Greetings friends,
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I'm Dr. P.C. Willis Sr.
Adult Ministries Director
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for Lake Region Conference
of Seventh-day Adventist.
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We welcome you as we
study today 19 deluded men.
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We want you to
note carefully our text
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for study today
found in Acts 17: 1-6,
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that's Acts chapter 17
reading verses 1 through 6.
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"Now when they had
passed through Amphipolis
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and Apollonia, they
came to Thessalonica,
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where was a
synagogue of the Jews:
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And Paul, as his
manner was, went in unto them,
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and three Sabbath
days reasoned with them
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out of the scriptures,
opening and alleging,
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that Christ must
needs have suffered,
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and risen again from the
dead; and that this Jesus,
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whom I preach
unto you, is Christ.
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And some of them believed,
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and consorted
with Paul and Silas;
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and of the devout
Greeks a great multitude,
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and of the
chief women not a few.
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But the Jews which
believed not, moved with envy,
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took unto them certain
lewd fellows of the baser sort,
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and gathered a company,
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and set all the
city on an uproar,
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and assaulted
the house of Jason,
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and sought to bring
them out to the people.
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And when they found
them not, they drew Jason
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and certain brethren unto
the rulers of the city, crying,
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these that have
turned the world upside down
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are come hither also;"
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These that have
turned the world upside down.
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Ladies and
gentlemen, dear friends,
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we want to talk
about 19 deluded men.
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God has always been
looking for men, real men,
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mighty men of valor,
not namby pamby roody-poohs,
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but men who
husband their own wives
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and father their children.
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The book
education page 57 states,
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the greatest want in the
world is the want of men.
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Men who will not
be bought or sold,
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men who in their inmost
souls are true and honest.
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Men who do not fear to
call sin by its right name.
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Men whose
conscious is as true to duty
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as the needle to the
pole, men who will stand
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for the right
though the heavens fall.
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These types of men can make
a world of difference today.
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One man can make a difference--
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Hey, let me hasten to add,
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one woman can make
a difference as well.
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If you choose God,
you can make a difference.
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The story is told of a woman
with a very wicked husband,
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she was a
Christian but her husband
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cared nothing for God or man.
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And one night, early in
the morning he was there
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2 o'clock in the bar
with his drinking buddies
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and they were comparing notes
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on how they took care of
their families and their wives.
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And actually they were saying,
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you are a real man if you
can boss your wife around.
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So they were saying,
well, who was the biggest boss
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of his house and this one
fellow, this terrible fellow
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with a good wife said,
listen, I can go home right now
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and tell my wife to get up
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and make me
breakfast and she would do so.
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Well, of course
his drinking buddies
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had to go and
see this great sight.
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So they staggered
off to this man's house
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2 o'clock in the morning,
here he comes in an drunken fit
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and demands that his
wife get up and fix him
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and his two
drinking buddies breakfast.
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Without another word, she got up
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and put oh her terrycloth robe
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and her Mickey Mouse slippers
and went down into the kitchen
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and started frying
eggs and putting on toast,
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she did it so
kindly and lovingly
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it sobered those men up.
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His two drinking
buddies, sobered up,
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embarrassed and
they left leaving him.
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For the first
time, realization hit him
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what kind of wife he had.
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He went into kitchen
looking like some sick chicken
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with his head down
and he said, honey,
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I don't know why
you treat me so nice,
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I've been such a wicked man.
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Isn't it interesting
how people would testify
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to their own terrible actions,
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he says, I've been
such a terrible fellow,
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I don't know why
you treat me so nice.
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She put the pot down and turned
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and looked him in
the eyes and said, honey,
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when Jesus comes, he's
gonna make all things new.
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I will not cry anymore.
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There will be no
hurt or pain anymore.
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I'm gonna have two homes,
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one in the city
and one in the country.
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I'm gonna have joy for evermore.
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And then she looked
at him hard and said,
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but honey, you don't love Jesus
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and since this is the
only heaven you'll get,
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I'm trying to make it
as nice for you as I can.
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Many have good
wives but don't realize it
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its not a real man
who abuses his wife,
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and one man or one
woman can make a difference.
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In fact, one of my
favorite writers state,
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there was no limit
to the usefulness of one
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who by putting self aside
and makes room for the working
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of the Holy
Spirit upon his heart
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and lives a life
wholly consecrated to God.
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Why don't you
determine today to be
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that one person
to make a difference?
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One of my
favorite writers states,
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when you walk
within 3 feet of a person,
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you breathe in their influence.
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How incredible is then
that we ought to be careful
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of our influence
when we get around people.
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In fact let me hasten to add
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and give just a
little bit of psychology.
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We are taught that men use
only one side of their brains
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and depending on
which hand they use,
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they use the
opposite side of the brain
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called the left
or right hemisphere.
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On the other hand,
ladies use both hemispheres.
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They use both the right
and left sides of their brain
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and therefore
are very intuitive.
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The Bible calls it
the gift of discernment.
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That's why, it's very important
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that men listen to their
wives if they are godly women.
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When they say things
like, look out for that person,
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something's not right, honey,
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be careful how you
sign that contract.
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I can't put my finger
on it but be very careful.
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It's called the
gift of discernment.
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We need to work
together as husbands and wives.
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Now note carefully,
friends, we need to be careful
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of our influence
and our associations.
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On September 11th of 2001,
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19 men turned the world
upside down, 19 deluded men,
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they turned the
world upside down
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and the stock market fell.
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The economy around
the world was shaken,
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civil liberties were
cast into permanent disarray,
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we will never have the freedoms
and the same feelings of safety
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we had before
September 11th, 2001.
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More than 3,000
were killed and missing,
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more than 10,000
children left without a parent,
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our emergency workers rushing
to the rescue were crushed
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while seeking to save those
who were trapped and wounded.
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A nation went to war, people
fearful of lying concerned
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about contagion breaking
out, all because of 19 men.
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If the truth be told,
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if Abraham had not
had a lapse of faith
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and took a woman who
God never told him to date,
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his children
would not have crashed
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into the World Trade's towers,
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the Pentagon and the
ground in Pennsylvania.
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What would cause these 19 men
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to do something
as stupid as this?
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What would motivate
them to go to their deaths
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in such a horrible manner.
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Some of these people had
been here number of years
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and had something
wrong comfortable.
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These men would arise
every morning at 3AM to pray.
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I want you get the point,
there are six points here.
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These men memorized the Quran,
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many Christians
can't string together
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10 verses or even 5 verses.
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But these men were taught,
you can't kill a man but once.
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Just wait till they
learn bettering the judgment
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because the Bible states,
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it is appointed
once unto men to die.
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But after that, the
judgment and the Bible is right.
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Fourth, these men were promised
100 wives and 100 virgins
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together with going
immediately to paradise.
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Satan's orders lies,
still fools millions.
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They believe fervently
that there is one God Allah
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and Mohammad is his prophet.
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Every one else
who doesn't believe
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that is deserving of death.
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It's not true but
that's what they believe.
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They were very sincere but
they were just sincerely wrong
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and yet they turned the world
upside down on a wrong premise.
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Lastly, number six, they believe
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that faithfulness in sacrifice
is the litmus test unto death.
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Friends, did you
know that preachers
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start at Harvard,
Yale, and Princeton.
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But if you went into
those classrooms today,
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you would be hard
pressed to find one Bible.
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In fact, it is a law on campus
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that you can send any
type of card, a get well card,
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a happy Halloween
card, even a salacious card
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but not a Christmas card.
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You must have
nothing to do with Christ.
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You could have any kind
of club you want on campus,
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a nasty, profane,
gay, or smutty club
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but you cannot have a Bible
Studies Club or a prayer band.
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I was shocked to
find out that many schools
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have stopped saying
the pledge of allegiance
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because it said,
one nation under God.
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Well, 19 men turned
the world upside down
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because of Islam and Mohammad.
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19 men made a
terrible difference
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all in the name of a false God.
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Then what about us,
will we make a difference?
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We have the
truth, the whole truth,
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and nothing but the truth.
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We will re-turn the
world upside down for Jesus.
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Why, it was said
back in the book of Acts
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that these men had, these
men who were full of Jesus
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turned the world upside down,
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they were accused
of it, how incredible
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that they went around the
world for the sake of Christ.
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Will you go next
door to your neighbor?
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Will you go across the
street? Do you trust God?
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We have a living
savior, we have the truth,
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will you go tell somebody?
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Do you tell what has
God has done for you?
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People are listening today,
they want to know the truth,
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the Bible once
again is a best seller
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and passion--
the Passion of Christ
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was one of the most
watched movies ever.
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Do you memorize the
Bible? Do you believe it?
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Tiring is a litmus test,
it is righteousness by faith.
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You must trust God
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to give an honest tiring
in offering, do you tire?
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Do you just trust him on payday?
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Tiring makes you put
God first, remember Elijah
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and the widow woman,
how incredible it is that
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God in the midst of
dealing with the man of prayer,
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a man who saw
apostasy everywhere in Israel
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and he was crying out to
God and finally God said,
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go down and tell Ahab
that there will not be any rain
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at your mountain
and Elijah showed up,
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can you imagine
him being carried
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through the secret
service agency to show up
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and be in the
court of Ahab the king.
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And when they looked around,
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here was this man
pointing his finger at Ahab
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and saying
there shall be no rain
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and before Ahab could
stretch out his arms and say,
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catch that man, God moved him.
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God took him to a
brook and here he was,
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a man who's going to turn
the world upside down now,
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turn it upside down for God.
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He prayed and said, I
must do something for God
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and God gave him a mission
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and after saying
what he had to say,
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God hid him beside a creek
and fed him with stingy birds,
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ravens who are very stingy birds
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brought him meat in the morning
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and they brought
him flesh at night.
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How incredible it is
that God could feed him
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and when the brook dried up,
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God sent him
down to a widow woman
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and here is this widow
woman out picking up sticks,
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she's gathering sticks before
she dies and when she walks--
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Elijah walks up,
he asked her daughter,
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would you please go
get me a drink of water.
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She says, right away, man
of God, and as she is going,
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I can imagine him
saying, while you are going,
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could you fix me
some, a plate of beans,
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some cornbread,
maybe a little rice
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and she says, wait a minute,
all we have is a little meal
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and little oil and we're
gonna put that together and die.
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But Elijah spoke up and said,
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God said, God said that
the meal will not run out
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and the oil will not fail
but you must fix me mine first,
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that's righteousness
by faith, believing God
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and doing what he
said, I'm so thankful.
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I know that woman was
thankful that she believed God
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because she went in
and prepared the food
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and when she looked back,
there was still meal and oil
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and she and her son ate
for three and half years
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while other people were
dying because she believed God,
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she gave what
God asked for first.
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It's a litmus test, my friends.
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It is righteousness by faith.
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I want you to understand that
the principle is ten plus ten,
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and not tiring is the
answer for unanswered prayers.
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Bible prophecy is
rapidly being fulfilled
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and you
understand what is going on.
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Do you tell anybody or
are you an undercover agent.
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Yes, I'm a Christian,
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want to see my, want
to see my Bible, huh?
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Are you an undercover agent?
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God doesn't need undercover
agents, he needs witnesses.
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Witnesses who will
tell the truth for today.
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Tell your
neighbors, Jesus is coming.
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Tell them that
they can escape sickness
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and share the health message.
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After all it is the right arm
of the third angel's message.
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Ten people can make a difference
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and we have a
wonderful example given to us
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in Genesis 18: 23-33.
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What a powerful example
God gives us in Genesis: 18.
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Note carefully,
starting with verse 23.
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"And Abraham
drew near, and said,
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wilt thou also destroy
the righteous with the wicked?
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Peradventure there be
fifty righteous within the city:
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wilt thou also destroy
and not spare the place
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for the fifty
righteous that are therein?
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That be far from thee
to do after this manner,
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to slay the
righteous with the wicked:
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and that the righteous
should be as the wicked,
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that be far from thee:
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shall not the Judge of
all the earth do right?
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And the Lord said,
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if I find in Sodom fifty
righteous within the city,
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then I will spare all
the place for their sakes."
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All praise God. Note verse 27.
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"And Abraham
answered and said, behold now,
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I have taken upon me
to speak unto the Lord,
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which am but dust and ashes:
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peradventure there shall lack
five of the fifty righteous:
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wilt thou destroy all the
city for the lack of five?
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And he said, if I
find there forty and five,
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I will not destroy it.
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And he spake unto
him yet again, and said,
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peradventure there
should be forty found there.
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And he said, I will not
do it for forty's sake."
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Listen to Abraham
talk to God, verse 30,
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"And he said unto him, oh
let not the lord be angry,
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and I will speak:
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peradventure there
shall thirty be found there.
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And he said, I will not do
it, if I find thirty there.
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And he said, behold now,
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I have taken upon me
to speak unto the lord:
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peradventure there
shall be twenty found there.
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And he said, I will not
destroy it for twenty's sake.
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And he said, oh let
not the Lord be angry,
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and I will speak
yet but this once:
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peradventure ten
shall be found there.
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And he said, I will not
destroy it for ten's sake.
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And the lord when his way,
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as soon as he had left
communing with Abraham:
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and Abraham
returned unto his place."
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Can you imagine God
not destroying a city
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if ten righteous
people could be found.
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Imagine the town or
the city where you live,
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God not destroyed a
wicked city like New York
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if ten righteous could be there.
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Or Chicago or Los
Angels, or where you live,
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if ten righteous
people can be found.
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Volume 5 of the
testimonies page 714 states
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and this is an
incredible statement.
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Listen carefully, we are
not doing the will of God
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if we sit in
quietude doing nothing
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to preserve
liberty of conscience.
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Fervent effectual prayer
should be ascending to heaven
00:18:10.90\00:18:14.58
that this
calamity maybe deferred
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until we can
accomplish the world
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which has so
long been neglected.
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Let there be more on his prayer
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and then let us work in
harmony with our prayers.
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If the presence of
ten righteous persons
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would have spared the
wicked cities of the plane.
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Is it not
possible that God will get
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and answer to the
prayers of his people?
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Hold and check
the workings of those
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who are making void his law,
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shall we not humble our
hearts greatly before God,
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flee to the mercy seat
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and plead with him to
reveal his mighty power?
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If people continue in the lest,
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lest attitude of
which they have been,
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God cannot pour
upon then his spirit,
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they are unprepared
to cooperate with him.
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They are not
aware to the situation
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and do not realize
the threat and danger,
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they should feel
now as never before
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their need of
vigilance and concerted action.
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What must we do, here is
a wonderful principle here.
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Abraham is pleading
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for the saving of
Sodom and Gomorrah.
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And the cities of the plane
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if only 10 righteous
persons could be found.
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A city that took its name
from a perversion of nature.
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That sounds to me like
a Sabbath school class,
00:19:37.14\00:19:39.35
10 people
praying, it sounds to me
00:19:39.38\00:19:41.52
like a deacon or
deaconess aboard.
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It sounds like a prayer band,
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quit looking for the
multitudes to do right.
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I would submit to you that
the crowd has never been right.
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It was the crowd
outside of the ark saying,
00:19:51.37\00:19:54.75
hey, look at this
funny fellow in there
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with all those stinky animals.
00:19:56.49\00:19:57.95
It was the crowd around
the cross shaking their fist
00:19:57.98\00:20:01.21
at God, saying, come
down, come down from the cross.
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The crowd has never been right,
00:20:04.23\00:20:06.44
quit looking for
them to do right,
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you do right,
you preach the world,
00:20:08.48\00:20:10.81
you tell them to
repent and be baptized.
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Everyone of you, you find
nine more righteous people
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and turn the world
upside down for Jesus.
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We serve a mighty God,
he took Moses with a stick
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and led the children
of Israel out of Egypt,
00:20:26.50\00:20:29.47
he took Samson with
his bare hands twice,
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can you imagine a man
grabbing a lion with his hands
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and tearing him as a kid?
00:20:35.63\00:20:38.31
He took David with a
sling and Elijah with his mouth.
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God never said it would be easy,
00:20:42.81\00:20:45.48
Steven preached
and they killed him
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as God preserved the ark
amid the commotions of the flood
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because it contained
eight righteous persons.
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He will preserve
us, what a mighty God.
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Is there any hope for
us? In Hebrews 10:35-39.
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What an incredible
text, take courage, said,
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"Cast not away
therefore your confidence,
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which hath great
recompense of reward.
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For ye have need of patience,
that, after ye have done
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the will of God, ye
might receive the promise.
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For yet a little
while, and he that shall come
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will come, and will not tarry.
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Now the just
shall live by faith-- "
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I want to get that
not by intellect or logic,
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not by what you can
see, touch, taste or feel,
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the Bible says, "Now the
just shall live by faith:
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but if any man draw back,
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my soul shall have
no pleasure in him.
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But we are not of them
who draw back unto perdition;
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but of them that believe
to the saving of the soul."
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Oh, thank God, we
are not roody poohs,
00:21:52.12\00:21:55.78
we are men who
stand for the right
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although the heavens fall.
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Oh we hear the call of Christ
and we hear our neighbors,
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we see them and
we want them saved.
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After all, we believe
in the fatherhood of God,
00:22:06.44\00:22:09.59
so we believe in
the brotherhood of man.
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We are concerned
about anyone who has heard,
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they must hear the
gospel before it's too late.
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After all, Jesus saves,
00:22:18.13\00:22:22.19
and he will save
anyone who comes to him.
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Oh, friend, come to Jesus
today if you don't know him.
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He will acquaint
himself with you, call upon him.
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I want you to note in
Psalms 91 starting with verse 1
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what a wonderful passage
of scripture we have here.
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In Psalms 91,
starting with verse 1,
00:22:40.47\00:22:43.89
"We are encouraged
again, He that dwelleth
00:22:43.92\00:22:46.61
in the secret
place of the most High
00:22:46.64\00:22:48.66
shall abide under the
shadow of the Almighty.
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I will say of the lord, He
is my refuge and my fortress-- "
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In this time of trouble, we
need a refuge and a fortress.
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"My God; in him will I trust."
Is there any deliverance?
00:23:01.45\00:23:05.28
"Surely," verse 3 states,
00:23:05.31\00:23:07.23
"-- he shall deliver thee
from the snare of the fowler,
00:23:07.26\00:23:10.19
and from the noisome pestilence.
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He shall cover
thee with his feathers,
00:23:12.86\00:23:15.16
and under his
wings shalt thou trust:
00:23:15.19\00:23:18.50
what shall be your
shield and buckler, truth,
00:23:18.53\00:23:21.19
his truth shall be
thy shield and buckler.
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Thou shalt not be
afraid for the terror by night;
00:23:25.13\00:23:27.90
nor for the arrow
that flieth by day;"
00:23:27.93\00:23:31.04
You are not afraid when
you have Jesus, verse 6,
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"Nor for the pestilence
that walketh in darkness,
00:23:34.46\00:23:37.28
nor for the destruction
that wasteth at noonday.
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A thousand shall
fall at they side,
00:23:40.84\00:23:43.15
and ten thousand
at thy right hand;
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but it shall
not come nigh thee."
00:23:45.80\00:23:48.44
You do not have to
be afraid of contagion.
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What does God say in verse 8,
00:23:52.46\00:23:54.14
"Only with thine
eyes shalt thou behold
00:23:54.17\00:23:57.43
and see the
reward of the wicked."
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Oh, yes, it pays to serve Jesus.
00:24:00.36\00:24:03.97
Wow, verse 9 and 10 and 11.
00:24:04.00\00:24:07.27
"Because thou hast made
the lord, which is my refuge,
00:24:07.30\00:24:10.98
even the most
High, thy habitation;
00:24:11.01\00:24:14.44
There shall no evil befall thee,
00:24:14.47\00:24:17.55
neither shall any
plague come nigh thy dwelling."
00:24:17.58\00:24:21.13
Are you afraid of
sickness and disease
00:24:21.16\00:24:23.52
that's sweeping the land,
00:24:23.55\00:24:24.68
when you hold
onto Jesus, he says,
00:24:24.71\00:24:26.79
"-- neither shall any
plague come nigh thy dwelling."
00:24:26.82\00:24:29.56
It shall not come
nigh your house, why?
00:24:29.59\00:24:32.06
"For he shall give his
angels charge over thee,
00:24:32.09\00:24:35.52
to keep thee in all thy ways."
00:24:35.55\00:24:39.01
What a mighty God we serve.
00:24:39.04\00:24:42.52
You can take the
gospel to the world.
00:24:42.55\00:24:45.36
You can testify of
God's goodness to you.
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You can tell others that God is
able to save to the uttermost.
00:24:49.17\00:24:54.74
And he will save you, my friend,
00:24:54.77\00:24:56.94
if you commit yourself to him
00:24:56.97\00:24:58.94
and you are so happy about
it, you have to tell somebody,
00:24:58.97\00:25:03.08
tell somebody,
and deliver yourself.
00:25:03.11\00:25:06.38
We quote Psalms, the
23rd verses 1 through 7.
00:25:06.41\00:25:10.73
How incredible it is,
00:25:10.76\00:25:12.04
we quote verses 1 through
6 rather, the 23rd Psalm.
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"The lord is my
shepherd; I shall not want."
00:25:15.75\00:25:20.18
You have to trust and obey.
00:25:20.21\00:25:21.43
If you are wanting,
you have to check to see
00:25:21.46\00:25:23.36
if you're really
serving the Lord.
00:25:23.39\00:25:25.33
Because it states,
"The lord is my shepherd;
00:25:25.36\00:25:27.32
I shall not want.
00:25:27.35\00:25:28.97
He maketh me to lie
down in green pastures:
00:25:29.00\00:25:32.25
he leadeth me
beside the still waters."
00:25:32.28\00:25:35.50
Even in your home,
00:25:35.53\00:25:37.08
he will lead you
besides still waters.
00:25:37.11\00:25:40.37
"He restoreth my soul."
00:25:40.40\00:25:42.31
I'm glad God is a restoring
God, is your health broken--
00:25:42.34\00:25:47.14
or you're having
problems, he restores your soul.
00:25:47.17\00:25:50.18
"He leadeth me in the
paths of righteousness
00:25:50.21\00:25:52.47
for his name's sake.
00:25:52.50\00:25:53.81
Yea, though I walk through
00:25:53.84\00:25:55.44
the valley of
the shadow of death,
00:25:55.47\00:25:57.05
I will fear no evil:
for thou art with me;
00:25:57.08\00:25:58.91
thy rod and thy
staff they comfort me.
00:25:58.94\00:26:00.57
Thou preparest a table before me
00:26:00.60\00:26:02.19
in the presence of mine enemies:
00:26:02.22\00:26:03.50
thou anointest my head
with oil; my cup runneth over.
00:26:03.53\00:26:06.30
Hallelujah,
surely goodness and mercy
00:26:06.33\00:26:09.16
shall follow me all
the days of my life:
00:26:09.19\00:26:11.27
and I will dwell in the
house of the lord for ever."
00:26:11.30\00:26:14.66
Is there any encouragement,
00:26:14.69\00:26:15.87
where can I go for from
here, how can I get this?
00:26:15.90\00:26:17.99
Deuteronomy 28,
beginning with verse 1,
00:26:18.02\00:26:20.83
"And it shall come to
pass, if thou shalt hearken
00:26:20.86\00:26:22.63
diligently unto the
voice of the lord thy God,
00:26:22.66\00:26:25.18
to observe and to
do all his commandments
00:26:25.21\00:26:28.24
which I command thee this day,
00:26:28.27\00:26:29.98
that the lord
thy God will set thee
00:26:30.01\00:26:31.72
on high above all
nations of the earth:
00:26:31.75\00:26:34.06
And all these
blessings shall come on thee,
00:26:34.09\00:26:36.02
and overtake thee,
00:26:36.05\00:26:37.31
if thou shalt hearken unto
the voice of the Lord they God.
00:26:37.34\00:26:41.26
Blessed shalt
thou be in the city,
00:26:41.29\00:26:42.94
and blessed shalt
thou be in the field.
00:26:42.97\00:26:44.72
Blessed shall be
the fruit of thy body,
00:26:44.75\00:26:46.54
and the fruit of thy ground,
and the fruit of thy cattle,
00:26:46.57\00:26:49.32
and the increase of thy kine,
and the flocks of thy sheep.
00:26:49.35\00:26:52.83
Blessed shall be thy
basket and thy store.
00:26:52.86\00:26:55.99
Blessed shalt thou
be when thou comest in,
00:26:56.02\00:26:58.17
and blessed shalt thou
be when thou goest out.
00:26:58.20\00:27:00.80
The lord shall
cause thine enemies
00:27:00.83\00:27:03.24
with that rise up against thee
to be smitten before thy face:
00:27:03.27\00:27:06.54
they shall come out
against thee one way,
00:27:06.57\00:27:09.18
and flee before
thee seven ways."
00:27:09.21\00:27:11.54
God is gonna put a perfect
whipping upon your enemies,
00:27:11.57\00:27:15.67
you can turn the
world upside down.
00:27:15.70\00:27:18.14
"The Lord shall
command the blessing
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upon thee in thy storehouses,
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and in all that thou
settest thine hand unto;
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and he shall
bless thee in the land
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which the lord
thy God giveth thee."
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God loves you, God
will take care of you.
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And friends, God
will save your children.
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Let's turn the world
upside down for Jesus.
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Let's get the truth out
and instead of being deluded,
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no matter how sincere, you
want to be sincerely right,
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instead of sincerely wrong.
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Give your heart to
Jesus, read your bibles,
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ask God for understand
and he will give it to you,
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God bless you.
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