Good evening and welcome to
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Give Me The Bible.
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This is a series that is being
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produced by
Kenneth Cox Ministries.
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And our speaker tonight will be
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Evangelist Kenneth Cox.
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And we want to welcome you
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no matter where you're tuning in
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from around the world.
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And we want to welcome
our live audience as well.
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It is so good to be
able to sit at the feet
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of someone who has
really studied in-depth.
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And that's what
Kenneth Cox has done.
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And he has traveled...
During his public ministry
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he has covered the world.
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And we're very fortunate
to have him here at 3ABN.
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And he is going to be continuing
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his second part
of a 5- part series.
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The series title
is The Elijah Message.
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Last night we heard
about The Coming of Elijah.
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And you remember what he said?
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The Lord said at the
close of the Old Testament
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that before the coming of
the great and dreadful day
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of the Lord He was going
to send the prophet Elijah.
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And Jesus - when He was talking
about John the Baptist - said
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that if you had ears to
hear you could understand
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that John the Baptist was
the Elijah that was to come.
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But when we think
about the Elijah message,
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we learned last night
that this is all about
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what? Turning the
hearts of the fathers to whom?
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To their children.
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And the hearts of the
children to their fathers.
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This is such a timely message.
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We need to hear this
because families are crumbling.
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Any why are they?
Because the devil knows
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that the family is the
smallest unit of the church
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and if he can
break up the family,
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he can break up the church.
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But we're going
to go on tonight.
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We're going to hear
about Abraham's Altar.
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There was a practice that
Abraham held for all of his life
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and it really did contribute
to the salvation of his family.
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So we're very pleased...
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Before Kenneth...
Pastor Kenneth Cox comes out,
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we're going to have...
You know, we're thinking about
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family harmony right now.
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Well, we've got a
precious family here tonight,
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and they do have sister harmony.
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We're going to introduce
to you the Micheff sisters.
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There's Brenda,
Cinda, and Linda.
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And they're going
to be singing Redeemed.
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Redeemed, how I
love to proclaim it!
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Redeemed by the
blood of the Lamb.
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Redeemed through
His infinite mercy;
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His child and forever I am.
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Redeemed,
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Redeemed!
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Redeemed by the
blood of the Lamb.
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Redeemed,
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Redeemed!
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His child and forever I am.
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Redeemed and so happy in Jesus,
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no language my rapture can tell.
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I know that the
light of His presence
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with me doth continually dwell.
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Redeemed,
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Redeemed!
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Redeemed by the
blood of the Lamb.
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Redeemed,
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Redeemed!
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His child and forever I am.
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I think of my blessed Redeemer,
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I think of Him all the day long.
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I sing for I cannot be silent,
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His love is the
theme of my song.
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Redeemed,
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Redeemed!
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Redeemed by the
blood of the Lamb.
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Redeemed,
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Redeemed!
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His child and forever I am.
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Redeemed, Redeemed!
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Redeemed by the
blood of the Lamb.
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Redeemed,
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Redeemed!
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Redeemed by the
blood of the Lamb.
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Redeemed,
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Redeemed!
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His child and forever I am.
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His child and forever...
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His child and forever and ever
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I am.
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Amen! Amen!
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Redeemed! What wonderful news
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to know that we are redeemed
by the blood of the Lamb.
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Thank you to
the Micheff sisters.
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We appreciate them
being here tonight.
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How are you this evening?
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Had a good day?
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Great! All of those of you
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who are watching by television
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or listening over the radio,
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we're glad to
welcome you tonight.
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Hope that this subject
will be a special blessing
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to your family
in a definite way.
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As you know, we're talking
about The Elijah Message.
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And we found out last
night that the Elijah message
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deals with the home:
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turning the hearts of
the fathers to the children
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and the children
to their fathers.
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And that's what the
Elijah message is about.
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And that's what we're talking
about during this series.
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Our next
presentation is entitled
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There are certain things
that the scripture gives us -
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lays it down very clear -
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that if you and
I will follow those
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that God will bless our home.
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Promises that -
absolutely - that He will do it.
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And we'll find tonight
or tomorrow... excuse me,
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on our next presentation
that the promises of God
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are conditional.
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Conditional.
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And He lays down conditions
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that if you and I
fulfill those conditions
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then the blessing is sure.
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So we hope that this
subject on Bless This House
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will be of help to
you in a special way.
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And then tonight our
subject is Abraham's Altar.
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There's certain things
that you need to look for
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in tonight's presentation
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that Abraham did that affected
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his family and his
descendants for generations.
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Made a great, great difference
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and it had to
do with the family.
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And so watch for that as
we talk about Abraham's Altar.
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And it gives us some
insights into what you and I
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need to be doing and
what God expects of us.
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And so we hope that
tonight's presentation
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will be a blessing
to you in a special way.
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We're glad that you're
here; glad that you're watching.
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We hope that as you
continue to study God's Word
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it will continue
to lead and guide you
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as you go through
the scripture day by day.
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We're very happy to have
the Micheff sisters with us.
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And they're singing
a song tonight entitled
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Whatever It Takes.
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Closer to You, Lord...
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closer I pray.
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Help me draw closer
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to Your will today.
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It doesn't matter
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what others may do.
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I want to draw closer
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to You.
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There's a voice calling me
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from an old, rugged tree.
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And it whispers:
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"Draw closer to Me. "
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Leave this world far behind,
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there are new heights to climb.
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And a new life
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in Me you will find.
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For whatever it takes
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to draw closer to You, Lord,
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that's what I'll be willing
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to do.
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For whatever it takes
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to be more like You,
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that's what I'll be willing
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to do.
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Take the dearest thing from me
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if that's how it must be
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to draw me
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closer to Thee.
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Let the disappointments come...
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lonely days without the sun...
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if through sorrow,
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like You I'll become.
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For whatever it takes
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to draw closer to You, Lord,
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that's what I'll be willing
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to do.
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For whatever it takes
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to be more like You,
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that's what I'll be willing
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to do.
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Take my houses and my lands,
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change my dreams
and all my plans...
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for I'm placing my life
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in Your hands.
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And if You call me some day
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to a land far away,
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Lord, I'll go...
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and Your will obey.
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For whatever it takes
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to draw closer to You, Lord,
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that's what I'll be willing
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to do.
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For whatever it takes
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to be more like You,
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that's what I'll be willing
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to do.
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I'll give sunshine for rain;
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comfort for pain;
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that's what I'll be willing
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to do.
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For whatever it takes
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for my will to break,
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that's what I'll be willing
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to do.
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It doesn't matter
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what others may do.
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I want to draw closer
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to You.
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Closer
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to You.
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Gracious Lord,
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we come to You this evening
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asking that You'll be present.
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That You'll send
Your Holy Spirit.
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That it may quicken our minds.
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Give us receptive hearts.
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Pray that we each may understand
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our responsibilities
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and that we might be
willing to follow You
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in all that we do.
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For this we ask in
Christ's name, Amen.
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I don't know of anything
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in the Christian life
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that the devil fights more
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than what we're going to talk
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about tonight.
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In fact, he will do
everything that he can
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think of to keep
you from doing it.
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He will give you
every excuse in the world
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not to do it.
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He'll convince you
that you're too busy.
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That you don't have enough time.
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He'll do everything he can
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to keep you from doing
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what we're
talking about tonight.
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So I hope that you
will see and understand
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and purpose in your
heart that you are going to do
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what God wants you to do.
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Abraham of old...
Abraham left Ur of the Chaldees.
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He and his father, his
brother, quite a few others.
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And they made their way
up to a place called Haran.
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Haran was right
there by the river.
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Very beautiful country...
lots of grass and everything.
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And they settled
there, and that's where
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they stayed for
a number of years.
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But God had called
Abraham to leave there
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and to go to the land of Canaan.
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When God asked Abraham to go
to the land of Canaan, folks,
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He was asking Abraham to
go into a very, very hostile
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environment.
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Because the people that
lived in Canaan were pagans.
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They were pagans.
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They practiced all
kinds of immorality.
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They sacrificed
animals to pagan gods.
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They even
sacrificed their children.
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They were terrible.
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So why would God take Abraham
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and put him into such
a hostile environment?
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Why would He do that?
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Because God made this statement:
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God said: "When
it comes to Abraham,
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I have known him... "
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So God said: "I trust Abraham.
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He's My friend. He will
do what I ask him to do.
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And he will raise his children
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as I have
instructed him to raise them. "
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Now when it talks
about Abraham's household
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what kind of a
household did he have?
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Well Abraham's
household numbered a lot.
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Abraham left Haran, came
down, and came into the land
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of Canaan. And when he
came into the land of Canaan
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the very first place
he came to was Shechem.
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You remember that? Shechem.
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And in Shechem he built
an altar there. It says:
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Now it says He met him
there and he built an altar.
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And it says: "I know
Abraham that he will direct
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his household after Me. "
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Well Abraham's
household numbered over 1,000.
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Did you realize that?
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His household
numbered over 1,000 people.
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And when they built an altar,
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they didn't build an altar
just to offer sacrifice on.
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That wasn't the
total purpose of the altar.
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True... they brought an
animal and offered it there,
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but the altar was where
they came and worshiped.
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They came to there every morning
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and every evening and
worshiped God at this altar.
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The altar was the
center of their activity.
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Everything went on around it,
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and so when they came to
a place where they stayed
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they built an altar. And
that's where they worshiped.
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But Abraham, as it said
here, had a lot of people
00:20:11.76\00:20:14.96
in his household. Do
you remember the time
00:20:15.16\00:20:16.62
when these kings
came down and they raided
00:20:16.65\00:20:19.11
Sodom and Gomorrah and they
took Abraham's nephew captive?
00:20:19.31\00:20:25.00
Remember that?
00:20:25.30\00:20:26.50
Listen to this:
00:20:26.71\00:20:27.87
So he had 318
men there, servants,
00:20:51.83\00:20:55.67
that were born in his household.
00:20:55.77\00:20:57.35
So his household
was not just a few.
00:20:57.65\00:21:01.80
And when he took
them, he trained them
00:21:02.01\00:21:04.81
and taught them about the
Lord and they followed the Lord.
00:21:05.01\00:21:07.77
So everywhere that Abraham went
00:21:07.98\00:21:10.56
all across the land of Canaan
00:21:10.76\00:21:13.72
you could follow his travels
00:21:13.92\00:21:15.50
because there
would be an altar there.
00:21:15.70\00:21:17.91
They built an altar, and
you could see exactly where
00:21:18.11\00:21:21.48
Abraham went. And when
these pagan people came along
00:21:21.69\00:21:24.66
they could see the altar
and they knew that's where
00:21:24.86\00:21:27.42
Abraham had been.
00:21:27.62\00:21:28.97
And not only did Abraham do that
00:21:29.17\00:21:32.43
but he taught his
sons to worship God.
00:21:32.63\00:21:37.40
To bring their
families before the Lord.
00:21:37.60\00:21:39.66
And so we read here:
00:21:39.86\00:21:41.23
So we find that Isaac following
the same custom as Abraham.
00:21:50.91\00:21:55.53
Wherever they stopped and spent
time they built an altar there.
00:21:55.73\00:22:00.43
But Isaac took
it a step farther.
00:22:00.63\00:22:02.21
He had his servants dig a well.
00:22:02.41\00:22:05.13
And so there at the
altar where they worshiped
00:22:05.33\00:22:09.06
there was also a
well that provided water
00:22:09.26\00:22:12.21
and life... was there.
And, you know, you could
00:22:12.41\00:22:16.42
follow every place that
Isaac went because one thing
00:22:16.62\00:22:19.38
there was a well
there... it was green around it.
00:22:19.58\00:22:21.86
And so they could see
exactly where Isaac had been.
00:22:22.06\00:22:24.91
And he worshiped and followed
the Lord, and it continues
00:22:25.11\00:22:28.01
to say about him. It says:
00:22:28.21\00:22:29.38
These were places where
they built altars to the Lord.
00:22:34.22\00:22:38.01
Well do you remember his son?
00:22:38.21\00:22:42.59
Jacob?
00:22:42.79\00:22:44.43
Well you remember Jacob went
down to his Uncle Laban's house.
00:22:44.63\00:22:48.42
Spent... Where was Uncle Laban?
00:22:48.62\00:22:52.03
See how your Bible is.
00:22:52.23\00:22:54.64
Well he was over in
Haran I told you about... OK?
00:22:54.84\00:22:57.76
So he goes over, spends
some time with his Uncle Laban
00:22:57.96\00:23:01.98
and married Laban's two
daughters. You remember that?
00:23:02.18\00:23:05.71
And then the Lord
said to him, said:
00:23:05.92\00:23:08.50
"Jacob, it's time
for you to come back. "
00:23:08.70\00:23:11.00
And Jacob is coming
back, and the very first place
00:23:11.20\00:23:16.61
he comes into the land of Canaan
00:23:16.81\00:23:20.31
was at Shechem.
00:23:20.51\00:23:23.64
Very same place
that Abraham had come in.
00:23:23.84\00:23:26.68
He came there to Shechem, and
that... What did he do there?
00:23:26.88\00:23:30.58
He built an... rebuilt
the altar and he dug a well.
00:23:31.59\00:23:37.57
And 1700 years later
00:23:37.60\00:23:41.06
the Son of Jacob was
there drinking the water
00:23:41.26\00:23:47.19
from the well that Jacob dug.
00:23:47.39\00:23:51.01
But that well was
where the altar was,
00:23:51.21\00:23:55.90
and this is where they
came and they worshiped God.
00:23:56.10\00:23:59.82
That's what took place there.
00:24:00.03\00:24:01.64
Now watch...
watch the circumstances
00:24:01.84\00:24:07.33
or the consequences
00:24:07.53\00:24:08.71
of having and not having
morning and evening worship.
00:24:08.91\00:24:12.22
Because Abraham...
they were there at the altar
00:24:13.39\00:24:16.75
every morning, every evening.
00:24:16.85\00:24:18.61
That's where his household
met and they worshiped.
00:24:18.81\00:24:21.09
Same thing with Isaac;
same thing with Jacob...
00:24:21.29\00:24:23.36
right on down.
00:24:23.56\00:24:24.77
But there was an individual
in Abraham's household
00:24:24.97\00:24:29.41
that did not follow the custom.
00:24:29.61\00:24:32.67
There God has blessed Abraham,
00:24:44.82\00:24:48.47
He had blessed Lot...
00:24:48.67\00:24:49.84
until they had more cattle
than they could be together with
00:24:50.04\00:24:54.27
because there wasn't enough
pasture to take care of both
00:24:54.48\00:24:57.15
of them so they had to separate.
00:24:57.25\00:24:59.30
And Lot went down
into the plains of Jordan
00:24:59.50\00:25:03.69
and down by Sodom and Gomorrah
because they were well watered.
00:25:03.90\00:25:08.30
They were beautiful,
and so he took his family
00:25:08.50\00:25:11.19
and they moved to
Sodom and Gomorrah.
00:25:11.39\00:25:13.66
There is no record here, friend,
00:25:13.86\00:25:16.43
no record here at all
00:25:16.64\00:25:19.59
of Lot - who the Bible
says was a righteous man,
00:25:19.79\00:25:23.13
don't misunderstand me
- but there's no record
00:25:23.33\00:25:26.06
of him having
morning and evening worship.
00:25:26.26\00:25:29.45
There's no record of
Lot building an altar.
00:25:29.65\00:25:34.10
All right. Years passed.
00:25:46.47\00:25:50.11
And the Lord is
talking to Abraham here,
00:25:52.58\00:25:55.29
that's what He's doing...
00:25:55.49\00:25:56.79
He said: "I'm going
to go down, find out. "
00:26:16.91\00:26:19.27
See? Now, if you read the story
00:26:19.48\00:26:23.42
here is Christ and two angels.
00:26:23.62\00:26:26.72
And they've been there
and they've been visiting
00:26:26.92\00:26:28.93
with Abraham. And
He's telling Abraham
00:26:29.13\00:26:31.26
what He's going to do. He
said: "I'm going to go down
00:26:31.46\00:26:33.22
and take a look
at Sodom and Gomorrah
00:26:33.42\00:26:34.79
and see if it's as
bad as they say it is. "
00:26:34.99\00:26:38.03
Interesting.
00:26:47.11\00:26:49.07
Two angels go on toward Sodom;
00:26:49.27\00:26:51.84
Abraham stands before the Lord.
00:26:52.04\00:26:55.68
And he says to Him:
00:26:55.88\00:26:58.48
Asked Him and said: "You're
going down there, and this city
00:27:05.90\00:27:09.15
is wicked but would You destroy
the righteous with the wicked?
00:27:09.35\00:27:13.23
What if there's 50
righteous people there?
00:27:13.43\00:27:17.06
Would You destroy it?
00:27:17.27\00:27:18.64
And the Lord said: "No. "
00:27:18.85\00:27:23.48
And Abraham said:
"Well, what if there's 40?
00:27:23.68\00:27:26.90
Would You destroy it? "
00:27:28.26\00:27:29.49
And the Lord said: "No. "
00:27:29.69\00:27:32.12
Keeps reducing. He
said: "What if there's 20? "
00:27:33.51\00:27:37.25
Said: "No,
wouldn't destroy it. "
00:27:37.45\00:27:40.74
"Well, what if there's 10? "
00:27:40.94\00:27:44.61
Said: "No,
wouldn't destroy it. "
00:27:44.81\00:27:47.94
Said: "What if there's just 5? "
00:27:48.14\00:27:50.82
Said: "No, won't destroy it. "
00:27:51.03\00:27:53.31
Those angels... they're
down in Sodom and Gomorrah now
00:27:55.85\00:27:59.82
and they have found Lot.
00:28:00.02\00:28:02.04
Now folks, Lot is a good
man. You must understand that.
00:28:02.24\00:28:06.39
But he hasn't done
what he should have done
00:28:06.59\00:28:09.90
for his
household, for his children.
00:28:10.10\00:28:12.84
And those angels have told him:
00:28:13.04\00:28:15.63
"God's going to
destroy the city. Get out!
00:28:15.80\00:28:18.65
Get out now! "
00:28:18.85\00:28:20.95
You see, they didn't
understand anything about this.
00:28:42.30\00:28:46.02
There was no altar;
there was nothing there
00:28:46.22\00:28:49.52
that taught them day by day.
00:28:49.62\00:28:51.50
And when he told them: "He's
going to burn this place up, "
00:28:51.70\00:28:54.86
to them he was joking.
00:28:55.06\00:28:57.20
They fled; only Lot and
his two daughters made it.
00:29:14.46\00:29:18.71
Even Lot's wife didn't make it.
00:29:18.91\00:29:23.39
Her heart was still
right back there in that city.
00:29:23.59\00:29:27.75
These daughters that Lot has...
00:29:29.71\00:29:32.01
they're not followers of God.
00:29:32.22\00:29:35.36
They... they don't understand
00:29:35.56\00:29:38.47
because Lot has not
taken the time to have morning
00:29:38.67\00:29:42.38
and evening worship
with them and to teach them.
00:29:42.48\00:29:44.82
And so they don't understand,
00:29:45.02\00:29:46.33
and so they get there
in the cave and they say:
00:29:46.53\00:29:48.20
"What's going to happen to us?
00:29:48.40\00:29:49.94
Here we are in this cave, and
we don't have any descendants.
00:29:50.14\00:29:54.33
What's going to happen to us? "
00:29:54.53\00:29:55.89
And so they decided among
themselves that they would get
00:29:56.09\00:30:00.30
their father drunk
00:30:00.50\00:30:01.69
and they would go
in and sleep with him
00:30:01.90\00:30:05.92
and become pregnant that
they might have a descendant.
00:30:07.33\00:30:10.75
And so each one
of those daughters
00:30:10.95\00:30:13.87
got pregnant by their father.
00:30:14.07\00:30:18.16
And they had two sons.
00:30:18.36\00:30:21.40
One's name was Moab
00:30:21.60\00:30:24.83
and the other's
name was Ben-ammi.
00:30:25.03\00:30:28.29
Those two sons
00:30:29.84\00:30:32.14
became the fathers
00:30:32.34\00:30:36.73
of two nations: the
Moabites, the Ammonites.
00:30:36.93\00:30:42.53
And those two fought
against Israel for years.
00:30:43.41\00:30:49.34
Dear friends, all I'm
trying to show you tonight
00:30:50.57\00:30:53.44
is the results when we
don't follow what God says.
00:30:53.65\00:30:58.08
And we don't have enough time
00:30:58.28\00:30:59.97
and we don't think
it's important enough
00:31:00.17\00:31:01.99
to spend time taking
our children before the Lord
00:31:02.19\00:31:06.66
morning and evening that
they might know the Lord.
00:31:06.69\00:31:11.85
Nothing... nothing is
as important as doing this.
00:31:12.15\00:31:18.10
This is what God wants us to do.
00:31:26.07\00:31:29.38
All your children
shall be taught of the Lord.
00:31:29.58\00:31:33.06
And if we will take the
time to teach them the Lord
00:31:33.26\00:31:37.59
it says: "great will be
the peace of your children. "
00:31:37.79\00:31:42.14
Because they've got
something to build on.
00:31:42.34\00:31:45.05
They've got a foundation;
00:31:45.25\00:31:46.31
they've got something
to place their belief in
00:31:46.51\00:31:49.11
and their... where they stand.
00:31:49.31\00:31:50.97
Giving them the kind of
foundation that they need.
00:31:51.17\00:31:55.93
I'm going to share with
you tonight three statements
00:31:56.23\00:32:00.80
out of books. These
are statements that to me
00:32:01.00\00:32:05.18
have great, great
meaning on this subject.
00:32:05.38\00:32:08.96
It says:
00:32:09.16\00:32:10.38
Did you ever think about that?
00:32:17.27\00:32:18.63
That when you're
praying you're building a hedge
00:32:18.83\00:32:21.75
around your children?
00:32:21.85\00:32:23.37
You don't want the
devil to get in there...
00:32:23.57\00:32:26.50
build a hedge around them.
00:32:26.70\00:32:28.26
This is important.
00:32:40.80\00:32:43.48
In every family there
should be a fixed time
00:32:52.25\00:32:57.52
for morning and evening worship.
00:32:57.72\00:33:00.75
If you don't do that,
00:33:00.95\00:33:03.57
you won't get it done.
00:33:03.77\00:33:05.71
Sorry. If you don't do that,
00:33:05.91\00:33:10.24
you will not get it done.
00:33:10.44\00:33:12.74
You need to have a fixed time
00:33:12.94\00:33:16.22
for morning and evening worship.
00:33:16.43\00:33:18.90
And even then,
I'll guarantee you
00:33:19.00\00:33:22.21
the devil will do everything he
can to keep you from doing it.
00:33:22.41\00:33:26.77
Because there's
too much here at stake
00:33:28.38\00:33:30.66
and therefore he
fights it for all he can
00:33:30.86\00:33:34.06
to make sure that
that doesn't happen.
00:33:34.26\00:33:36.44
But in every home there should
be morning and evening worship.
00:33:36.64\00:33:42.11
Now when they
came to the altar -
00:33:42.31\00:33:45.31
many times when they came -
00:33:45.51\00:33:47.53
they brought a sacrifice.
00:33:47.73\00:33:49.23
There could be a
sacrifice brought for sins.
00:33:49.43\00:33:52.67
Or there could be a sacrifice
brought as a thank offering.
00:33:52.87\00:33:56.53
Or there could
be just a sacrifice
00:33:56.73\00:33:58.66
as a free will offering.
00:33:58.77\00:34:00.49
But they brought a
sacrifice and offered it
00:34:00.52\00:34:04.18
there on the altar. But
it wasn't the only time...
00:34:04.38\00:34:07.45
they came every
morning and every evening
00:34:07.65\00:34:10.87
and worshiped together.
00:34:11.07\00:34:12.27
But today... what
sacrifice do we bring?
00:34:12.47\00:34:17.05
We don't bring a lamb any more
00:34:19.41\00:34:21.49
because Jesus
Christ was the Lamb of God.
00:34:21.69\00:34:25.34
So we don't
need to bring a lamb.
00:34:25.54\00:34:27.40
So it says they
brought a sacrifice.
00:34:27.60\00:34:30.45
Are we to bring a sacrifice?
00:34:30.65\00:34:32.64
Well I want you to listen,
because these are the sacrifices
00:34:32.74\00:34:38.35
that you and I
are supposed to bring
00:34:38.55\00:34:41.75
every morning and every evening.
00:34:41.95\00:34:44.75
In other words, you and
I are to present our bodies
00:35:00.00\00:35:04.18
as a living sacrifice to God.
00:35:04.38\00:35:08.49
What does that mean?
00:35:10.03\00:35:11.55
That means each
morning when I get up
00:35:11.75\00:35:15.31
I need to dedicate
my life to the Lord
00:35:15.51\00:35:20.51
and give my life
anew to Him every day.
00:35:20.71\00:35:25.20
Let me tell you something.
00:35:25.41\00:35:26.49
There is no such thing as
a person getting up every day
00:35:26.69\00:35:31.70
and giving his life to the Lord
00:35:31.90\00:35:34.15
and doing that every day
00:35:34.35\00:35:36.35
and that person missing heaven.
00:35:36.55\00:35:38.15
Impossible.
00:35:38.36\00:35:41.18
That person who gets up and
will give his life to the Lord
00:35:41.38\00:35:44.68
every day... that
is what gets us ready
00:35:44.88\00:35:49.35
for the coming of Jesus Christ.
00:35:49.55\00:35:51.97
You remember
Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego?
00:35:52.00\00:35:57.67
Let me explain what it
means by offering our bodies
00:35:57.97\00:36:01.69
as a living sacrifice.
00:36:01.89\00:36:03.36
Nebuchadnezzar had built this
huge image out on the plains
00:36:03.56\00:36:08.27
of Dura and he told them
that they were to worship it.
00:36:08.47\00:36:11.77
And you remember he set
up a band and everything
00:36:11.97\00:36:16.00
and told them when the music was
to play they were to bow down
00:36:16.20\00:36:19.35
and worship the image.
00:36:19.55\00:36:20.69
Well they all bowed
down except Shadrach,
00:36:20.89\00:36:24.43
Meshach and Abednego.
00:36:24.63\00:36:25.73
They didn't.
00:36:25.93\00:36:27.51
And
Nebuchadnezzar called them in.
00:36:27.71\00:36:30.16
Nebuchadnezzar
called them in and said:
00:36:39.24\00:36:40.92
"What's this I hear? "
00:36:41.13\00:36:42.35
Have you ever
thought about this?
00:36:42.55\00:36:44.54
Huh? You go back
and you read Daniel
00:36:44.74\00:36:47.67
and I mean, these
men had been promoted.
00:36:47.87\00:36:51.03
They had been promoted
by Nebuchadnezzar until they
00:36:51.23\00:36:54.22
were at the very
top of the echelon.
00:36:54.32\00:36:56.59
I mean they were... they
were the leaders of the country.
00:36:56.79\00:37:00.23
And he had
treated them wonderful
00:37:00.43\00:37:04.10
and here they're
refusing to bow down to his god.
00:37:04.30\00:37:07.51
And he had told them:
"You bow down to my god
00:37:07.71\00:37:12.23
or I'm going to
throw you in the furnace. "
00:37:12.43\00:37:14.72
And they said: "We
have no need to answer you
00:37:16.29\00:37:19.89
in this matter. "
00:37:20.09\00:37:23.02
If you're going to
throw us in the fiery furnace,
00:37:25.27\00:37:27.28
Boy that was not something
you said to Nebuchadnezzar.
00:37:35.68\00:37:39.51
I mean, that just
isn't what you said to him.
00:37:39.71\00:37:43.31
But they said: "You
know, God is perfectly capable
00:37:43.51\00:37:47.91
but IF NOT, offer your
body a living sacrifice. "
00:37:48.11\00:37:53.42
They said: "Even if
He doesn't deliver us
00:38:03.88\00:38:06.98
we're not going to
worship your god. "
00:38:07.18\00:38:09.01
And I mean he said: "Fire it up
00:38:09.04\00:38:13.39
seven times hotter. "
00:38:13.60\00:38:16.47
It was so hot that it killed
the guards that threw them in.
00:38:18.30\00:38:24.11
And when Nebuchadnezzar
looked in there, he said:
00:38:26.21\00:38:28.33
"Didn't we throw three?
00:38:28.53\00:38:30.94
Didn't we throw
three men in there?
00:38:31.14\00:38:32.94
I see four.
00:38:33.14\00:38:34.87
I see one like the Son of God. "
00:38:35.07\00:38:39.10
You see you and I
are to present our bodies
00:38:39.30\00:38:44.03
as a living sacrifice to God.
00:38:44.23\00:38:46.89
Psalm 4 verse 4:
00:38:50.06\00:38:52.26
a great, great text, folks.
00:38:52.46\00:38:53.91
You know what that's saying?
00:38:56.94\00:38:58.11
Before you get up in the morning
while you're still in bed
00:38:58.31\00:39:02.98
take a little time
and talk to the Lord.
00:39:03.18\00:39:05.42
Meditate to the Lord.
00:39:05.62\00:39:06.88
And then it
says: "And be still. "
00:39:07.08\00:39:10.74
Most of us don't listen to that.
00:39:10.94\00:39:12.89
You know, we may meditate a
little bit and then we jump up.
00:39:13.09\00:39:15.74
Quit it. Lay there a little bit.
00:39:15.94\00:39:17.56
You might hear
the Lord speak to you.
00:39:17.77\00:39:19.79
What sacrifice?
00:39:26.86\00:39:28.76
Righteousness. That
means living a daily...
00:39:29.06\00:39:32.90
living a
righteous life day by day.
00:39:33.10\00:39:36.68
And put your trust in the Lord.
00:39:36.88\00:39:39.29
So you and I should
live for the Lord every day.
00:39:39.50\00:39:42.66
We are to offer a
sacrifice of praise.
00:39:54.39\00:39:57.24
When did you stop the last
time and just praise the Lord?
00:39:57.44\00:40:01.66
When did you do
that the last time?
00:40:01.96\00:40:05.84
No, I'm not talking
about thanking Him...
00:40:06.04\00:40:08.00
I'm talking about praising Him.
00:40:08.20\00:40:10.65
That is a sacrifice that
you and I are to bring to Him:
00:40:10.86\00:40:15.11
a sacrifice of praise.
00:40:15.31\00:40:17.42
That's something
He tells us to do.
00:40:17.62\00:40:20.61
So it tells us
that we are to live.
00:40:34.83\00:40:36.82
We are to offer our
bodies as a living sacrifice.
00:40:37.02\00:40:39.46
We are to offer the
sacrifice of righteousness.
00:40:39.66\00:40:42.41
That we are to offer
the sacrifice of praise.
00:40:42.61\00:40:45.26
That we are to offer
the sacrifice of doing good
00:40:45.46\00:40:48.06
and of sharing. These are
all sacrifices that you and I
00:40:48.26\00:40:51.59
are to bring to God day by day.
00:40:51.99\00:40:55.36
That's what we are to do
in our worship of the Lord.
00:40:55.57\00:40:59.40
When's the last
time you shouted?
00:41:11.57\00:41:14.30
You know, I
really worry about this,
00:41:14.51\00:41:17.35
because I read... When
I pick up my Bible, I read
00:41:17.55\00:41:20.76
that there are going to be
people standing on the sea of
00:41:20.96\00:41:22.93
glass and they're going to say:
"Praise the Lord. Hallelujah! "
00:41:23.13\00:41:25.86
and this type of
thing, and most of you folks
00:41:26.06\00:41:29.92
don't even know those words.
00:41:30.12\00:41:31.79
That we need to learn to
shout the praises of God.
00:41:33.84\00:41:38.30
That's part of
our... what we are to do.
00:41:38.50\00:41:41.13
This is part of
praising God together.
00:41:41.33\00:41:44.34
God wants us to offer to
Him the sacrifice of praise.
00:41:52.40\00:41:58.08
Well, let's talk a
little bit about family worship.
00:41:58.28\00:42:01.74
Because I'm sorry... there are
parents that have family worship
00:42:04.00\00:42:09.99
that the kids can't
hardly wait to get out of there.
00:42:10.19\00:42:13.94
And I want to talk
about what it's to be.
00:42:14.15\00:42:19.09
You know, what we're supposed
to do as far as family worship
00:42:19.29\00:42:23.34
is concerned. How God
wants us to conduct it.
00:42:23.54\00:42:26.77
So to begin with,
family worship should be happy.
00:42:26.97\00:42:31.95
Put it down: it should be happy.
00:42:32.15\00:42:34.72
If you got up on the
wrong side of the bed,
00:42:34.92\00:42:37.43
get back in bed and
get out on the other side.
00:42:37.64\00:42:40.27
You know... but you should
not come down to family worship
00:42:40.47\00:42:45.12
in a sour mood.
00:42:45.32\00:42:48.10
You and I need to be happy.
00:42:48.30\00:42:50.81
The children
have... they should find us
00:42:51.01\00:42:54.42
happy in our
relationship to God.
00:42:54.63\00:42:56.95
And so make sure that family
worship is a joyful place.
00:42:57.16\00:43:02.68
Happy.
00:43:02.88\00:43:04.07
Secondly, it
should be interesting.
00:43:04.27\00:43:07.17
And that means you need to
take just a little bit of time
00:43:07.37\00:43:12.30
to make it interesting.
00:43:12.50\00:43:14.16
Don't let it be an afterthought.
00:43:14.36\00:43:17.48
Take some time to think
about it and make it interesting
00:43:17.68\00:43:21.53
for the
children. Need to do that.
00:43:21.73\00:43:23.97
Thirdly, it needs to be sacred.
00:43:24.17\00:43:26.82
And I have to be very
careful here because this is
00:43:27.02\00:43:30.63
kind of a hobby horse with me.
00:43:30.83\00:43:32.37
It's to be sacred;
don't make it common.
00:43:32.57\00:43:37.24
I'm sorry, but we
live in an age today
00:43:37.44\00:43:40.27
that they don't understand
the difference between
00:43:40.37\00:43:42.93
common and sacred.
00:43:43.13\00:43:44.56
That... worship
needs to be a sacred time,
00:43:44.76\00:43:48.26
and they should understand that
and it should have that presence
00:43:48.37\00:43:52.37
to it and not
just make it common.
00:43:52.47\00:43:55.05
That's not what it's to be.
00:43:55.26\00:43:57.02
Four: it's to be short.
00:43:57.22\00:43:59.98
It's not the time where you're,
you know, give an exegesis
00:44:01.54\00:44:05.81
on something. It's
to be short, not long.
00:44:06.01\00:44:09.42
But it should have
all those elements in it.
00:44:09.62\00:44:12.14
It should be happy,
it should be interesting,
00:44:12.35\00:44:14.20
it should be sacred...
but it should be short.
00:44:14.40\00:44:16.60
And finally, it
should be spirited.
00:44:16.80\00:44:20.13
It should move;
don't drag it along.
00:44:20.33\00:44:24.25
You know, these are things
that family worship is to be,
00:44:24.45\00:44:28.23
folks. And you and I
need to just take the time
00:44:28.43\00:44:31.77
to make sure that our
family worship is that.
00:44:31.97\00:44:35.23
I'll guarantee you
that if your family worship
00:44:38.11\00:44:43.76
has those elements in it
00:44:43.96\00:44:46.28
every morning and every evening
00:44:46.48\00:44:48.93
the children will
gladly come to it.
00:44:49.13\00:44:51.53
Gladly come to it.
00:44:51.73\00:44:53.48
OK? All right,
that's family worship.
00:44:53.68\00:44:56.82
Let's look at one other aspect.
00:44:57.02\00:44:58.88
You know, they used incense.
00:45:03.12\00:45:05.94
They had censers
and they waved censers
00:45:06.14\00:45:07.92
and the smoke went up
out of the censer and all.
00:45:08.13\00:45:10.56
What does that have
to do with us today?
00:45:10.76\00:45:13.14
See?
00:45:15.01\00:45:16.07
What... what is the incense
that they used back then?
00:45:16.27\00:45:19.81
What... how is it
represented today?
00:45:20.01\00:45:21.87
Well this is what it tells us:
00:45:23.38\00:45:24.95
That incense
today is your prayers.
00:45:40.49\00:45:44.43
And that when you and I
pray that is mixed with incense
00:45:45.84\00:45:50.47
and it comes up before the Lord.
00:45:50.67\00:45:52.51
It even says this, folks:
00:45:52.72\00:45:54.27
So it says that the
angels take your prayers
00:46:05.34\00:46:09.06
in their hands and present
them before God as incense.
00:46:09.26\00:46:13.32
Never, never,
never does your prayers
00:46:13.52\00:46:16.97
not come up before
God. People say: "Well my
00:46:17.17\00:46:21.00
prayers don't
get to the ceiling. "
00:46:21.21\00:46:22.89
No they don't!
They go clear to heaven.
00:46:22.99\00:46:24.44
They are taken there
in the hands of the angels
00:46:24.64\00:46:28.60
and presented before God.
00:46:28.80\00:46:30.63
That's what the incense
represents and is to be.
00:46:30.84\00:46:35.16
Martin Luther nailed 95 Theses
00:46:35.36\00:46:40.99
on the door of the
church of Wittenberg.
00:46:41.19\00:46:42.86
But Martin Luther said this:
00:46:43.06\00:46:45.09
Dear friend, when you
are so busy and you feel
00:46:52.03\00:46:55.24
like you just don't have
time... pray a little more.
00:46:55.44\00:47:00.09
You'll find that you
get a whole lot more done.
00:47:00.29\00:47:03.29
A whole lot more accomplished
if you just pray more.
00:47:03.49\00:47:07.97
Very important.
00:47:08.17\00:47:09.92
This is another statement.
00:47:12.21\00:47:13.80
I told you I was
going to give you three...
00:47:14.00\00:47:15.38
It says that your
prayers come up before God
00:47:28.70\00:47:31.92
like sweet incense and
God pours out His blessings
00:47:32.12\00:47:37.04
upon you as morning dew.
00:47:37.24\00:47:39.68
That's what He does
for each one of us...
00:47:39.88\00:47:43.34
blesses in a very special way.
00:47:43.54\00:47:47.09
Jim and Pam Rhodes
that help us and sing
00:47:47.49\00:47:52.88
many times in our meetings...
00:47:53.08\00:47:54.91
Jim and Pam both were teachers
00:47:55.12\00:47:57.92
and taught for
a number of years.
00:47:58.12\00:47:59.76
Pam tells the story of a
little boy by the name of Bobby
00:47:59.96\00:48:04.09
that came on the first day of
school and walked into the room
00:48:04.29\00:48:08.21
and he was every
teacher's nightmare.
00:48:08.24\00:48:11.87
Bobby could not sit down.
00:48:12.07\00:48:16.37
He could not shut up.
00:48:16.57\00:48:18.55
He was just uncontrollable.
00:48:18.75\00:48:22.24
Getting into trouble
with the kids all the time.
00:48:22.44\00:48:24.94
And Pam is very much in
her classroom a disciplinarian.
00:48:25.14\00:48:29.38
And so she said to herself:
00:48:29.58\00:48:32.16
"Just give us a few days,
and we'll get Bobby in shape. "
00:48:32.36\00:48:36.95
Well the days went along and
it didn't get Bobby in shape...
00:48:37.15\00:48:42.79
it got Pam out of shape.
00:48:42.99\00:48:45.09
You know, she... she
didn't know what to do
00:48:45.29\00:48:48.92
with the boy. And
so she went and got her
00:48:49.12\00:48:51.79
child psychology books
and all the things that she
00:48:51.99\00:48:55.78
had had in school and went
back and started reading them
00:48:55.98\00:48:58.92
and seeing if she could
figure out what in the world
00:48:59.12\00:49:01.49
she could do to help this boy.
00:49:01.69\00:49:04.00
But nothing - I mean, nothing
she did - would help him.
00:49:04.20\00:49:09.31
She went to the other
teachers in the school
00:49:09.51\00:49:12.20
and talked to them
and asked them for advice.
00:49:12.40\00:49:14.32
Nobody could seem to
find any kind of an answer
00:49:14.52\00:49:18.10
to help him. And
finally - distraught
00:49:18.30\00:49:22.95
at home - she was praying.
00:49:23.15\00:49:25.55
And she was praying
to the Lord about Bobby.
00:49:25.75\00:49:28.63
And the Lord said to her:
"Pam, you haven't tried Me. "
00:49:28.83\00:49:33.57
And she said:
"Forgive me, Lord. "
00:49:33.77\00:49:37.34
And the next morning
when she was there...
00:49:37.54\00:49:40.95
and Bobby came every
morning early to school...
00:49:41.15\00:49:44.21
and she was sitting at
her desk and Bobby came in
00:49:44.41\00:49:48.25
and walked up to her desk.
00:49:48.45\00:49:50.05
And she said to
him... She said: "Bobby,
00:49:50.25\00:49:52.51
would you like
to pray with me? "
00:49:52.71\00:49:55.15
And he said: "Yes, teacher,
I'd like to pray with you. "
00:49:55.35\00:49:58.29
And they went over to
just a place that was quiet
00:49:58.49\00:50:02.20
and they knelt there and prayed.
00:50:02.40\00:50:04.95
And she said: "Bobby, if
you'll come every morning
00:50:05.15\00:50:08.54
we'll pray together. "
00:50:08.75\00:50:10.96
And he said: "OK, teacher. "
00:50:11.16\00:50:13.44
And every morning when
he came he would come and
00:50:13.64\00:50:16.67
they would pray together.
And mornings when she was busy
00:50:16.88\00:50:19.76
he would pull on her
skirt and say: "Teacher, we need
00:50:19.96\00:50:22.02
to pray. " And
they'd go over and pray.
00:50:22.22\00:50:24.20
And she said it wasn't...
it wasn't a month or two,
00:50:24.40\00:50:29.57
it was just a matter of days
00:50:29.77\00:50:31.43
and all of a sudden
Bobby sat in his seat longer.
00:50:31.63\00:50:35.60
And he didn't talk
out loud like he used to.
00:50:35.80\00:50:39.58
And he didn't have
trouble with the students
00:50:39.79\00:50:42.53
like he had before.
00:50:42.73\00:50:43.94
Began to change.
00:50:46.16\00:50:47.60
And she said one day his
mother came to the school.
00:50:49.10\00:50:52.50
The mother came
in her room and said:
00:50:52.70\00:50:55.42
"Are you praying with my boy? "
00:50:55.62\00:50:57.89
And Pam said: "Yes, I am. "
00:50:57.92\00:51:01.07
She said: "He
came home the other day
00:51:01.27\00:51:04.18
and said to me:
'Mother, will you pray with me
00:51:04.38\00:51:08.48
like Mrs. Rhodes does? '
00:51:08.68\00:51:10.15
Jesus is my best friend. "
00:51:10.35\00:51:12.95
She said: "So we
started praying. "
00:51:13.15\00:51:16.47
We prayed together,
and he said to us... said:
00:51:16.68\00:51:20.76
"Could we go to church? "
00:51:20.96\00:51:22.16
And she said: "Now our
whole family goes to church. "
00:51:22.36\00:51:25.86
Said: "It's
changed our whole lives. "
00:51:26.07\00:51:29.48
Oh dear friend, if
we'd just take our children
00:51:29.68\00:51:32.65
and take them to the Lord
00:51:32.85\00:51:34.03
it would change our lives
and make us totally different.
00:51:34.23\00:51:37.14
We just need to
spend time with them.
00:51:37.35\00:51:40.92
Great, great statement.
I want you to listen to it.
00:51:41.13\00:51:45.04
Listen to this...
00:51:47.96\00:51:49.14
How important that is!
00:52:08.94\00:52:12.40
And so I would say to you
00:52:12.60\00:52:14.30
Mothers, fathers...
gather your family around you.
00:52:14.50\00:52:20.20
Ask God to bless each one.
00:52:20.51\00:52:23.63
Plead for the sweet Holy Spirit
00:52:23.94\00:52:27.60
to guide you till
day's work is done.
00:52:27.80\00:52:31.58
And then when the
long day is ended,
00:52:31.78\00:52:34.38
gather around once more...
00:52:34.58\00:52:37.24
to thank God for
keeping His promise
00:52:39.04\00:52:41.40
and praise Him,
for He is the Lord.
00:52:41.60\00:52:45.81
Let us pray.
00:52:46.02\00:52:47.88
Father in Heaven,
00:52:48.97\00:52:52.51
as we have looked...
what the scripture shows us
00:52:52.71\00:52:58.19
of the
importance of spending time
00:52:58.39\00:53:03.21
with our families in worship.
00:53:03.42\00:53:06.00
And, oh Lord, we
realize and we know
00:53:06.20\00:53:09.66
how the devil fights this.
00:53:09.86\00:53:12.64
How he does everything
to keep us from having it.
00:53:12.85\00:53:16.03
We ask, Lord, that we may learn
00:53:17.50\00:53:20.44
to commit our lives to You.
00:53:20.64\00:53:23.52
That You can
handle the circumstances.
00:53:23.72\00:53:27.09
That you can bring
good out of any situation.
00:53:27.29\00:53:31.65
We pray that we might
turn it over to You, Lord.
00:53:31.85\00:53:35.50
That You might have
Your way in our lives.
00:53:35.70\00:53:39.15
Forgive us... forgive
us where we have failed.
00:53:39.36\00:53:43.42
Where we've not done
what we should have...
00:53:43.62\00:53:47.88
and help us to depend upon You.
00:53:48.18\00:53:52.32
To realize that You're
able to guide and direct.
00:53:52.62\00:53:58.40
Any may we have the privilege
- not because we're worthy -
00:53:58.60\00:54:02.77
but may we have the privilege
of having our families with us
00:54:02.97\00:54:07.56
in Your kingdom because
of what Jesus Christ has done
00:54:07.76\00:54:13.40
for each one of us.
00:54:13.60\00:54:14.85
For this we ask
in His name, Amen.
00:54:15.05\00:54:20.18
Our next presentation is
00:54:22.59\00:54:25.32
entitled Bless This House.
00:54:25.52\00:54:28.52
And the Lord just simply says
00:54:28.73\00:54:31.60
that there are certain things
00:54:31.80\00:54:34.84
that if you and I will do them
00:54:35.04\00:54:37.67
that He will bless our home.
00:54:37.88\00:54:41.81
And folks, as you
read through the book
00:54:42.01\00:54:44.56
He promised it
over and over and over
00:54:44.76\00:54:48.75
to the children of Israel.
00:54:48.95\00:54:50.41
And when they did it, He
blessed them wonderfully.
00:54:50.61\00:54:56.27
And He'll do the
same for you and for me
00:54:56.47\00:54:59.19
if we will just
fulfill what God asks us to do.
00:54:59.40\00:55:03.52
So come for our
next presentation...
00:55:03.73\00:55:06.88
those of you that are
joining us by television...
00:55:07.08\00:55:08.96
as we take a look
at Bless This House.
00:55:09.16\00:55:12.79
Good night. God bless you.
00:55:13.00\00:55:14.67
Although they're small
and seemingly insignificant,
00:55:16.41\00:55:19.65
soybean pods fill the farm
fields of the United States.
00:55:19.85\00:55:23.78
What a treasure they are
for the farmer at harvest time.
00:55:23.98\00:55:27.84
Nearly all
soybeans in this country
00:55:28.14\00:55:30.42
are processed for their
oil which is then refined for
00:55:30.62\00:55:34.28
cooking or sold for
biodiesel production
00:55:34.38\00:55:37.38
as well as for many
other industrial uses.
00:55:37.58\00:55:40.23
Because of the high
demand for soybeans,
00:55:40.53\00:55:43.41
a farmer must be able
to harvest large quantities
00:55:43.61\00:55:46.72
in the most efficient
and cost-effective manner.
00:55:46.92\00:55:49.90
One of the best ways to do this
00:55:50.20\00:55:52.08
is to use a combine harvester.
00:55:52.28\00:55:55.09
These massive
machines give the farmer
00:55:55.39\00:55:57.71
the ability to
quickly harvest and haul
00:55:57.91\00:56:00.69
the beans at an incredible rate.
00:56:00.89\00:56:03.41
Have you ever considered
what one farmer can do today
00:56:03.71\00:56:06.50
with the help of modern tools?
00:56:06.70\00:56:08.71
The farmer of the past
could hardly imagine it.
00:56:08.91\00:56:11.63
Within hours, one man
and a machine can harvest
00:56:11.83\00:56:15.55
and deliver untold bushels
of soybeans to the market.
00:56:15.75\00:56:19.36
His goal is to obtain
the largest yield possible
00:56:19.66\00:56:22.88
at harvest time.
00:56:23.08\00:56:24.68
Like the farmer
today, we must do the same.
00:56:24.98\00:56:28.16
In Luke 10 and verse 2
00:56:28.46\00:56:30.31
Jesus said: "The
harvest truly is great
00:56:30.51\00:56:33.02
but the laborers are few. "
00:56:33.22\00:56:35.22
And in John 4:35 He
looked over the wheat fields
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and said to His disciples:
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"Lift up your eyes
and look at the fields
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for they are
already white for harvest. "
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In both passages, Jesus
referred to men and women
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of this world as He proclaimed
that the harvest is here
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and the work must be done.
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When I was a boy,
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the corn harvest
was all done by hand.
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We literally had
a horse-drawn wagon,
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and we would walk along
beside it and pull the corn
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off the stalk and
throw it onto the wagon.
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But folks, the time is short,
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so the Lord has provided
the most marvelous technology
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to enable us to harvest
more souls through television,
00:57:15.87\00:57:19.72
radio, and other media.
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Today we can take the message
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to the multitudes around
the world at the speed of light.
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Such ability was far
beyond the imagination
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of the evangelists of the past.
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The harvest is here, but
we can't do it without you.
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Won't you help us?
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Please consider what you can do
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for those who still
don't know about Jesus.
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As the Holy Spirit impresses,
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please send your
tax-deductible gifts to:
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Thank you for helping us
spread the light of God's Word
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through television and radio.
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Your gifts help bring
the blessed hope of salvation
00:58:05.95\00:58:08.33
to millions around the world.
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