOING TO BE IN
HEAVEN. HE WAS JUSTIFIED.
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HE WAS SAVED BASED
ON HIS JUSTIFICATION.
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HE DID NOT HAVE LONG ENOUGH
TO THEN TRY TO PROVE THAT HE HAD
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BEEN JUSTIFIED BY
FAITH BY NOW LIVING.
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AND I ALWAYS WONDER WHAT WOULD
HAVE HAPPENED IF, BY SOME QUIRK
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OF FATE, PONTIUS PILATE HAD
SAID, 'YOU KNOW, I'M GOING TO
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LET THAT GUY OFF BEFORE HE DIES.
INSTEAD OF TELLING THE SOLDIER
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TO BREAK HIS LEGS, GET A
CROWBAR, PULL THE NAILS OUT,
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HEAL UP HIS HANDS, AND LET HIM
GO.' HOW WOULD HE HAVE LIVED?
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AFTER HE HEARD JESUS SAY, 'I'M
DECLARING YOU FORGIVEN.' WOULD
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HE HAVE BEEN - WOULD HE
HAVE GONE BACK TO STEALING?
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WOULD HE HAVE
CONTINUED TO BE A REBEL?
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WOULD HE HAVE BEEN DIFFERENT?
AND SO, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT
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HOLINESS, THE VERY FIRST THING
I NEED TO ESTABLISH IS I'M NOT
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TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING
THAT BEGINS OUTSIDE OF CHRIST.
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ANY REAL HOLINESS
HAS TO BEGIN WITH JESUS.
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IF YOU DON'T GET THE CENTER
RIGHT ON A WHEEL, IT ROLLS OUT
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OF BALANCE. AND
THE CENTER OF ANY REAL
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CHRISTIAN SUCCESS IS
GOING TO BE THE CROSS.
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BUT ONCE YOU COME TO CHRIST AND
YOU ACCEPT THE HOLINESS THAT HE
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OFFERS THROUGH JUSTIFICATION
- YOU COME TO HIM JUST LIKE YOU
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ARE AND YOU TRUST IN HIM - HE
FORGIVES YOU, HE DECLARES YOU TO
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BE HOLY, THEN YOU MUST GO
FROM THERE AND LIVE A SANCTIFIED
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LIFE. YOU NEED TO
START LIVING DIFFERENTLY.
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FOR ME - I, FRANKLY, GET BORED
WITH PEOPLE THAT STOP TALKING -
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THEY JUST - THEY GO AS
FAR AS GRACE - THEY TALK ABOUT
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JUSTIFICATION AND THEY NEVER
GO ON TO THE REAL ADVENTURE OF
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CHRISTIANITY, WHERE A
PERSON LIVES A HOLY LIFE.
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AND I'M CONVINCED THE EYES OF
THE LORD RUN TO AND FRO THROUGH
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THE EARTH LOOKING FOR CHRISTIANS
THAT REALLY WANT TO BE
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CHRISTIANS - THAT WANT TO
LIVE LIKE CHRIST AND BE HOLY.
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C.S. LEWIS SAID,
'HOW LITTLE PEOPLE
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KNOW WHO THINK
THAT HOLINESS IS DULL.
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WHEN SOMEONE MEETS THE REAL
THING, IT IS IRRESISTIBLE.' ONE
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REASON THAT A MESSAGE ABOUT
HOLINESS AND PURITY IS NOT VERY
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POPULAR, IS
BECAUSE IT'S FRIGHTENING.
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YOU'RE DELVING IN A
REALM THAT IS UNNATURAL.
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NOW, IF YOU WANT, I CAN
TALK TO YOU ABOUT HOW TO SIN.
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I CAN TELL YOU ALL HOW TO SIN,
BUT THE TRUTH BE KNOWN, NONE OF
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YOU NEED ANY INSTRUCTION.
WE'RE ALL REALLY GOOD AT IT.
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SOME ARE BETTER THAN OTHERS, BUT
MOST OF YOU ARE NATURALS, RIGHT?
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AND THERE'S A LOT OF CHURCHES
THAT WILL TALK TO YOU ABOUT THE
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GRACE OF GOD, THAT WILL COVER
YOUR SIN AND YOU JUST COME NEXT
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WEEK AND WE'LL TALK MORE ABOUT
JUSTIFICATION, BUT THEY'RE NOT
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REALLY TALKING TO YOU ABOUT
DOING SOMETHING UNNATURAL, WHICH
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IS 'LIVE A HOLY LIFE NEXT WEEK.'
TRY AND LIVE LIKE JESUS WOULD.
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ASK GOD TO - TO CHANGE YOUR
THINKING SO THAT YOU'RE PURE.
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NOW THAT'S CRUCIAL BECAUSE
THE BIBLE SAYS THAT THE PURE IN
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HEART WILL SEE GOD. AND
I WANT TO SEE HIM SOMEDAY.
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I LIKE GOING
WHERE PEOPLE DON'T GO.
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THE REASON THAT KAREN AND I
STUDY SCUBA DIVING - YOU'VE GOT
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TO TAKE CLASSES AND YOU'VE GOT
TO GET CERTIFIED - IS BECAUSE
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IT'S DANGEROUS TO LIVE
UNDER WATER. YOU'RE NOT NORMALLY
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DESIGNED TO DO THAT, BUT YOU CAN
DO IT, BUT IT TAKES SOME STUDY.
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YESTERDAY I WENT FOR A FLIGHT
WITH PASTOR JOHN Q AND EMMA -
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EMMA'S GETTING HER PILOT'S
LICENSE AND SHE GOT IT - OH YEAH
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- WELL, SHE - SHE
GOT MORE HOURS YESTERDAY.
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ANYWAY, WE WENT UP BECAUSE HE
HELPED ME DO MY ANNUAL - I SAID,
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'I'LL TAKE YOU UP.' AND
SO WE WENT FOR A FLIGHT.
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BUT WE NORMALLY
DON'T LIVE UP THERE.
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IT TAKES SOME EFFORT TO GET THE
UNDERSTANDING AND THE EQUIPMENT
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TO BE ABLE TO LIVE
IN THAT ENVIRONMENT.
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YOU AND I ARE NOT EQUIPPED TO
LIVE IN HEAVEN - IT'S A FOREIGN
00:13:26.80\00:13:32.17
ENVIRONMENT - WITHOUT HOLINESS.
SO IF YOU WANT TO LIVE THERE
00:13:32.17\00:13:37.05
THEN, YOU'VE GOT TO DEVELOP
THE SKILL, THROUGH WALKING WITH
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CHRIST NOW, TO BE ABLE TO
LIVE IN A HOLY ENVIRONMENT.
00:13:40.92\00:13:44.35
GOD IS HOLY. THE
REASON THE DEVIL WAS CAST
00:13:44.35\00:13:46.96
OUT OF HEAVEN IS
BECAUSE OF HIS UNHOLINESS.
00:13:46.96\00:13:50.16
WE ARE NOT GOING IN DOING
WHAT THE DEVIL WAS CAST OUT FOR.
00:13:50.16\00:13:53.80
>>AMEN. >>SO
JESUS FORGIVES US, BUT
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HE SAVES US FROM OUR
SINS. GOD IS A HOLY GOD.
00:13:58.07\00:14:02.54
OSWALD CHAMBERS SAID SOMETHING
THAT I THINK NEEDS REPEATING.
00:14:02.54\00:14:05.27
HE SAID, 'THE DESTINED END OF
MAN IS NOT HAPPINESS NOR HEALTH,
00:14:05.27\00:14:12.08
BUT HOLINESS. GOD'S
ONE AIM IN THE PRODUCTION
00:14:12.08\00:14:16.08
OF - GOD'S ONE AIM IS
THE PRODUCTION OF SAINTS.
00:14:16.08\00:14:19.02
HE IS NOT AN ETERNAL
BLESSING MACHINE FOR MEN.
00:14:19.02\00:14:22.39
HE DID NOT COME TO SAVE THEM
OUT OF PITY, HE CAME TO SAVE MEN
00:14:22.39\00:14:26.06
BECAUSE HE'S
CREATED THEM TO BE HOLY.
00:14:26.06\00:14:29.03
WE THINK, THE WAY SOME PREACHERS
PORTRAY IT IS THAT GOD IS A BIG
00:14:29.03\00:14:33.13
HEAVENLY SLOT MACHINE.
WE PRAY AND PULL THE HANDLE
00:14:33.13\00:14:36.20
AND OUT THE GUMBALL COMES
- OR WHATEVER IT IS YOU NEED.
00:14:36.20\00:14:39.27
AND HE EXISTS THAT, IF YOU
FOLLOW A FEW RULES, HE IS JUST
00:14:39.27\00:14:42.64
GOING TO POUR ALL
THESE BLESSINGS ON YOU.
00:14:42.64\00:14:44.65
THE ULTIMATE PURPOSE FOR
OUR EXISTENCE IS TO GLORIFY GOD
00:14:44.65\00:14:50.52
THROUGH HOLINESS.
HE'S CALLED US TO HOLINESS.
00:14:50.52\00:14:53.76
NOW, YOU'LL NEVER BE HAPPY
UNLESS YOU ARE HOLY, AND SO YOU
00:14:53.76\00:14:56.89
WILL END UP HAVING AN ABUNDANT
LIFE, BUT IF YOU SEEK HAPPINESS
00:14:56.89\00:15:01.16
AS THE END, YOU
WON'T HAVE EITHER.
00:15:01.16\00:15:03.97
JESUS SAID, 'IF YOU LOSE YOUR
LIFE, YOU'LL FIND IT.' BUT IF
00:15:03.97\00:15:07.87
YOU SEEK JUST TO LIVE FOR
YOUR OWN HAPPINESS, YOU LOSE
00:15:07.87\00:15:10.17
EVERYTHING. IT'S ALL
ABOUT HOLINESS. GOD IS HOLY.
00:15:10.17\00:15:14.68
HE'S CALLED US TO BE HOLY
BECAUSE HE KNOWS THAT'S WHERE
00:15:14.68\00:15:17.05
YOU'RE GOING TO FIND
REAL HAPPINESS, IN LIVING THAT
00:15:17.05\00:15:21.15
OUTRAGEOUS, ADVENTUROUS
LIFE THAT IS SO RARE - YES, EVEN
00:15:21.15\00:15:25.82
AMONG CHRISTIANS.
MAYBE I SHOULD BEGIN
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WITH A DEFINITION. THE
HEBREW WORD FOR HOLY IS
00:15:28.52\00:15:31.13
'QADOSH' - THE
GREEK WORD, 'AGIOS'.
00:15:31.13\00:15:34.83
THE DEFINITION MEANS SOMETHING
BELONGING TO OR ASSOCIATED WITH
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A DIVINE POWER; SACRED OR,
MORE SPECIFICALLY, SEPARATE.
00:15:39.53\00:15:44.17
WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT HOLY
MATRIMONY, THESE PEOPLE ARE NOW
00:15:44.17\00:15:47.91
SEPARATED FROM THE GENERAL
POPULATION AND THEY ARE MAKING A
00:15:47.91\00:15:53.15
COVENANT THAT SEPARATES THEM.
THE BIBLE IS CALLED THE HOLY
00:15:53.15\00:15:57.15
BIBLE BECAUSE IT IS
SEPARATE FROM OTHER BOOKS - IT'S
00:15:57.15\00:16:01.76
UNIQUE - IT STANDS APART.
AND WHEN WE TRY TO DESCRIBE THE
00:16:01.76\00:16:05.66
HOLINESS OF GOD, ALL WE
CAN DO, IN GREEK AND HEBREW, IS
00:16:05.66\00:16:08.73
TO SAY, 'HE IS SEPARATE.
HE IS SO FAR OUT AND DIFFERENT
00:16:08.73\00:16:13.67
FROM ANYTHING WE UNDERSTAND.' IT
MEANS BELONGING TO OR ASSOCIATED
00:16:13.67\00:16:18.11
WITH A DIVINE POWER; SACRED,
REGARDED AS WORTHY OF WORSHIP
00:16:18.11\00:16:21.58
OR VENERATION; TO BE REVERED,
SPECIFIED, OR SET APART FOR
00:16:21.58\00:16:25.71
RELIGIOUS PURPOSE;
REGARDED OR DESERVING SPECIAL
00:16:25.71\00:16:28.92
RESPECT OR REVERENCE.
YOU CAN HAVE A HOLY PLACE, A
00:16:28.92\00:16:32.69
HOLY BOOK, A HOLY PERSON - OH,
CAN I SHARE SOMETHING WITH YOU?
00:16:32.69\00:16:37.53
THIS WAS A WAREHOUSE.
IT WAS AN OFFICE BUILDING.
00:16:37.53\00:16:43.33
I SAW IT BEFORE THE OLD CARPET
WAS TORN UP, RIGHT AFTER IT WAS
00:16:43.33\00:16:47.87
PURCHASED, AND THERE WERE WORK
STATION SPACES DRILLED IN THE -
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AND MANY THINGS HAVE HAPPENED
HERE AND SOME DAY IT MAY BE
00:16:50.87\00:16:53.74
ANOTHER WAREHOUSE, BUT IT'S BEEN
DEDICATED FOR A HOLY PURPOSE NOW
00:16:53.74\00:16:59.25
IN WORSHIPING GOD. AND
I KNOW OTHER THINGS HAPPEN
00:16:59.25\00:17:02.45
IN HERE, BUT LIKE WHEN WE
- CHURCH IS OVER AND WE HAVE
00:17:02.45\00:17:07.12
POTLUCK OR WHEN WE'RE VISITING
OUT IN THE FOYER, THE KIDS
00:17:07.12\00:17:10.89
SHOULD NOT BE RUNNING AROUND
IN HERE OR JUMPING OFF THE STAGE
00:17:10.89\00:17:14.46
AND - >>AMEN.
00:17:14.46\00:17:15.83
>>AND YOU KNOW WHY? NOT
JUST TO PROTECT THEM AND
00:17:15.83\00:17:19.17
PROTECT US FROM A LAWSUIT,
BUT BECAUSE YOU WILL BE TEACHING
00:17:19.17\00:17:23.30
THEM THAT THERE ARE PLACES THAT
ARE HOLY AND THERE IS SOMETHING
00:17:23.30\00:17:27.38
THAT HAPPENS HERE BECAUSE WE
MEET WITH GOD HERE AND YOU TREAT
00:17:27.38\00:17:32.15
IT DIFFERENT FROM
OTHER PLACES. >>AMEN.
00:17:32.15\00:17:35.25
>>AND SO, PARENTS - AND HEY,
I REMEMBER WE HAD TO TELL OUR
00:17:35.25\00:17:38.35
KIDS, SO WE'RE ALL IN THIS
TOGETHER - MAKE SURE AND HERD
00:17:38.35\00:17:41.72
THEM OUT AND YOU KNOW WHERE THEY
ARE, BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF
00:17:41.72\00:17:46.26
TIMES PASTOR DOUG AND KAREN AND
OTHERS ARE HAVING TO TELL THE
00:17:46.26\00:17:49.00
KIDS 'DON'T RUN AROUND.
THIS IS NOT A PLAYGROUND.
00:17:49.00\00:17:52.57
THIS IS A HOLY PLACE.
WE MEET WITH GOD IN HERE.'
00:17:52.57\00:17:55.64
THIS IS A HOLY BOOK. IN
OUR HOUSE, THE ONLY THING
00:17:55.64\00:18:00.84
WE PUT ON THE
BIBLE IS ANOTHER BIBLE.
00:18:00.84\00:18:03.71
AND, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A STACK
ON THE SHELF THAT'S DIFFERENT,
00:18:03.71\00:18:07.12
BUT I'M JUST SAYING
TREAT IT DIFFERENTLY.
00:18:07.12\00:18:09.05
I CRINGE - I'VE BEEN TO PEOPLE'S
HOUSE FOR A BIBLE STUDY AND I
00:18:09.05\00:18:12.05
SEE THEM SET A
COFFEE CUP ON THEIR BIBLE.
00:18:12.05\00:18:15.56
AND I - OH - I SAY,
'PLEASE DON'T DO THAT.
00:18:15.56\00:18:18.63
PEOPLE DIED FOR THIS
BOOK. IT'S A HOLY BOOK.' SO WHEN
00:18:18.63\00:18:23.06
THINGS ARE HOLY - NOW WHAT
MAKES THIS A HOLY BOOK? GOD.
00:18:23.06\00:18:27.87
BECAUSE GOD IS HOLY.
WHAT MAKES THIS A HOLY PLACE?
00:18:27.87\00:18:30.61
GOD. BECAUSE WE
MEET WITH GOD HERE.
00:18:30.61\00:18:33.11
WHAT MAKES YOU A
HOLY PERSON? GOD.
00:18:33.11\00:18:37.28
BECAUSE YOU INVITE
JESUS INTO YOUR LIFE.
00:18:37.28\00:18:40.02
WHAT, DON'T YOU KNOW THAT
YOUR BODY IS THE TEMPLE OF GOD?
00:18:40.02\00:18:44.59
THAT THE ALMIGHTY - THINK OF
THE MOST POWERFUL THING YOU CAN
00:18:44.59\00:18:49.16
THINK OF. WHATEVER
THAT IS, IF IT'S NOT
00:18:49.16\00:18:52.06
GOD, HE MADE IT
AND HE'S MORE POWERFUL.
00:18:52.06\00:18:54.83
THINK ABOUT THE
BIGGEST THING YOU CAN THINK OF.
00:18:54.83\00:18:57.43
WHATEVER THAT IS,
IT'S NOT BIGGER THAN GOD.
00:18:57.43\00:19:00.27
AND SO, THAT'S WHY I SAID
WHAT I'M DOING IS ATTEMPTING THE
00:19:00.27\00:19:02.57
IMPOSSIBLE BECAUSE
GOD IS MORE POWERFUL.
00:19:02.57\00:19:05.01
HE'S MORE HOLY. HE'S
BIGGER. HE'S STRONGER.
00:19:05.01\00:19:08.04
HE'S MORE BEAUTIFUL THAN
ANYTHING YOU CAN IMAGINE AND
00:19:08.04\00:19:12.11
THAT INDIVIDUAL SAYS, 'I AM
WILLING TO LIVE IN YOUR LIFE.'
00:19:12.11\00:19:15.88
YOU KNOW, I USED TO
WONDER, 'WHY DO WE BURY PEOPLE?
00:19:15.88\00:19:19.75
WHY DON'T WE JUST CREMATE
EVERYBODY?' NOW I'M NOT MAKING A
00:19:19.75\00:19:22.76
STATEMENT ON
CREMATION AS OPPOSED TO BURIAL.
00:19:22.76\00:19:25.33
AND I READ ONE PASTOR SAY THE
REASON THAT MOST CHRISTIANS BURY
00:19:25.33\00:19:29.73
AS OPPOSED TO CREMATION, WHICH
IS WHAT MOST OF THE PAGANS DO IF
00:19:29.73\00:19:34.04
YOU GO TO INDIA, IS BECAUSE THEY
FIGURE THAT MAN BEING MADE IN
00:19:34.04\00:19:39.97
THE IMAGE OF GOD, EVEN
THE FORM WAS TO BE RESPECTED.
00:19:39.97\00:19:44.61
AND THAT WAS THE
ARGUMENT THAT I HEARD.
00:19:44.61\00:19:47.35
AND SO THEY LAID THE BODY IN
THE GRAVE BECAUSE - MADE IN THE
00:19:47.35\00:19:51.45
IMAGE OF GOD - EVEN MADE IN THE
IMAGE OF GOD, THERE'S SOMETHING
00:19:51.45\00:19:54.46
SUPER SACRED ABOUT
THAT. WELL, WE ARE HOLY.
00:19:54.46\00:20:00.03
JESUS IS HOLY, WHICH IS WHAT
MAKES US HOLY BECAUSE WE INVITE
00:20:00.03\00:20:03.47
CHRIST INTO OUR LIVES.
THIS TIME OF YEAR YOU'RE GOING
00:20:03.47\00:20:07.00
TO START HEARING MORE MESSAGES
ON THE FIRST COMING OF CHRIST.
00:20:07.00\00:20:10.61
LUKE 1:35, "AND THE ANGEL
ANSWERED AND SAID TO HER, 'THE
00:20:10.61\00:20:16.51
HOLY SPIRIT WILL COME UPON YOU,
AND THE POWER OF THE HIGHEST
00:20:16.51\00:20:20.32
WILL OVERSHADOW YOU; THEREFORE,
ALSO, THAT HOLY ONE WHO IS TO BE
00:20:20.32\00:20:25.32
BORN WILL BE CALLED THE SON
OF GOD.'" THE HOLY SPIRIT - HE'S
00:20:25.32\00:20:29.46
CONCEIVED OF THE HOLY SPIRIT.
HE IS CALLED THE HOLY ONE.
00:20:29.46\00:20:32.99
YOU KNOW, EVEN THE DEVILS, WHEN
THEY IDENTIFY JESUS, THEY SAID -
00:20:32.99\00:20:37.63
LUKE 4:34, "...I KNOW WHO
YOU ARE - THE HOLY ONE OF GOD!"
00:20:37.63\00:20:42.17
EVEN THE DEVILS KNOW THAT
JESUS WAS THE HOLY ONE OF GOD -
00:20:42.17\00:20:47.11
AND THAT WAS
BEFORE HIS INCARNATION.
00:20:47.11\00:20:50.05
ACTS 3, VERSE 14, PETER SAID,
"BUT YOU DENIED THE HOLY ONE AND
00:20:50.05\00:20:54.85
THE JUST, AND ASKED FOR A
MURDERER TO BE GRANTED TO YOU" -
00:20:54.85\00:20:59.52
THAT'S WHY THE PEOPLE SAID, 'WOE
IS US.' HEBREWS 7:26, "FOR SUCH
00:20:59.52\00:21:04.99
A HIGH PRIEST (CHRIST) WAS
FITTING FOR US, WHO IS HOLY,
00:21:04.99\00:21:09.96
HARMLESS, UNDEFILED, SEPARATE
FROM SINNERS" - WHAT DOES THE
00:21:09.96\00:21:13.64
WORD 'HOLY' MEAN? SEPARATE.
HE WAS SEPARATE FROM SINNERS AND
00:21:13.64\00:21:17.37
HE HAS BECOME HIGHER THAN
THE HEAVENS. HIS LAW IS HOLY.
00:21:17.37\00:21:22.04
HE'S ASKED US
TO KEEP A HOLY LAW.
00:21:22.04\00:21:24.05
THAT SEEMS IMPOSSIBLE,
UNLESS HE KEEPS IT IN US.
00:21:24.05\00:21:27.65
ROMANS 7:12, "THEREFORE THE
LAW IS HOLY, AND THE COMMANDMENT
00:21:27.65\00:21:32.95
HOLY AND JUST AND GOOD."
AND DO YOU KNOW THE WORD HOLY -
00:21:32.95\00:21:36.96
HOW MANY TIMES DOES IT
APPEAR IN THE TEN COMMANDMENTS?
00:21:36.96\00:21:39.29
>>ONCE. >>ONE
TIME. COME ON - GOOD
00:21:39.29\00:21:42.56
ADVENTISTS - SOME OF
YOU HERE - WHAT COMMANDMENT?
00:21:42.56\00:21:45.27
>>FOURTH.
>>'REMEMBER THE SABBATH DAY TO
00:21:45.27\00:21:47.00
KEEP IT' - >>HOLY.
00:21:47.00\00:21:48.20
>>HOLY. IT'S
AMAZING TO ME THAT SOME
00:21:48.20\00:21:51.07
CHRISTIANS WANT TO GET RID
OF THE ONE COMMANDMENT WHERE YOU
00:21:51.07\00:21:53.04
FIND THE WORD HOLY
IN THE TEN COMMANDMENTS.
00:21:53.04\00:21:55.78
IT IDENTIFIES THAT HE IS ALSO A
HOLY GOD AND THERE IS HOLY TIME.
00:21:55.78\00:22:01.92
THERE'S SOMETHING
DIFFERENT ABOUT THIS TIME.
00:22:01.92\00:22:03.85
WHY? ONLY GOD
CAN MAKE A BOOK HOLY
00:22:03.85\00:22:07.46
AND HE MAKES A PLACE HOLY
AND HE CAN MAKE TIME HOLY.
00:22:07.46\00:22:10.23
HE SAID, 'I HAVE SET THIS TIME
APART SEPARATE AND DISTINCT FROM
00:22:10.23\00:22:13.96
OTHER TIME AND IF I HAVE
RECOGNIZED IT THIS WAY, I WANT
00:22:13.96\00:22:17.67
YOU TO REMEMBER WHAT I HAVE
DONE.' AND SO HE HAS EVERY RIGHT
00:22:17.67\00:22:21.80
TO ASK US TO KEEP
A SPECIFIC TIME HOLY.
00:22:21.80\00:22:25.31
AND HE SAYS, 'I WANT THE SEVENTH
DAY TO BE HOLY.' WE REALLY HAVE
00:22:25.31\00:22:28.34
NO RIGHT TO SAY, 'WELL, YOU MAY
WANT IT TO BE THE SEVENTH TIME,
00:22:28.34\00:22:31.61
BUT I WANT IT TO BE THE
THIRD DAY.' NO, GOD TELLS US.
00:22:31.61\00:22:34.85
HE'S HOLY. HE MAKES
THE RULES. HIS LAW IS HOLY.
00:22:34.85\00:22:39.15
SO HE SET THAT ASIDE. 2
PETER 2:21, "FOR IT WOULD HAVE
00:22:39.15\00:22:42.62
BEEN BETTER FOR THEM NOT TO HAVE
KNOWN THE WAY OF RIGHTEOUSNESS,
00:22:42.62\00:22:45.09
THAN HAVING KNOWN IT, TO
TURN FROM THE HOLY COMMANDMENT
00:22:45.09\00:22:48.60
DELIVERED TO THEM."
GOD, IN GIVING US THE TEN
00:22:48.60\00:22:51.77
COMMANDMENTS, HE'S
GIVING US A HOLY TRUTH.
00:22:51.77\00:22:54.97
YOU KNOW, HIS NAME IS HOLY.
THOMAS WATSON SAID, 'HOLINESS IS
00:22:54.97\00:22:59.17
THE MOST SPARKLING
JEWEL IN HIS CROWN.
00:22:59.17\00:23:01.98
IT IS THE NAME BY WHICH HE
IS KNOWN.' ABOVE THE HEAD OF THE
00:23:01.98\00:23:05.28
HIGH PRIEST THERE WAS A
LITTLE PLACARD THAT HE'S WEAR.
00:23:05.28\00:23:08.58
WHAT DID IT SAY?
>>HOLINESS TO THE LORD.
00:23:08.58\00:23:10.29
>>HOLINESS TO THE LORD.
THE NAME OF THE LORD IS HOLY.
00:23:10.29\00:23:15.72
EXODUS 39:30 - THEY MADE THIS
PLATE AND THEY PUT AN ENGRAVING
00:23:15.72\00:23:20.20
ON THE SIGNET:
HOLINESS TO THE LORD .
00:23:20.20\00:23:22.03
PSALM 111, VERSE 9, "...HOLY
AND AWESOME IS HIS NAME."
00:23:22.03\00:23:28.04
NOW I COULD STOP RIGHT HERE AND
TAKE A DETOUR AND I COULD LAUNCH
00:23:28.04\00:23:32.71
ONTO SERMON #46 TALKING ABOUT
THE NAME OF GOD, AND PEOPLE WANT
00:23:32.71\00:23:38.05
TO KNOW 'WHAT NAME DO YOU
USE WHEN YOU ADDRESS GOD?'
00:23:38.05\00:23:41.05
AND YOU'LL SEE IN THE BIBLE SOME
ARE GOING TO SAY CAPITAL 'L' -
00:23:41.05\00:23:43.42
SMALL 'O-R-D'. SOME'LL
SAY CAPITAL 'L', CAPITAL
00:23:43.42\00:23:46.59
'O', CAPITAL 'R', CAPITAL
'D'. THOSE, TYPICALLY, ARE A
00:23:46.59\00:23:50.96
TRANSLATION OF
YAHWEH OR JEHOVAH.
00:23:50.96\00:23:53.76
WE'RE NOT EVEN EXACTLY SURE WHAT
THE ANCIENT PRONUNCIATION WAS
00:23:53.76\00:23:56.97
BECAUSE THE ANCIENT JEWS WERE
AFRAID TO SAY IT BECAUSE THE
00:23:56.97\00:23:59.83
NAME OF GOD WAS SO HOLY
THEY WOULD NOT UTTER IT.
00:23:59.83\00:24:02.87
AND WHEN THEY WERE WRITING
OUT THE SCRIPTURES THEY HAD A
00:24:02.87\00:24:04.87
SEPARATE PEN SO THAT WHENEVER
THEY CAME TO THE NAME OF GOD,
00:24:04.87\00:24:07.88
THEY WOULD PUT DOWN THE REGULAR
PEN AND THEY WOULD PICK UP THE
00:24:07.88\00:24:10.88
HOLY PEN AND THEY WOULD WRITE
THE NAME OF GOD WITHOUT THE -
00:24:10.88\00:24:14.78
THE VOWELS IN THERE - YAHWEH -
AND THEN THEY'D SAY A PRAYER AND
00:24:14.78\00:24:20.16
THEY'D PICK UP THE REGULAR PEN.
I MEAN, SUCH TREATMENT FOR THE
00:24:20.16\00:24:22.92
NAME OF GOD THAT THEY
WERE AFRAID TO EVEN WRITE IT.
00:24:22.92\00:24:27.20
AND YOU SEE THE WORD - CAPITAL
'L-O-R-D' AND THAT'S BECAUSE WE
00:24:27.20\00:24:32.60
DIDN'T REALLY HAVE A
WORD TO PUT IN THERE.
00:24:32.60\00:24:36.00
BUT HIS NAME IS NOT JUST YAHWEH
OR JEHOVAH OR EL SHADDAI, IT'S
00:24:36.00\00:24:42.71
THE WAY, THE TRUTH, THE LIFE,
THE BREAD - I MEAN, GOD HAS MANY
00:24:42.71\00:24:46.21
NAMES HE GOES BY. THESE
ARE LIKE ALL FACETS THAT
00:24:46.21\00:24:48.88
REFLECT DIFFERENT PARTS OF
HIS CHARACTER IN THE BIBLE.
00:24:48.88\00:24:52.55
HE'S CALLED THE MIGHTY ONE
OF ISRAEL, THE LORD OF HOSTS,
00:24:52.55\00:24:55.49
WONDERFUL COUNSELOR, MIGHTY
GOD, EVERLASTING FATHER - SO THE
00:24:55.49\00:24:58.46
NAMES OF GOD ARE MANY IN THE
BIBLE, BUT WHEN YOU SPEAK OF GOD
00:24:58.46\00:25:06.03
- DOES IT MAKE YOU CRINGE IF YOU
HEAR A FRIEND USE GOD'S NAME IN
00:25:06.03\00:25:09.54
VAIN? IT SHOULD. AND I
DON'T MEAN THAT YOU SHOULD
00:25:09.54\00:25:14.61
REPROVE THEM
WHENEVER THIS HAPPENS.
00:25:14.61\00:25:16.41
IF THEY'RE CLOSE FRIENDS
YOU MIGHT GIVE THEM AN ELBOW AND
00:25:16.41\00:25:18.21
SAY, 'YOU KNOW, JUST BECAUSE
WE'RE FRIENDS, I OUGHT TO TELL
00:25:18.21\00:25:21.22
YOU THAT THAT REALLY TROUBLES ME
BECAUSE HIS NAME IS SO PRECIOUS
00:25:21.22\00:25:24.65
TO ME.' AND THEY'LL
PROBABLY RESPECT YOU AND BE MORE
00:25:24.65\00:25:28.82
CONSCIOUS. AND
YOU MIGHT EVEN BRING A
00:25:28.82\00:25:30.36
LITTLE CONVICTION INTO
THEIR LIFE WHEN YOU EXALT
00:25:30.36\00:25:33.50
THAT WHICH IS HOLY.
BUT IT IS SO COMMON.
00:25:33.50\00:25:39.73
AND THEN PEOPLE TEXT
EACH OTHER, YOU KNOW?
00:25:39.73\00:25:42.27
WHAT IS THAT
TEXTING THEY ALL DO?
00:25:42.27\00:25:44.44
'O-M-G' -
EVERYBODY'S O-M-G-ING EVERYBODY.
00:25:44.44\00:25:51.48
AND TELEVISION PROGRAMS -
EVERYBODY SAYS GOD'S NAME IN
00:25:51.48\00:25:56.42
VAIN. I WON'T REPEAT IT.
GOOD PEOPLE - INNOCENT PEOPLE
00:25:56.42\00:26:00.96
- THEY DON'T EVEN REALIZE
WHAT THEY'RE DOING. BUT HE SAYS,
00:26:00.96\00:26:03.22
'MY NAME IS HOLY.' >>AMEN.
00:26:03.22\00:26:05.63
>>IF THERE IS ANY NAME - IF
THERE IS ANY WORD THAT IS HOLY,
00:26:05.63\00:26:09.46
WHAT WOULD IT BE OTHER THAN THE
ONE THAT IDENTIFIES THE HOLIEST
00:26:09.46\00:26:12.73
BEING? THAT'S WHY
HE SAYS, 'THOU SHALT
00:26:12.73\00:26:15.80
NOT TAKE THE NAME OF
THE LORD THY GOD IN VAIN.
00:26:15.80\00:26:17.97
THE LORD WILL NOT HOLD HIM
GUILTLESS THAT TAKES HIS NAME IN
00:26:17.97\00:26:19.84
VAIN.' THAT'S SERIOUS BUSINESS.
AND THEN I HEAR CHRISTIANS -
00:26:19.84\00:26:25.11
KIDS - THEY SAY, 'GOSH.'
I HAD TO SAY IT JUST SO YOU
00:26:25.11\00:26:30.35
KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING.
THAT'S A DERIVATIVE OF GOD'S
00:26:30.35\00:26:33.29
NAME BUT THEY DIDN'T WANT TO
SAY IT SO THEY SAY IT A LITTLE
00:26:33.29\00:26:35.59
DIFFERENT OR
THEY SAY 'GEE WHIZ'.
00:26:35.59\00:26:38.89
THAT'S A DERIVATIVE
OF SAYING JESUS' NAME.
00:26:38.89\00:26:41.90
I DON'T THINK YOU SHOULD
SAY ANYTHING THAT EVEN HAS THE
00:26:41.90\00:26:44.83
FLAVOR OF UTTERING THE NAME
OF GOD OR ANY OF ITS FORMS OR
00:26:44.83\00:26:49.10
DERIVATIVES. IT'S A HOLY NAME.
00:26:49.10\00:26:51.47
DO YOU MIND ME TELLING
YOU THE TRUTH LIKE THIS?
00:26:51.47\00:26:53.74
>>NO. >>I'VE GOT
TO MAKE HIM HAPPY.
00:26:53.74\00:26:55.68
I WANT TO MAKE YOU HAPPY
TOO BUT HE'S MORE IMPORTANT.
00:26:55.68\00:26:59.31
LUKE 1:49, "FOR HE WHO IS MIGHTY
HAS DONE GREAT THINGS FOR ME,
00:26:59.31\00:27:05.52
AND HOLY IS HIS NAME."
REVELATION 15:4, "WHO SHALL NOT
00:27:05.52\00:27:10.46
FEAR YOU, O LORD,
AND GLORIFY YOUR NAME?
00:27:10.46\00:27:12.96
FOR YOU ALONE ARE HOLY."
ISAIAH 57:15, "FOR THUS SAYS THE
00:27:12.96\00:27:18.90
HIGH AND LOFTY ONE WHO INHABITS
ETERNITY, WHOSE NAME IS HOLY."
00:27:18.90\00:27:25.07
JESUS SAID - JOHN 17:11 - "HOLY
FATHER, KEEP THROUGH YOUR NAME
00:27:25.07\00:27:30.51
THOSE WHOM YOU HAVE GIVEN ME,
THAT THEY MAY BE ONE AS WE ARE."
00:27:30.51\00:27:36.75
NOW WHY IS IT IMPORTANT TO
TALK ABOUT THE HOLY NAME OF GOD?
00:27:36.75\00:27:40.79
WHAT ARE THE 144,000 KNOWN
BY? LET ME READ IT - REVELATION
00:27:40.79\00:27:46.29
- BECAUSE WE ARE
CALLED TO HOLINESS.
00:27:46.29\00:27:49.46
REVELATION 14:1, "THEN I LOOKED,
AND BEHOLD, A LAMB STANDING ON
00:27:49.46\00:27:54.97
MOUNT ZION, AND WITH HIM ONE
HUNDRED AND FORTY-FOUR THOUSAND,
00:27:54.97\00:27:58.31
HAVING HIS FATHER'S NAME
WRITTEN ON THEIR FOREHEADS."
00:27:58.31\00:28:03.21
THE ONES WHO ARE SAVED WHEN
JESUS COMES HAVE A CONCEPT OF
00:28:03.21\00:28:06.65
THE HOLINESS OF GOD. YOU
KNOW, ONE OF THE SIGNS THAT
00:28:06.65\00:28:11.69
THERE'S REVIVAL IN THE CHURCH
IS THAT THERE WILL BE A GROWING
00:28:11.69\00:28:15.36
APPRECIATION FOR THE SINFULNESS
OF SIN AND THE HOLINESS OF GOD.
00:28:15.36\00:28:21.90
WHEN WE UNDERSTAND THE
SINFULNESS OF SIN IN THE LIGHT
00:28:21.90\00:28:24.37
OF THE CROSS - WHEN YOU SEE WHAT
JESUS SUFFERED FOR OUR SINS - IT
00:28:24.37\00:28:27.47
HELPS SIN APPEAR EXCEEDINGLY
SINFUL, AS PAUL SAYS.
00:28:27.47\00:28:31.97
AND WE DON'T JUST START - WHITE
WASH IT ALL THE TIME AND SAY,
00:28:31.97\00:28:34.51
'OH, YOU KNOW,
THAT'S A LITTLE THING.
00:28:34.51\00:28:35.58
DON'T TAKE YOURSELF TOO
SERIOUS.' YOU CAN'T HAVE A
00:28:35.58\00:28:38.18
THOROUGH REPENTANCE IF YOU DON'T
UNDERSTAND SIN IS DEADLY - THAT
00:28:38.18\00:28:42.88
IT'S TOXIC - THAT IT WILL KILL
- THAT WE CAN'T ENTER HEAVEN
00:28:42.88\00:28:46.82
UNLESS HE HAS
CLEANSED US FROM OUR SINS.
00:28:46.82\00:28:49.26
NOW I'M NOT
SAYING THIS TO SCARE YOU.
00:28:49.26\00:28:51.09
I'M SAYING THIS BECAUSE I WISH
IT WOULD EXCITE YOU LIKE IT DOES
00:28:51.09\00:28:52.63
ME. I LIKE TO SEE
THE MOST BEAUTIFUL
00:28:52.63\00:28:54.66
SIGHTS BUT YOU'VE GOT TO GO
A LONG WAY IF YOU WANT TO SEE
00:28:54.66\00:28:56.70
THEM. AND I WANT TO REALLY GET A
PICTURE OF GOD. I WANT TO REALLY
00:28:56.70\00:29:01.34
SEE GOD SOME DAY. THE
PURE IN HEART WILL SEE GOD.
00:29:01.34\00:29:06.91
AND SO GOD'S CALLING US TO
HOLINESS, BUT IT DOESN'T SCARE
00:29:06.91\00:29:09.21
ME BECAUSE GOD WILL NEVER ASK
YOU TO DO SOMETHING YOU CAN'T DO
00:29:09.21\00:29:13.05
AND I CAN DO ALL THINGS THROUGH
CHRIST THAT STRENGTHENS ME.
00:29:13.05\00:29:16.95
AND SO I DON'T GET DISCOURAGED
BECAUSE IT'S SANCTIFICATION AND
00:29:16.95\00:29:22.79
THAT TAKES TIME. WE
ARE CALLED THE HOLINESS .
00:29:22.79\00:29:25.66
LET ME GIVE YOU
SOME MORE VERSES ON THAT.
00:29:25.66\00:29:27.30
1 THESSALONIANS 4:7, "FOR GOD
DID NOT CALL US TO UNCLEANNESS,
00:29:27.30\00:29:32.73
BUT IN HOLINESS." - HE
CALLED US TO HOLINESS -
00:29:32.73\00:29:37.31
"THEREFORE, HE WHO REJECTS THIS
DOES NOT REJECT MAN, BUT GOD,
00:29:37.31\00:29:41.24
WHO HAS ALSO GIVEN
US HIS HOLY SPIRIT."
00:29:41.24\00:29:43.88
THERE IS NO REAL
HOLINESS WITHOUT CHRIST.
00:29:43.88\00:29:48.45
2 TIMOTHY 1:8 AND 9, BY "THE
POWER OF GOD, WHO HAS SAVED US
00:29:48.45\00:29:53.46
AND CALLED US
WITH A HOLY CALLING."
00:29:53.46\00:29:56.69
THESE ARE THE WRITINGS OF PAUL.
00:29:56.69\00:29:58.43
PEOPLE ALWAYS TURN TO PAUL
TO EMPHASIZE JUSTIFICATION, BUT
00:29:58.43\00:30:02.20
PAUL IS ALSO THE ONE WHO
TALKS ABOUT SANCTIFICATION.
00:30:02.20\00:30:05.27
GOD HAS CALLED
US TO A HOLY LIFE.
00:30:05.27\00:30:07.84
LUKE 1:74, THIS IS WHEN
ZACHARIAS SAID WHEN HIS MOUTH
00:30:07.84\00:30:13.88
WAS OPENED AND HE'S PRAISING
GOD AND THIS GREAT SPIRIT-FILLED
00:30:13.88\00:30:16.98
PRAYER - HE SAYS, "TO GRANT
US THAT WE, BEING DELIVERED FROM
00:30:16.98\00:30:20.58
THE HAND OF OUR ENEMIES," -
THAT'S THE DEVIL - "MIGHT SERVE
00:30:20.58\00:30:23.32
HIM WITHOUT FEAR, IN HOLINESS
AND RIGHTEOUSNESS BEFORE HIM ALL
00:30:23.32\00:30:28.86
THE DAYS OF OUR LIFE."
THROUGH THE COMING OF THE
00:30:28.86\00:30:31.56
MESSIAH WE MIGHT SERVE GOD -
BE DELIVERED FROM OUR ENEMY THE
00:30:31.56\00:30:35.16
DEVIL - AND SERVE HIM
WITHOUT FEAR IN HOLINESS AND
00:30:35.16\00:30:39.70
RIGHTEOUSNESS BEFORE HIM
ALL THE DAYS OF OUR LIFE.
00:30:39.70\00:30:42.90
CAN WE DO THAT? THAT'S EXCITING.
00:30:42.90\00:30:46.11
I WANT TO DO THAT
BECAUSE IT'S NOT THE NORM.
00:30:46.11\00:30:50.01
BUT I DON'T WANT TO BE NORMAL.
YOU ALREADY KNEW THAT. I WANT
00:30:50.01\00:30:56.35
TO BE SUPERNATURAL. THROUGH
GOD, I WANT THE HOLY SPIRIT.
00:30:56.35\00:31:03.26
AND THIS IS OUR VERSE THAT WE
STARTED WITH, 1 PETER 1:14, "AS
00:31:03.26\00:31:07.66
OBEDIENT CHILDREN, NOT
CONFORMING YOURSELVES TO THE
00:31:07.66\00:31:11.73
FORMER LUSTS," - NOW IS
THAT CLEAR THAT GOD DOESN'T JUST
00:31:11.73\00:31:15.47
JUSTIFY US, BUT HE DOES NOT
WANT US TO ANY LONGER CONFORM
00:31:15.47\00:31:20.34
OURSELVES TO THE FORMER LUSTS?
THAT MEANS THERE'S A FORMER -
00:31:20.34\00:31:24.55
BEFORE CHRISTIAN -
AND THERE'S AN AFTER.
00:31:24.55\00:31:27.15
YOU COME TO CHRIST AND
YOU BECOME A NEW CREATURE.
00:31:27.15\00:31:29.95
OLD THINGS ARE PASSED
AWAY. ALL THINGS ARE MADE NEW.
00:31:29.95\00:31:32.65
DO YOU HAVE THINGS IN YOUR
LIFE THAT YOU ARE CONSCIOUSLY
00:31:32.65\00:31:37.73
STRIVING FOR TO BE MORE
LIKE CHRIST - TO BE MORE HOLY?
00:31:37.73\00:31:41.46
>>AMEN. >>IN YOUR
THINKING, IN THE WAY
00:31:41.46\00:31:44.50
YOU SPEND YOUR TIME, IN
YOU MEANS, WHAT YOU EAT?
00:31:44.50\00:31:47.10
IN EVERY AREA OF MY LIFE -
GOD IS CALLING US TO LIVES OF
00:31:47.10\00:31:49.94
HOLINESS. AND
THAT MEANS YOU'RE DOING
00:31:49.94\00:31:52.31
THINGS DIFFERENTLY THAN
THE WORLD DOES THEM - IN AN
00:31:52.31\00:31:55.21
ATTRACTIVE WAY SO THAT YOU CAN
WIN OTHERS TO THAT HOLY LIFE.
00:31:55.21\00:32:00.35
OH, I DIDN'T FINISH - 1 PETER
1:14 - "AS OBEDIENT CHILDREN,
00:32:00.35\00:32:03.65
NOT CONFORMING YOURSELVES
TO THE FORMER LUSTS, AS IN YOUR
00:32:03.65\00:32:06.55
IGNORANCE; BUT AS HE WHO CALLED
YOU IS HOLY, YOU ALSO BE HOLY IN
00:32:06.55\00:32:12.23
ALL YOUR CONDUCT, BECAUSE IT
IS WRITTEN, 'BE HOLY, FOR I AM
00:32:12.23\00:32:16.20
HOLY.'" NOW,
DON'T BE DISCOURAGED.
00:32:16.20\00:32:19.20
SOME OF YOU HAVE BEEN IN THE
CHURCH FOR YEARS AND YOU JUST
00:32:19.20\00:32:21.54
DON'T FEEL LIKE
YOU'RE MAKING ANY PROGRESS.
00:32:21.54\00:32:23.74
BE CONCERNED, BUT
DON'T BE DISCOURAGED.
00:32:23.74\00:32:26.27
YOU OUGHT TO MAKE PROGRESS.
ALTHOUGH WE BECOME CHRISTIANS
00:32:26.27\00:32:32.08
INSTANTANEOUSLY BY FAITH
IN CHRIST, SANCTIFICATION
00:32:32.08\00:32:36.45
IS A GRADUAL PROCESS.
THERE ARE NO SHORTCUTS.
00:32:36.45\00:32:39.89
IT TAKES TIME TO BE
HOLY. FROM THE BOOK ACTS OF
00:32:39.89\00:32:42.92
THE APOSTLES PAGE 560,
"SANCTIFICATION IS NOT THE WORK
00:32:42.92\00:32:47.10
OF A MOMENT, AN HOUR, A
DAY, BUT OF A LIFETIME."
00:32:47.10\00:32:51.87
YOU ARE JUSTIFIED JUST LIKE YOU
ARE WHEN YOU COME TO JESUS, BUT
00:32:51.87\00:32:55.70
THEN THE GREATEST YEARNING
OF YOUR LIFE WILL BE TO BE LIKE
00:32:55.70\00:32:58.67
CHRIST AND THERE OUGHT TO
BE A RADICAL TRANSFORMATION OF
00:32:58.67\00:33:01.34
HOLINESS. USUALLY
IT BEGINS WITH VERY
00:33:01.34\00:33:04.48
CLEAR,
PROMINENT, OUTWARD THINGS.
00:33:04.48\00:33:07.38
THE BIG, MORE VISIBLE THINGS.
I MEAN, IF YOU'RE A THIEF
00:33:07.38\00:33:11.79
ALL STEALING SHOULD BE DONE.
IF YOU'RE A DRUG ADDICT, YOU
00:33:11.79\00:33:15.09
NEED TO GET THE
VICTORY OVER THOSE THINGS.
00:33:15.09\00:33:17.26
I MEAN, THERE'S JUST - DRAMATIC
CHANGES OUGHT TO HAPPEN RIGHT
00:33:17.26\00:33:18.99
AWAY. BUT THEN WHEN YOU COME TO
CHRIST YOU START NOTICING THAT
00:33:18.99\00:33:22.10
SOMETIMES THERE'S
HYPOCRISY IN THE HEART.
00:33:22.10\00:33:24.43
THERE'S PRIDE.
THERE'S SELFISHNESS.
00:33:24.43\00:33:27.40
IT'S ALL SO NATURAL FOR
US. IT'S THE CARNAL MAN.
00:33:27.40\00:33:30.64
IT'S THE FLESH - AND YOU'RE
GOING TO BE STRIVING AGAINST
00:33:30.64\00:33:33.14
THAT AS LONG AS YOU HAVE
FLESH. BUT YOU CAN LIVE A
00:33:33.14\00:33:37.38
HOLY LIFE IN THE
FLESH. YOU KNOW WHAT THEY
00:33:37.38\00:33:42.05
CALLED JOHN THE
BAPTIST? A HOLY MAN.
00:33:42.05\00:33:46.86
ELIJAH - THE HOLY PROPHETS.
AND THEN THE BIBLE TELLS US
00:33:46.86\00:33:50.99
THESE WERE PEOPLE THAT HAD THE
SAME NATURES THAT WE HAVE AND
00:33:50.99\00:33:54.93
YET THEY LIVED
THESE KIND OF LIVES.
00:33:54.93\00:33:56.87
HEBREWS 12:14, "PURSUE PEACE"
- NOW THIS IS ONE THAT YOU OUGHT
00:33:56.87\00:34:00.14
TO MAKE A NOTE OF, IF YOU'RE
MAKING ANY NOTES, THIS IS A VERY
00:34:00.14\00:34:02.94
IMPORTANT VERSE - "PURSUE PEACE"
- PURSUING IS SOMETHING YOU GO
00:34:02.94\00:34:06.68
AFTER, RIGHT?
PURSUE ISN'T LIKE THAT.
00:34:06.68\00:34:09.31
PURSUE IS LIKE THIS - OKAY, NOW
NOT ONLY YOU'RE PURSUING PEACE,
00:34:09.31\00:34:14.25
LET'S READ THE REST OF THE VERSE
- "PURSUE PEACE WITH ALL PEOPLE,
00:34:14.25\00:34:17.52
AND HOLINESS,"
- PURSUE HOLINESS.
00:34:17.52\00:34:20.82
THAT'S WHAT THIS MESSAGE IS ALL
ABOUT - A LIFE WHERE YOU'RE IN
00:34:20.82\00:34:23.46
THE PURSUIT OF HOLINESS.
"PURSUE PEACE WITH ALL PEOPLE,
00:34:23.46\00:34:28.40
AND HOLINESS" - NOTICE
THIS - "WITHOUT WHICH NO
00:34:28.40\00:34:31.93
ONE" - HOW MANY? - >>NO ONE.
00:34:31.93\00:34:33.84
>>"NO ONE WILL SEE THE LORD" -
NO ONE WILL SEE THE LORD UNLESS
00:34:33.84\00:34:39.94
WE EXPERIENCE THE HOLINESS THAT
CHRIST IS OFFERING US, AMEN?
00:34:39.94\00:34:44.91
I JUST DON'T WANT
TO FOOL YOU, FRIENDS.
00:34:44.91\00:34:46.41
I THINK THAT YOU NEED TO BE
STRAIGHT THAT GOD IS CALLING US
00:34:46.41\00:34:50.05
TO LIVES OF HOLINESS.
YOU'LL GET IT INSTANTLY WHEN YOU
00:34:50.05\00:34:52.42
COME TO JESUS, BUT THEN, IF YOU
REALLY LOVE HIM, YOU'RE GOING TO
00:34:52.42\00:34:55.96
CLAIM THAT POWER EVERY
DAY AND WANT TO BE CONTINUALLY
00:34:55.96\00:34:59.19
TRANSFORMED INTO HIS
IMAGE. THE PURE IN HEART ARE THE
00:34:59.19\00:35:02.13
ONES THAT WILL SEE
GOD. WITHOUT HOLINESS NO
00:35:02.13\00:35:04.17
ONE WILL SEE GOD. THESE
ARE THE WORDS OF CHRIST.
00:35:04.17\00:35:07.07
1 THESSALONIANS 4:3 THROUGH
5, "FOR THIS IS THE WILL OF GOD,
00:35:07.07\00:35:12.64
YOUR SANCTIFICATION: THAT
YOU SHOULD ABSTAIN FROM SEXUAL
00:35:12.64\00:35:15.84
IMMORALITY; THAT EACH OF YOU
SHOULD KNOW HOW TO POSSESS HIS
00:35:15.84\00:35:19.35
OWN VESSEL IN SANCTIFICATION AND
HONOR, NOT IN PASSION OF LUST,
00:35:19.35\00:35:23.72
LIKE THE GENTILES
WHO DO NOT KNOW GOD."
00:35:23.72\00:35:26.05
YOU KNOW WHAT ONE
OF THE BEST TOOLS IS?
00:35:26.05\00:35:30.19
ONE OF THE BEST TRICKS
- POWERS - TO HOLINESS?
00:35:30.19\00:35:35.50
IS HOLINESS. WHEN
YOU REALIZE THAT THE LORD
00:35:35.50\00:35:41.24
HAS GIVEN YOU THE GIFT OF
HOLINESS THROUGH JUSTIFICATION -
00:35:41.24\00:35:45.61
HE DECLARES YOU HOLY - IT
MAKES YOU WANT TO HANG ON TO IT.
00:35:45.61\00:35:49.64
YOU HEARD ABOUT KING ARTHUR'S
KNIGHTS OF THE ROUND TABLE?
00:35:49.64\00:35:53.95
I'M STARTING TO LOSE
YOU; I NEED TO TELL A STORY.
00:35:53.95\00:35:56.08
(LAUGHTER) I CAN
LOOK AT YOUR FACES.
00:35:56.08\00:35:58.55
(LAUGHTER) AND YOU - YOU'VE
HEARD OF, LIKE, SIR LANCELOT,
00:35:58.55\00:36:04.03
YOU KNOW, HE HAD THE TORRID
AFFAIR WITH GUINEVERE, WHO WAS
00:36:04.03\00:36:07.03
MARRIED TO ARTHUR.
NOW I'VE REALLY GOT YOU.
00:36:07.03\00:36:10.47
BUT THERE WAS ANOTHER ONE OF
THE KNIGHTS OF THE ROUND TABLE,
00:36:10.47\00:36:12.33
ACCORDING TO THIS ANCIENT LORE,
HIS NAME WAS GALAHAD AND HE
00:36:12.33\00:36:16.10
SAID, 'I'VE GOT THE STRENGTH
OF TEN MEN BECAUSE MY HEART IS
00:36:16.10\00:36:19.87
PURE.' AND THERE'S SOMETHING
ABOUT WHEN YOU KNOW YOU HAVE
00:36:19.87\00:36:24.61
ETERNAL LIFE AND WHEN YOU KNOW
WHAT YOUR SALVATION HAS COST AND
00:36:24.61\00:36:29.22
THAT JESUS HAS DECLARED YOU
HOLY, YOU DON'T WANT TO SQUANDER
00:36:29.22\00:36:32.42
THAT EXPERIENCE. THE
ATTRACTION OF MOST SIN IS
00:36:32.42\00:36:36.49
LOST BECAUSE YOU
THINK, 'I HAVE SO MUCH MORE.
00:36:36.49\00:36:40.50
I HAVE ETERNAL LIFE.' BUT
THE REASON WE SO QUICKLY FALL IS
00:36:40.50\00:36:44.10
PEOPLE DON'T REALLY GET
THE ORIGINAL WHEN THEY COME TO
00:36:44.10\00:36:48.37
CHRIST IN JUSTIFICATION.
THE WAY THAT WE'RE CALLED
00:36:48.37\00:36:52.34
TO WALK IS A HOLY
WALK. IT'S A HOLY WAY.
00:36:52.34\00:36:56.24
ISAIAH 35:8, "A HIGHWAY SHALL BE
THERE, AND A ROAD, AND IT SHALL
00:36:56.24\00:37:01.02
BE CALLED THE
HIGHWAY OF HOLINESS.
00:37:01.02\00:37:03.59
THE UNCLEAN SHALL
NOT PASS OVER IT."
00:37:03.59\00:37:06.89
THIS IS THE STRAIGHT, NARROW
WAY THAT GOD HAS CALLED US TO
00:37:06.89\00:37:11.06
HEAVEN. IT'S A DIFFERENT WALK.
00:37:11.06\00:37:13.76
WE'RE CALLED TO WALK EVEN AS HE
WALKED, THE BIBLE SAYS, AND HOW
00:37:13.76\00:37:17.00
DID JESUS WALK? WHO DID NO
SIN - HE LIVED A HOLY LIFE.
00:37:17.00\00:37:21.37
JOHN 14:6 - AND
WHAT IS THAT WALK?
00:37:21.37\00:37:24.71
JESUS SAID, "I AM THE WAY" -
THIS IS THE HIGHWAY OF HOLINESS
00:37:24.71\00:37:27.38
- "I AM THE WAY,
THE TRUTH AND THE LIFE.
00:37:27.38\00:37:30.08
NO ONE COMES TO THE
FATHER EXCEPT THROUGH ME."
00:37:30.08\00:37:33.75
HE IS THE ROAD ITSELF. >>AMEN.
00:37:33.75\00:37:36.12
>>NOW ONE REASON THIS IS AN
EXCITING MESSAGE FOR ME IS THE
00:37:36.12\00:37:41.26
WORLD IS LONGING TO
SEE REAL CHRISTIANITY.
00:37:41.26\00:37:46.33
YOU WILL SEE - YOU KNOW WHY THE
GOSPEL WENT SO FAR SO FAST IN
00:37:46.33\00:37:49.73
ONE GENERATION?
BECAUSE THE EARLY CHURCH
00:37:49.73\00:37:53.03
UNDERSTOOD THE CONCEPT
OF WHAT IT MEANT TO BE HOLY.
00:37:53.03\00:37:57.51
THEY UNDERSTOOD THE CONCEPT
OF WHAT IT - THE HIGH CALLING -
00:37:57.51\00:38:01.38
BECAUSE THEY HAD JESUS - THEY
HAD EXHIBIT A OF JESUS LIVING
00:38:01.38\00:38:05.51
AMONG THEM FOR YEARS.
THEY SAW HIM LIVING IT OUT AND
00:38:05.51\00:38:09.18
WHEN HE LEFT, THEY
WANTED TO LIVE HIS KIND OF LIFE.
00:38:09.18\00:38:12.45
AND SO THE EARLY CHURCH, THE
APOSTLES AND THE DISCIPLES BACK
00:38:12.45\00:38:15.36
THEN, THEY WERE LIVING
A DIFFERENT KIND OF LIFE.
00:38:15.36\00:38:18.33
AND IT WAS SO ATTRACTIVE
THAT THE CHURCH JUST WENT LIKE
00:38:18.33\00:38:22.03
WILDFIRE BECAUSE CHRISTIANS
LIVED LIKE - AH - CHRISTIANS.
00:38:22.03\00:38:27.04
THEY LOVED EACH
OTHER. THEY WERE GENEROUS.
00:38:27.04\00:38:30.84
THEY LIVED
DIFFERENTLY. THEY WERE HOLY.
00:38:30.84\00:38:33.11
THERE WAS A PURITY IN THE WAY
THEY LIVED. AND ALL THE PAGANS
00:38:33.11\00:38:36.78
SAID, 'WOW, THEY'VE GOT
SOMETHING THAT'S EXCITING.
00:38:36.78\00:38:40.18
THEY'VE GOT SOMETHING
THAT'S ATTRACTIVE' - AND IT WAS
00:38:40.18\00:38:42.85
EVANGELISTIC IN WHAT IT DID.
EVERYBODY THOUGHT, 'IT'S REAL!
00:38:42.85\00:38:47.06
ALL THESE OTHER GODS' - AND SOME
OF THEIR WORSHIP WAS EXTREMELY
00:38:47.06\00:38:50.49
DEGRADING - BUT THE GOD THAT
THEY WORSHIPED WAS A PURE AND A
00:38:50.49\00:38:55.66
HOLY GOD. THERE WAS
SOMETHING LOFTY ABOUT IT.
00:38:55.66\00:38:58.60
THINK ABOUT, FOR A MOMENT, SOME
OF THE GREATEST WITNESSES IN
00:38:58.60\00:39:02.40
HISTORY: DANIEL IN
BABYLON LIVED A HOLY LIFE.
00:39:02.40\00:39:08.28
DO YOU AGREE? >>AMEN.
00:39:08.28\00:39:10.08
>>CAN YOU TELL ME ABOUT ANY
BIG FALL OR SIN OF DANIEL'S?
00:39:10.08\00:39:13.31
NO. I'M SURE HE
SINNED BECAUSE ALL
00:39:13.31\00:39:16.72
HAVE SINNED, OTHER THAN
JESUS, BUT HE LIVED A HOLY LIFE.
00:39:16.72\00:39:20.52
THE ANGELS CAME AND
SAID, 'DANIEL, YOU ARE GREATLY
00:39:20.52\00:39:22.12
BELOVED. BECAUSE OF
DANIEL'S CONSISTENT,
00:39:22.12\00:39:25.16
HOLY LIFE, THE KING OF PERSIA
MADE A DECREE THAT WENT TO THE
00:39:25.16\00:39:30.23
THEN-KNOWN WORLD, TO
WORSHIP THE GOD OF HEAVEN.
00:39:30.23\00:39:34.57
AND DANIEL JUST LIVED HIS
LIFE AND PRAYED HIS PRAYER AND
00:39:34.57\00:39:37.17
BECAUSE HE PRAYED AND HE OPENED
HIS WINDOW, AND HE LIVED THAT
00:39:37.17\00:39:39.21
LIFE, HE SURVIVED THE LIONS' DEN
AND THE WHOLE WORLD SAW DANIEL
00:39:39.21\00:39:43.21
ON THE FRONT PAGES SAYING,
'NOW HERE IS A REAL GOD.'
00:39:43.21\00:39:46.45
BECAUSE HE LIVED A HOLY LIFE.
00:39:46.45\00:39:48.82
SHADRACH, MESHACH, AND ABEDNEGO
WERE IN BABYLON SURROUNDED BY
00:39:48.82\00:39:52.62
PAGANS ALL BOWING
DOWN TO A FALSE IMAGE.
00:39:52.62\00:39:55.76
THEY DECIDED TO PUT GOD
FIRST AND LIVE A HOLY LIFE.
00:39:55.76\00:39:58.36
BECAUSE THEY DID, KING
NEBUCHADNEZZAR SENT OUT THE
00:39:58.36\00:40:01.43
HEADLINES AROUND THE EMPIRE
- AROUND THE WORLD - THAT SAID
00:40:01.43\00:40:04.87
'THERE IS NO GOD LIKE THE GOD OF
SHADRACH, MESHACH, AND ABEDNEGO.
00:40:04.87\00:40:08.40
THEY SAID VERY LITTLE, BUT THEY
DIDN'T BOW DOWN WHEN EVERYONE
00:40:08.40\00:40:12.44
ELSE BOWED DOWN.
AND WHAT DID IT DO
00:40:12.44\00:40:14.04
EVANGELISTICALLY? IT DID
MORE TO SPREAD THE GOSPEL
00:40:14.04\00:40:17.41
BECAUSE GOD WAS LOOKING FOR
PEOPLE THAT WOULD STAND UP FOR
00:40:17.41\00:40:21.78
HIM AND HE DID WONDERFUL THINGS.
I THINK WE'RE GOING TO SEE
00:40:21.78\00:40:26.62
OPPORTUNITIES TO STAND
UP FOR GOD IN THE FUTURE.
00:40:26.62\00:40:30.89
1 PETER 2:9, "BUT YOU ARE
A CHOSEN GENERATION, A ROYAL
00:40:30.89\00:40:35.46
PRIESTHOOD, A HOLY NATION," -
NOW THIS IS A MESSAGE FROM GOD
00:40:35.46\00:40:39.00
TO YOU, THE CHURCH.
ISN'T THAT WHO HE'S TALKING TO?
00:40:39.00\00:40:42.00
- YOU ARE A HOLY NATION - WHAT
KIND OF NATION? A HOLY NATION.
00:40:42.00\00:40:46.78
"HIS OWN SPECIAL PEOPLE" - WE
ARE SEPARATE - SET APART - "THAT
00:40:46.78\00:40:50.18
YOU MAY PROCLAIM THE PRAISES
OF HIM WHO CALLED YOU OUT OF
00:40:50.18\00:40:53.85
DARKNESS" - THE SINS OF
THE WORLD - "INTO HIS MARVELOUS
00:40:53.85\00:40:57.25
LIGHT;" - IT'S A
NEW KIND OF LIFE.
00:40:57.25\00:40:59.95
IT'S AN EXCITING LIFE.
THAT'S THE KIND OF LIFE
00:40:59.95\00:41:04.53
THAT'S ATTRACTIVE TO
ME. IT'S WHY I WANTED
00:41:04.53\00:41:06.36
TO BE A CHRISTIAN. I
TRIED ALL THESE DIFFERENT
00:41:06.36\00:41:07.96
RELIGIONS - IT ALL SEEMED SO
EMPTY AND VAIN AND HYPOCRITICAL.
00:41:07.96\00:41:12.17
I'D MET SO MANY COUNTERFEIT
CHRISTIANS, WHEN I SAW JESUS I
00:41:12.17\00:41:15.40
SAID, 'WOW, HERE'S THE
REAL THING.' IT'S EVANGELISTIC.
00:41:15.40\00:41:21.78
BILLY GRAHAM SAID, 'WHEN REVIVAL
COMES, I EXPECT TO SEE TWO
00:41:21.78\00:41:25.55
THINGS THAT I'VE NOT SEEN
YET: FIRST, A NEW SENSE OF THE
00:41:25.55\00:41:28.35
HOLINESS OF GOD ON THE PART OF
CHRISTIANS, AND SECONDLY, A NEW
00:41:28.35\00:41:32.25
SENSE OF THE SINFULNESS OF
SIN ON THE PART OF CHRISTIANS.
00:41:32.25\00:41:35.46
JOB FEARED GOD AND HE HATED EVIL
AND GOD DID WONDERFUL THINGS
00:41:35.46\00:41:40.06
THROUGH HIM. PSALM
51 - LISTEN TO DAVID'S
00:41:40.06\00:41:43.37
PRAYER - VERSE 11, "DO NOT CAST
ME AWAY FROM YOUR PRESENCE, AND
00:41:43.37\00:41:48.00
DO NOT TAKE YOUR
HOLY SPIRIT FROM ME.
00:41:48.00\00:41:50.47
RESTORE UNTO ME THE JOY OF YOUR
SALVATION, AND UPHOLD ME BY YOUR
00:41:50.47\00:41:54.04
GENEROUS SPIRIT. THEN I
WILL TEACH TRANSGRESSORS
00:41:54.04\00:41:57.71
YOUR WAYS, AND SINNERS
SHALL BE CONVERTED TO YOU."
00:41:57.71\00:42:01.12
NOTICE, HE SAYS THE HOLY SPIRIT
TWICE. HE CALLS IT THE GENEROUS
00:42:01.12\00:42:04.42
SPIRIT AND THE HOLY SPIRIT - HE
SAID, 'DO NOT CAST ME AWAY FROM
00:42:04.42\00:42:07.86
YOUR PRESENCE' - SO YOU'VE GOT
THE HOLY SPIRIT TWICE AND JOY -
00:42:07.86\00:42:11.99
'THEN SINNERS
WILL BE CONVERTED'.
00:42:11.99\00:42:15.80
IF GOD'S PEOPLE HAD THE HOLY
SPIRIT - IF WE WERE LIVING HOLY
00:42:15.80\00:42:18.70
LIVES, FORGIVEN FROM OUR SINS
- DAVID HAD JUST COMMITTED A
00:42:18.70\00:42:22.00
TERRIBLE SIN AND YET HE SAYS,
'LORD, IF YOU WILL FORGIVE ME -
00:42:22.00\00:42:25.17
IF YOU WILL CLEANSE
ME - DO NOT CAST ME AWAY.
00:42:25.17\00:42:28.48
GIVE ME YOUR HOLY SPIRIT.
SINNERS WILL BE CONVERTED
00:42:28.48\00:42:30.68
TO YOU.' >>AMEN.
00:42:30.68\00:42:33.95
>>YOU WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO
SEND OUT ENOUGH HANDBILLS FOR AN
00:42:33.95\00:42:36.35
EVANGELISTIC MEETING TO CONVERT
AS MANY PEOPLE AS WILL BE
00:42:36.35\00:42:39.05
CONVERTED BY A HOLY LIFE.
THERE'S NOTHING THAT'S GOING
00:42:39.05\00:42:43.63
TO SEND THE GOSPEL FASTER.
THERE'S ALL THESE MACHINES THAT
00:42:43.63\00:42:46.73
PEOPLE ARE THINKING, 'OH, IF
I HAD THIS NEW DUCAINE MACHINE I
00:42:46.73\00:42:49.43
COULD DO EVANGELISM.' ANY OF YOU
REMEMBER THE DUCAINE MACHINE?
00:42:49.43\00:42:52.37
NO ONE REMEMBERS
THE DUCAINE MACHINE.
00:42:52.37\00:42:55.77
SOME OF YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT
I'M TALKING ABOUT - THANK YOU,
00:42:55.77\00:42:58.01
LUKE. YOU REMEMBER THE
DUCAINE - THEY COST $300.00.
00:42:58.01\00:43:01.24
I THOUGHT, 'HOW
CAN I AFFORD THIS?'
00:43:01.24\00:43:02.34
'BUT IT'LL WIN SOULS.
BETTER MACHINE' - IT WAS A SLIDE
00:43:02.34\00:43:04.95
MACHINE WITH THE AUDIOTAPE
THAT YOU PUT IN IT THAT DID
00:43:04.95\00:43:06.85
AN EVANGELISTIC
MEETING. THEY WERE GREAT.
00:43:06.85\00:43:11.45
I SPENT A LOT OF MONEY
ON EVANGELISTIC EQUIPMENT.
00:43:11.45\00:43:15.16
I HAD, ONE TIME, NINE PROJECTORS
- NO, NO, I HAD THREE PROJECTORS
00:43:15.16\00:43:21.73
- YEAH, I HAD THREE PROJECTORS
AND A COMPUTER AND I HAD A
00:43:21.73\00:43:24.43
CAROUSEL - THREE CAROUSELS
OF SLIDES FOR EVERY EVANGELISTIC
00:43:24.43\00:43:28.54
PRESENTATION AND THEY ALL
INTERSPERSED AND I HAD ALL THIS
00:43:28.54\00:43:31.07
EQUIPMENT AND SCREENS AND -
KEN COX - HE HAD LIKE TWELVE
00:43:31.07\00:43:36.18
PROJECTORS BEHIND - PEOPLE
WOULD COME TO HIS MEETINGS.
00:43:36.18\00:43:41.55
MAYBE WHAT WE NEED IS MORE
MACHINES AND WE COULD DO BETTER
00:43:41.55\00:43:44.65
EVANGELISM. MAYBE
IF WE HAD MORE MONEY.
00:43:44.65\00:43:48.42
AT AMAZING FACTS WE SEND
OUT APPEAL LETTERS EVERY MONTH
00:43:48.42\00:43:51.56
BECAUSE WE KNOW IF WE HAD MORE
MONEY WE COULD BROADCAST THE
00:43:51.56\00:43:53.60
MESSAGE MORE AND, THEORETICALLY,
HAVE MORE BAPTISMS.
00:43:53.60\00:43:57.77
AND THOSE THINGS DO
HELP - DON'T MISUNDERSTAND.
00:43:57.77\00:43:59.87
WHY DO WE MAKE
OFFERING APPEALS HERE?
00:43:59.87\00:44:01.57
WE TAKE UP EVANGELISM -
IT DOES MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
00:44:01.57\00:44:03.61
NONE OF IT COMES NEAR -
THE MONEY, THE MACHINES - THE
00:44:03.61\00:44:07.01
METHODS DO NOT COME NEAR THE
EVANGELISM YOU WILL SEE IF YOU
00:44:07.01\00:44:11.21
HAD BETTER MEN
AND WOMEN. >>AMEN.
00:44:11.21\00:44:14.22
>>IF THERE WAS A HOLINESS
IN THE LIVES OF GOD'S PEOPLE.
00:44:14.22\00:44:17.15
THE GOSPEL WOULD JUST - IT WOULD
EXPLODE. IT WOULD TAKE OFF AND
00:44:17.15\00:44:20.36
GO LIKE CRAZY.
SO WHAT'S GOING TO
00:44:20.36\00:44:23.43
MAKE THE DIFFERENCE?
HOW DO WE LIVE HOLY LIVES?
00:44:23.43\00:44:27.96
WELL, VERY SIMPLY,
TURN YOUR EYES ON JESUS.
00:44:27.96\00:44:32.30
WALKING WITH CHRIST, BEING
IN COMMUNION WITH CHRIST - YOU
00:44:32.30\00:44:36.10
KNOW, IT'S HARD TO SIN IF JESUS
IS STANDING RIGHT NEXT TO YOU.
00:44:36.10\00:44:39.31
NOW, BY THE WAY, HE
IS, YOU JUST FORGET.
00:44:39.31\00:44:43.21
IT'S HARD TO SIN WHEN YOU KNOW
AND YOU REMEMBER - IF YOU COULD
00:44:43.21\00:44:46.41
SEE HIM - HE SAYS,
'I'LL NEVER LEAVE YOU.'
00:44:46.41\00:44:49.15
BUT WE ALL WITH UNVEILED
FACE - 2 CORINTHIANS 3:18 -
00:44:49.15\00:44:53.86
"BUT WE ALL, WITH
UNVEILED FACE, BEHOLDING AS IN
00:44:53.86\00:44:56.42
A MIRROR THE GLORY OF THE LORD,
ARE BEING TRANSFORMED" - I LIKE
00:44:56.42\00:45:00.80
HE SAID 'ARE
BEING' - IT'S A PROCESS.
00:45:00.80\00:45:03.87
BUT AS WE CONTINUE TO LOOK UPON
THE LORD - TO STUDY THE LIFE OF
00:45:03.87\00:45:08.97
JESUS, YOU BECOME
LIKE WHAT YOU LOOK AT.
00:45:08.97\00:45:12.17
OUR SOULS ARE ALL SOMETHING
LIKE A PHOTOGRAPHIC PLATE.
00:45:12.17\00:45:15.21
YOU EVER SEE ANY OF THOSE
OLD BLACK AND WHITE PICTURES?
00:45:15.21\00:45:18.51
I JUST WAS LOOKING AT THIS THING
ON THE CIVIL WAR AND YOU SEE ALL
00:45:18.51\00:45:20.92
THESE CIVIL WAR PICTURES AND
THEY USED TO STAND - THEY WOULD
00:45:20.92\00:45:23.08
ACTUALLY PROP PEOPLE UP BECAUSE
THEY WOULD OPEN THE APERTURE
00:45:23.08\00:45:25.25
AND IF THE PEOPLE
MOVED AT ALL IT WAS BLURRY.
00:45:25.25\00:45:28.06
AND THEY HAD TO FREEZE - AND
THAT'S WHY THEY'RE ALL FROWNING,
00:45:28.06\00:45:30.16
BECAUSE THEY COULDN'T HOLD
A SMILE THAT LONG - THOSE OLD
00:45:30.16\00:45:32.49
PICTURES. THEY WERE PROBABLY
HAPPIER THAN THEY LOOKED.
00:45:32.49\00:45:36.16
BUT THEY'D FREEZE AND THEY'D
TAKE THIS PICTURE AND THEY'D
00:45:36.16\00:45:38.83
ACTUALLY BURN GUNPOWDER FOR
AWHILE TO GET IT BRIGHT ENOUGH.
00:45:38.83\00:45:42.64
AND THEY KNEW THAT THEY WOULD
IMPRESS THAT IMAGE ON THE PLATE.
00:45:42.64\00:45:45.54
WELL, YOU KNOW, OUR SOULS ARE
LIKE THOSE PLATES IN THAT YOU
00:45:45.54\00:45:50.61
BECOME LIKE WHAT YOU LOOK AT.
AND THAT'S - THAT'S ONE OF THE
00:45:50.61\00:45:55.42
MOST IMPORTANT THINGS I COULD
SAY TO YOU: IF YOU WANT TO HAVE
00:45:55.42\00:45:58.02
HOLINESS AND PURITY, BE REALLY
CAREFUL WHAT YOU LOOK AT BECAUSE
00:45:58.02\00:46:03.12
YOU ARE GOING TO BE TRANSFORMED
INTO WHAT YOU LOOK AT.
00:46:03.12\00:46:06.03
THAT'S WHY GOD WAS SO DOWN ON
IDOLATRY, BECAUSE IT LOWERED THE
00:46:06.03\00:46:09.16
CONCEPTION OF WHO HE WAS
BY MAKING THE LORD LOOK LIKE A
00:46:09.16\00:46:14.94
LITTLE PLASTIC FIGURINE OR A
FISH OR A COW OR THE THINGS THAT
00:46:14.94\00:46:19.97
THEY WOULD WORSHIP - TOTALLY
DESTROYED THE CONCEPT OF THE
00:46:19.97\00:46:22.54
HOLINESS, THE LOFTY,
EXALTED NATURE OF WHO GOD IS.
00:46:22.54\00:46:27.42
THINK ABOUT HOW BIG
SPACE IS - IT'S MIND-BOGGLING.
00:46:27.42\00:46:31.42
YOU CAN'T COMPREHEND HOW
YOU REACH THE END OF ETERNITY.
00:46:31.42\00:46:35.36
IF YOU COULD FLY A BILLION
TIMES THE SPEED OF LIGHT, LIKE A
00:46:35.36\00:46:37.73
MISSILE, STRAIGHT OUT INTO SPACE
- YOU NEVER REACH THE END OF
00:46:37.73\00:46:40.66
GOD'S DOMINION. AND
HE SAID, 'I AM WILLING
00:46:40.66\00:46:43.53
TO ABIDE WITH YOU.' WHAT
A PRIVILEGE. THAT'S HOLY.
00:46:43.53\00:46:47.27
HE'S SEPARATE. HE'S
BEYOND OUR COMPREHENSION.
00:46:47.27\00:46:49.97
SO WHEN YOU START LOOKING AT THE
FRIVOLOUS, GOOFY, UGLY THINGS IN
00:46:49.97\00:46:54.44
THE WORLD AND YOU CONTINUE TO
GAZE UPON THOSE THINGS, IT JUST
00:46:54.44\00:46:58.45
DEGRADES THE
CALLING OF GOD IN YOUR LIFE.
00:46:58.45\00:47:02.62
AND YOU AND I ARE
SURROUNDED BY SCREENS RIGHT NOW.
00:47:02.62\00:47:05.82
YOU'VE PROBABLY GOT A
COMPUTER SCREEN, MOST OF YOU.
00:47:05.82\00:47:09.39
SOME OF YOU HAVE GOT
TV SCREENS, MANY OF THEM.
00:47:09.39\00:47:13.96
YOU'VE GOT PHONE SCREENS - HOW
MANY OF YOU HAVE A PHONE SCREEN?
00:47:13.96\00:47:18.00
I WAS AT THE GAS STATION
NOT LONG AGO, PUMPING GAS.
00:47:18.00\00:47:20.44
AND I HEARD THIS NOISE AND THERE
WAS A TV SCREEN - IT WAS PLAYING
00:47:20.44\00:47:24.27
A COMMERCIAL. I
COULDN'T EVEN PUMP MY GAS
00:47:24.27\00:47:26.37
WITHOUT A COMMERCIAL PLAYING.
SO WE'RE JUST SURROUNDED BUT,
00:47:26.37\00:47:31.98
YOU KNOW, WE'RE JUST ABSOLUTELY
DROWNING IN MESSAGES -
00:47:31.98\00:47:35.38
UNLIKE ANY OTHER GENERATION.
THE DEVIL IS SO AFRAID THAT GOD
00:47:35.38\00:47:39.22
WOULD RAISE UP A LAST GENERATION
THAT GOD WOULD WANT TO BE HOLY,
00:47:39.22\00:47:43.29
THAT HE IS BOMBARDING US WITH
A BLIZZARD OF WICKED MESSAGES.
00:47:43.29\00:47:47.93
AND SOME OF IT YOU CAN'T CONTROL
BECAUSE IT'S JUST AROUND YOU
00:47:47.93\00:47:50.23
EVERYWHERE. I GOT ON
THE PHONE THE OTHER DAY
00:47:50.23\00:47:53.67
AND HAD TO APOLOGIZE FOR
THE BACKGROUND MUSIC IN THE
00:47:53.67\00:47:55.60
RESTAURANT I WAS IN. I
THOUGHT 'THEY'RE GOING TO
00:47:55.60\00:47:57.71
WONDER, 'WHERE IS PASTOR DOUG?''
(LAUGHTER) AND I SAID, 'I KNOW
00:47:57.71\00:48:00.81
THIS MUSIC'S AWFUL' - I
SAID - 'I CAN'T HELP IT.
00:48:00.81\00:48:02.58
I'M ORDERING HERE IN
LINE.' BUT SO IT'S EVERYWHERE.
00:48:02.58\00:48:08.58
BUT THERE'S A LOT OF IT
THAT WE WELCOME INTO OUR LIVES.
00:48:08.58\00:48:12.45
WE INVITE IT INTO OUR LIVES.
AND THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN MAKE
00:48:12.45\00:48:15.42
A DIFFERENCE WITH -
AND IT'S AFFECTING US.
00:48:15.42\00:48:19.23
AND A LOT OF THAT TIME THAT WE
WASTE ON THE GOBBLEDYGOOK OF THE
00:48:19.23\00:48:22.30
WORLD WE COULD BE FILLING
OUR MINDS WITH THE WORD OF GOD -
00:48:22.30\00:48:27.47
SURROUNDING OURSELVES
WITH THE MESSAGES OF CHRIST.
00:48:27.47\00:48:30.27
AND YOU NEED TO WORK REALLY
HARD TO COMPENSATE FOR THE
00:48:30.27\00:48:32.44
BOMBARDMENT THAT - YOU
KNOW WHAT YOU DO NOW WHEN
00:48:32.44\00:48:36.11
YOU WANT TO CONQUER AN ENEMY?
00:48:36.11\00:48:37.35
YOU JUST BOMBARD THEM UNTIL THEY
JUST - THEY GET SHELL-SHOCKED
00:48:37.35\00:48:40.72
AND THEY COME OUT
WITH THEIR HANDS UP.
00:48:40.72\00:48:43.22
AND THAT'S WHAT THE DEVIL IS
DOING TO OUR CULTURE RIGHT NOW
00:48:43.22\00:48:45.39
IS THE CHRISTIANS IN THE WORLD
ARE BEING SO BOMBARDED BY THESE
00:48:45.39\00:48:50.43
DIABOLICAL MESSAGES, THAT WE'RE
JUST THROWING UP OUR HANDS OR WE
00:48:50.43\00:48:53.16
SAY, 'I'M GLAD I'M JUSTIFIED.
FORGET ABOUT SANCTIFICATION.
00:48:53.16\00:48:56.03
IT IS SUCH A WICKED WORLD.'
BUT WE'VE GOT TO LEARN CHRIST IS
00:48:56.03\00:49:00.44
CALLING US - YES, EVEN IN THIS
WICKED LAST GENERATION - TO LIVE
00:49:00.44\00:49:05.21
HOLY LIVES. YOU
KNOW, THERE'S A PROMISE:
00:49:05.21\00:49:08.18
'WHERE SIN
ABOUNDS, GRACE ABOUNDS'.
00:49:08.18\00:49:10.38
THINGS ARE WORSE THAN THEY'VE
EVER BEEN, AS FAR AS SIN.
00:49:10.38\00:49:13.62
THEY REALLY ARE, I MEAN, OH,
MAYBE BAD AS THE DAYS OF SODOM
00:49:13.62\00:49:17.19
OR LOT AND NOAH, BUT THAT'S
HOW JESUS SAID IT WOULD BE, BUT
00:49:17.19\00:49:20.86
WHERE SIN
ABOUNDS, GRACE ABOUNDS.
00:49:20.86\00:49:22.69
THAT MEANS THAT, YES, IT IS
WORSE THAN IT'S EVER BEEN AND
00:49:22.69\00:49:24.96
JESUS SAID, 'I WILL GIVE
YOU MORE GRACE THAN YOU'VE EVER
00:49:24.96\00:49:27.50
NEEDED TO LIVE HOLY
LIVES IN THIS GENERATION.
00:49:27.50\00:49:32.23
BUT CHRIST HAS TO BE
THE MIDDLE OF OUR FOCUS.
00:49:32.23\00:49:35.70
WE'RE TRANSFORMED BY BEHOLDING.
00:49:35.70\00:49:37.97
YOU MAY HAVE HEARD ME SHARE THE
STORY BEFORE ABOUT THIS OLD GUY,
00:49:37.97\00:49:41.34
WILBUR, HE WAS A RETIRED
BATCHELOR, NEVER MARRIED, LIVED
00:49:41.34\00:49:45.75
BY HIMSELF AND HE'D GO, ONCE A
DAY, HE'D WALK DOWNTOWN AND MEET
00:49:45.75\00:49:49.92
WITH HIS FRIENDS
AT THE COFFEE SHOP.
00:49:49.92\00:49:51.42
THEY'D HAVE LUNCH TOGETHER AND
THAT WAS SORT OF HIS RITUAL, BUT
00:49:51.42\00:49:53.76
ONE DAY HE NOTICES - HE WALKED
BY THE ANTIQUE STORE ON HIS WAY
00:49:53.76\00:49:56.89
TO THE COFFEE SHOP - THEY HAD
PUT THIS BEAUTIFUL VASE IN THE
00:49:56.89\00:49:59.43
WINDOW, AND IT'S HARD TO
EXPLAIN, BUT IT WAS JUST, SORT
00:49:59.43\00:50:03.13
OF, IT WAS LIKE BLOWN GLASS WITH
ALL THE COLORS OF A RAINBOW -
00:50:03.13\00:50:07.00
KIND OF LIKE A HUMMINGBIRD'S
THROAT - ALL THESE DIFFERENT
00:50:07.00\00:50:09.27
COLORS AND IT KIND OF SHIMMERED
AND SHINED AND IT WAS VERY
00:50:09.27\00:50:13.34
CAREFULLY DESIGNED AND HAD
EXQUISITE PATTERNS AND THE GLASS
00:50:13.34\00:50:17.51
SHAPES THEY PUT ON IT.
AND HE SAW THAT AND IT JUST
00:50:17.51\00:50:20.52
STRUCK HIM AS THE MOST
BEAUTIFUL THING HE'D EVER SEEN.
00:50:20.52\00:50:22.72
HE STOPPED AND HE STARED AT IT.
THEN HE WENT ON TO THE COFFEE
00:50:22.72\00:50:25.02
SHOP AND ATE WITH HIS
FRIENDS AND ON THE WAY HOME HE
00:50:25.02\00:50:26.62
STOPPED AGAIN AND HE LOOKED.
THIS WENT ON FOR SEVERAL WEEKS.
00:50:26.62\00:50:29.76
FINALLY THE PROPRIETOR OF THE
ANTIQUE STORE CAME TO HIM AND
00:50:29.76\00:50:32.49
SAID, 'WILBUR, YOU STOP EVERY
DAY AND YOU STARE AT THE VASE.'
00:50:32.49\00:50:36.50
HE SAID, 'YOU LIVE BY YOURSELF,
YOU DON'T HAVE A LOT OF
00:50:36.50\00:50:38.87
EXPENSES, WHY DON'T YOU BUY
IT AND YOU CAN LOOK AT IT EVERY
00:50:38.87\00:50:41.67
DAY?' HE SAID, 'LOOK, I'LL MAKE
YOU A DEAL.' HE SAID, 'OH, I
00:50:41.67\00:50:47.28
NEVER CONSIDERED.' HE SAID,
'ALL RIGHT, I'LL BUY IT.' SO HE
00:50:47.28\00:50:50.75
BOUGHT THE VASE
AND HE BRINGS IT HOME.
00:50:50.75\00:50:53.35
NOW HE'D BEEN LIVING BY
HIMSELF FOR A LONG TIME.
00:50:53.35\00:50:55.12
HE HADN'T CHANGED OR REDECORATED
HIS HOUSE IN 50 YEARS.
00:50:55.12\00:50:59.12
HE'S A BATCHELOR,
THERE'S NO NEED TO, RIGHT?
00:50:59.12\00:51:02.26
AND EVERYTHING WAS DUSTY AND
FRUMPY AND THE FADED CURTAINS -
00:51:02.26\00:51:05.69
AND HE'S GOT LITTLE PAPERS
LAYING EVERYWHERE AND - SO HE
00:51:05.69\00:51:09.53
CLEARED A SPOT ON THE MANTLE
ABOVE THE FIREPLACE AND HE PUT
00:51:09.53\00:51:12.13
THE VASE THERE AND HE SAT BACK
IN HIS CHAIR AND HE LOOKED AT IT
00:51:12.13\00:51:15.54
AND HE THOUGHT, 'WOW, YOU KNOW,
IT IS BEAUTIFUL BUT I HAD NO
00:51:15.54\00:51:18.77
IDEA HOW BAD THE PAINT
WAS ON THAT WALL BEHIND IT.
00:51:18.77\00:51:23.41
AND ALL THE DUST.' AND SO HE
SAID, 'I'VE GOT TO' - HE TOOK IT
00:51:23.41\00:51:26.58
DOWN AND HE DECIDED TO PAINT THE
WALL AND CLEAN THE SHELF OFF AND
00:51:26.58\00:51:30.55
THEN HE PUT IT THERE AND HE SAT
DOWN AND SAID, 'WOW, THAT THING
00:51:30.55\00:51:33.62
IS SPECTACULAR. WHEN
THE LIGHT COMES THROUGH THE
00:51:33.62\00:51:35.46
WINDOW' - AND THEN THE LOOKED AT
THE WINDOW AND HE THOUGHT, 'BOY
00:51:35.46\00:51:37.99
THOSE WINDOWS - I'VE NEVER - I
DIDN'T REALIZE I HAVEN'T CLEANED
00:51:37.99\00:51:40.10
THOSE THINGS IN 20 YEARS.'
AND THE CURTAINS WERE FADED.
00:51:40.10\00:51:43.77
HE SAID, 'I'VE GOT TO - I GUESS
I'D BETTER DO SOMETHING ABOUT
00:51:43.77\00:51:45.30
THAT. I WONDER
WHAT PEOPLE THINK.' SO
00:51:45.30\00:51:47.50
HE GOT OUT AND HE CLEANED HIS
WINDOWS AND HE THOUGHT - HE GOT
00:51:47.50\00:51:51.21
SOME LADY IN CHURCH TO HELP
HIM AND HE GOT SOME NEW CURTAINS
00:51:51.21\00:51:54.01
- HUNG UP SOME NEW CURTAINS,
PAINTED, SAT DOWN IN HIS CHAIR
00:51:54.01\00:51:57.61
- WHEN HE WALKED IN THE ROOM,
THOUGH, HE NOTICED THE CHAIR.
00:51:57.61\00:51:59.61
THE SPRINGS WERE
STICKING OUT OF THE CHAIR.
00:51:59.61\00:52:01.88
HE HADN'T DONE ANYTHING ABOUT
IT, HE JUST GOT USED TO THE
00:52:01.88\00:52:04.52
SPRINGS POKING HIM AND HE
THOUGHT, 'YOU KNOW, I PROBABLY
00:52:04.52\00:52:07.52
NEED A NEW CHAIR.' HE BOUGHT A
NEW CHAIR, NEW CARPET - WHEN THE
00:52:07.52\00:52:12.53
INSIDE GOT SO CLEAN HE CLEANED
UP THE KITCHEN AND THOUGHT -
00:52:12.53\00:52:16.67
COMPARED TO THAT THE WEEDS WERE
GROWING WHERE FLOWERS ONCE GREW
00:52:16.67\00:52:21.04
IN THE BACKYARD AND HE FIXED THE
BROKEN-OVER FENCE IN THE FRONT -
00:52:21.04\00:52:25.07
YOU GET THE POINT.
00:52:25.07\00:52:27.61
WILBUR'S WHOLE HOUSE WAS
COMPLETELY RENOVATED BECAUSE HE
00:52:27.61\00:52:32.21
INTRODUCED SOMETHING THAT LOOKED
PURE SO THAT EVERYTHING ELSE WAS
00:52:32.21\00:52:36.72
BEING CONDEMNED BY
THE PURITY OF THE VASE.
00:52:36.72\00:52:43.36
AND WHEN WE INVITE CHRIST INTO
OUR LIVES, IT CREATES A TOTAL
00:52:43.36\00:52:48.26
MAKEOVER. >>AMEN.
00:52:48.26\00:52:50.33
>>ALL OF A SUDDEN HE STANDS
THERE AND, IN HIS PURITY, BY
00:52:50.33\00:52:53.07
CONTRAST, IT MAKES EVERY SPOT
OF DEFILEMENT PAINFULLY DISTINCT
00:52:53.07\00:52:58.67
AND YOU SAY,
'OH, THAT NEEDS TO GO.
00:52:58.67\00:53:01.21
THAT NEEDS TO BE CLEANED.
THAT NEEDS TO BE PAINTED.' AND
00:53:01.21\00:53:04.85
LITTLE BY LITTLE THE WHOLE LIFE
IS TRANSFORMED AND IT COMES BY
00:53:04.85\00:53:08.72
KEEPING THE FOCUS
ON CHRIST IN OUR LIFE.
00:53:08.72\00:53:12.35
SO I'VE GOT A LOT MORE I COULD
SAY, BUT I THINK THAT KIND OF
00:53:12.35\00:53:16.73
GIVES YOU THE IDEA. GOD IS
CALLING US TO LIVES OF PURITY.
00:53:16.73\00:53:22.23
HE'S CALLING US
TO LIVES OF HOLINESS.
00:53:22.23\00:53:24.93
WE CANNOT DO IT WITHOUT
KEEPING OUR EYES FIXED ON JESUS.
00:53:24.93\00:53:28.77
I HEARD ABOUT THESE TWO GUYS
THAT WERE VISITING ON THE ROOF
00:53:28.77\00:53:32.41
ONE DAY IN ST. LOUIS AND ONE OF
THE GUYS HE - I - PEOPLE DON'T
00:53:32.41\00:53:36.48
DO IT MUCH ANYMORE, THEY USED TO
DO IT WHEN I GREW UP IN NEW YORK
00:53:36.48\00:53:38.38
CITY - THEY HAD HOMING PIGEONS -
CARRIER PIGEONS - YOU KNOW, THE
00:53:38.38\00:53:42.42
- AND THEY'D RAISE
THEM. NOT THE REGULAR NEW YORK
00:53:42.42\00:53:44.72
CITY PIGEONS, THESE ARE
VERY EXPENSIVE BRED PIGEONS.
00:53:44.72\00:53:47.49
AND THEY WOULD TIE LITTLE
NOTES ON THEM, AND THEY WOULD
00:53:47.49\00:53:49.66
TRANSPORT THEM BY
VEHICLE AND THEN THEIR FRIEND
00:53:49.66\00:53:52.49
WOULD LET IT GO AND THEY
WOULD FLY BACK AND THEY'D
00:53:52.49\00:53:54.23
BRING THESE MESSAGES.
THEY ACTUALLY USED THEM DURING
00:53:54.23\00:53:56.90
THE WAR IN WORLD WAR I AND
IN WORLD WAR II, BELIEVE IT OR
00:53:56.90\00:54:00.67
NOT, THEY USED THESE PIGEONS.
AND THIS GUY WAS STANDING ON HIS
00:54:00.67\00:54:04.07
ROOF TALKING TO HIS FRIEND AND
RIGHT THEN THIS BEAUTIFUL WHITE
00:54:04.07\00:54:07.34
PIGEON - AND, YOU KNOW, A DOVE
IS REALLY A PIGEON - FLEW IN.
00:54:07.34\00:54:12.15
AND HIS FRIEND SAID,
'WILL YOU LOOK AT THAT?'
00:54:12.15\00:54:14.85
HE SAID, 'THIS BIRD JUST FLEW
500 MILES.' AND HIS FRIEND SAID,
00:54:14.85\00:54:18.15
'HOW IN THE WORLD DO YOU
KNOW THAT IT FLEW 500 MILES?'
00:54:18.15\00:54:22.52
HE SAID, 'WELL, I KNOW THAT MY
PARTNER THAT'S 500 MILES AWAY IN
00:54:22.52\00:54:27.10
MISSOURI, HE LET IT GO FROM HIS
COOP.' AND HE SAID, 'I CAN LOOK
00:54:27.10\00:54:32.37
AT ITS FEET, I CAN LOOK AT ITS
WINGS, I CAN LOOK AT ITS TAIL
00:54:32.37\00:54:35.50
AND SEE THAT IT'S NOT
LANDED. THERE'S NO POLLEN.
00:54:35.50\00:54:37.91
THERE'S NO DIRT.' HE SAID, 'ALL
IT COULD THINK ABOUT WAS GETTING
00:54:37.91\00:54:41.01
TO ME.' AND, YOU KNOW, THAT'S
THE KEY FOR US, IS WHEN WE KEEP
00:54:41.01\00:54:47.02
OUR EYES FIXED ON JESUS AND WE
WANT TO BE WITH HIM, IT KEEPS US
00:54:47.02\00:54:51.05
FROM LANDING AND GETTING
DISTRACTED WITH THE THINGS OF
00:54:51.05\00:54:53.42
THE WORLD. AND YOU CAN
LIVE IN A NEW ENVIRONMENT.
00:54:53.42\00:54:57.69
THE LORD IS CALLING
US TO LIVES OF HOLINESS.
00:54:57.69\00:54:59.96
GOD WILL NOT ASK YOU TO DO
SOMETHING THAT CANNOT BE DONE.
00:54:59.96\00:55:02.96
HE SAID, 'BE YE HOLY.' YOU'RE
GOING TO HAVE TO TAKE THAT UP
00:55:02.96\00:55:05.93
WITH THE LORD IF YOU DON'T THINK
IT'S POSSIBLE BECAUSE THAT'LL
00:55:05.93\00:55:08.17
MEAN YOU THINK YOUR DEVIL
IS BIGGER THAN YOUR CHRIST.
00:55:08.17\00:55:11.07
AND IF GOD CALLS YOU TO DO
SOMETHING, I CAN DO ALL THINGS
00:55:11.07\00:55:14.21
THROUGH JESUS. HOW
MANY OF YOU WOULD LIKE TO
00:55:14.21\00:55:16.14
SAY, 'LORD, PLEASE SANCTIFY ME.
HELP ME TO LIVE A HOLY LIFE.'?
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ABOUT THAT. I
DIDN'T FEEL CONDEMNED.
00:56:01.59\00:56:03.19
>>I BEGAN
READING THE BIBLE AND -
00:56:03.19\00:56:05.99
>>I GOT BAPTIZED INTO
A SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST -
00:56:05.99\00:56:07.96
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00:56:07.96\00:56:10.37
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>>THE LIFE THAT HE'S GIVEN ME.
00:56:10.37\00:56:12.57
>>THIS MESSAGE WAS SO POWERFUL.
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MORE THAN 45 YEARS OF
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DIFFERENT MINISTERS, BUT THIS
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ACTUALLY SAYING SOMETHING WHERE
00:56:29.92\00:56:32.55
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AND ACTUALLY PICK IT UP
00:56:32.55\00:56:35.42
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00:56:35.42\00:56:37.63
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QUESTION WAS, 'WHY DID
00:56:46.87\00:56:49.60
THAT HAPPEN TO ME, GOD?'
THE LORD WAS ABLE TO REACH OUT
00:56:49.60\00:56:52.91
AND - AND I
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00:56:52.91\00:56:55.64
>>I LOST EVERYTHING AND THAT WAS
WHEN I REALIZED THAT IT WAS GOD
00:56:55.64\00:56:59.75
MISSING IN MY LIFE.
>>I WENT TO A PROPHECY
00:56:59.75\00:57:02.08
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THIS MESSAGE WAS SO POWERFUL AND
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