Hi, I'm Pastor
Nathan Renner, Pastor of the
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Troy Seventh-Day
Adventist Church in
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Troy, Michigan. And
welcome to Faith Chapel.
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I'm so pleased that
you are here today to study
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God's word. We have a
very exciting topic to
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discuss today, its
titled victory over the Mark.
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Victory over the Mark,
the Mark of the Beast is
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probably one of the most
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engaging topics in the Bible.
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People all over the
world are familiar with the
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concept of the
Mark of the Beast.
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Now many people are
confused as to what the
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Mark of the Beast
is, many people wonder
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what the Mark of the
Beast is, but people all
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over the world even
Non-Christians are curious
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about the Mark of the Beast.
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So, let's begin with
prayer then I'm gonna tell you a
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story and we will get
into the God's word let's pray.
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Father as we discuss
this important topic,
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we cannot do it
without your help.
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Please send your
spirit to speak and to teach
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and to bless us.
Lead us God now we pray
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and to teach us
in Jesus name amen.
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I was just out of high
school and I had traveled
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to Wyoming, I wanted
to move to Wyoming to
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climb rocks. And I
move to a little town named
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Lander, Wyoming and
there in Lander I got a
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job at a grocery store a
small town grocery store.
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a small town grocery store.
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And one day I was
running the cash register
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and a women came to the
register their and she her
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food came down
the conveyor belt and
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I grabbed her first
item and was ready to scan it
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on the UPC scanner as
we all do so many times
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when we go to the
store. And she stopped me,
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she told me that she
had a relationship with the
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owner of the stores,
she had spoken to the owner
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and the owner had
granted her permission to
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not have her groceries scanned.
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She would write down
the total price of each
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individual food item
and then she would give
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the cashier that list
of totals the cashier would
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add them up and then
charge her for her food.
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And I was little bit
puzzled by this and so
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I asked her why is it
that you do not want your
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grocery scanned.
What is it with scanning
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your groceries that
is a problem to you and
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she told me that she
was concerned that if she
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scanned her
groceries with the UC code that
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she would be
receiving the Mark of the Beast.
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Now today we are not
going to figure out from
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the Bible though
we could what the Mark
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of the Beast is.
That's really not our concern
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today, today our concern
is not finding out whether
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this woman was right or wrong.
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Although, I
think she wasn't right.
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Today our concern is
finding out how we can
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avoid receiving
the Mark of the Beast.
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What we are gonna
discover is that it is a very
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spiritual issue,
it's a spiritual issue.
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So, today what we are
gonna do is we are gonna
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look at the Book of
Revelation and we are
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gonna look at several
verses from the Book of
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Revelation that talk
about the Mark of the Beast,
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what the issues are at
the end of time and we are
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gonna discover
how to not receive the
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Mark of the Beast.
It doesn't matter even
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so much what the Mark
of the Beast is if we can
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find out how to avoid
it then we can, we are
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moving the right direction.
So, it's a little bit like
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cancer, I don't need to
understand all of the inner
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workings of what
cancer is, I just need to know
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how not to get it.
You follow, so let's begin
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in the Book of
Revelation, we are
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gonna begin in verse
4. Now as we read through
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this, we are gonna
read several verses rather
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quickly through
the Book of Revelation
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and we are gonna find
out that the pulsating bottom
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line message of the
final crisis at the end of time
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is not barcodes, its
not computer chips, its not
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computers or internet,
its not microprocessor stuck
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into your head, its
something very spiritual.
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Let's read it
Revelation 13 verse 4.
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The Bible says, And
they worshiped the dragon,
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for he had given his
authority to the beast,
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And they
worshiped the beast saying,
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"Who is like the beast,
and who can fight against it?"
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Notice it says in
verse, chapter 13 in verse 4.
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They worship the dragon
and they worship the beast.
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Now we will read verse 8.
All who dwell on the earth
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will worship it,
everyone whose name has not in
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written before the
foundation of the world
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in the book of life of
the Lamb that was slain.
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It says all who dwell on
the earth shall worship it,
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now we will read verse
12. It exercises all the
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authority of the
first beast in its
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presence and
makes the earth and its
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inhabitants worship the
first beast, whose mortal
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wound was healed.
Verse 15, And it was
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allowed to give breath
to the image of the beast,
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so that the image of
the beast might even speak
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and might cause
those who would not worship
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the image of the
beast to be slain.
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Notice in verse 4,
its worship, worship.
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Verse 12
worship, verse 15 worship.
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Now we are looking
in chapter 14 verse 9.
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Another angel, a
third, followed them saying
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with a loud voice,
"If anyone worships the
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beast and its image
and receives a mark in his
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forehead or in his
hand. Verse 11, the smoke of
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their torment goes
up forever and ever,
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and they have no rest,
day or night, these worshipers
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of the beast and its
image, whoever receives the
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mark of his name."
Notice the issue at the
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end of time is an
issue of worship, worship
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worship, worship.
The pulsating bottom
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line issue at the end
of time is not barcodes
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or serial numbers or 666
tattoos, or computer chips.
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The issue at the end of
time is an issue of worship.
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In fact its even
more than worship,
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when you look in
Revelation chapter 13,
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we are gonna look in verse 8.
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We are gonna see that the
issue is not just worship,
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but it's also the
commandments of God.
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Revelation chapter 13 verse 8.
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The first of
the 10 commandments.
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It says that we
should have no other God's
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before the true God.
Now notice Revelation 13:8,
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look what it says.
All who dwell on the earth
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will worship it,
everyone whose name has not been
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written before the
foundation of the world
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in the book of life of
the Lamb that was slain.
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Here in Revelation 13
verse 8 the Bible is clear
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that the antichrist
is seeking the worship of
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the world. The
worship of the world,
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which would lead the
world to violate the first
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of the 10
commandments. Now if you look in
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Revelation chapter 13 verse 14.
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We see that this antichrist
power is trying to lead
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people to violate
the second commandment.
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The second commandment
prohibits the worship
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of images,
Revelation chapter 13 verse 14.
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And by the signs that
it was allowed to work in
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the presence of the
beast it deceive those
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who dwell on the earth
telling them to make an
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image for the beast
that was wounded by the
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sword and yet lived.
Now notice the beast is
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looking for people to
worship it thus causing
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people to break
the first commandment.
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The beast is also trying
to set up an image causing
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people to violate
the second commandment.
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Now look in Revelation
chapter 13, in verse 6,
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Revelation chapter
13, verse 6, it says,
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it opened its mouth
to utter blasphemies,
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blaspheming his
name and his dwelling and
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those who dwell in
heaven. Notice they blaspheme
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the name of God. Now
the third commandment
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in the Book of
Exodus when he gives the 10
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commandments
prohibits taking the name of the
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Lord our God in vain.
So, now follow with me
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so far what we've seen
in the Book of Revelation.
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We have seen that the
issue at the end of time
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is an issue of
worship, they worship the beast,
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they worship the
dragon, they worship the whole
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issue at the end
of time is worship.
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The second thing we
have noticed is that this
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beast is calling people
to worship himself violating
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the first commandment,
worship images violating
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the second commandment,
and taking the name of
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the Lord in vain.
Blaspheming his name
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taking the third
commandment in breaking it.
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Now we are seeing
then that the issue at the
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end of time is not
barcodes, it is not
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computer chips, it
is not computers often
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swearing with the
silly name like the beast,
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the issue at the end
of time is an issue of
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worship and obedience
to the commandments of God.
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The antichrist power
is trying to change God's
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commandments, so that
people will violate them.
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Now, look in Revelation
chapter 14, verse 6 and 7.
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Revelation
chapter 14 verses 6 and 7.
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Then I saw another
angel flying directly overhead
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with the ever
lasing gospel to preach to
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those who dwell on
the earth, to every nation
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and tribe and
language and people.
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And he said with a
loud voice, "Fear God and
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give him glory because
the hour of his judgment
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has come, now notice
the language and worship
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him who made heaven
and earth, the sea and
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the springs of
water." Heaven, earth, sea and
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springs of water. Now
notice we have read in
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Revelation 13 and 14
seven times they worship
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the beast, they worship
the dragon, the issue is
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worship,
worship, worship, worship
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seven times, seven
times they are said to worship
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the dragon, worship the
beast, worship the image
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etc. One time, one time
in these two chapters God
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asks us to worship
him and when God asks us
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to worship him, he ask us
to worship him as the creator.
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He asks us to worship
him as the creator and
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its fascinating the
one time God asks us to
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worship him, its
his worship him who made
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heaven, and earth, the
sea and the springs of water.
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Fascinating thing
about the Book of Revelation.
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There are 400 few
more then 400 verses in the
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Book of Revelation.
Most every verse in the Book
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of Revelation has
some kind of Old Testament
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background. In fact
when you get a good Bible
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whether it's an
English Bible or a Greek Bible,
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the most good Bibles
give you in the margin the
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Old Testament
background text that
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are being refer to.
In fact in my Greek Bible
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it's a good Bible, it's
a Bible that everyone gets
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when they go to college
and they take Greek classes.
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And in the margin of
my Greek Bible it tells me
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that when the Bible
says worship him who made
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heaven, the earth, the
sea and the springs of water
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that is a quote
from Exodus chapter 20
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one of the 10 commandments.
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Let's go there Exodus
chapter 20, verses 8 to 11,
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we are gonna
focus it on verse 11.
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We will read Exodus
20: 8 to 11. "Remember the
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Sabbath day to keep it
holy. This is one of the
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10 commandments now.
Six days you shall labor
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and do all your work,
but the Seventh Day is a
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Sabbath to the Lord your God.
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On it you shall not do
any work, you, or your son,
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or your daughter,
your male servant, or your
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female servant, or your
livestock, or the sojourner
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who is within your
gates. For in six days the Lord
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made heaven, the earth,
the sea, and all that in
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them is, and
rested the Seventh Day.
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Therefore the Lord
blessed the Sabbath day
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and made it holy. Now
notice the similarities
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there are in verse 11.
It says in six days the
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Lord made heaven,
the earth, and the sea,
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and all that in them
is. In Revelation chapter 14
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it says worship him
who made heaven, earth,
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and sea. Just like
in Exodus 20, in fact if
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you the Book of
Revelation is full of
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Old Testament quotes,
but Revelation 14 verse 7
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were it says made heaven,
and earth, the sea, and the
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springs of water is
the longest Old Testament
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quote in the Book of
Revelation and its taken
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from the fourth commandment,
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the commandment
that tells us to remember
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the Sabbath day. Now
its fascinating because
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in the Book of
Revelation now what have we seen
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really, what have we
seen, we have seen that
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the issue at the end
of time is an issue of
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worship and then these
beast powers are trying
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to get people to worship
them in a way that causes
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them to violate
the first commandment,
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the second commandment,
and the third commandment.
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The one time God
asks us to worship him.
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He asks us to worship
him as the creator and
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he uses the exact
language, the exact
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language it's the
exact language that he uses
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in the fourth commandment
him who created heaven,
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the earth, and the sea
and the springs of water.
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And actually in
the original languages,
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the language is
essentially identical.
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It's a little different
in the English translations
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but in the original it
is essentially identical
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here in Revelation 14
and in Exodus chapter 20.
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You see the fascinating
picture, the issue at the
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end of time is not
barcodes and computer
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chips or anything
else. The issue is worship,
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and worship in the
context of faithfulness
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to God's
commandments. And they worship
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breaking the first commandment,
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breaking the second commandment,
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breaking the third commandment
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and also God calls
us to worship him in the
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context of that
wonderful Sabbath command.
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Now look there in
Revelation chapter 12 verse 17,
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Revelation chapter
12 verse 17, this verse
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introduces the final
crisis, Revelation 12 verse 17.
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The dragon which is a
symbol of Satan became
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furious with the
woman. That's God's people,
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went to make war on
the rest of her offspring,
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on those who keep
the commandments of God
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and hold the testimony of Jesus.
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Notice God's people
are defined and described
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as keeping the
commandments of God.
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Now look in
Revelation chapter 14:12 again.
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Here is a call for the
endurance of the saints,
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those who keep the
commandments of God
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and their faith in
Jesus. Fascinating picture,
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Revelation 12:17
introduces the final
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crisis by saying
God's people keep the
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commandments,
Revelation chapter 14:12
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is the conclusion
of the final crisis.
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And it says God's
people keep the commandments
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and there faith in
Jesus. Commandments and faith
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in Jesus. So, my
friends I want you to notice the
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picture then, the issue
at the end of time is an
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issue of worship and
the issue at the end of time
00:17:24.99\00:17:28.48
is worship in the
context of faithfulness to Jesus
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Christ faith in
Jesus and faithfulness to
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the commandments
of God. My friends we
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don't need to know what
the Mark of the Beast is.
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I mean it maybe
helpful, it maybe good.
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It is helpful and it
is good. But, what is
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essential for us
today. Today is to understand
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how to avoid receiving the mark.
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And the answer to
that is very simple.
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We must, we must
understand that the
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issue at the end of time
is worship and faithfulness
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to Jesus and his commandments.
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Look in Revelation
14:12 again it says,
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Here is a call for the
endurance of the saints,
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those who keep
the commandments of
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God and their faith in Jesus.
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We see the issue,
is an issue of worship,
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seven times it warns
against worshiping the
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beast, worshiping
the beast, worshiping the
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beast. One time it
calls us to worship God as
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creator. It tells us
that he is going to try to
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break the first commandment
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worshiping
somebody other then God.
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Break the second commandment,
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which is making
images, break the third
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commandment taking the
name of the Lord in vain
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and also we see that
God calls us to remember the
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fourth commandment and
worship him as creator.
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That's why it says
that those people at the end
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of time who do not
receive the Mark are
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those people who
keep the commandments of
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God in the faith of
Jesus. Let's talk about that,
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those are the
two elements to avoid
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receiving the Mark of the Beast.
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Whatever it is you
want to not receive it,
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it's very simple.
Tell yourself you will keep
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your faith in Jesus
and then you will keep the
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commandments of
God, faith in Jesus.
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Lets look at Romans
chapter 10, verses 9 to 11.
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Romans chapter 10
verses to 9 to 11 tell us why
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faith in Christ is so important?
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Romans chapter
10 verses 9 to 11.
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If you confess with
your mouth that Jesus is Lord
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and believe in your
heart that God raised him from
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the dead, you will be saved.
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For with the heart one
believes and is justified,
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and with the mouth one
confesses and is saved.
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For the Scripture
says, "Everyone who believes
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in him will not
be put to shame."
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Very simple point,
that if we believe in Jesus,
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if we believe in Jesus
we confess with our mouth
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Jesus is Lord, we
believe with our heart that God
00:20:06.98\00:20:09.23
raised him from the
dead. That if we believe this
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and we trust Jesus for this.
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We will be saved that
is absolutely foundation.
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But, Revelation
doesn't say, they just keep the
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commandments of God
or they just keep the
00:20:24.26\00:20:27.24
faith of Jesus rather.
It says they keep their
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faith in Jesus and keep
the commandments of God.
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Let's go to Hebrews
chapter 10, in Hebrews
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chapter 10 the New
Testament describes
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God's people as
keeping the commandments
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of God by the
power of the Holy Spirit.
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Hebrews chapter 10
beginning in verse 15.
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And the Holy Spirit
also bears witness to us;
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for after saying,
"This is the covenant that
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I will make with
them after those days,
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declares the Lord:
I will put my laws on
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their hearts, and
write them on their minds,"
00:21:02.35\00:21:04.85
then he adds, "I will
remember their sins and
00:21:04.88\00:21:07.15
lawless deeds no more."
In Hebrews 10, the Bible
00:21:07.18\00:21:12.08
describes God's
people as keeping the
00:21:12.11\00:21:16.19
commandments of God
because God comes into
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their life by the power
of the spirit and writes his
00:21:18.74\00:21:21.95
law on their
hearts and writes his
00:21:21.98\00:21:24.41
law on their
minds. My friends when the
00:21:24.44\00:21:27.22
Book of Revelation
describes God's people
00:21:27.25\00:21:29.42
as keeping the
commandments of God
00:21:29.51\00:21:32.00
and their faith in
Jesus. He is describing God's
00:21:32.24\00:21:35.07
true new covenant
people. You know sometimes
00:21:35.10\00:21:38.89
I listen to Christians
talk about their new covenant
00:21:38.92\00:21:42.01
Christians. And
their definition of being a
00:21:42.04\00:21:44.46
new covenant
Christian is believing in the
00:21:44.49\00:21:46.98
forgiveness of Jesus and
also believing that he will
00:21:47.01\00:21:50.39
let you do
whatever you want to do.
00:21:50.42\00:21:51.99
Continue to live alive from sin.
00:21:52.66\00:21:54.15
My friend when I
read the New Testament
00:21:54.72\00:21:56.20
and it describes
God's new covenant.
00:21:56.23\00:21:58.17
It describes God's new
covenant as forgiveness
00:21:58.71\00:22:01.11
of sin because
of faith in Jesus.
00:22:01.34\00:22:02.93
And it describes the
writing of the law of
00:22:03.38\00:22:05.90
God on the heart
and on the mind by the
00:22:05.93\00:22:08.73
power of the Holy
Spirit. My friend if you want to
00:22:08.76\00:22:13.79
be a New Testament
Christian, you want to
00:22:13.82\00:22:15.29
be a new covenant
Christian, you need not
00:22:15.32\00:22:17.76
just put your faith in
Jesus, but you need to let
00:22:17.79\00:22:20.55
the power of the spirit
of God in your life to write
00:22:20.58\00:22:23.98
the law of God on your heart.
00:22:24.01\00:22:26.63
My friend in the Book
of Revelation it says that
00:22:27.03\00:22:29.18
those who make it
through, those who do
00:22:29.21\00:22:32.04
not receive the
Mark of the Beast.
00:22:32.07\00:22:33.81
The people who endure
to the end are the people
00:22:34.17\00:22:37.83
who have this faith in
Jesus, this faith that won't
00:22:38.16\00:22:41.41
give up in Christ and
the people who by the power
00:22:41.44\00:22:47.90
of the Holy Spirit keep
the commandments of God.
00:22:47.93\00:22:52.38
That's how you avoid the Mark.
00:22:53.84\00:22:56.57
My friend you can
scan your groceries at the
00:23:01.00\00:23:03.07
grocery store. You
don't have to worry about
00:23:03.10\00:23:05.71
barcodes, and computer chips,
00:23:05.74\00:23:07.03
and all of those things.
The devil has sidetracked
00:23:07.06\00:23:10.91
the world with all of
those things to get people
00:23:10.94\00:23:13.85
looking to the physical
and the material and not
00:23:13.88\00:23:17.78
thinking about the
issues of their own heart.
00:23:17.81\00:23:20.43
Is my heart committed
to the Lord Jesus Christ,
00:23:21.04\00:23:23.94
is my life in harmony
with the law of God by
00:23:24.41\00:23:27.70
the power of the Holy Spirit.
00:23:27.73\00:23:30.34
The devil is got a
sidetracked and we are
00:23:31.61\00:23:34.60
looking to
barcodes, and computer chips,
00:23:34.63\00:23:36.60
and all of those
things as the Mark.
00:23:36.63\00:23:38.55
What we need to
worry about, is how not
00:23:39.80\00:23:41.69
to receive it and that is
by keeping our faith in Jesus.
00:23:41.72\00:23:45.77
By keeping our faith
in Jesus and keeping the
00:23:47.02\00:23:49.70
commandments of God by the
00:23:49.73\00:23:51.50
power of the Holy Spirit.
00:23:51.53\00:23:53.64
That's what Jesus
was talking about in John
00:23:57.38\00:23:59.47
chapter 14 verse 15
he says, "If you love me,
00:23:59.99\00:24:02.75
you will keep my commandments.
00:24:04.07\00:24:05.90
And I will ask the
Father, and he will give you
00:24:06.52\00:24:08.70
another Helper, to
be with you forever.
00:24:08.73\00:24:11.46
Jesus says if you love
me keep my commandments,
00:24:11.49\00:24:14.42
if you love me you
will keep my commandments
00:24:14.45\00:24:17.10
and that he is going to
pray to the father and the
00:24:17.13\00:24:20.08
father is gonna send a
helper. I love that word
00:24:20.11\00:24:23.15
helper there in,
in this translation.
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The word in the
Greek is Parakletos,
00:24:25.84\00:24:28.43
its one who comes beside,
00:24:28.46\00:24:31.34
its one who comes beside
00:24:33.43\00:24:34.82
to help. Jesus says
if you love me you will
00:24:35.13\00:24:38.65
keep my commandments
and he will pray to the
00:24:38.68\00:24:42.00
father and the father
is gonna send a helper,
00:24:42.03\00:24:43.79
this helper is the Holy Spirit.
00:24:43.82\00:24:46.21
My friends the devil
as I have said before has
00:24:47.39\00:24:51.54
got the world sidetracked.
People are worried about
00:24:51.57\00:24:55.39
computer chips; he has
got the Christian world
00:24:55.63\00:24:57.97
sidetrack. They
are worried about
00:24:58.00\00:24:59.34
computer chips
and barcodes, and they
00:24:59.37\00:25:01.84
are not worried about
their own spiritual house.
00:25:01.87\00:25:05.97
Is their faith
formerly rooted and grounded
00:25:06.52\00:25:09.38
in the Lord Jesus
Christ. And is the spirit of God
00:25:09.41\00:25:12.64
writing his law on their
hearts and on their minds,
00:25:13.14\00:25:16.35
the issue at the end
of time worship, worship,
00:25:16.74\00:25:20.30
worship, worship,
worship, worship, worship.
00:25:20.75\00:25:25.11
Seven times in the book
of Revelation in chapter
00:25:25.14\00:25:28.07
13 and 14 the issue is
worship, worship of the
00:25:28.10\00:25:31.41
beast and one time God
asks us to worship him.
00:25:31.44\00:25:35.08
The issue in the
Book of Revelation is the
00:25:36.83\00:25:38.17
commandments
they break the first
00:25:38.20\00:25:40.14
commandment,
they break the second
00:25:40.17\00:25:41.95
commandment taking
the name of the Lord
00:25:41.98\00:25:43.61
and worshiping
idols. They break the third
00:25:44.57\00:25:46.05
commandment taking the
name of the Lord in vain.
00:25:46.08\00:25:48.19
And then God says
remember by fourth
00:25:48.44\00:25:50.24
commandment and
worship me as creator.
00:25:50.27\00:25:52.36
The issue at the end
of time is not computers,
00:25:53.21\00:25:56.65
barcodes or any of
thos things; they are the
00:25:57.19\00:26:00.34
spiritual issues
of a new covenant.
00:26:00.37\00:26:02.80
The new covenant
in Hebrews that is the
00:26:03.52\00:26:06.72
writing of the law on
the hearts, the writing
00:26:06.75\00:26:08.97
of the law on the minds,
and the forgiveness of sin
00:26:09.00\00:26:12.99
through faith in Jesus Christ.
00:26:13.59\00:26:15.03
My friend today you want
to stand in the final crisis,
00:26:16.30\00:26:20.35
you need to stand
right now for Jesus Christ.
00:26:21.10\00:26:24.85
You want to be ready for
the final difficulties that
00:26:25.19\00:26:28.27
face us then you need to
make sure that your faith
00:26:28.30\00:26:31.17
is in Jesus right
now. You need to make sure
00:26:31.20\00:26:34.12
that the spirit of God
is the work in our life
00:26:34.15\00:26:37.05
bringing your life
into harmony with the
00:26:37.46\00:26:39.92
commandments of God.
There is no rebels in
00:26:39.95\00:26:43.37
heaven, there is
no rebels in heaven.
00:26:43.40\00:26:46.07
We put our
faith in Christ today.
00:26:47.21\00:26:49.56
The spirit of God
writes the law of God on the
00:26:50.64\00:26:54.34
heart, and the mind
today. I think of a millionaire
00:26:54.37\00:26:57.92
heart first woman
to ever fly across the
00:26:57.95\00:27:00.54
Atlantic Ocean unassisted.
Then she decides to fly
00:27:00.57\00:27:04.54
across the Pacific
Ocean. When she is flying across
00:27:04.57\00:27:07.91
the Pacific
Ocean, she encounters bad
00:27:07.94\00:27:11.05
weather and her
aeroplane crashes.
00:27:11.08\00:27:13.73
But, before her
plane crashed she radioed
00:27:13.98\00:27:16.43
in for help and
she said these words.
00:27:16.46\00:27:18.67
Fuel almost gone,
position doubtful.
00:27:19.27\00:27:23.47
She had no idea
where she was at and she
00:27:23.50\00:27:25.54
had no fuel to
get anywhere at all.
00:27:25.57\00:27:29.61
My friends that's
why many people are they
00:27:29.96\00:27:31.85
don't know where they
stand with God and they
00:27:31.88\00:27:33.55
have no spiritual
power. If you give your life to
00:27:33.58\00:27:36.01
Christ today keep your
faith in him, he will fill
00:27:36.04\00:27:38.97
you with the spirit and
give you spiritual power
00:27:39.00\00:27:41.61
and that's what its
gonna ultimately take to stand
00:27:41.89\00:27:44.56
at the end of time, it
just it's what's it's gonna take
00:27:44.59\00:27:47.98
to stand at the end of
time what you need today
00:27:48.01\00:27:50.43
is what you will need
tomorrow and ultimately
00:27:50.81\00:27:53.02
what you will need at the end
00:27:53.05\00:27:54.02
of time, put your trust in him.
00:27:54.03\00:27:55.73