Hi, and you're now with
The Forerunner Chronicles.
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Alright everybody, I
have a question for you.
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How important is entertainment
in your personal life?
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Now, the reason why I asked
you this particular question is,
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because over the course of the
last few months I've received
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this very same question
from thousands of individuals
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all throughout the world.
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And I'm talking about thousands
of text messages, and e-mails,
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even phone calls in the
very middle of the night.
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It's obvious to me people
are truly concerned about what
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role of importance entertainment
should play within their
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personal lives as well as in the
lives of their family members.
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And they want to know whether
or not entertainment should hold
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any role of
significance whatsoever
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within their households.
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When we look out into society,
and I'm not just speaking of
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here within the
United States of America,
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I'm talking about worldwide.
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It can be seen clearly
that the younger generation,
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the great majority, are devoting
an overwhelming amount of time
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and attention to
being engrossed within some
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form of entertainment.
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And this whole
phenomena of being wrapped up
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in entertainment; it's
not solely isolated to the
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younger generation.
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Let's be honest everyone, the
older generation as well have
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been overtaken with
this craze of entertainment;
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the love of entertainment, the
very presence of entertainment.
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It is pervading every
aspect of our society.
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And especially can we see
this within our inner cities,
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and now, with the technological
explosion that is taking place,
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giving us devices like iPads,
and iPods, laptop computers,
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and Smartphone's, which pretty
much have the same capabilities
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that our laptops have.
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We now have readily at our
disposal gadgets that we can
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wear on our wrists,
place within our pockets,
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or ladies, you can
just drop them right
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inside of your handbags.
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And we can pull them out
in almost any given situation,
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and almost at any given point
of time to satisfy our addiction
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with entertainment.
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Now tell me, is
there a problem with this?
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And if there is a
problem, why is this a problem?
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Well, to get to the heart of
this issue, and to get a very
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real time perspective of
it, I decided to go out into the
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public and speak with everyone
that I came into contact with.
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And that's exactly what I did.
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And I asked each
person two questions:
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Question number one was
about entertainment, of course.
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And then question number two was
dealing with one of the greatest
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moral standards that
are within existence.
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And then to make the scenario
that much more interesting
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for those people that
I was conversing with,
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I offered to give any person
that was able to get my two
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questions correct, all of
the money that I had in my
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pocket at that time.
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And the outcome was astounding.
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I was shocked at
the things that I heard.
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But that's just
my personal opinion.
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Now I invite you to take
a look and see for yourself.
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We're asking everybody
in public two questions.
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You get the questions
right I give you all the
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money in my pocket.
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Alright, I'll give it a shot.
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Ha ha, I like him.
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Okay, question 1. Do you
know who Gucci Mane is? Yeah.
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Alright. Gucci Mane
just got a new tattoo.
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Where is it, and what is it?
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Ice cream cone
on his right cheek.
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Ice cream cone on his cheek
with lightening coming out.
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Right here. It's
an ice cream cone.
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On his face and
it's an ice cream cone.
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Ice cream cone on his face.
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Ah, it's up on his
right, right or left eye.
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And it's an ice cream cone.
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It's on his face.
It's an ice cream cone.
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It's ice cream on his
face and it says Burrr.
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Ice cream on his face.
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It's on his face;
an ice cream cone.
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It's an ice cream cone
with three ice cream scoops,
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and it says Burrr.
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An ice cream cone on his face.
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Three, ah, an ice
cream cone on his cheek.
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Right cheek and what
is it? an ice cream cone
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with three scoops.
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On his face is
an ice cream cone.
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It's on his face. It's an
ice cream cone that says Burrr.
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Ha ha ha! On his face.
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It's an ice cream.
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Okay you got...
Give me the money!
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You got it. You've got to
get one more question right.
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Oprah Winfrey, she started
her new season this year,
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and she said she was going to
take everybody in her audience
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to a particular
place in the world.
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Where is she going
to take them? Australia.
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Australia, was it?
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Australia. You
got it right. Okay.
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Now question 2. Do you guys...
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Ah, let's see, I've
got to get a hard...
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Okay, do you believe in
the Ten Commandments? Yes.
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Yes. The Ten Commandments, yeah.
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Tell me, what is
the fourth commandment
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of the Ten Commandments?
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You get that right, I
give you all the money.
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Ah, I can name about
three of them. Ha ha.
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Come on... only 11.
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I'll give you five more seconds.
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Is it, is it? Just ten seconds.
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I answered the first.
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I'll give you ten seconds. Gosh!
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1 one thousand, 2 one thousand,
3 one thousand, 4 one thousand,
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5 one thousand, 6
one thousand... I forget!
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8 one thousand, 9 one
thousand, Jesus is coming 1,000.
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10 one thousands.
You ate in the cafeteria?
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I don't know.
Remember the 7th...
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Remember the Sabbath.
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You guys, Remember the
Sabbath day, to keep it holy.
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Six days shalt thou
labor, and do all thy work:
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but the seventh day is the
Sabbath of the Lord thy God:...
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Keep the Sabbath day holy.
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That's it. It's the
fourth commandment. Yes, Sir.
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I wonder why they
don't keep it holy?
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Ladies and
gentlemen, you have now seen
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and heard it for yourself.
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It's an unfortunate situation,
but it seems that people have
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a greater knowledge of
unessential information like
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where in the world
Ophra Winfrey's going to take
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her audience on vacation with
her, or what the latest tattoo
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is that their favorite
entertainer has received
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in their face, for that matter.
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It seems that people have a
greater knowledge of this type
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of trivial information
than they do about God's
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holy Ten Commandments.
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I praise God that I was able to
share with the majority of the
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people that I came in contact
with, truth filled literature
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and DVD's, so that they could go
home and then learn the truth,
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and share the truth
with their family members,
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and their friends.
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Because this is the information
that all of us need to be
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knowledgeable of,
especially in these last days
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in which we are now living.
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And, by the way, just
in case you were wondering,
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this wasn't a group of
atheists that I was asking
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these questions to.
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I spoke with over 200 people,
and out of this large number
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only about 10 people told me
that they didn't believe in God,
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neither His Ten Commandments.
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But the greater majority, the
greater majority professed to me
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that they believed in God, they
were Christians, and that they
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believed in keeping all
of God's Ten Commandments.
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And these poor souls, they could
give me more information about
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entertainment trivia than they
could about the law of the Lord
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whom they professed to serve.
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Now I know that
sounds like a hard statement,
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but like I said to you
earlier, you have now seen
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and heard it for yourself.
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This is the harsh reality that
is now plaguing our society.
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And this whole situation hasn't
been developed by happenstance.
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This situation has
been developed and set
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in place by design.
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And it has been
designed by the engineer,
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who is the
enemy of all humanity.
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You see, the devil well knows
that if he can keep our minds
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entranced with entertainment,
or any other device,
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for that matter, that will
pin up our time and attention,
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he can use this as a means
to divert us from obtaining the
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preparation that we all
so greatly need to be able to
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face the crisis
which is right before us.
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And if you don't know what
crisis I'm speaking of, please
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pay close attention, because
this is extremely important.
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The Bible tells us in
the book of Revelation 7:1,
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And after these things I saw
four angels standing on the four
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corners of the earth, holding
the four winds of the earth,
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that the wind should
not blow on the earth,
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nor on the sea, nor on any tree.
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And I saw another
angel ascending from the east
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having the seal
of the living God:
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and he cried with a loud voice
to the four angels, to whom
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it was given to hurt the
earth and the sea, saying,
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Hurt not the earth, neither the
sea, nor the trees, till we have
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sealed the servants of
our God in their foreheads.
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Ladies and gentlemen, as
you are watching this program
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God has sent as sentinels four
angels at the four corners of
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of planet Earth,
and their mission is to
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hold back the winds.
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We are told within the book of
Proverbs 1:27, that these winds
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are symbolic of destruction.
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These angels are holding back
destruction from touching down
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on planet Earth,
bringing calamity
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to the entire human race.
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But they will only hold this
position of great authority,
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which God Himself has
commissioned unto them,
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for a
probationary period of time.
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And we know this for a certainty
because the Bible clearly tells
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in Revelation 7:3 that the angel
that ascended from the East,
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which had within it's possession
the seal of the living God,
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he cried unto other four
angels, Hurt not the earth,
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neither the sea, nor the trees,
till, till we have sealed the
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servants of our
God in their foreheads.
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This lets us know that when the
seal of the living God is placed
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within the foreheads
of the servants of God,
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then and only then, will
God allow the angels to let
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the winds loose, and
destruction will follow.
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Don't you see how important it
is that all of us know exactly
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what this seal of
the living God is?
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Because only those that receive
this seal within their foreheads
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will be protected when
calamity comes upon our world.
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The Bible tells us that
this seal of the living God
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must be placed within the
foreheads of His servants.
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This is highly symbolic.
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You see, within the forehead is
the frontal lobe of the brain.
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Within the frontal lobe is where
the reasoning, and the judgment
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processes take place.
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Within the frontal lobe is where
character formation takes place.
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God is seeking to seal something
important up within the
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character of His servants before
He can safely allow destruction
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to come upon this world.
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Don't you want to
know what God wants to seal
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within your character?
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Well, the Bible will
give us all the answers.
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We are told within
the book of Isaiah 8:16,
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Bind up the testimony,
seal the law among my disciples.
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God desires to seal
His law within the hearts,
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within the minds, within
the characters of His servants.
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You see, many people profess
that they are servants of God.
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Many people
profess to be Christians.
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And as you saw earlier, many
people profess that they believe
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in God's commandments.
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But how many people
actually have God's laws sealed
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within their characters?
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God knows that if He can seal
His law within the character of
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human beings, a radical
transformation will take place
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within their lives.
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That's exactly what the
Bible teaches in the book of
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Psalm 19:7. We are told there
the law of the Lord is perfect,
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converting the soul.
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When the law of God can be
placed within our characters
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it will convert us
into a new type of creature;
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a new type of human being.
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What type of
human being is this?
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The Bible will let us know
in the book of Psalm 119:142.
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We are told there, Thy
righteousness is an everlasting
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righteousness, and
thy law is the truth.
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When God can seal His law within
our characters, we will become
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converted, transformed
into human beings of truth;
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people that
will speak the truth,
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people that will be
kind, loving, and just.
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We will be creatures of
truth when God can seal His law
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within our characters.
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And don't you want to
be this type of creature?
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See the Bible tells us in Psalm
40:8, I delight to do thy will,
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O my God: yea, thy
law is within my heart.
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See, God knows that if He
can place His law within our
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characters we will
find delight in Him,
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and not in entertainment,
not in the music of this world,
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not in the
fashions of this world.
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We will find our
delight in serving God,
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and in being obedient;
in being creatures of truth.
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And when this type of radical
transformation can take place
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within our lives, we will be
just like Jesus Christ Himself.
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Because the Bible tells us in
the book of John 14:6, And Jesus
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saith unto him, I am the
way, the truth, and the life:
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no man cometh unto
the Father but by Me.
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When God can place His law
of truth within our character,
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we will be converted
into creatures of truth;
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meaning we will be just
like Jesus, who is the very
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embodiment of truth itself.
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Awesome, isn't it?
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And God is looking for human
beings that He can make just
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like Jesus before He will
allow the winds of destruction
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to be let loose on planet Earth.
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But you might be out
there saying to me right now,
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Well, nobody can keep God's law.
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Because the Bible tells us
in the book of Romans 7:14,
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For we know that
the law is spiritual:
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but I am carnal, sold under sin.
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Doesn't the Bible teach
us in the book of Romans 8,
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starting at verse 7, For the
carnal mind is enmity against
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God: for it is not
subject to the law of God,
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neither indeed can be.
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Yes, my friend. You're right.
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It is impossible for the carnal
man to keep God's spiritual
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law holy in his own strength.
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That is why we need the
power of the living God.
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Remember, it's called
the seal of the living God.
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Question: who is the living God?
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As you know, the
Bible has the answer.
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In the book of
Jeremiah 10:10 we are told,
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the Lord is the true
God, he is the living God,
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and eternal king: at his
wrath the earth shall tremble,
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and the nations shall not be
able to abide his indignation.
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Thus shall ye say unto them,
The gods that have not made the
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heavens and the earth, even they
shall perish from the earth,
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and from under these heavens.
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He hath made the earth by
his power, he hath established
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the world by his wisdom, and
hath stretched out the heavens
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by his discretion.
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The God that created
the heavens and the earth,
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and all that in them is,
according to Jeremiah 10:10,
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He is the living
God, the God that is
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the Creator of all things.
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Well, who is this Creator of all
things that is the living God?
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The Bible gives us more
answers in the book of John 1,
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starting at verse 1,
which says, In the beginning was
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the Word, and the Word was
with God, and the Word was God.
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The same was in
the beginning with God.
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All things were made by
him; and without him was not any
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thing made that was made.
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The Word is the Creator of
all things that are in heaven,
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that are in earth.
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The Word is the living God.
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The Bible tells us more
about this Word in the book of
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John 1:14 which says,
And the Word was made flesh,
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and dwelt among us,
(and we beheld his glory,
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the glory as of the
only begotten of the Father,)
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full of grace and truth.
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The Word, the Creator
of the heavens and earth,
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is the One who came and
was made flesh, and revealed to
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humanity the very glory of God.
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This Word is
Jesus Christ Himself.
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Jesus is the true and living
God; the Creator of all things.
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Did you know that the
Bible also gives Jesus,
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the living God, another title?
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In the book of Mark 2:27, 28,
we are told from the mouth of
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Jesus Himself, The
Sabbath was made for man,
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and not man for the Sabbath:
therefore the Son of man,
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is Lord also of the Sabbath.
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Jesus Christ, who is the
living God, also is called,
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The Lord of Sabbath.
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The same Sabbath day which
is spoken of in the book of
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Exodus 20:8, which tells us:
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the Lord made the
heaven and the earth, the sea,
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and all that in them is,
and rested the seventh day:
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wherefore the Lord blessed the
Sabbath day, and hallowed it.
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As we look closely at this
commandment, it becomes very
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obvious that the Lord of Sabbath
is also the true and living God.
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For it is the Lord of Sabbath
that created the heaven and the
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earth, the sea, and
all that in them is.
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And as you place your faith
in this awesome creative power
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that is yielded by the Lord
of Sabbath, the true and living
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God, Jesus Christ Himself,
you will receive power to obey
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all of God's Ten Commandments.
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We are told in the
book of Isaiah 40:28, 29,
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Hast thou not known? hast thou
not heard, that the eternal God
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the Lord, the Creator of the
ends of the earth, faintest not,
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neither is weary?...
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He giveth power to the faint;
and to them that are without
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might he increases strength.
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My friend, have
you ever felt as though
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you wanted to give life up?
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You couldn't go one more day!
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Have you ever felt
like you were going to faint
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under the great weight of
the burden and guilt of sin?
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I'm here to tell you
right now, Don't give up!
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Don't let the
enemy discourage you.
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Turn your eyes by faith
to the true and living God,
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Jesus Christ, because
He wants to give you power.
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He wants to strengthen you
so you can have a life of peace,
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a life of joy, a life of
happiness, a life of obedience,
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fulfilling all of the righteous
requirements of His law.
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This is why Jesus Christ
came and took upon Himself
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sinful human flesh.
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This is why Jesus died and rose
again, to gain the victory over
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death and sin for you.
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This is why Jesus ever liveth
to make intercession for us
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so that we can have the
power of His righteousness.
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The Bible tells us in the book
of Romans 8:3, For what the law
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could not do, in that it
was weak through the flesh,
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God sending his own Son in
the likeness of sinful flesh,
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and for sin,
condemned sin in the flesh:
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that the righteousness of the
law might be fulfilled in us,
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who walk not after the
flesh, but after the Spirit.
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I'm so glad that none of
us have to try and live this
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life in our own strength.
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The true and living God
not only has power to create,
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the true and living God
has power to re-create us
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into His holy image.
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And this is why
the fourth commandment,
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which is the Sabbath
commandment, stands out above
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all of the
other Ten Commandments
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as the seal of the living God,
for it is the only commandment
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that identifies who the
God of the Ten Commandments is,
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and that God is the
true and living God.
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Did you know that God
gave us the Sabbath commandment
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as a perpetual reminder that
it is only by His creative power
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that we can live
lives of holiness?
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The Bible tells us in the book
of Ezekiel 20:12, Moreover also
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I gave them my Sabbaths, to
be a sign between me and them,
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that they might
know that I am the Lord
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that doth sanctify them.
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The true and living God, the
Lord of Sabbath, Jesus Christ
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is our only hope of holiness.
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He is our only hope of
obedience to the law of God.
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And it is by His
strength that we can receive
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the seal of the
living God in our characters.
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And ladies and gentlemen, we
need to have this experience.
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Very shortly from now the
four winds will be let loose.
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Destruction will
come upon planet Earth.
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But God has made a way for
us to be sealed up so that our
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salvation can never
be stripped from us.
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He wants us to receive His
power into our lives today.
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I want to encourage you, please
set aside the entertainment.
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Set aside the internet.
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Set aside the gadgets.
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Spend more time with Jesus.
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Don't let the enemy distract
you from gaining the experience
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that will make you a recipient
of the seal of the living God.
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Because God is
looking to seal you.
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As always, this
is the Forerunner.
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And whether you like it or
not, the truth is the truth.
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