Well hello, and we welcome
you to Thompsonville, Illinois:
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the home of Three
Angels Broadcasting Network
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and to the 3ABN Worship Center
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for this, another in the series
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of Give Me The Bible
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with Pastor Kenneth Cox.
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This is the 11th month
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that this series
has been running...
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five nights - or five
sessions - each month.
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And we've got one
more month to go after this
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which will give a
total of sixty presentations
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on the Bible. In-depth studies
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of very important
doctrinal subjects.
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And so it has
been an inspiring time.
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We've all enjoyed it.
The music is wonderful,
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and the preaching is
very clear and outstanding.
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You know, I've know
Pastor Cox for many years.
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He's a man that loves the Lord.
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He is a very genuine individual.
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He's down to earth and
he makes the subject clear,
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and it comes through
in his presentations.
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His genuineness is very evident,
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and people feel it, they see it.
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And then as they study
the Word of God with him
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they see that they're growing
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in their knowledge of
the Lord Jesus Christ.
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Now this particular
weekend the series is
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The Apple of God's Eye...
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and that is God's church.
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I tell you, I owe so much.
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First of all, I
owe everything to God.
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To His Son Jesus Christ,
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and then to His people:
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the church of Jesus Christ.
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They have been so good
to me through the years.
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Reached out, put their
arms around me and loved me
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and held me close to the Lord.
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And I just appreciate so much
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the church of Jesus Christ.
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And so this is, to me,
a very important subject.
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Why do we have a church?
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The importance of the church
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as Pastor Cox has really
been covering this subject
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in depth this
particular weekend.
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Now tonight he's
going to be talking about
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The Back Door of the Church.
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This presentation: The
Back Door of the Church.
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You see the
church has two doors.
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It has a front door...
and he talked about that.
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And then it has a back door.
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And that is our
subject in this session
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is The Back Door of the Church.
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Before Pastor Cox comes
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Joe Pearles, one of
my favorite singers,
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a man who has sung
all over the world,
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comes to us from
Nashville, Tennessee,
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is going to be singing
He's Still Working on Me.
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Joe.
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He's still working on me
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to make me what I ought to be.
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It took Him just a week
to make the moon and stars,
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the sun and the
earth, and Jupiter and Mars.
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How loving and
patient He must be
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'cause He's still working on me.
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There really ought to
be a sign upon my heart
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"Don't judge me yet...
there's an unfinished part. "
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But I'll be perfect
just according to His plan...
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fashioned by the
Master's loving hand.
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And He's still working on me
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to make me what I ought to be.
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It took Him just a week
to make the moon and stars,
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the sun and the
earth, and Jupiter and Mars.
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How loving and
patient He must be
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'cause He's still working on me.
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In the mirror of His
Word reflections I see.
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Makes me wonder why
He never gave up on me.
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He loves me like I am.
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He helps me when I pray.
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Remember He's the
potter... I'm the clay.
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And He's still working on me
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to make me what I ought to be.
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It took Him just a week
to make the moon and stars,
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the sun and the
earth, and Jupiter and Mars.
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How loving and
patient He must be
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'cause He's still working on me.
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He's still working on me
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to make me what I ought to be.
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It took Him just a week
to make the moon and stars,
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the sun and the
earth, and Jupiter and Mars.
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How loving and
patient He must be
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'cause He's still working on me.
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He's still working on me.
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He's still working on me.
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Thank you Joe Pearles.
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Good day. Glad to
welcome each of you.
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Marvelous difference
between other religions
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and Christianity.
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What Joe just sang about
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is the essence of that.
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You see God not only reaches out
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and gives to you and to me
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salvation through
His Son Jesus Christ
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but He gives us the
Holy Spirit to change us
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and to make us different.
That's the wonderful difference:
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that God's still working
on me, working in our lives.
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What a great,
great privilege that is.
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We'd like to welcome
all of you here today
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and to also welcome all of you
that are watching by television
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or listening on the radio. We're
thankful that you're tuned in
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and we pray that this message
this morning will help you
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in your relationship
to the Lord Jesus Christ
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and to the church.
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'Cause that's what we're talking
about is The Apple of God's Eye
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which is His church.
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The scripture is clear on that.
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So how am I to
relate to the church?
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What's it about?
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We're talking this time about
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The Back Door of the Church.
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Our last
presentation we talked about
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the front door of the church
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but now we're going to
talk about the back door.
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Our next presentation
after this one is entitled
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A lot of people don't
know how they are to relate
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to the church.
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How am I to
relate to it financially?
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What does the
scripture teach us?
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What... how does it tell
us that I am to expect...
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or how am I to participate?
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That's what we're
going to take a look at:
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The Church - God's Storehouse.
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We hope it will be helpful to
you as we go into that subject.
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But today...
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Back door of the church...
a very, very important door.
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And few church
members I'm sorry to say
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know anything
about the back door.
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Oh, they know a little bit
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about - at least they think
they did - about the front door.
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But we're going to talk
about the back door today,
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and we hope it will bless you.
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Very special privilege
to have Joe back with us...
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Joe Pearles. And he's
singing for us this morning
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a song entitled
I'm Trusting the Blood.
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I could fret over failures,
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grieve over past sins.
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Those times when I wasn't
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all I should have been.
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When doubt tries to come
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rushing in like a flood
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There's one thing that holds me:
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I'm trusting the blood.
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I'm trusting the blood
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Jesus gave for my sins.
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It still has the power
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to heal and to cleanse.
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God's mercy is flowing
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in one crimson flood.
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I'm washed and made whole 'cause
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I'm trusting the blood.
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Jesus won a great victory
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that day on the tree.
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And He said in His name
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I could claim it for me.
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For all of my needs
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He's more than enough.
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So I'm looking to Calvary
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and trusting the blood.
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I'm trusting the blood
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Jesus gave for my sins.
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It still has the power
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to heal and to cleanse.
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God's mercy is flowing
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in one crimson flood.
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I'm washed and made whole 'cause
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I'm trusting the blood.
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I'm trusting the blood
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Jesus shed for my sins.
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It still has the power
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to heal and to cleanse.
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God's mercy is flowing
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in one crimson flood.
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I'm washed and made whole 'cause
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I'm washed and made whole 'cause
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I'm trusting the blood.
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Heavenly Father,
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we come to You today
asking for Your presence.
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Asking, Lord, that You
would bless in a special way.
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Help us to know what it means
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to be part of the family of God.
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May our hearts be open.
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May they be
responsive, may they be soft.
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May the Holy Spirit
speak to each one of us.
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And may we, Lord, go out
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as You have told us to
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to proclaim Your
righteousness and Your goodness
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and Your soon return.
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For this we pray in
Christ's name, Amen.
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Well, we told you there were
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two parts of the church
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that were most important.
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One was the front door
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and that's what we talked
about in our last presentation.
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And we found out that
that door is Jesus Christ.
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He said: "I am the door. "
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And so Jesus Christ is
the front door of the church.
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And you and I must come
in through the front door,
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and it says he that
does that will be saved.
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So He says that He...
that we come in through Christ
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and we go out to find pasture.
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This is what He
tells us we are to do.
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I have been in
evangelism for 50 years.
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I've done
evangelism for... full time...
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for 50 years.
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And in that 50 years I
have had quite a number
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of people - at least there
always seems to be somebody
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around - that said:
"Oh yes, you come in and
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hold these meetings and
you bring the people in the
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front door and they go
right out the back door. "
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I have heard that over
and over and over again.
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And today I'd like to really
establish what the back door is
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because it makes
a great difference.
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Back in the 1800s there was
a great preacher by the name of
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Charles Spurgeon.
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And Charles Spurgeon
went out and held a meeting
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and a bunch of people responded
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and gave their hearts to
the Lord and were baptized.
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And when he got back
to his church and he was
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there for a few
months, he got a letter
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from one of the members of
that church, and they said:
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"Where are all these
people you baptized? "
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Said: "You baptized all these
people. Where are they now? "
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And Charles Spurgeon
wrote them back and said:
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"I don't know... I
left them with you. "
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See? And that's
pretty much true.
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But you see, we have to know
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what the back door of the
church is and how it works.
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Now if you, like myself,
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were by any
chance raised on a farm,
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you'll understand this
a little better because
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the back door of the
house where I grew up
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is where we went
out to feed the chickens
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and where we went
out to milk the cow
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and where we went out
to work in the pasture...
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or even where we
went out to play.
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That's what the
back door was used for.
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And the back door
was used for the family.
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Are you following me?
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The back door was
used for the family.
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That's where we
worked. That's where we played.
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That's what the family did.
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So with the church.
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The back door of the
church is for the family.
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Visitors - strangers -
come to the front door...
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they don't come
to the back door.
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The back door is used
by the church members.
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They're the ones that go there.
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They're the ones
that use the back door.
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So when we say that
people come in the front door
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and go right out the back door
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that's what they're
supposed to be doing.
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That's exactly what
they're supposed to do because
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we are to go out the back door.
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That's what we go out...
what we go out of to work
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and to do things that
God has called us to do.
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The front door is
where we come to worship.
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We come in the front door and
we worship the Lord Jesus Christ
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there. We come in through the
front door to bring visitors.
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We come in the front
door to help them understand
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about Jesus Christ.
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That's what the front door
of the church is to be used for.
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And so this is
what is to be done
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when it comes to the church.
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Jesus said:
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Now the problem is... is
there's lots - too many -
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church members that don't know
anything about the back door.
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They... they have
never been introduced
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to the back door of the church.
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Uh, they come to church,
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but they don't even know
that the back door is there.
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They don't know that it exists.
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And as church members, we
need to understand and know
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about the back
door of the church.
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And the back door of the church
is a very, very special place.
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It says:
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So it says that when you
and I accept Jesus Christ
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we become children
of God. In other words,
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it's telling you that you
become part of the family.
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Are you following me?
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You're part of the family...
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and the family,
folks, uses the back door.
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Are you understanding that?
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The family uses the back door.
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I'm sorry to say
that... spiritually speaking...
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there's a lot of church members
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that don't even know
that the back door exists.
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All they ever do is they
come through the front door
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once a week, and they
think that's all there is
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to belonging to
the family of God.
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They aren't any more
part of the family of God
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than going to a concert.
00:20:46.87\00:20:49.03
In fact, they don't
belong to the family of God.
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They aren't any more
part of the family of God
00:20:53.84\00:20:59.50
than they are
becoming members of COSTCO
00:20:59.70\00:21:03.97
or Sam's Club because
they go there more often.
00:21:04.17\00:21:07.61
You see, dear friends, the
family is where we are to meet.
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Where we are to come together.
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The church - I'm part
of the family of God...
00:21:15.24\00:21:18.74
I'm to be there,
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and I'm to use the back door.
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That's what I'm to do.
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And so we use the
back door for work.
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We use it for fellowship.
00:21:29.35\00:21:33.23
We use it for missionary work.
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This is what the back
door of the church is for.
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That's why it's one of the most
important parts of the church
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is the back door...
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because that's where we
go out to serve the Lord
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and to do work.
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We enter in the front door...
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He's going in and out of
the church - the back door -
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to find what? Pasture.
00:22:07.82\00:22:10.38
What does that mean?
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That means that we
go out the back door
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and we go out to
work for the Lord.
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This is what He
wants us to do, folks.
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And so the back door of
the church is a very, very
00:22:21.24\00:22:24.98
important place.
00:22:25.18\00:22:27.04
Many people don't understand,
00:22:42.75\00:22:46.15
you know, that this is
the work of the church.
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I'm sorry to say that
too many churches are like
00:22:50.05\00:22:52.94
this fellow that went to church.
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And he went to the church
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and when he got there
00:22:57.09\00:22:59.46
there were two doors.
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And the first door -
over the top of it it said
00:23:02.62\00:23:05.15
first time. And the
door, the other door, it said
00:23:05.35\00:23:09.38
been here before.
00:23:09.58\00:23:10.59
And so he had never
been there before, so he
00:23:10.79\00:23:13.69
took the first door.
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Opened the door and
here was a long hall.
00:23:15.33\00:23:18.90
And he walked down this hall
00:23:19.10\00:23:20.64
and when he got to the end
of it, here were two doors.
00:23:20.85\00:23:23.04
And over one door it said
00:23:23.35\00:23:26.05
Need a lot of help
00:23:26.25\00:23:27.64
and over the other door
it said Don't need much help.
00:23:27.84\00:23:30.18
And he took the last one
00:23:30.48\00:23:32.12
that said Don't need much help.
00:23:32.32\00:23:33.74
And he opened the door
and here was a long hall.
00:23:33.94\00:23:36.47
And he walked down the hall
00:23:36.67\00:23:38.30
and here were two more doors.
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And he got down there,
and over one door it said
00:23:40.70\00:23:43.58
Church member
00:23:43.79\00:23:44.91
and over the other
door it said Visitor.
00:23:45.11\00:23:47.07
And he took the
Visitor door, opened it.
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Found himself out on the
street, and so he went home.
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And he got home and his wife
said: "Did you go to church? "
00:23:55.75\00:23:57.77
And he said: "Yes, "
00:23:57.87\00:23:59.02
he said, "But I
didn't get any help. "
00:23:59.22\00:24:02.07
But he said: "Man,
you ought to see how
00:24:02.17\00:24:03.98
well organized they are. "
00:24:04.08\00:24:05.87
You know... this is not
what the church is to be.
00:24:06.17\00:24:10.90
The church is to be a place
where we come together, folks.
00:24:11.20\00:24:14.73
We fellowship
together; we work together.
00:24:14.93\00:24:17.17
This is where... EXCUSE ME...
00:24:17.37\00:24:20.76
but this is where your spiritual
life is to be centered,
00:24:20.96\00:24:25.08
and we are to
work out of the church
00:24:25.28\00:24:27.96
and to go out and
proclaim the message.
00:24:28.26\00:24:31.06
This is what
God called us to do.
00:24:31.26\00:24:33.91
And when church to you
is something that you do
00:24:34.11\00:24:37.78
once a week and you come
and you sit in the church
00:24:37.98\00:24:41.38
once a week and
you walk back out
00:24:41.58\00:24:43.92
and that's the
last you see of it,
00:24:44.12\00:24:45.86
that is not
belonging to the family of God.
00:24:46.06\00:24:49.07
You can look at it
any way you want to,
00:24:49.37\00:24:51.65
but church is a
whole lot more than that.
00:24:51.85\00:24:56.60
And you and I need to be
part of the family of God.
00:24:56.80\00:25:02.06
Watch what happened as it
talks about it in the scripture:
00:25:02.36\00:25:05.46
Now here the church is.
00:25:15.87\00:25:18.82
These people - Saul... Paul
00:25:19.02\00:25:23.94
and Barnabas - they're there.
00:25:24.14\00:25:25.54
And watch what they do...
these are the church members:
00:25:25.74\00:25:28.82
How? When has it happened?
00:25:37.06\00:25:38.52
When has it happened
00:25:39.80\00:25:41.86
that as a church
you've gotten together
00:25:42.06\00:25:46.43
and you've taken
some people in the church
00:25:46.63\00:25:48.98
who have a burden for people
00:25:49.19\00:25:51.55
and have prayed with
them and laid hands on them
00:25:51.75\00:25:53.85
and sent them out the
door... the back door...
00:25:54.06\00:25:56.26
to do something for
the Lord Jesus Christ?
00:25:56.46\00:25:58.84
When has that happened?
00:25:59.24\00:26:02.15
But that's part
of the family of God,
00:26:02.45\00:26:06.33
and that's what
we're supposed to be doing.
00:26:06.63\00:26:09.45
And so the back door is
the place where we go out
00:26:09.75\00:26:13.06
to serve the Lord.
00:26:13.17\00:26:14.23
What is the purpose of
it? What is it used for?
00:26:17.12\00:26:20.37
Well let's take a look
00:26:20.67\00:26:22.39
at some things that the back
door of the church is to be.
00:26:22.69\00:26:25.86
It's to be for the
fellowship of the family.
00:26:26.16\00:26:29.05
That's where you meet together.
00:26:30.93\00:26:33.36
That's where you
fellowship together.
00:26:33.66\00:26:35.45
You come to church
here, but I guarantee you
00:26:35.65\00:26:41.05
you aren't fellowshipping.
00:26:41.25\00:26:43.66
I mean, there is no
fellowshipping, folks,
00:26:43.96\00:26:47.51
sitting there and looking at the
back of somebody else's head.
00:26:47.81\00:26:50.84
There... that's not fellowship.
00:26:50.94\00:26:54.27
And you can't... you're
not going to get the fellowship
00:26:54.57\00:26:58.69
unless you come together
00:26:58.89\00:27:00.69
in something other
than a worship service.
00:27:00.89\00:27:04.15
You've got to come
together and fellowship together
00:27:04.45\00:27:07.33
and be together as a family.
00:27:07.53\00:27:10.51
This is what God wants us to be.
00:27:10.81\00:27:13.47
Maybe you never have
any need spiritually.
00:27:21.21\00:27:26.53
Are you ever tried?
00:27:28.28\00:27:30.06
Does the devil ever harass you?
00:27:30.26\00:27:33.00
Huh?
00:27:33.30\00:27:34.50
I can tell you, friends...
00:27:34.80\00:27:37.42
the devil works overtime
00:27:37.92\00:27:43.10
harassing. And
there's many, many times
00:27:43.30\00:27:48.66
that it would be so comforting
00:27:48.87\00:27:52.99
and so helpful to have
somebody during that time
00:27:53.19\00:27:57.81
pray with me.
00:27:58.01\00:27:59.48
I don't know if
you ever feel the need
00:27:59.78\00:28:04.54
of someone praying with you?
00:28:04.84\00:28:07.58
And, you know, this is
what the family is for.
00:28:07.88\00:28:11.42
This is what they are to do.
00:28:11.72\00:28:13.55
As a church we
are to get together.
00:28:23.71\00:28:27.95
This is... this is fellowship.
00:28:28.15\00:28:30.80
This is where you
get to know one another
00:28:31.10\00:28:34.40
is where you get together
and you pray for one another.
00:28:34.70\00:28:37.45
Now excuse me, but if
you're looking for perfection
00:28:37.65\00:28:42.25
from one another well
then you're in trouble.
00:28:42.45\00:28:45.52
You know, if
that's all you're doing.
00:28:45.82\00:28:49.09
But if you can look at
one another and realize
00:28:49.30\00:28:51.89
that we all have weaknesses
00:28:52.09\00:28:55.13
and we all have problems
00:28:55.33\00:28:57.38
and we can get together
and pray for one another
00:28:57.58\00:28:59.90
to hold one another up
in prayer and seek the Lord,
00:29:00.10\00:29:03.56
that God will bless and help us
00:29:03.76\00:29:06.20
that we might depend upon Him
00:29:06.40\00:29:08.32
in a greater way
than ever before...
00:29:08.53\00:29:10.45
that's fellowship.
00:29:10.75\00:29:11.94
That's fellowship... and
that's what the church is to do.
00:29:12.24\00:29:16.22
And that's where the
back door comes into play
00:29:16.42\00:29:20.18
because we can
come together, you know.
00:29:20.38\00:29:23.72
But just coming
on Sabbath morning -
00:29:23.93\00:29:27.05
worship together,
walking out the door,
00:29:27.25\00:29:32.04
going on about your
work for the next week...
00:29:32.24\00:29:34.65
friend, you don't
understand part of belonging
00:29:34.85\00:29:37.60
to the family of God.
00:29:37.70\00:29:39.27
We need to be
together, fellowship together.
00:29:40.58\00:29:44.27
Also, it's to help
one another physically.
00:29:44.47\00:29:46.93
See there's lots, I'm sure,
00:29:47.23\00:29:51.78
of church members that
have great, great needs
00:29:51.98\00:29:56.61
physically you
aren't even aware of.
00:29:56.81\00:30:01.39
Don't even know they're there.
00:30:01.59\00:30:03.52
And you need to
be aware of those.
00:30:03.72\00:30:06.95
Oh that God would help
us to come to the place
00:30:08.43\00:30:12.49
in our experience as a church -
00:30:12.69\00:30:16.13
as a group of God's people -
00:30:16.33\00:30:19.80
where we were comfortable enough
00:30:20.00\00:30:25.36
with one another that
we can let down the facade
00:30:25.76\00:30:31.73
and, you know, say: "This
is... this is where I'm at.
00:30:31.94\00:30:36.41
This is what my need is. "
00:30:36.61\00:30:37.81
And talk to one another.
00:30:38.10\00:30:39.57
What a
difference that would make.
00:30:39.77\00:30:42.42
Is that the way it is with you?
00:30:54.55\00:30:59.63
With the rest of
the family of God?
00:30:59.87\00:31:02.69
Are you of one heart?
00:31:02.89\00:31:04.23
One soul?
00:31:04.43\00:31:05.88
You know, until we come
to the place that we learn to
00:31:08.02\00:31:12.55
love one another.
00:31:12.75\00:31:16.06
When we come to the place where
we - how should I put it? -
00:31:16.26\00:31:19.99
treat one another
00:31:20.19\00:31:24.29
like we would
like to be treated.
00:31:24.49\00:31:28.49
Where we would come to
the place where we would
00:31:28.79\00:31:31.92
care for one another
00:31:32.12\00:31:34.86
and have their
best interest at heart.
00:31:35.06\00:31:38.63
Then, dear friend, we would
begin to see a complete change
00:31:38.93\00:31:44.49
take place.
00:31:44.69\00:31:46.29
We need to help one another.
00:31:46.49\00:31:48.66
Not only spiritually, but we
need to know how this brother
00:31:48.86\00:31:53.64
or this sister is
doing physically. Listen:
00:31:53.84\00:31:57.21
Now to me... I don't know
what that says to you, but
00:32:10.06\00:32:13.34
to me that say that
they loved one another.
00:32:13.54\00:32:16.27
They cared for one another.
00:32:16.47\00:32:19.14
There wasn't anybody
there in that early church
00:32:19.45\00:32:23.48
that if they were
in need knew that they
00:32:23.69\00:32:26.72
couldn't find
help in the church.
00:32:26.92\00:32:29.68
Unfortunately,
00:32:31.10\00:32:33.06
this day and age
00:32:33.26\00:32:35.35
uh, we have great reservations
00:32:35.55\00:32:38.55
about opening up
00:32:39.85\00:32:41.81
and telling
anybody about our needs.
00:32:42.01\00:32:44.80
And to be
honest with you, folks,
00:32:44.93\00:32:46.15
you can't come to
church once a week
00:32:46.35\00:32:49.82
and sit in a worship service
00:32:50.02\00:32:52.71
and walk out of church and
not come again until next week
00:32:52.91\00:32:55.85
and find any kind of
fellowship of this type.
00:32:56.05\00:33:01.20
That doesn't exist in
that kind of a situation.
00:33:01.41\00:33:04.67
You've got to take the church,
00:33:04.87\00:33:07.88
and it's got to
become part of the family.
00:33:08.08\00:33:11.89
See? Got to be family.
00:33:12.09\00:33:14.76
And until we understand that
00:33:14.96\00:33:16.57
it's not going to
work like it should.
00:33:16.77\00:33:18.59
And so they had
all things in common.
00:33:18.79\00:33:21.51
They helped one
another physically.
00:33:21.71\00:33:24.24
And I hope... I hope
by the grace of God...
00:33:24.44\00:33:28.51
I don't want to be
misunderstood here,
00:33:28.72\00:33:31.19
but take Thanksgiving time.
00:33:31.49\00:33:36.06
The church... many churches
will fix Thanksgiving baskets
00:33:38.18\00:33:42.95
and they'll take it to people.
00:33:43.15\00:33:45.42
And they should.
Don't misunderstand me.
00:33:45.62\00:33:47.34
But if that's all
there is to it once a year,
00:33:47.54\00:33:50.38
dear friend you aren't
even starting to understand
00:33:50.58\00:33:53.03
what it's about.
00:33:53.24\00:33:54.73
See? It's got to
be more than that.
00:33:54.93\00:33:57.61
Got to be
something that we as a family
00:33:57.81\00:34:02.22
care for you.
00:34:02.42\00:34:03.85
And I hope by the grace of God
00:34:04.05\00:34:07.64
that there's not
anyone who is suffering
00:34:07.86\00:34:12.57
or in need and
that we're aware of it
00:34:12.77\00:34:18.30
and not doing
something about it.
00:34:18.50\00:34:21.13
That... that's what
we're supposed to do.
00:34:22.67\00:34:24.66
That's the back
door of the church.
00:34:24.86\00:34:26.67
That's going out the
door of the church...
00:34:26.87\00:34:29.73
the back door... and taking
care of that person's need.
00:34:29.93\00:34:33.07
What they're needing to happen.
00:34:33.27\00:34:36.49
Also, it's to be a social time.
00:34:36.69\00:34:40.87
It's not to be all work.
00:34:41.07\00:34:43.32
The church needs to be a
time where they can get together
00:34:43.52\00:34:47.15
and fellowship and
have a social time together.
00:34:47.35\00:34:50.30
That's part of
becoming acquainted,
00:34:50.50\00:34:52.90
and that's part of having
a good time in the church.
00:34:53.00\00:34:55.83
Nothing wrong with that, folks.
00:34:56.03\00:34:57.84
Just let me say that
if that's all you're doing
00:34:59.82\00:35:05.23
there's something
wrong with that. See?
00:35:05.43\00:35:08.39
There... It's got to
be more than just that.
00:35:08.42\00:35:11.32
It says here:
00:35:11.52\00:35:13.32
They went back to
meet with the church
00:35:26.05\00:35:28.68
to fellowship with them.
00:35:28.78\00:35:29.86
This wasn't just going
back to preach to them.
00:35:30.06\00:35:32.73
This was going back to
see how they were doing.
00:35:32.93\00:35:34.97
This was a social time
that they were having with them.
00:35:35.18\00:35:40.32
And that's what we are to do.
00:35:40.52\00:35:43.82
There's nothing
wrong with getting together
00:35:44.02\00:35:46.47
and having a social time.
00:35:46.57\00:35:48.07
God expects us to do that.
00:35:48.27\00:35:50.38
That's coming in
and out of the church...
00:35:50.58\00:35:53.60
the back door of the church.
00:35:53.80\00:35:54.82
That's what it's for;
that's the purpose of it.
00:35:55.02\00:35:58.44
Now I've talked
about the family...
00:35:58.74\00:36:01.40
what the family is to do.
00:36:01.61\00:36:03.38
But more than just the family,
00:36:03.58\00:36:05.52
we as the church have a
responsibility to people
00:36:05.72\00:36:10.32
outside our church.
00:36:10.56\00:36:12.99
I can tell you right
now, your responsibility
00:36:13.19\00:36:16.38
does not end at
the door of the church.
00:36:16.58\00:36:20.56
That isn't where it ends.
00:36:20.86\00:36:23.79
God gave... called you
and gave you a commission,
00:36:23.99\00:36:28.48
and that is our responsibility
to take care of it.
00:36:28.68\00:36:31.47
I have to reach out
to those who are in need.
00:36:31.67\00:36:37.37
That means the community.
00:36:37.67\00:36:40.36
That means the
people around here.
00:36:40.56\00:36:42.83
That means people around you.
00:36:43.03\00:36:45.07
I have a
responsibility for those people.
00:36:45.27\00:36:48.22
Forgive me if I get
a little close to home.
00:36:50.14\00:36:54.17
You don't need
to raise your hands.
00:36:55.73\00:36:58.51
How many of you know the
people in your community?
00:37:01.92\00:37:06.51
Do you know your
people next door?
00:37:08.35\00:37:10.87
Do they know you?
00:37:14.25\00:37:15.71
If they were in trouble,
00:37:16.01\00:37:20.87
would they come to see you?
00:37:21.07\00:37:22.49
See? That's your responsibility
00:37:26.78\00:37:29.40
is to go to those people.
They should look upon you
00:37:29.60\00:37:34.44
as a friend. They
should see in you a neighbor
00:37:34.64\00:37:39.20
who they can find
help, who they can depend on.
00:37:39.40\00:37:43.80
That's someone that they
know would care for their needs
00:37:44.00\00:37:48.46
and trust them.
00:37:48.66\00:37:49.82
Have you ever
gone to your neighbor
00:37:50.02\00:37:55.23
and prayed with them?
00:37:55.43\00:37:57.48
These are our responsibilities.
00:38:01.09\00:38:03.75
So we need to look after
the people out there. It says:
00:38:04.05\00:38:09.30
Now follow carefully...
00:38:19.34\00:38:20.73
He's saying: "Come, all
you blessed of My Father.
00:38:20.93\00:38:26.35
Inherit the kingdom.
" Watch what He says:
00:38:26.38\00:38:29.94
See, He's saying: "Come,
you blessed of My Father. "
00:38:45.94\00:38:50.55
Who are blessed?
00:38:50.75\00:38:51.93
"Because I was
hungry and you fed Me.
00:38:52.23\00:38:57.15
Thirsty... and you gave
Me something to drink. "
00:38:58.60\00:39:01.96
Have you given somebody
00:39:03.25\00:39:08.05
a drink of water?
00:39:08.45\00:39:11.33
Uh...
00:39:13.53\00:39:17.13
have you ever
just taken a stranger
00:39:17.44\00:39:21.69
and fed them?
00:39:21.99\00:39:24.63
Have you ever visited a prison?
00:39:47.42\00:39:49.36
Hmmm?
00:39:51.21\00:39:52.62
Have you ever walking
into a prison and sat down, and
00:39:52.92\00:39:56.09
talked to the inmates there?
00:39:56.29\00:39:58.23
If you have never done that,
00:40:00.00\00:40:02.18
you have missed
a real experience.
00:40:02.38\00:40:06.24
You ought to.
00:40:06.54\00:40:07.95
You might need to understand
00:40:08.25\00:40:11.52
what those... Oh yes, they
may have done something wrong.
00:40:11.72\00:40:15.16
Probably they did.
00:40:15.36\00:40:16.44
That's not the point.
00:40:16.64\00:40:18.73
The point is that Jesus
Christ died for that person.
00:40:18.93\00:40:23.04
And I don't care
if they are in prison,
00:40:23.24\00:40:26.55
He died for them, and you
and I have a responsibility
00:40:26.75\00:40:31.35
of seeing the
gospel is taken to them.
00:40:31.48\00:40:33.74
So if you... if you are saying
00:40:36.78\00:40:40.58
"Well, I don't know what to do.
00:40:40.78\00:40:42.47
I don't know how to do anything
like that for the Lord. "
00:40:42.67\00:40:45.71
Well try going to a
prison... visit them.
00:40:45.91\00:40:51.14
This is what He's talking about.
00:40:51.34\00:40:53.24
"I was in prison,
and you came to Me. "
00:40:53.44\00:40:56.82
We make it a
habit to visit prisons.
00:40:57.62\00:41:03.61
In fact, we furnish
prisons all across this country
00:41:04.48\00:41:10.41
with videos free.
00:41:10.61\00:41:12.83
Literally have hundreds of
prisons that have our videos
00:41:13.03\00:41:17.27
in them telling
about Jesus Christ.
00:41:17.37\00:41:19.16
This... this is what
God wants us to do, folks.
00:41:19.46\00:41:24.31
And what I'm trying to
get across to you today
00:41:24.61\00:41:26.53
is this you do
out the back door.
00:41:26.73\00:41:29.82
They said: "What
are you talking about?
00:41:42.49\00:41:45.14
When did we do these things? "
00:41:45.34\00:41:47.47
They said: "Lord, all these
things You're talking about...
00:41:57.71\00:42:00.06
when did we do these things? "
00:42:00.26\00:42:02.50
Do you
understand what He's saying?
00:42:14.90\00:42:18.16
He's saying that that should be
00:42:19.93\00:42:23.03
the natural reaction
00:42:23.23\00:42:27.14
of belonging to
the family of God.
00:42:27.34\00:42:30.08
In other words,
00:42:31.28\00:42:33.65
helping somebody
00:42:33.95\00:42:36.61
and caring for them...
00:42:36.81\00:42:38.94
spiritually or physically...
00:42:39.04\00:42:40.71
should be the natural result
00:42:40.91\00:42:43.86
of my
relationship with Jesus Christ.
00:42:44.06\00:42:47.16
If your
relationship with Jesus Christ
00:42:48.74\00:42:51.34
is not developing within you
00:42:52.52\00:42:58.15
a desire to share with others,
00:42:58.35\00:43:03.32
then dear friend, you need
to look at that relationship.
00:43:03.63\00:43:06.36
Because there
is no such thing...
00:43:06.66\00:43:10.08
there is no such
thing as someone who is born
00:43:10.38\00:43:16.26
into the family of God
00:43:16.46\00:43:18.87
that isn't born into the
family of God as a missionary.
00:43:19.07\00:43:23.64
Anybody that is born
into the family of God
00:43:23.94\00:43:27.59
that person is a
missionary, a witness.
00:43:27.79\00:43:32.68
And you and I have the
responsibility of taking the
00:43:32.88\00:43:36.22
gospel to the
world... to those about us.
00:43:36.32\00:43:39.84
This is what God
has called us to do.
00:43:40.14\00:43:42.11
The gospel is to be
taken to all the world.
00:43:42.41\00:43:46.94
God gave you and
me this commission:
00:43:47.24\00:43:50.26
That's the commission.
00:44:08.65\00:44:10.96
That's what God
has called us to do.
00:44:11.16\00:44:14.11
The Duke of Wellington
was sitting in a meeting
00:44:17.31\00:44:21.60
where some church
leaders were discussing
00:44:21.80\00:44:26.29
the place where they
should take the gospel.
00:44:26.49\00:44:28.48
And they were trying to decide
whether this place was really
00:44:28.78\00:44:32.87
worth their effort of
taking the gospel there and if
00:44:33.07\00:44:37.05
they shouldn't direct their
attention some other place.
00:44:37.15\00:44:39.40
And they went to the Duke
of Wellington and asked him
00:44:40.58\00:44:43.38
what he thought, and he said:
00:44:43.58\00:44:46.23
"Gentlemen, you and I have been
given our marching orders. "
00:44:46.43\00:44:51.39
That is what our responsibility
is: to take the gospel
00:44:51.58\00:44:55.74
to ALL the world.
00:44:55.94\00:44:57.99
So what does that include?
00:44:58.19\00:44:59.98
That includes Thompsonville.
00:45:01.67\00:45:03.87
Have you? Have
you made an effort
00:45:05.54\00:45:09.79
to go out and
touch each home here?
00:45:09.99\00:45:13.87
Do the people
here in Thompsonville
00:45:16.33\00:45:20.20
know that at 3ABN
they could find help?
00:45:21.79\00:45:27.78
Do they know that if
they needed help spiritually
00:45:27.81\00:45:32.76
that you would pray for them?
00:45:32.96\00:45:35.31
Do they know that
if they were hungry
00:45:35.61\00:45:39.56
they could be fed here?
00:45:39.76\00:45:42.35
Does the people around
your church - those of you
00:45:46.52\00:45:48.76
that are
watching by television -
00:45:48.96\00:45:50.28
people around your church
know that there at the church
00:45:52.44\00:45:56.15
they could find help?
00:45:56.35\00:45:58.20
You see, our responsibility
is to take the gospel
00:45:58.40\00:46:01.71
to the whole world.
00:46:01.91\00:46:03.32
That includes our neighborhood.
00:46:03.63\00:46:06.00
That is our responsibility.
00:46:06.30\00:46:08.68
And I need to take it and preach
the gospel to the whole world,
00:46:08.88\00:46:12.17
but I need to make
sure my neighborhood
00:46:12.37\00:46:14.34
is being taken care of.
00:46:14.54\00:46:16.13
Need to proclaim it to men
and women all over the world.
00:46:17.87\00:46:22.78
And thank God,
the message is going.
00:46:22.88\00:46:26.37
But I sometimes think
00:46:26.67\00:46:29.09
that we are a
little more concerned
00:46:29.29\00:46:34.11
with seeing that
00:46:34.41\00:46:38.61
the folks in Africa
and the folks in Europe
00:46:38.81\00:46:44.55
and the folks in different
places are hearing the message
00:46:44.75\00:46:49.75
and at the same we neglect...
00:46:49.95\00:46:53.73
we neglect our community.
00:46:54.13\00:46:57.08
And dear friend, our first
responsibility - I'm sorry...
00:46:57.39\00:47:01.01
Your first responsibil...
00:47:01.21\00:47:02.44
Do you know where your
first responsibility is?
00:47:02.74\00:47:04.48
Huh?
00:47:04.78\00:47:06.55
Your first
responsibility is your home.
00:47:06.85\00:47:09.05
People in your household...
00:47:09.35\00:47:12.99
they are your
first responsibility.
00:47:13.30\00:47:16.57
But it doesn't stop there.
00:47:18.28\00:47:20.60
And I'm talking
about taking the gospel.
00:47:20.80\00:47:23.11
Your next responsibility
is your neighborhood.
00:47:23.41\00:47:27.42
That is your responsibility,
00:47:27.72\00:47:30.17
and you can't come and go
in and out, day in and day out
00:47:30.38\00:47:33.83
and pay no
attention to your neighbors.
00:47:34.03\00:47:35.95
You need to... you need
to talk to your neighbors.
00:47:38.84\00:47:41.87
You need to visit with them.
00:47:42.18\00:47:43.64
I don't care if you
just go down there and knock
00:47:43.84\00:47:45.64
on the door and tell
them your name and tell them
00:47:45.67\00:47:47.58
you're their neighbor and you
just wanted to get acquainted.
00:47:47.78\00:47:50.30
But you need to talk to them;
you need to get acquainted.
00:47:50.60\00:47:53.71
And please, I beg of you,
00:47:56.65\00:47:58.83
don't... when you visit people,
00:47:59.13\00:48:03.21
don't judge them.
00:48:03.41\00:48:05.21
Don't judge them.
00:48:05.71\00:48:08.13
You know? How
should I explain this?
00:48:08.43\00:48:14.41
You may knock on a door
and the house may be dirty.
00:48:16.44\00:48:22.39
Unkempt.
00:48:23.78\00:48:26.19
And the person you're
visiting may be sitting there
00:48:27.88\00:48:30.41
drinking a bottle of
beer and smoking a cigarette.
00:48:30.61\00:48:33.82
Don't judge that person.
00:48:36.54\00:48:38.77
Let me tell you a little secret:
00:48:39.17\00:48:41.66
the Lord Jesus
Christ can change that.
00:48:41.97\00:48:44.86
Your responsibility and mine
00:48:45.16\00:48:48.59
is to take the gospel to them.
00:48:48.79\00:48:50.59
That is what God calls us to do:
00:48:50.89\00:48:53.00
to proclaim it to men and
women no matter where they are.
00:48:53.31\00:48:57.73
After I've taken
care of my neighborhood
00:48:58.03\00:49:00.88
then I need to look in the area.
00:49:01.08\00:49:04.76
Then you need to look concerning
other areas around you
00:49:05.06\00:49:08.18
and then to cities
and towns and to nations
00:49:08.48\00:49:11.30
that the whole world might
hear the gospel of Jesus Christ.
00:49:11.60\00:49:16.24
Oh, it's not easy.
00:49:16.54\00:49:17.90
The Lord said:
00:49:18.20\00:49:19.40
Now dear friend, if I'm going
out here in the midst of wolves,
00:49:24.44\00:49:28.94
that's dangerous!
00:49:30.24\00:49:32.51
Do you understand me?
00:49:32.71\00:49:33.88
That's dangerous... so if
you're going out witnessing
00:49:34.08\00:49:37.26
for Jesus Christ, it's not
going to be a bed of roses.
00:49:37.47\00:49:41.51
It's not going to be easy.
00:49:41.71\00:49:43.98
He sends you out among wolves.
00:49:44.18\00:49:46.41
I really don't mind that
00:49:47.43\00:49:49.93
if I know something...
00:49:50.13\00:49:51.35
and that is that I know
00:49:51.65\00:49:53.84
that I have brothers
and sisters that love me.
00:49:55.58\00:49:59.16
If I know I've got church
members there that love me
00:50:17.53\00:50:20.52
and care for me, I
don't mind going out there
00:50:20.55\00:50:23.00
and getting bruised.
00:50:23.20\00:50:24.60
But I want to know there's
somebody there that their heart
00:50:25.71\00:50:29.54
beats with mine and they
love me and they care for me.
00:50:29.74\00:50:32.37
When we do that, then we're
doing what God asks us to do.
00:50:32.67\00:50:38.16
I'll never forget as I
was walking through the Alps
00:50:51.87\00:50:57.37
in the area where the
Waldensian valley was.
00:50:57.67\00:51:01.89
And I went there where
one of these little stone
00:51:02.19\00:51:08.10
buildings were
that had been a church
00:51:08.30\00:51:10.39
for the Waldensian people.
00:51:10.59\00:51:12.40
And as I was
walking there in the church,
00:51:12.64\00:51:16.47
I walked up and walked around in
the front where the pulpit was.
00:51:16.67\00:51:20.42
And I'll never forget what I
read on the front of the pulpit.
00:51:21.91\00:51:25.30
It said: "If you
be no missionary,
00:51:26.66\00:51:31.17
you be nothing at all. "
00:51:31.37\00:51:33.79
And oh, how true!
00:51:35.01\00:51:36.55
God has called
you, has called me,
00:51:36.85\00:51:40.29
to minister to those about us.
00:51:40.49\00:51:42.92
This is the back
door of the church.
00:51:43.13\00:51:45.78
Go out! Take the message.
00:51:46.08\00:51:48.70
As God said: "So send I you. "
00:51:49.01\00:51:53.18
So send I you
00:51:56.35\00:51:59.84
to take the souls in bondage
00:52:00.14\00:52:04.88
the words of truth
00:52:05.18\00:52:08.22
that sets the captive free.
00:52:08.52\00:52:12.84
To hear My voice
00:52:13.14\00:52:16.13
"Well done, My faithful servant.
00:52:16.43\00:52:22.25
Come share My throne,
00:52:23.07\00:52:26.12
My kingdom, and
00:52:26.42\00:52:29.93
My crown. "
00:52:30.23\00:52:34.87
Let us pray.
00:52:35.27\00:52:37.16
Father in Heaven,
00:52:38.06\00:52:39.77
as we look out
upon our communities
00:52:41.34\00:52:44.82
around the people around us
00:52:45.12\00:52:48.46
and as we sense,
Lord, how short time is,
00:52:49.85\00:52:54.62
we pray that You will help us
00:52:54.92\00:52:58.64
that as a church
00:52:59.76\00:53:03.30
we'll meet together
and fellowship together
00:53:03.40\00:53:05.67
and be a family of God.
00:53:05.87\00:53:08.97
And as we have come
in through Christ Jesus
00:53:09.28\00:53:11.75
we pray that we might go out
00:53:12.06\00:53:15.05
the back door of the
church taking the gospel
00:53:15.25\00:53:18.60
to men and women around the
world and in our communities
00:53:18.80\00:53:22.11
and those who
don't know You, Lord.
00:53:22.31\00:53:24.55
May we be faithful.
00:53:24.85\00:53:27.40
Grant to us, Lord, that
the church may not be a place
00:53:27.71\00:53:32.76
where we come once a week
00:53:32.96\00:53:36.78
but it will become
the center of our activity
00:53:37.08\00:53:42.03
and where we will
worship You, serve You,
00:53:42.23\00:53:45.67
and go out... be
of service to mankind.
00:53:45.87\00:53:49.76
Bless each one here
00:53:50.06\00:53:52.14
that they may know the joy
and happiness that there is
00:53:52.44\00:53:56.38
in Christ Jesus. Amen.
00:53:56.59\00:53:59.83
Well, as we continue to
look at The Apple of God's Eye,
00:54:03.00\00:54:08.74
His church... what God
put the church here for.
00:54:09.04\00:54:14.05
How am I, how are
you to relate to it?
00:54:14.35\00:54:18.12
Our next presentation will be
on the Church - The Storehouse.
00:54:18.42\00:54:23.12
So God bless you.
00:54:23.42\00:54:24.53
Hope you'll be each
blessed in a special way.
00:54:24.73\00:54:27.97
Take care.
00:54:28.27\00:54:29.50
There's a popular movie
that depicts the complete
00:54:30.91\00:54:34.20
annihilation of the
world through earthquakes,
00:54:34.40\00:54:37.42
fires, tsunamis, and floods
00:54:37.62\00:54:39.89
in the year 2012 AD.
00:54:40.09\00:54:42.60
Jesus warns us against
setting dates in Matthew 24:36.
00:54:42.90\00:54:47.38
"But of that day and
hour, no one knows...
00:54:47.68\00:54:50.66
not even the angels of heaven
00:54:50.96\00:54:52.68
but My Father only. "
00:54:52.98\00:54:54.51
While this film
may be entertaining,
00:54:54.81\00:54:56.87
it has done nothing
but heighten the fear
00:54:57.17\00:54:59.40
of the people of this world.
00:54:59.60\00:55:01.40
For many years now, we
have seen the signs of a world
00:55:01.70\00:55:04.89
in a state of collapse.
00:55:05.09\00:55:06.57
And even unbelievers are
increasingly uncomfortable
00:55:06.87\00:55:10.61
with the way things are going.
00:55:10.81\00:55:12.56
Truly we stand on the very edge
00:55:12.86\00:55:15.27
of earth's
history. And believe me,
00:55:15.47\00:55:18.02
the $250,000,000 spent on
special effects for this film
00:55:18.32\00:55:22.53
don't even come close
00:55:22.83\00:55:24.59
to what is about to be
unleashed upon mankind.
00:55:24.89\00:55:28.34
The Bible warns of wars,
00:55:28.64\00:55:30.46
famines,
pestilence, and earthquakes
00:55:30.76\00:55:33.58
culminating in the
most spectacular upheaval
00:55:33.88\00:55:36.93
this world has ever seen.
00:55:37.13\00:55:39.15
Just listen to this description
00:55:39.45\00:55:40.93
found in
Revelation the sixth chapter.
00:55:41.13\00:55:43.69
"And behold, there
was a great earthquake
00:55:43.99\00:55:46.19
and the sun became
black as the sackcloth of hair
00:55:46.49\00:55:49.64
and the moon became like blood.
00:55:49.94\00:55:52.37
And the stars of the
heaven fell to the earth
00:55:52.67\00:55:54.57
as a fig tree
drops its late figs
00:55:54.87\00:55:57.43
when it is
shaken by a mighty wind.
00:55:57.63\00:56:00.09
Then the sky receded as a
scroll when it is rolled up
00:56:00.39\00:56:03.71
and every mountain and island
were moved out of its place. "
00:56:03.91\00:56:07.88
Friends, this will
not be a Hollywood movie.
00:56:08.65\00:56:12.17
These events will
surely take place,
00:56:12.47\00:56:14.81
and we must warn the
world as quickly as possible.
00:56:14.91\00:56:18.57
You see, there will
be no secret rapture.
00:56:18.87\00:56:22.78
Every human being alive
at the time will be affected
00:56:23.08\00:56:26.86
whether they are
wicked or righteous.
00:56:27.06\00:56:29.43
But while the fear that has
gripped the hearts of the wicked
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will cause them to beg
for rocks to fall on them,
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those who are righteous
will welcome these events
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as signs of Christ's coming.
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They will say:
"Behold! This is our God.
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We have waited for
Him, and He will save us. "
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Listen to these glorious words
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from I Thessalonians 4:
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"For the Lord Himself will
descend from heaven with a shout
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with the voice of the archangel
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and with the trumpet of God,
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and the dead in
Christ will rise first.
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Then we who are alive and remain
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shall be caught up
together with them in the clouds
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to meet the Lord in the air.
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And thus we shall
always be with the Lord.
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Wherefore, comfort one
another with these words. "
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Oh friends, our burden
is to share this good news.
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To bring comfort to
those who are living in fear.
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That's why we continue to
preach the gospel of salvation
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through Jesus Christ
to anyone who will listen.
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To see a soul come to Jesus
and be saved is worth any cost
00:57:31.03\00:57:35.52
and all efforts. That's
why this ministry exists.
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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
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to millions around the world.
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