Hello, friends.
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Grab your Bible and friend,
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and sit back as we
explore God's word together
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on this edition of House Calls.
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Welcome to the place.
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This is the place,
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there is no
place like this place
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anywhere near this place,
so this must be the place.
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John, welcome
to the Bible place.
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It's good to be here.
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I know you probably wonder,
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what did he said
at the beginning of...
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Well, I always don't
even come up with something.
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Well, this just in case
you think this is the place,
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this is House calls.
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And...
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And its unscripted.
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Unscripted, we are...
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this is Bible studies unplugged.
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The only thing we
plug in to is the power
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of the Holy Spirit.
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Praise the Lord.
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We need the Holy
Spirit every Bible program.
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Thank you for tuning in
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and spending this thoughtful
hour with us in prayer.
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You know, you
know it's gonna be good
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because we talk about
topics that are relevant,
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that are
sometimes controversial.
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But as we said on one
of our prior programs,
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we are completely
politically incorrect.
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We have not been tainted by
the conservative and liberals,
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we are just simply...
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As one person said, as
I've said to one person,
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"I'm affected by the gospel,
infected by Jesus Christ."
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There we go.
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So Praise the Lord for that.
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Anyway, we're gonna have
some prayer in a moment here
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but we'll tell you
after the prayer how to get,
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how to send your
questions and your comments.
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And then we're gonna
finalize our topic on...
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Baptism. Baptism.
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Very important.
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People need to know
what it means to be baptized,
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how to get ready for it,
what to do after you had been,
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and what the purpose
of baptism really is.
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And so thank you for tuning in.
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But, John, before
we go to our questions,
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have prayer for us.
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Let's do then.
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Father in
Heaven, we will love you,
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and that's why we're
here to open your word,
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because this is
how you speak to us.
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So Lord, please speak to
us today through your spirit,
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send him with abundance
into the lives of us to guide
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and direct us but also to those
who are listening, and hearing,
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and viewing this program.
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In Jesus' name, amen.
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Amen.
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And as you know,
we have your questions
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and if you like to
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That's housecalls@3abn.org.
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Org means organized,
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John, what do
you have for us today
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as far as
questions are concerned?
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Yes, we got a message,
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a question that comes
from Trinidad and Tobago.
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And I know that you
have some routes there?
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That's right.
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And there's good question here,
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"When the Sunday
law will be passed,
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will individual
still have a chance
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to make it right with Jesus?
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Or probation have been closed
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for those who are
professed Christians?"
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Good question.
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The only way to
really answer this is really
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an in-depth step to understand
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how the secrets of
events are gonna come out
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here in last days.
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But what we
find in Revelation 13
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is that a test is
gonna come upon the world.
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That's right.
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There is gonna
incredible miracles,
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Revelation 13: 13,
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fire coming down from
heaven to convince all the world
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that Christ has
come, but he is not.
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This is the false
Christ that's going to be here.
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He deceives those
by the signs, verse 14,
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he was granted power
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to give breath to
the image of the beast.
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And this image, if
you study Prophecy,
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is the uniting of a
church with state to form a bond
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that has ability
to impose morality
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and church and
worship and things.
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And then he causes, verse
16, all rich, small, and great,
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rich, and poor, free,
and slave to receive a mark
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on their hand or
on their foreheads.
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That is those if follow
them and follow the edicts
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and the laws of
this image brings above,
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this unification
of church and state.
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And then no one made,
buy, or sell, verse 17,
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unless you have that mark.
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So you can see everything here,
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John, kind of is
a test of will you,
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will you succumb to force.
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And the laws that are inactive
that bring about a requirements
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for morality for
what they believe
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is, what Christ
himself was appeared
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is asking them to do.
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Right.
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Or will you remain
loyal and faithful to God
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and his commandments.
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And which is why the
next chapter, Chapter 14,
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gives a picture of
the different people.
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It's those that are blameless,
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who have the seal of
God in there forehead,
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not the mark in their
forehead or their hand,
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but a seal of God
in their forehead.
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Okay.
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Who keep the commandments
of God and the faith of Jesus,
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and that's of course,
verse 12 of Chapter 14.
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You have them side by side
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because at the same time
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these things are being enforced,
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there is message going
to the people of the world.
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That's right.
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So what I see is
during this testing time,
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very clearly that it is a test
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because they
can make a decision.
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And the decision will
be, do I follow the beast
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in its image
and the enforcement,
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the legalization and enforcement
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of Sunday worship,
or will I follow God,
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keep his commandments,
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including the fourth commandment
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which specifically has
been added it to the point of...
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a test.
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Okay.
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And that will determine
or declare one's loyalty
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to and faithfulness to
God and his commandments.
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So at that time, people
will make their decision,
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you're finally
entire world enwrapped,
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or at least require
to make the decision
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in some kind or other,
and then probation will close.
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You know that's...
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And I say this because
there are some who advocate,
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I kind to know where
these questions coming from,
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there are some who
advocate a probation closing
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for the people of God
before it closes for the world.
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And not only can we
now find that in scripture,
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we don't find
that in the writings
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of inspiration
either, Spirit of Prophecy.
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It's just not there.
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Probation will
close, its one test,
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and it causes at the
same time for everybody.
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Now it doesn't mean that
some will make their decisions
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before others, that will happen.
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Right.
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Well, the probation closing
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where you can no longer
make a decision thereafter,
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it happens at one time.
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Right.
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Very important,
very important topic,
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matter fact one of the things
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that I've noticed
in the proliferation,
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prognostication
of these messages
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simply mean the prophecies,
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the big old
words, confusing people,
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what's wrong with you.
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What I've noticed
in these prophecies is,
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you have Revelation 12
then you have Revelation 14,
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nestled between that you
have the references, John,
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just talked about Revelation 13.
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These two powers,
the powers of the papacy
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and you have the
powers of the United States,
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both in concert, making laws
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that now bring the
people of this country,
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the United States, to a
place where they have to decide
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to follow the dictates of
God, the commandments of God,
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or the commandments of man,
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the dictates in
the laws of the land.
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And so when the
Bible says, that he cause,
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he speaks Revelation 13: 11,
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"I saw another beast
coming up out of the earth,
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he had two horns like a lamb
but he spoke like a dragon."
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The dragon
Revelation 12: 9 is the devil.
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So, and through
legislative enactments
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the United States, and I
want to say this unequivocally
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because you're
gonna see this prophecy.
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And what my statement will do
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and what
Revelation understanding,
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it will do for you is, it
will calibrate your listening.
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You know... It's right.
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It'll calibrate your listening.
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You'll be able to hear
what you haven't heard before
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when you listen
to news broadcast,
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when you listen to
the kind of relationships
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that the United
States has with the Vatican,
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whether its Pope
Francis if its him
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or somebody else
that comes along,
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if he's no longer in power.
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Doesn't really matter
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who sits in the seat
of the Roman hierarchy.
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But their focus is to
cause the world to come
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under the banner of
this false institution
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of Sunday worship.
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And its happened
around the world,
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around the globe.
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Matter fact there is the
European Sunday alliance.
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You just type that in Google,
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you'll see how powerful that is,
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the whole of
Europe is being pushed,
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legislation one after
the other to honor Sunday.
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But what you have and this what
I want to make very important
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because if you
wait till that time,
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if you know that
these things are coming,
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you don't wait it for
the heat to turn up...
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That's right.
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To make your decision.
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Because if you're not making
small decisions day by day
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to be faithful
to God and his word
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and his commandments,
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you're not gonna make a decision
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when the furnace is
heated seven times hot.
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Yeah, you can't
say, well, if it happens
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then all make my choice now.
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That's why you set yourself
up for complete failure,
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like the Hebrews.
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The Hebrews said
to Nebuchadnezzar,
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and I like the
way they said that.
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When he thought, wait
a minute, wait a minute,
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these guys are in my cabinet,
they are in my government,
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why are they not bowing
down to this image I've set up?
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And when you read Revelation,
an image will be set up,
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people will be
pointed to that image,
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said, worship that image.
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And that's what the
United States is gonna do,
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they're gonna
point to the Vatican,
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to Rome and its
passed afflictions
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and its restorations to say,
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that's the beast
that was wounded,
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now it lives, worship
whatever it establishes
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as the parameters of worship.
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The Hebrew said
to Nebuchadnezzar,
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and this is the way were
the daily preparation comes in.
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They said we, oh, king,
live forever, salutation.
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But we don't really need
to address you on this matter,
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we don't need
to talk about this.
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The God we serve
was able to deliver us
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but if he doesn't we're
going to serve him anyway...
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We've already made up our mind.
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Our mind is made up.
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So if your mind is made
up before the image is setup,
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if your mind is not made up
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before the
legislation is enacted,
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if your mind is not made up
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before it becomes a test
of you can't buy or sell,
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then you will really
not make up your mind
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when all your
livelihood is on the line.
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And that's what
buy or sell means.
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Yeah.
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It takes away your ability
to function in this world.
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Right.
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You can't get food,
you can't do business,
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you can't do anything
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unless you're
following and obeying the edicts
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of this united power
that is really driven by Rome.
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And you know, John,
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you know easiest
becoming to completely
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delete us from existence.
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Now they're making smart phones,
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so smart that
they want us to put our
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credit card information
on there, it's a GPS,
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it knows where you are
anytime any moment of the day.
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All your phone
calls and contacts
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are being monitored.
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And as we saw
recently on the news on CNN,
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NSA, you know, this
Edward Snowden thing,
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we are being
monitored in America
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and around the world.
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You know, the whole world
is involved in this information
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gathering of that happens.
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Whether we believe
it or not its happening.
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But they're getting to the place
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where your cell phone
is everything about you.
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And when you know
start getting to the place
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where you put your
credit cards on there,
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you sign your transactions,
your full identity,
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all that they have to
say to Verizon or Sprint,
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or AT&T is shut
John's account down.
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Which connects to your
bank and everything else,
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shut it down, he no
longer has access to anything.
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But here are the
two things that you do,
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here's the one
thing you do to prepare.
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One, what must
you do to prepare?
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First of all,
you got to trust God.
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You have to commit
yourself to worshiping him
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the way that he
is to be worshipped.
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"Fear God and give glory to Him,
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worship him that
made heaven and earth,
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the sea, and the
springs of waters."
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That's honors the Sabbath,
that's Revelation 14: 6 and 7.
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But look at what
the devil is focusing on
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that is the real focus of those
who are being faithful to God.
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Revelation 12:17,
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"The dragon the devil
is in rage with the woman,
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went to make war with
the remnant of her seed,
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which keep the
commandments of God,
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and have the
testimony of Jesus Christ."
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Once you keep God's commandments
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and you're
proclaiming His message
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the devil is angry with you.
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So don't fall for this idea
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that God's
commandments are done away with.
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That's demonic talk.
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If your pastor says,
"It's done away with,
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" he is in lien with the dragon,
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he doesn't want
people to keep it,
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so it's either done away with.
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You might even see
that's dragons speak?
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Does dragon speak?
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Dragon, that's right.
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Good title for a
sermon. Dragon speaks.
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Wow.
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And then lastly,
Revelation 14:12,
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"Here is the
patience of the saints,
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here are those who keep
the commandments of God,
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and the faith of Jesus."
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See, so between this test
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commandment keepers
are before the test,
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commandment keep are
patient after the test.
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If you honor the
commandments of God
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it won't become an
issue when the test comes.
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But if you say,
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well, I'm gonna worship
the way I wanna worship,
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and when test comes then
I'll make a decision then.
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I know somebody
that said that to me.
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I'm gonna go to church on Sunday
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until the time comes and if
this Sunday law ever does come,
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well, I let those
who are in my fellowship
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know that this
is the Sunday law,
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now we got to make it change.
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Na-ah, your
decision to serve the Lord
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is a day by day decision,
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you don not make a decision
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when the furnace
is seven times hotter,
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until, unless you've been making
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small decisions everyday.
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That's right. That's right.
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You know, and I'll say it
too, we're in a periods now
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where it says
that the first beast
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who's deadly one wound
was healed, its happening.
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You know we used to talk about,
you know we used to preach,
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John, about
things that will happen,
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now we preach about
things that are happening.
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That's right.
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It's a different ball game,
its something different now.
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We're finding a rise to power
to prominence to acceptance
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that is unprecedented
in the United States.
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We were back in JFK's days
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when he was
coming into president,
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the protestant
world was concerned
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that a catholic
was rising to power
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and becoming the
president of United States.
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Now, every group
is protestant and on--
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denominational or whatever
you wanna say is in embracing
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and welcoming Rome into
the fabric of our society.
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Now they see Rome as
a champion a morality,
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let's set a side of
differences of opinion,
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let set a side our
doctrines and other things
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for the coming
good of Christianity.
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We have built a platform now
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for rapid movement
of last day events.
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And let me tell you if you
are anywhere close to New York
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or at least if you
are in the United States
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at a time where the
twin towers fell at 9/11,
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you find that
the instant reaction
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during major disasters
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and struggles
was to turn to God.
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Whether you
believe in God or not,
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they were in church.
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And all will take much is
just something that agitate
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or that destroys or
some kind of disaster
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and things that will turn people
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may be you know a lot,
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very quickly in fact
toward religious issues.
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And who's gonna be put in place
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there to answer these questions.
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But today,
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the Roman catholic pontiff.
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Roman, I was just, I mean,
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I don't want to
date this program
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'cause I know
it'll be seen again.
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But when I went to Washington DC
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to listen to the speech
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that Pope
Francis gave to congress,
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it didn't really
matter who was in the crowd,
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everybody was in enamored.
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They said, he's our Pope.
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And I said, well,
oh, you're catholic?
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No.
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Anglican? No.
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Methodist? No.
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They mentioned
their denominational name.
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I thought, is your
Pope, he's not my Pope.
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He is a Pope but
he is not my Pope.
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My leader is Jesus.
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See, the only
one that is perfect.
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But here's
where it's gonna come,
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John 11: 50,
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the same thing said about Jesus.
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"It is expedient for us,
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that one man
should die for the people,
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and not that the
whole nation should perish."
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Its necessary.
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Lets get rid of him,
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we don't wanna
effect the nation.
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And when you shall
be hated of all nations
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for his name sake,
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that'll say the same thing
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its necessary
that they should died
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than the whole
nation should perish.
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Anyway, thank you
for that question,
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John, I was,
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I like those
prophetic questions.
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Here's another question.
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"In Hebrews 9:27 it says,
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'And as it is
appointed unto men once to die,
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but after this the judgment?'
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Is this death physical?"
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Yes, this is the physical death.
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"If it is,
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do we then die
physically at the rapture?"
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Well, first of all,
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let me just put
this in proper context
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'cause when
people used word rapture
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I don't mean if they mean
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that been caught
up to meet he Lord,
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well, I don't mean if they mean
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the secret
snatching way of the church
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and all the certain
people disappearing.
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Whatever category
that you might fit that in,
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the way the Bible communicates
it is in 1 Thessalonians 4,
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lets go and look at that.
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1 Thessalonians 4,
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this is how it
is going to occur.
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And the only ones that
die when Jesus returns,
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and I like to use the
phrase 'when Jesus return.'
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That's the word rapture,
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has so much
baggage connected to it.
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Jesus is first of all,
not gonna return secretly,
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he's gonna
return audibly, visibly,
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and the entire earth is
gonna be effected by that.
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John, could you
read 1 Thessalonians 4:16
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and 17.
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"For the Lord Himself
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will descend from
heaven with a shout,
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with the voice of an archangel,
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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Okay, now reading this passage,
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this is talking about
Jesus is gonna return.
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He's gonna descend
from heaven with a shout,
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he's not gonna touch the earth.
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The rapture theory teaches
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that the churches gonna be
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snatched away in
then seven years,
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later Jesus is
going to come and start
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this earthly millennial reign.
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He is not coming
back to be with us,
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he is coming back
for us to be with him
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and go to prepare a
place to you, John 14:1-3.
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But so the
answer to your question,
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'Do we die
physically at the rapture?"
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At the second coming,
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the only ones that die are those
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that have never given
there hearts to Jesus.
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Matter fact,
Revelation 6, look at this.
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Revelation 6.
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Thought I know
you were going there?
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Why don't you
read that one for us,
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because I wanna
turn to another one,
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Revelation 6.
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That was verse 14.
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There you go, okay.
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"Then the sky
received this as a scroll
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when it is rolled up,
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and every mountain and island
was moved out of its place.
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And the kings of the earth,
the great men, and rich men,
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and the
commanders, the mighty men,
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every slave, every free man,
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hid themselves in the caves
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and in the rocks
of the mountains,
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and they said to the mountains
and the rocks, fall on us,
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and hide us from the face of him
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that sits on the throne,
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and from the wrath of the Lamb,
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For the great day
of his wrath is coming,
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who is able to stand?"
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That's clearly a picture
00:20:02.70\00:20:04.03
of the second coming
in the visible appearance,
00:20:04.07\00:20:07.10
what was just
described by the apostle Paul
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1 Thessalonians 4,
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which is that he
comes with a shout,
00:20:11.01\00:20:14.48
with the voice of an archangel
and the trumpet of God.
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And this is the
response then by the wicked
00:20:17.61\00:20:19.98
who aren't in Christ,
00:20:20.02\00:20:22.95
who want to get
away from his face.
00:20:22.98\00:20:25.25
They look to the rocks
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and the
mountains to fall on them
00:20:26.65\00:20:28.46
and they'd rather
perish than face him.
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In 2 Thessalonians,
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he talks about
00:20:32.49\00:20:33.83
that also the wicked
one who will be revealed
00:20:33.86\00:20:37.67
and consume by the
brightness of the Lords coming.
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So the wicked one
that will be revealed,
00:20:41.34\00:20:44.61
this man of sin
that Paul talks about,
00:20:44.64\00:20:49.04
who's coming is after them
marvelous working of Satan,
00:20:49.08\00:20:52.45
here it is.
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2 Thessalonians 2
00:20:54.12\00:20:57.39
and it starts with
verse 7, all right.
00:20:57.42\00:21:02.36
And this what I see today
00:21:02.39\00:21:03.73
in the movements
of the papacy, John,
00:21:03.76\00:21:05.09
to be very honest with you.
00:21:05.13\00:21:06.49
"For the mystery of
lawlessness is already at work,
00:21:06.53\00:21:10.57
only He who now restrains
00:21:10.60\00:21:13.23
will do so until He
is taken out of the way.
00:21:13.27\00:21:18.57
And then the lawless
one will be revealed,
00:21:18.61\00:21:21.91
whom the Lord will consume
00:21:21.94\00:21:24.21
with the breath of his mouth
00:21:24.25\00:21:25.91
and destroy with the
brightness of his coming.
00:21:25.95\00:21:28.85
The coming of the lawless one
00:21:28.88\00:21:30.22
is according to
the working of Satan,
00:21:30.25\00:21:32.35
with all power,
signs, and lying wonders,
00:21:32.39\00:21:37.19
and with all
unrighteous deception
00:21:37.23\00:21:39.19
among those who perish,
00:21:39.23\00:21:41.16
because they did not
receive the love of the truth,
00:21:41.20\00:21:43.80
that they might be saved.
00:21:43.83\00:21:45.53
And for this reason God
will send them strong delusion,
00:21:45.57\00:21:48.44
that they
should believe the lie,
00:21:48.47\00:21:51.01
that they all may be condemned
00:21:51.04\00:21:52.61
who did not believe the truth
00:21:52.64\00:21:54.84
but had pleasure
in unrighteousness."
00:21:54.88\00:21:57.55
So you see here,
00:21:57.58\00:21:58.91
the wicked one is
gonna be revealed.
00:21:58.95\00:22:01.28
And by the way, the wicked one,
00:22:01.32\00:22:05.69
and not only Satan
00:22:05.72\00:22:07.09
but the wicked one
00:22:07.12\00:22:08.69
who's coming is
after the working of Satan.
00:22:08.72\00:22:12.03
So you have the man of sin
00:22:12.06\00:22:14.23
and you think
who is the man of sin
00:22:14.26\00:22:16.36
that's gonna be revealed.
00:22:16.40\00:22:17.73
Well, look at who it's,
00:22:17.77\00:22:19.10
look at what is says in verse 4.
00:22:19.13\00:22:21.80
Matter fact, yeah, verse 4.
00:22:21.84\00:22:28.24
Well, verse 3,
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"Let no one
deceive you by any means
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for that Day will not come
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unless the
falling away comes first,
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and the man of sin is revealed,
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the son of perdition,
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who opposes and exalts himself
above all that is called God
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or that is worshiped,
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so that he sits as
God in the temple of God,
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showing himself that he is God."
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Okay, so you see...
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That's the
antichrist power, right there.
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There it is,
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so clearly indicative
of the antichrist power.
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First of all,
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the Antichrist power is
doing this because Satan said,
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that's exactly
what's his desire was,
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I will be like the most high,
I will sit in the congregation,
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I will exalt my throne
above the stars of God,
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I will be like the most high.
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So what Satan desires is exactly
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what he is accomplishing
through his earthly power,
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through the power that
represent him on earth.
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And I say this as a person
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whose family is
predominantly a catholic,
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my family is,
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I say that the
system of Catholicism
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in all of its
forms is a corrupt system
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that's why when we continue
proclaiming this message
00:23:38.88\00:23:42.88
that Lords people
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who are there in all
these systems of worship
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and these systems
where truth has been omitted,
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well, come out of her
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and be a part of God's remnant
commandment keeping people.
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Unequivocally that's what
the Lord is called us to do.
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You know you started
off this by talking about
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and mentioning the rapture.
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Right.
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And tiding with
2 Thessalonians 2,
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what I wanna say is that
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the rapture theory
actually disarms you
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from discerning antichrist.
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Okay, here is how.
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Because the rapture theory
puts the antichrist appearance
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in the middle of
seven years of tribulation
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when the church
has already raptured.
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Right.
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The church isn't here
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and then in that
seven year period
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the second chance happens
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and that's when
the antichrist power
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prosecutes Christians
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that are making their decisions,
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their second chance
decisions to follow Christ.
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Right, that's
according to the theory.
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That's according to the theory.
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That's what the
rapture theorist believe.
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But here's what
it does in effect,
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when Satan appears
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and the antichrist is here
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proclaiming to be Christ,
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they will believe
he's Jesus and their alarm,
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they're sounding
alarm will not go off,
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because they will
say, they will reason this,
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the rapture hasn't happened yet,
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so it can't be the antichrist.
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Think about that. You're right.
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The rapture,
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the seven years of
tribulation hasn't come yet,
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the rapture hasn't occurred
the church is still here
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so this can't be the antichrist.
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And here he is,
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Satan himself
claiming to be Christ,
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performing miracles
right in front of them.
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And they are
bowing down before him
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and following his commands.
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But all along
it's the antichrist,
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the supreme antichrist
empower and in place to deceive.
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And, John, you'll
notice, and friends,
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you'll notice that
if you study history
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or rather than
having to study history,
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if you just a peak into the way
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that people set themselves
up to be Gods or Demigods,
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all throughout the
history of humanity,
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when it came to...
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Well, let's use
Roman as an example,
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the Caesar, Augustus Caesar,
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Julius Caesar,
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whom July and
August are named after.
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These men were Gods,
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the Roman leaders
consider themselves Gods.
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But then you go
back to the Phoenicians,
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the Amalekites, the
Amorites, the Jebusites,
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the Hittites, the Heavites,
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the Canaanites, the Perizzites,
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all these anti-God
nations had there own God's.
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The Babylonians, and
notice what happened.
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Here's why people
will prostrate themselves
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before this antichrist,
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is because that
is wherever anyone
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or anything has been establish
to be substitutions of God,
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people will bow down.
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Case in point, Babylon.
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The Hebrew said, he said,
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they say when
you hear the trumpet
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bow down and worship.
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That's what is all
based upon, you bow.
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So when people see the pontiff,
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when people see Pope Francis
and they are bowing before him,
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they preparing themselves
to bow before the antichrist
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when he shows up.
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And it says here
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and I've to just
read this here so I know.
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John bows down before the angel
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when it's
revealing these things,
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Revelation 19 says,
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don't do that.
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Okay read it, go
ahead and read it
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because I think it's...
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"And I fell at his
feet to worship him."
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That is John, before the angle.
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But he said to me, "See
that you do not do that!
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I am your fellow servant,
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and of your brethren
00:27:16.23\00:27:17.57
who have the testimony of Jesus.
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Worship God!
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For the testimony of Jesus
is the spirit of prophecy."
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See so the angel said to
John, don't bow even if to me,
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worship God.
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So what you see, this
bowing down, bowing down,
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its preparatory to,
one, the antichrist,
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Satan himself
comes to person a Christ
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that men will
say Jesus has come.
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So that's what the Bible
says, if they say he has come,
00:27:42.72\00:27:45.86
don't believe it.
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If they see,
00:27:47.26\00:27:48.60
he is in desert
don't go out there.
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If they say,
the Christ has come,
00:27:50.13\00:27:51.47
don't believe it,
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because Christ...
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and here is the key, friend,
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I want to readjust myself
so you can kind a get this.
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Okay, good.
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Okay, all right here we
go now that here we set.
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Jesus will not touch the earth
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when he returns.
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Let me say that again,
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we will be
caught up to meet him.
00:28:12.05\00:28:15.76
So this idea
that there's gonna be
00:28:15.79\00:28:18.23
an earthly millennial
reign of Jesus, it is not so.
00:28:18.26\00:28:24.90
It's a part of
the rapture theory
00:28:24.93\00:28:27.34
that has been formulated
00:28:27.37\00:28:28.70
by the Rome and
during the dark ages.
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So there's nobody
gonna be touching the earth,
00:28:33.01\00:28:34.94
Jesus is gonna call
us to meet him in the air
00:28:34.98\00:28:38.01
and thus we will
forever be with the Lord.
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He says I'm coming to prepare,
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I'm coming to receive
you so that where I am,
00:28:42.42\00:28:45.45
there you may be.
00:28:45.49\00:28:47.02
He's not coming to be with
us, he did that first time.
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Second time he's
coming for us to be with him.
00:28:49.36\00:28:50.93
All right.
00:28:50.96\00:28:52.29
So anyway,
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I think that's kind of where
we gonna go with these topics.
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Very good.
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We're gonna
transition to the winding down
00:28:56.87\00:28:58.43
of the topic on baptism.
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If you have any questions
00:28:59.83\00:29:01.17
you like to send
to us or comments,
00:29:01.20\00:29:03.57
you can end those to
the following email address
00:29:03.61\00:29:05.97
at housecalls@3abn.org,
00:29:06.01\00:29:08.58
housecalls@3abn.org,
00:29:08.61\00:29:11.35
and that's where we'll be
able to get your questions,
00:29:11.38\00:29:13.98
your comments.
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And thank the Lord
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we'll be able to
respond to them by the veracity,
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and the validity,
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and the authority of God's word.
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Okay where are we going now?
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The topic of
baptism, right? Yes, yes, yes.
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I'm looking up a verse here.
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Okay, you go
ahead and look it up,
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I'll lay some
foundation of baptism.
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Well, what I thought,
I can lay the foundation.
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What I thought of doing here is,
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You know as you're preparing,
one is preparing for baptism,
00:29:42.48\00:29:45.08
okay.
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We've talked about the
baptism is by immersion,
00:29:46.48\00:29:48.22
there's only one kind of
baptism, it's by immersion.
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We talked about what it means,
dieing to self, living for God,
00:29:50.12\00:29:53.99
receiving his resurrection
power to live for him.
00:29:54.02\00:29:56.19
Well, the last program
00:29:56.22\00:29:57.56
will give the practical
aspects of what that look like,
00:29:57.59\00:29:59.29
committing our self to
him and walking in his ways.
00:29:59.33\00:30:01.06
Right.
00:30:01.10\00:30:02.43
That takes effort,
00:30:02.46\00:30:04.80
causing openness to God's
leading and his spirit leading.
00:30:04.83\00:30:07.64
Now we're gonna give
some last nuance of baptism.
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And one of them is,
00:30:11.51\00:30:12.84
another question I
hear all the time is, well,
00:30:12.87\00:30:15.44
when you got baptized, how
do you prepare for baptism?
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And I think one of
the best scriptures
00:30:19.55\00:30:21.25
is where Jesus
talks counting the cost.
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Okay.
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And I was looking for that here,
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and I can't remember
which passage that was.
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I think its Luke 14,
does that sound familiar?
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It may be a Matthew as
well, but I'm thinking,
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I'm thinking Luke 14.
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Okay, yes.
00:30:42.14\00:30:45.01
Luke 14: 28.
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So I'm going to
start with verse 26,
00:30:46.68\00:30:49.21
because that word
Jesus is speaking,
00:30:49.24\00:30:50.91
answering some questions.
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"If anyone comes to me
00:30:53.35\00:30:54.68
and does not hate
his father and mother,
00:30:54.72\00:30:56.38
wife and children,
brothers and sisters, yes,
00:30:56.42\00:30:58.92
and his own life also,
he cannot be my disciple."
00:30:58.95\00:31:01.92
Discipleship has a high cost
00:31:01.96\00:31:04.59
because when
you're being baptized,
00:31:04.63\00:31:05.96
you're getting baptized
00:31:05.99\00:31:07.33
you're actually declaring
you're now a disciple of Jesus.
00:31:07.36\00:31:09.00
That's right.
00:31:09.03\00:31:10.37
This is the
beginning of discipleship.
00:31:10.40\00:31:11.73
And Jesus is talking about
00:31:11.77\00:31:13.10
cutting off
anything that prevents you
00:31:13.13\00:31:15.70
and anyone that
prevents you form God.
00:31:15.74\00:31:17.84
People say,
well, that word hate,
00:31:17.87\00:31:19.31
I don't hate my father.
00:31:19.34\00:31:20.68
This is not talking about we,
00:31:20.71\00:31:22.04
what do you think
he's talking about?
00:31:22.08\00:31:23.41
All right, this
not talking about...
00:31:23.45\00:31:24.78
Hate is simply,
it's a word that saying,
00:31:24.81\00:31:27.68
you need to put Jesus first.
00:31:27.72\00:31:29.18
This is you know,
00:31:29.22\00:31:30.55
keeping at a lower
priority than Jesus.
00:31:30.59\00:31:35.82
Even your life, it says,
00:31:35.86\00:31:37.46
to hate your life, and
we know elsewhere it says,
00:31:37.49\00:31:39.09
you need to love
and respect your life
00:31:39.13\00:31:41.23
and you have to treat
your body well and thing, so.
00:31:41.26\00:31:43.40
Anyway, then it
says in verse 27,
00:31:43.43\00:31:44.80
"Whoever does not bear his cross
00:31:44.83\00:31:46.23
and come after me
cannot be My disciple.
00:31:46.27\00:31:48.64
For which of you,
intending to build a tower,
00:31:48.67\00:31:52.17
does not sit down
first and count the cost,
00:31:52.21\00:31:55.84
whether he has
enough to finish it, lest,
00:31:55.88\00:31:58.31
after he has
laid the foundation,
00:31:58.35\00:32:00.08
and is not able to finish,
00:32:00.12\00:32:01.58
all who see it
begin to mock him, saying,
00:32:01.62\00:32:07.12
'This man began to build
and was not able to finish'"
00:32:07.16\00:32:11.96
I think that's an interesting,
00:32:11.99\00:32:13.40
I do apply this clearly
00:32:13.43\00:32:15.90
Jesus is applying
this to discipleship,
00:32:15.93\00:32:18.77
to leaving
everything else behind
00:32:18.80\00:32:20.80
and beginning
to walk with Jesus.
00:32:20.84\00:32:22.34
And your baptism
00:32:22.37\00:32:25.41
is the initiating
right into discipleship.
00:32:25.44\00:32:28.31
Okay.
00:32:28.34\00:32:29.68
So, another verse,
when you're baptized,
00:32:29.71\00:32:31.15
you have to have
counted the cost before hand.
00:32:31.18\00:32:34.62
Right.
00:32:34.65\00:32:35.98
I've got to sit
down, so as pastors,
00:32:36.02\00:32:38.52
we sit down when
someone who wants to be baptized
00:32:38.55\00:32:40.09
and we need to say,
00:32:40.12\00:32:41.46
do you realize what
you're actually making,
00:32:41.49\00:32:45.13
as far as the decision,
00:32:45.16\00:32:46.49
what you're stating
in regard to baptism?
00:32:46.53\00:32:48.90
And so counting the
cost of losing our own life,
00:32:48.93\00:32:51.83
losing everything around us,
00:32:51.87\00:32:53.20
even some
friends or family members
00:32:53.23\00:32:54.60
that we know that are not happy
00:32:54.64\00:32:55.97
with this decision we're making,
00:32:56.00\00:32:57.51
that cost has to be counted.
00:32:57.54\00:32:59.84
And then there are other
parts to preparing for baptism
00:32:59.87\00:33:02.74
which is part of
counting the cost,
00:33:02.78\00:33:05.18
which is what are the teachings
of Christ as a disciple.
00:33:05.21\00:33:08.95
If I don't understand
the teachings of Jesus,
00:33:08.98\00:33:11.15
how can I make a decision
to follow and his teachings?
00:33:11.19\00:33:14.66
In other words, If I
say, okay, I counted the cost,
00:33:14.69\00:33:17.36
I'll leave
everything behind for Jesus,
00:33:17.39\00:33:18.73
and then I had begin walk
00:33:18.76\00:33:20.10
with him and I
say, you know what,
00:33:20.13\00:33:21.46
I don't like some
of things he teaches.
00:33:21.50\00:33:22.83
Right.
00:33:22.86\00:33:25.33
It doesn't make sense,
00:33:25.37\00:33:26.70
you need to count
that cost as well,
00:33:26.74\00:33:28.80
because we mention this during
the question answer period,
00:33:28.84\00:33:31.57
unless you willing
to make the decision
00:33:31.61\00:33:34.98
to follow Jesus
and to obey his word,
00:33:35.01\00:33:39.18
the longer you put that word,
the obedience of the word off,
00:33:39.21\00:33:42.38
the bless likely who are
going to be to follow through
00:33:42.42\00:33:44.75
and make the decision
as a disciple of Jesus,
00:33:44.79\00:33:46.79
so why even we
baptize in the first place.
00:33:46.82\00:33:48.89
Yeah, and so when
the word 'hate' there,
00:33:48.92\00:33:50.26
I just kind of little,
00:33:50.29\00:33:51.63
little Greek word search here
00:33:51.66\00:33:53.93
and looked up the definition,
00:33:53.96\00:33:55.43
it means to love less than
00:33:55.46\00:34:00.57
to get to point of detesting.
00:34:00.60\00:34:03.57
I detest the idea
00:34:03.61\00:34:04.94
that you're trying
separate me from Christ.
00:34:04.97\00:34:07.01
I am, I don't,
00:34:07.04\00:34:09.68
and so the word
here is a powerful word,
00:34:09.71\00:34:12.75
matter of fact it's
using number of times
00:34:12.78\00:34:15.08
in the very context
like the Bible says,
00:34:15.12\00:34:17.09
'Thou shalt...'
00:34:17.12\00:34:18.45
you've it has been said,
00:34:18.49\00:34:19.82
"Thou shalt love
the thy neighbor,
00:34:19.85\00:34:21.19
and hate thine enemy."
00:34:21.22\00:34:22.56
See,
00:34:22.59\00:34:23.93
that's the same hate
the word there in the Greek.
00:34:23.96\00:34:25.79
But when it says hate,
00:34:25.83\00:34:28.20
it means don't let anything
separate you form the Lord.
00:34:28.23\00:34:32.13
And people will try to do that.
00:34:32.17\00:34:33.50
We have people in our
church today that say,
00:34:33.54\00:34:35.54
this church is my family
00:34:35.57\00:34:37.11
because my actually
family turn their backs on me.
00:34:37.14\00:34:40.48
And pastor CD Brooks,
00:34:40.51\00:34:41.94
he is worthy of being quoted
00:34:41.98\00:34:43.31
because he's
been in this so long.
00:34:43.35\00:34:45.65
One person said,
"Well, what about my friends?"
00:34:45.68\00:34:47.62
He said, "Don't worry,
00:34:47.65\00:34:48.98
when you accept Christ
00:34:49.02\00:34:50.35
your friends
will get rid of you."
00:34:50.39\00:34:52.55
You see. Right. It's true.
00:34:52.59\00:34:54.42
They'll hate you.
00:34:54.46\00:34:55.79
Have you
noticed, if a person says,
00:34:55.82\00:34:57.59
if a person stands on
the street corner and says,
00:34:57.63\00:34:59.49
"Tonight I'm
gonna drink till I am,
00:34:59.53\00:35:01.93
till I just fall over."
00:35:01.96\00:35:06.03
"Tonight I'm gonna
party like it's 1999."
00:35:06.07\00:35:08.77
"You go," you know,
"You go get 'em, man.
00:35:08.80\00:35:11.11
You go, girl."
00:35:11.14\00:35:12.47
"Tomorrow I'm gonna
give my life to Jesus."
00:35:12.51\00:35:14.51
"Are you crazy?
00:35:14.54\00:35:16.24
Have you lost your mind?
00:35:16.28\00:35:18.91
Do you realize
what you're saying?
00:35:18.95\00:35:20.95
Have you flipped?
00:35:20.98\00:35:22.42
Are you okay? Is
there a screw loose?"
00:35:22.45\00:35:24.75
I mean, people look like...
00:35:24.79\00:35:26.15
and family members do that.
00:35:26.19\00:35:27.52
Yeah.
00:35:27.56\00:35:28.89
"Do you realize..."
00:35:28.92\00:35:30.26
I had a young man stand up
once when his wife decided to,
00:35:30.29\00:35:31.76
when he decided to get baptized,
00:35:31.79\00:35:33.13
his wife said,
00:35:33.16\00:35:34.50
"If you make that
decision to get baptized
00:35:34.53\00:35:36.43
I'm leaving you as
soon as you get home."
00:35:36.46\00:35:39.20
He sat down, he was a sailor,
they're both in the military.
00:35:39.23\00:35:42.84
The next month
00:35:42.87\00:35:44.21
he decided to get
baptized in another church,
00:35:44.24\00:35:45.71
she stayed with him.
00:35:45.74\00:35:47.18
Now you know why
she decided to do that?
00:35:47.21\00:35:48.78
The devil got in her heart.
00:35:48.81\00:35:50.85
The devil didn't want her
00:35:50.88\00:35:53.18
to allow him to
join the Sabbath keeping,
00:35:53.21\00:35:57.49
commandment keeping church.
00:35:57.52\00:35:58.95
The devil doesn't
care where you are
00:35:58.99\00:36:00.42
as long as truth
is not important.
00:36:00.46\00:36:01.92
But did you finish the text?
00:36:01.96\00:36:03.29
Yeah,
00:36:03.32\00:36:04.66
we went down in
counting the cost
00:36:04.69\00:36:06.03
and making sure
00:36:06.06\00:36:07.40
that you have the
ability to build that.
00:36:07.43\00:36:08.76
And which you're building
here is a new life I Christ,
00:36:08.80\00:36:10.13
that's what really
Jesus is talking about here.
00:36:10.17\00:36:12.40
This is a whole new life
00:36:12.43\00:36:13.77
from the one
that you had before.
00:36:13.80\00:36:15.80
New family
members, new inclinations,
00:36:15.84\00:36:18.71
new desires, new everything,
00:36:18.74\00:36:20.31
and unless you're willing
to build that don't come after,
00:36:20.34\00:36:23.88
don't follow me.
00:36:23.91\00:36:25.25
And there also is
a righteousness that,
00:36:25.28\00:36:28.35
that now comes to us, John,
00:36:28.38\00:36:30.09
that has a high price tag to it.
00:36:30.12\00:36:34.59
Well, when I say
price tag, it's not saying,
00:36:34.62\00:36:38.86
man I can't reach that,
the standard is to high.
00:36:38.89\00:36:41.96
No, it says, that's
where you are aiming,
00:36:42.00\00:36:46.23
we're now elevating our walk,
00:36:46.27\00:36:48.44
we're becoming more,
more like Jesus everyday.
00:36:48.47\00:36:52.17
And so when you think that,
00:36:52.21\00:36:54.08
when you decide to minimize
00:36:54.11\00:36:56.04
the importance of
living a righteous life,
00:36:56.08\00:36:58.55
you fall into this category,
00:36:58.58\00:36:59.91
Matthew 5:20, "For I say to you,
00:36:59.95\00:37:02.48
that unless your righteousness
00:37:02.52\00:37:04.72
exceeds the righteousness
of the Scribes and Pharisees,
00:37:04.75\00:37:09.62
you will by no means
enter the kingdom of heaven."
00:37:09.66\00:37:12.96
So being a Christian,
00:37:12.99\00:37:15.56
as you've seen in the
verses we just read in Luke 14,
00:37:15.60\00:37:18.73
it's a high
calling, it's a high calling.
00:37:18.77\00:37:21.57
I would even add
this that a lot of the,
00:37:21.60\00:37:23.47
the majority of the world
is adverse to following Christ,
00:37:23.51\00:37:27.84
they resist it
00:37:27.88\00:37:29.21
because of the example
they've seen in Christians
00:37:29.24\00:37:31.71
who say they follow Christ.
00:37:31.75\00:37:34.65
So they don't
glorify them, they're very,
00:37:34.68\00:37:38.45
it's like Paul's words,
00:37:38.49\00:37:40.12
the clay, and
brass, and symbols.
00:37:40.16\00:37:42.06
It's just, it really is...
00:37:42.09\00:37:44.39
I mean,
00:37:44.43\00:37:45.76
the signs they hold out
00:37:45.79\00:37:47.60
in front of some
of these rallies.
00:37:47.63\00:37:49.36
Right.
00:37:49.40\00:37:50.73
You know, God hates, whatever,
00:37:50.77\00:37:52.90
and these people that are so in
your face in regard to Muslims,
00:37:52.93\00:37:58.17
you know, and
regard to you know,
00:37:58.21\00:38:00.14
they wanna burn a
Quran and things like that,
00:38:00.18\00:38:01.84
those kinds of examples,
00:38:01.88\00:38:03.21
those don't set an
example of Christ like behavior.
00:38:03.24\00:38:05.15
No, not at all.
00:38:05.18\00:38:06.51
That's very antichrist behavior.
00:38:06.55\00:38:08.52
Right.
00:38:08.55\00:38:09.88
And I think that makes people
00:38:09.92\00:38:11.25
really not want to be Christian,
00:38:11.29\00:38:14.49
because they see God as
something that he's not.
00:38:14.52\00:38:17.36
You see,
00:38:17.39\00:38:18.73
the devil is on
a smear campaign.
00:38:18.76\00:38:20.53
He's trying to
destroy God's character,
00:38:20.56\00:38:23.30
he's trying to reveal
that God has something,
00:38:23.33\00:38:26.03
he's just trying to show others
00:38:26.07\00:38:27.40
that God is
something that he's not.
00:38:27.44\00:38:28.77
Right.
00:38:28.80\00:38:30.14
And I think that
hurts our witness,
00:38:30.17\00:38:32.17
it hurts our ability.
00:38:32.21\00:38:33.54
So the only thing
that will convince them
00:38:33.58\00:38:34.91
is to have a real
Christ likeness to you,
00:38:34.94\00:38:37.31
and to be change,
00:38:37.35\00:38:38.68
and transform into the lightness
00:38:38.71\00:38:40.05
and the character of Jesus.
00:38:40.08\00:38:41.42
And so I always say that the,
00:38:41.45\00:38:44.75
there's lots of
phrases about this.
00:38:44.79\00:38:46.12
But the,
00:38:46.15\00:38:47.49
sometimes a worst example
00:38:47.52\00:38:49.69
of what the true
religion in of Christ
00:38:49.72\00:38:52.66
is the Christian himself.
00:38:52.69\00:38:55.56
Say it again.
00:38:55.60\00:38:57.07
One of the worst examples
00:38:57.10\00:38:59.10
of the religion of Christ
is often the Christian himself.
00:38:59.13\00:39:03.04
And that's a horrible testimony.
00:39:03.07\00:39:05.07
And you know why,
00:39:05.11\00:39:08.28
the devil doesn't fight
00:39:08.31\00:39:10.41
to give the false
concept of Buddhism,
00:39:10.45\00:39:14.48
or Islam.
00:39:14.52\00:39:17.32
You know the Islam extremists,
which is really in fact,
00:39:17.35\00:39:22.09
in my recent education
00:39:22.12\00:39:23.66
came to find out that
these extreme groups like
00:39:23.69\00:39:25.99
ISIS and all really, really,
00:39:26.03\00:39:27.60
really don't live by
the principle of the Quran.
00:39:27.63\00:39:30.73
They are using it for other...
00:39:30.77\00:39:32.10
They are using it to
shadow their bad behavior.
00:39:32.13\00:39:34.30
But the devil is not interested
00:39:34.34\00:39:36.34
in distorting anything
that does not include Jesus.
00:39:36.37\00:39:42.24
Because the issue is
00:39:42.28\00:39:44.85
he wants people to
repel or to resist Jesus.
00:39:44.88\00:39:48.72
He wants people to
now want to accept him.
00:39:48.75\00:39:51.15
That's why in some cultures
Jesus has been outlawed.
00:39:51.19\00:39:54.82
You know, having
travel, I've seen that.
00:39:54.86\00:39:56.93
So when you think
about the standard
00:39:56.96\00:40:00.40
of what it means
to be a Christian,
00:40:00.43\00:40:02.56
it means to be in a
relationship with Jesus.
00:40:02.60\00:40:05.37
That's why the devil
fight so hard among Christians,
00:40:05.40\00:40:07.77
he wants them to
communicate the false message.
00:40:07.80\00:40:09.90
So you have, so
look at some of the ways,
00:40:09.94\00:40:11.74
and I'll read a
couple of text here.
00:40:11.77\00:40:13.11
Look at some of the...
00:40:13.14\00:40:14.48
And as you're doing that,
00:40:14.51\00:40:15.84
I want to
clarify your statement,
00:40:15.88\00:40:17.21
'cause I know
some people will think
00:40:17.25\00:40:18.58
that people have outlawed Jesus.
00:40:18.61\00:40:19.95
What you're saying by that
00:40:19.98\00:40:21.32
is there are rules
and laws in many countries
00:40:21.35\00:40:24.59
against proselytizing in
the name of Christ at all.
00:40:24.62\00:40:26.49
Like convert or...
00:40:26.52\00:40:27.86
Yeah,
00:40:27.89\00:40:29.22
and so that it
effect has outlawed Jesus.
00:40:29.26\00:40:30.59
Right.
00:40:30.63\00:40:31.96
And that's what you're saying,
00:40:31.99\00:40:33.33
I know that's
what you're saying.
00:40:33.36\00:40:34.70
I just don't want people
to think anything different.
00:40:34.73\00:40:36.06
Thank you for the clarification.
00:40:36.10\00:40:37.43
And so when you think
about I that particular,
00:40:37.47\00:40:38.80
how impacting that has become
00:40:41.54\00:40:44.47
then it leads people
to the place where they...
00:40:44.51\00:40:49.14
they don't desire to
have Jesus in their lives.
00:40:49.18\00:40:52.61
Or you have this
popular thing now-a-days
00:40:52.65\00:40:54.92
we're finding
more and more saying,
00:40:54.95\00:40:57.02
"I got saved" or "I
got Jesus in my life,
00:40:57.05\00:40:59.05
" by some of the celebrities.
00:40:59.09\00:41:01.02
But yet their lifestyle
00:41:01.06\00:41:03.16
and what they do is
very much like the world.
00:41:03.19\00:41:06.83
And so the other thing it
can do is not repel Jesus,
00:41:06.86\00:41:08.63
it can cause
someone and say, "Well,
00:41:08.66\00:41:10.00
I want Jesus too
00:41:10.03\00:41:11.37
because look the
reason he give me."
00:41:11.40\00:41:12.73
And it's a
different concept of Jesus
00:41:12.77\00:41:14.10
they're actually portraying
not the true life of Christ.
00:41:14.14\00:41:16.44
Even the prosperity
gospel in Christianity
00:41:16.47\00:41:19.44
is distorting
beauty of who Jesus is.
00:41:19.47\00:41:22.24
You know as one
person once said,
00:41:22.28\00:41:23.61
and I think he used this phrase
on one of the prior programs,
00:41:23.65\00:41:26.45
somebody once says, "Well,
00:41:26.48\00:41:27.82
if he left the church
he really wasn't saved."
00:41:27.85\00:41:30.15
Now the prosperity teachers
have taught people, well,
00:41:30.19\00:41:32.59
if you didn't get the blessings
you really weren't converted.
00:41:32.62\00:41:35.29
You really didn't
have enough faith.
00:41:35.32\00:41:36.66
Right.
00:41:36.69\00:41:38.03
Or you didn't
plant the seed of faith.
00:41:38.06\00:41:39.39
And it so distorting,
00:41:39.43\00:41:40.76
but there's
something that is important.
00:41:40.80\00:41:43.00
I want to go to Acts 3:19,
00:41:43.03\00:41:45.13
Acts 3:19.
00:41:45.17\00:41:46.50
But as you're turning there,
00:41:46.53\00:41:47.87
let me cap of this section
that we were talking about.
00:41:47.90\00:41:50.17
You have to really
watch out for what you love.
00:41:50.21\00:41:53.88
When the Bible says,
00:41:53.91\00:41:55.24
"Do not love the world
00:41:55.28\00:41:56.61
nor the things
that are in the world.
00:41:56.64\00:41:57.98
If anyone loves the world
00:41:58.01\00:41:59.35
the love of the
Father is not in him."
00:41:59.38\00:42:00.82
And then he goes on to say,
00:42:00.85\00:42:02.62
"For all that is in the world
00:42:02.65\00:42:06.55
is the lust of the flesh,
00:42:06.59\00:42:08.76
the lust of the eyes,
and the pride of life,
00:42:08.79\00:42:12.33
it's not of the
Father but is of the world.
00:42:12.36\00:42:15.23
And the world is passing away
00:42:15.26\00:42:16.87
in the lust of it
00:42:16.90\00:42:18.23
but he who does the
will of God abides forever."
00:42:18.27\00:42:21.57
So don't get caught up
in the things of the world,
00:42:21.60\00:42:24.71
the Christianism covenanting
00:42:24.74\00:42:26.91
to separate
him/herself form the world
00:42:26.94\00:42:29.28
and to become more like Jesus.
00:42:29.31\00:42:31.01
Separating in the
sense, not becoming a monk,
00:42:31.05\00:42:33.95
not becoming monk or
ostracizing yourself,
00:42:33.98\00:42:36.32
or isolating or
sequestering yourself
00:42:36.35\00:42:39.45
in a mountain somewhere
long ways outside the city,
00:42:39.49\00:42:43.19
but to separate yourself
from the world in the practices
00:42:43.22\00:42:46.86
that you allow to
come into your life.
00:42:46.90\00:42:48.96
Now Acts 3:19, is
that where you are?
00:42:49.00\00:42:51.07
I am.
00:42:51.10\00:42:52.43
Okay,
00:42:52.47\00:42:53.97
there's something
else that is required of us
00:42:54.00\00:42:56.00
when we give our lives to Jesus,
00:42:56.04\00:43:00.14
this is so important.
00:43:00.18\00:43:01.64
Go ahead Acts 3:19.
00:43:01.68\00:43:03.04
"Repent
therefore and be converted,
00:43:03.08\00:43:05.68
that your sins
may be blotted out,
00:43:05.71\00:43:07.38
so that times of refreshing
00:43:07.42\00:43:08.75
may come from the
presence of the Lord"
00:43:08.78\00:43:11.05
Okay, so repent and convert.
00:43:11.09\00:43:14.62
Right. Repent and convert.
00:43:14.66\00:43:16.42
And it was the blessing of that
00:43:16.46\00:43:18.19
when you are
repentant of what you've done
00:43:18.23\00:43:21.06
and conversion
now begins to occur,
00:43:21.10\00:43:24.40
your sins are...
00:43:24.43\00:43:26.33
Blotted up, Blotted up.
00:43:26.37\00:43:27.70
when the time of refreshing
00:43:27.74\00:43:29.07
may come from the
presence of the Lord,
00:43:29.10\00:43:30.84
your sins well, have
been permanently removed.
00:43:30.87\00:43:34.08
But we have to separate
membership from conversion
00:43:34.11\00:43:39.01
or membership
from just being a part
00:43:39.05\00:43:44.29
of the movement of Christianity.
00:43:44.32\00:43:46.89
Those two things,
membership and Christianity
00:43:46.92\00:43:49.76
must accompany
repentance and conversion.
00:43:49.79\00:43:53.53
We just did a recent
program on repentance.
00:43:53.56\00:43:56.43
So if you want to write
in and get to that program,
00:43:56.46\00:43:58.83
if you didn't get
a chance to see it,
00:43:58.87\00:44:00.54
Repentance is a huge parts.
00:44:00.57\00:44:02.54
I think we gave
Seven Steps to Repentance.
00:44:02.57\00:44:03.91
Dynamic.
00:44:03.94\00:44:05.27
Over three programs,
00:44:05.31\00:44:06.64
and that's a real
important thing to consider
00:44:06.68\00:44:09.08
as you're
looking to be baptized,
00:44:09.11\00:44:11.25
to make your decision
00:44:11.28\00:44:12.98
to follow Jesus
with all your heart.
00:44:13.01\00:44:14.75
So repentance is clearly
the prerequisite for conversion
00:44:14.78\00:44:20.46
and baptism is also
a clearly part of that.
00:44:20.49\00:44:24.53
In Romans 2:4,
00:44:24.56\00:44:25.89
I want you to look
at that one also, John,
00:44:25.93\00:44:27.30
because this is important.
00:44:27.33\00:44:29.80
What would bring a
person to want to repent,
00:44:29.83\00:44:32.07
is a big question.
00:44:32.10\00:44:33.60
Why would I even want to repent?
00:44:33.64\00:44:35.60
Well, look at
this, and I think that
00:44:35.64\00:44:37.27
when you consider the reign
00:44:37.31\00:44:38.64
is shining on the
just and the unjust,
00:44:38.67\00:44:41.24
when we consider
that there're Christians
00:44:41.28\00:44:44.41
that die in disasters,
00:44:44.45\00:44:45.78
and there are worldly
people that die in disasters.
00:44:45.81\00:44:47.92
But what leads a
person to want to even repent?
00:44:47.95\00:44:51.15
Romans 2:4.
00:44:51.19\00:44:52.99
"Or do you despise the
riches of his goodness,
00:44:53.02\00:44:55.69
forbearance, and longsuffering,
00:44:55.72\00:44:58.16
not knowing that
the goodness of God
00:44:58.19\00:45:00.70
leads you to repentance?"
00:45:00.73\00:45:04.20
Now the emphasis
here is repentance
00:45:04.23\00:45:08.40
does not move God to love you.
00:45:08.44\00:45:15.14
God's love remove
moves us to repent.
00:45:15.18\00:45:18.58
I wanna say that one time.
00:45:18.61\00:45:20.12
Repentance does not say to God,
well, now you could love them,
00:45:20.15\00:45:24.49
but because he already loves us,
00:45:24.52\00:45:26.35
it should move us
to want to repent.
00:45:26.39\00:45:28.39
There you go.
00:45:28.42\00:45:29.76
We love him
because he first loved us.
00:45:29.79\00:45:33.70
And even while we
were still sinners.
00:45:33.73\00:45:35.50
In that while we were
sinners Christ died for us.
00:45:35.53\00:45:40.44
So don't look at
repentance and say, oh,
00:45:40.47\00:45:42.20
all now that I repented I
think Jesus would love me.
00:45:42.24\00:45:45.34
I've heard
people say, I don't...
00:45:45.37\00:45:46.71
I'm not sure that loves me.
00:45:46.74\00:45:48.61
Well,
00:45:48.64\00:45:49.98
you don't have to be
sure that he loves you,
00:45:50.01\00:45:51.71
but he's sure he loves you.
00:45:51.75\00:45:53.28
God is love.
00:45:53.31\00:45:54.65
How do I know
that God loves you?
00:45:54.68\00:45:56.02
Because he is love, he
can't do anything but love.
00:45:56.05\00:45:59.55
So when you think
about that remember this,
00:45:59.59\00:46:04.79
God's goodness
leads us to repentance,
00:46:04.83\00:46:07.53
repentance doesn't
lead us to God's goodness.
00:46:07.56\00:46:12.20
God does not move,
00:46:12.23\00:46:14.74
God is not gonna love us
00:46:14.77\00:46:16.97
because we repent
00:46:17.01\00:46:18.84
but God loves us
even before we repent.
00:46:18.87\00:46:21.98
So,
00:46:22.01\00:46:23.35
repentance is something
that is actually in our lives
00:46:23.38\00:46:27.08
and in our hearts
when we say, Lord,
00:46:27.12\00:46:29.38
thank you for your blessings
and thank you for your love.
00:46:29.42\00:46:32.55
Because you know,
John, even the wicked,
00:46:32.59\00:46:34.92
even the wicked
benefit from the, you know,
00:46:34.96\00:46:39.23
lot of the attributes
that can only come from God.
00:46:39.26\00:46:43.26
I remember once,
00:46:43.30\00:46:44.63
now this is a
story that's important.
00:46:44.67\00:46:46.23
Are you ready for your text?
00:46:46.27\00:46:47.60
No, no, I'm listening. Okay.
00:46:47.64\00:46:49.34
I remember once I was,
00:46:49.37\00:46:50.71
my wife and I were
down in Southern California
00:46:50.74\00:46:52.07
and this one,
00:46:52.11\00:46:53.44
we lived in Northern California,
00:46:53.48\00:46:54.81
we went to visit
Southern California.
00:46:54.84\00:46:56.95
And we just driving around LA,
00:46:56.98\00:46:59.35
we don't really
know it that well,
00:46:59.38\00:47:00.72
but we ended by this big hall,
00:47:00.75\00:47:04.95
this movie theatre,
00:47:04.99\00:47:07.52
not movie theatre
but big convention hall.
00:47:07.56\00:47:12.03
And we saw all these limousines,
00:47:12.06\00:47:14.20
then we tried to finagle
our way through the traffic,
00:47:14.23\00:47:17.17
and we saw all these red carpet,
00:47:17.20\00:47:18.63
and we thought wow,
wow this is the awards.
00:47:18.67\00:47:21.34
This is the,
00:47:21.37\00:47:22.70
what ever they call
it, this is the red carpet.
00:47:22.74\00:47:24.67
We saw the
camera lights flashing,
00:47:24.71\00:47:26.41
reflecting off the building.
00:47:26.44\00:47:27.78
And then we looked again,
limousines were everywhere.
00:47:27.81\00:47:32.85
And we thought...
00:47:32.88\00:47:34.22
What do we naturally think
00:47:34.25\00:47:35.58
when we see
limousines everywhere?
00:47:35.62\00:47:36.95
There are famous
people in these cars.
00:47:36.99\00:47:38.72
So here we are in our Honda,
00:47:38.75\00:47:42.52
at the time, Honda Prelude.
00:47:42.56\00:47:44.49
Here we're looking, waiting,
00:47:44.53\00:47:46.66
all the glasses blacked out.
00:47:46.70\00:47:48.20
Keep looking if we see anybody.
00:47:48.23\00:47:49.63
So we saw this
window come down half way.
00:47:49.66\00:47:52.93
And we saw person
00:47:52.97\00:47:54.30
just kind of stick
their eyes and nose.
00:47:54.34\00:47:55.67
Now we couldn't tell who it was
00:47:55.70\00:47:57.04
but we said, "Look, look,
look there's a famous person."
00:47:57.07\00:47:58.91
As we know somebody
that's famous, behind that,
00:47:58.94\00:48:00.81
you know, we get
drawn to that sometimes,
00:48:00.84\00:48:03.38
Lord help us.
00:48:03.41\00:48:04.91
And I thought to myself, so...
00:48:04.95\00:48:08.98
But we never
actually saw anyone famous,
00:48:09.02\00:48:11.15
and I thought as
I was driving home,
00:48:11.19\00:48:13.56
I said, that's not fair,
there's this black glass,
00:48:13.59\00:48:16.69
we can't see.
00:48:16.73\00:48:18.39
And the Lord brought this to me,
00:48:18.43\00:48:19.76
John, in such a beautiful way,
00:48:19.79\00:48:22.03
which allow me to appreciate
my relationship with him.
00:48:22.06\00:48:25.07
He said, John,
00:48:25.10\00:48:26.43
they have
blackened out the glass
00:48:26.47\00:48:28.97
so you don't see
what they posses.
00:48:29.00\00:48:34.14
But the table is
gonna turn one day,
00:48:34.18\00:48:36.61
I'm not saying that
they're lost or saved,
00:48:36.64\00:48:38.05
but the table's
are gonna turn one day
00:48:38.08\00:48:40.22
because the walls of
the New Jerusalem are clear.
00:48:40.25\00:48:43.39
So one day they're gonna
see what they, what you posses.
00:48:43.42\00:48:47.19
See, they black out the glass
00:48:47.22\00:48:48.56
so we can't see
what they posses,
00:48:48.59\00:48:50.39
but one day
00:48:50.43\00:48:51.76
because of the clear
walls on the New Jerusalem,
00:48:51.79\00:48:54.20
they will see what you posses.
00:48:54.23\00:48:55.73
Yeah.
00:48:55.76\00:48:57.10
And I said, I
feel lot better now.
00:48:57.13\00:48:58.83
I'm not really
missing the world,
00:48:58.87\00:49:00.44
they're missing the kingdom.
00:49:00.47\00:49:02.30
So sometimes you get pulled in.
00:49:02.34\00:49:03.81
So the reason I
said that is because
00:49:03.84\00:49:07.64
that's the goodness of God
that leads me to repentance.
00:49:07.68\00:49:10.75
What do you want a
Limousine or Golden city?
00:49:10.78\00:49:12.31
Yeah.
00:49:12.35\00:49:13.68
And that's not what we
wanna be want to be saved.
00:49:13.72\00:49:15.05
We have to be careful
00:49:15.08\00:49:16.42
that we just don't
let intellectual ascent.
00:49:16.45\00:49:20.02
Well, recognition of a
set of doctrines or something
00:49:20.06\00:49:22.99
be our driving
force for being baptized.
00:49:23.02\00:49:25.03
Right.
00:49:25.06\00:49:26.39
Because sometimes
I think we do that,
00:49:26.43\00:49:27.76
we give them a whole
set of all these doctrines
00:49:27.80\00:49:31.50
and then when
they're convicted that,
00:49:31.53\00:49:32.87
that is the
truth about the Bible
00:49:32.90\00:49:34.87
then I'm gonna follow Jesus.
00:49:34.90\00:49:36.30
You're not following doctrines,
you're following Jesus.
00:49:36.34\00:49:40.51
Jesus will lead
you into the truths,
00:49:40.54\00:49:42.71
these doctrines and
he will give a context.
00:49:42.74\00:49:46.82
But if you're just
following intellectually
00:49:46.85\00:49:49.82
what you use recognize is truth
00:49:49.85\00:49:51.75
and there is no
commitment to Christ himself
00:49:51.79\00:49:54.49
then you don't have the
truth as it is in Jesus.
00:49:54.52\00:49:58.39
You have just stale cold truths.
00:49:58.43\00:50:00.80
Right.
00:50:00.83\00:50:02.16
And I think a lot of members
we have in the church today
00:50:02.20\00:50:04.53
are so focus and so
emphasizing truths from error
00:50:04.57\00:50:07.94
that they are
missing conversion,
00:50:07.97\00:50:09.97
the relational
element of those truths
00:50:10.01\00:50:13.07
and how they tie into Jesus.
00:50:13.11\00:50:14.91
And we have to make sure
we keep our eyes on Jesus,
00:50:14.94\00:50:18.38
and the doctrines will come
but they are not the emphasis.
00:50:18.41\00:50:22.05
That's right.
00:50:22.08\00:50:23.42
In a nutshell,
remember these three steps:
00:50:23.45\00:50:27.09
In preparation for
baptism learn what God requires.
00:50:27.12\00:50:31.69
So many people enter
this because of membership.
00:50:31.73\00:50:35.70
And I know they love the Lord,
but when we don't understand
00:50:35.73\00:50:38.87
what God requires
then we can sometime
00:50:38.90\00:50:42.17
make a commitment that...
00:50:42.20\00:50:43.77
We're not carrying the cost.
00:50:43.81\00:50:45.41
Say it again. We're
not carrying the cost.
00:50:45.44\00:50:46.94
That's right.
00:50:46.98\00:50:48.31
You got to make sure you have,
the faith in the commitment
00:50:48.34\00:50:50.68
to continue to
go to the process...
00:50:50.71\00:50:52.68
Cost of discipleship. And you...
00:50:52.71\00:50:54.22
The what? Cost of discipleship.
00:50:54.25\00:50:55.92
Okay. So learn
God's requirement.
00:50:55.95\00:50:58.52
Secondly, believe
the truth of God's word.
00:50:58.55\00:51:00.76
And thirdly, repent and
turn away from your sins
00:51:00.79\00:51:03.99
and experience conversion.
00:51:04.03\00:51:05.36
That makes a huge
difference in a person's walk.
00:51:05.39\00:51:08.40
You know, John, may
be what we got to do,
00:51:08.43\00:51:09.80
as we're finishing up here,
00:51:09.83\00:51:12.53
how does baptism tie
00:51:12.57\00:51:15.10
into the communion service?
00:51:15.14\00:51:19.71
Oh, beautiful.
Oh, wow, wonderful.
00:51:19.74\00:51:22.74
We need to tie this in because
some people have said, well,
00:51:22.78\00:51:26.75
I was baptize a
while ago but you know,
00:51:26.78\00:51:30.15
I've committed some sins
and I need to be re-baptized.
00:51:30.19\00:51:34.09
And we get this all the time,
its one thing to be baptized
00:51:34.12\00:51:36.93
when you're kid,
walk totally away from God
00:51:36.96\00:51:39.49
and later in life
come and to be re-baptized,
00:51:39.53\00:51:41.96
as your declaration
or your statement of now
00:51:42.00\00:51:44.47
the true faith
and trusting Jesus,
00:51:44.50\00:51:46.80
and in relationship with Jesus.
00:51:46.84\00:51:48.17
But we get this
once in a while were,
00:51:48.20\00:51:50.64
well, you know,
I've made some mistakes
00:51:50.67\00:51:52.01
so I need to be re-baptized.
00:51:52.04\00:51:53.84
But there is a tie.
00:51:53.88\00:51:55.21
And so kind of
bring us in there,
00:51:55.24\00:51:57.55
talk to us little bit
about what this means.
00:51:57.58\00:51:59.91
I think we're gonna
go to John 13, right?
00:51:59.95\00:52:02.72
Here we are, John 13.
00:52:02.75\00:52:05.15
John 13 is such a
beautiful chapter.
00:52:05.19\00:52:07.82
In that it brings us to a place
00:52:07.86\00:52:11.73
and the focus of this story
00:52:11.76\00:52:16.56
is a man by the name of Peter
00:52:16.60\00:52:19.50
and a Lord by the name of Jesus.
00:52:19.53\00:52:23.77
This exchange between a
man who didn't understand
00:52:23.81\00:52:28.88
what Jesus was doing,
00:52:28.91\00:52:31.05
and a Jesus who wanted
the man to understand...
00:52:31.08\00:52:35.12
Start with verse 5.
00:52:35.15\00:52:36.48
And so, well, go ahead, John.
00:52:36.52\00:52:38.09
I was, I've being
talking my head off.
00:52:38.12\00:52:39.79
"After that, Jesus
poured water into a basin
00:52:39.82\00:52:43.32
and began to wash
the disciples' feet,
00:52:43.36\00:52:45.26
and to wipe them with a
towel with which He was girded."
00:52:45.29\00:52:50.00
Now this is in the upper room
00:52:50.03\00:52:52.43
prior to going to
the garden of Gethsemane
00:52:52.47\00:52:55.90
on the night that he was
taken to be to put on trial,
00:52:55.94\00:52:59.24
judged, and
crucified the next day.
00:52:59.27\00:53:01.78
So this is his last,
almost his last rites or words
00:53:01.81\00:53:05.61
he's giving to the disciples.
00:53:05.65\00:53:07.58
And it says then that,
"He came to Simon Peter.
00:53:07.62\00:53:10.25
And Peter said to Him,
'Lord, are you washing my feet?'
00:53:10.29\00:53:13.86
And Jesus
answered and said to him,
00:53:13.89\00:53:15.52
'What I am doing you
do not understand now,
00:53:15.56\00:53:17.59
but you will
understand after this.'
00:53:17.63\00:53:19.93
Peter said to him, 'You
shall never wash my feet.'
00:53:19.96\00:53:23.03
Jesus answered him,
'If I do not wash you,
00:53:23.06\00:53:25.97
you have no part with me.
00:53:26.00\00:53:28.67
Simon Peter said to
Him, 'Lord, not my feet only,
00:53:28.70\00:53:31.91
but also my hands and my head."
00:53:31.94\00:53:34.94
Isn't Peter like the,
he's one of the extremes,
00:53:34.98\00:53:37.01
he is the disciple that
went from one end of the extreme
00:53:37.05\00:53:39.41
to the other end extreme,
he does it very quickly,
00:53:39.45\00:53:41.15
you can see the
emotional fervency that he has.
00:53:41.18\00:53:45.72
Jesus said to him, verse 10,
00:53:45.75\00:53:47.52
"He who is bathe
needs only to wash his feet,
00:53:47.56\00:53:51.69
but is completely clean,
00:53:51.73\00:53:53.80
and you are clean,
but not all of you."
00:53:53.83\00:53:56.73
Okay.
00:53:56.77\00:53:58.10
So there is a statement
he who is bathe or baptized
00:53:58.13\00:54:02.67
means only to wash his
feet but it's completely clean.
00:54:02.70\00:54:06.64
That's right.
00:54:06.68\00:54:08.01
So part of the
communion service we have
00:54:08.04\00:54:11.75
is a
Seventh-day Adventist church
00:54:11.78\00:54:13.11
is to abide by all
three of the things,
00:54:13.15\00:54:15.32
the elements of what we believe
00:54:15.35\00:54:17.39
what happened in the upper room.
00:54:17.42\00:54:19.45
The administration, the
transition to the bread,
00:54:19.49\00:54:23.93
using the bread and the wine
00:54:23.96\00:54:25.29
as the body and blood of Christ.
00:54:25.33\00:54:27.43
As well as the washing,
the foot washing service
00:54:27.46\00:54:30.30
which is the symbol of humility
of Christ toward his disciples
00:54:30.33\00:54:34.50
in the upper room.
00:54:34.54\00:54:36.97
And I think sometime,
John, with how churches have
00:54:37.01\00:54:40.91
kind of set a side
the foot washing service,
00:54:40.94\00:54:44.11
it actually goes to
speak a little bit about
00:54:44.15\00:54:48.68
their lack of
attention to the commitment
00:54:48.72\00:54:51.59
we have in our
relationship with Jesus
00:54:51.62\00:54:53.59
to walk in a newness of
life, and the cleanliness,
00:54:53.62\00:54:58.39
and the blamelessness of Christ,
00:54:58.43\00:55:00.90
and the holiness of Christ.
00:55:00.93\00:55:02.93
And when you don't have
the foot washing service,
00:55:02.96\00:55:05.07
what is there to remind you
00:55:05.10\00:55:06.43
that there are
sins to be forgiven
00:55:06.47\00:55:08.14
and a road to
walk on with Jesus?
00:55:08.17\00:55:11.91
And so this is evidently,
this is what part of Jesus
00:55:11.94\00:55:15.14
was telling to Peter.
00:55:15.18\00:55:16.51
He says,
listen, you've baptized,
00:55:16.54\00:55:18.55
you've already been
washed totally for your sins
00:55:18.58\00:55:21.72
and there are some sins
that you've been committed,
00:55:21.75\00:55:24.39
you've committed recently
00:55:24.42\00:55:25.75
and we want to
take care of those,
00:55:25.79\00:55:27.12
but you don't
do with re-baptism.
00:55:27.16\00:55:28.56
Right, you don't have to.
00:55:28.59\00:55:29.92
You take care of it with
the foot washing service.
00:55:29.96\00:55:32.83
So if your church is not
doing a foot washing service
00:55:32.86\00:55:36.03
you're missing
out an a key element
00:55:36.06\00:55:38.30
of the on going
call to be purified
00:55:38.33\00:55:43.24
by the righteousness of Jesus
00:55:43.27\00:55:44.64
and cleanse from
the sins that you commit
00:55:44.67\00:55:47.18
after you've been baptized.
00:55:47.21\00:55:50.21
And it's important to
be involved in that part
00:55:50.25\00:55:53.08
of the communion service.
00:55:53.11\00:55:54.75
Right, and some
people just get this feeling,
00:55:54.78\00:55:56.32
because the spirit of
God move them, they say,
00:55:56.35\00:55:58.19
"But I want to
get baptized again."
00:55:58.22\00:56:01.46
You go to ask, "Okay,
where has the relationship
00:56:01.49\00:56:04.63
between you and
God been broken?"
00:56:04.66\00:56:06.73
And you know, what
if the spirit of God
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is impacting your
heart to get things right
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between you and the
Lord, praise the Lord.
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Its not up to
us to pre-empt that
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or to edit or that.
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That's right.
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If the Lord is moving
upon your heart to do that,
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to God, be the glory.
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You and He
knows the true natures
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and the true
challenges of your life.
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But what was
being pointed out here
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is it is not
naturally imperative
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to always get baptism.
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I know some
people that have been
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same denomination,
baptized over, and over,
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and over, and
over, and over again.
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And I say, why is this,
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why do you feel
this constant need
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to have this
ceremony happen again?
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Well, you know, I've
lost my temper last week,
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or I've cursed at my wife
or I've bruised up my kids.
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That's, that's the
carving portion of your walk,
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the Lord will carve
that out of your life,
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but unless you've broken
and violated that relationship
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and walked away form the Lord,
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there is no
need to be recovered,
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or to be restored.
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Or re-renewed
into repentance. Right.
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You know, the baptism is
about the baptism of repentance.
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That's right.
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As well as a new life in Christ.
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So we need to make sure that
re-baptism really is generated
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from the right, the
right desire and motive.
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The right desire and
motive. That's right.
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And so, friends,
the Lord wants you to be
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all that he has
provided for you to be.
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If you take hold
of his righteousness,
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eternal life will be yours
and you'll have the promise
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that when he comes
you'll go with him.
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May God bless you,
until we see you again.
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