He's brought me through hard trials 00:00:42.20\00:00:47.64 He brought me through tribulations 00:00:47.68\00:00:51.95 Never let a day go by and not realize 00:00:51.98\00:00:56.45 Had not been for the Lord who was on my side 00:00:58.19\00:01:02.02 Back was against the wall He looked out for me 00:01:02.06\00:01:05.83 He heard my cry and rescued me 00:01:05.86\00:01:10.53 Never let a day go by and not realize 00:01:10.57\00:01:15.14 We are blessed, don't take it for granted 00:01:15.17\00:01:21.54 that we are here today 00:01:21.58\00:01:26.25 Just know that we are blessed and highly favored 00:01:27.52\00:01:35.82 Just know 00:01:35.86\00:01:39.69 that we are blessed and highly favored 00:01:39.73\00:01:45.80 He brought me through hard trials 00:01:48.17\00:01:52.71 He brought me walking through tribulations 00:01:52.74\00:01:57.31 Never let a day go by and not realize 00:01:57.35\00:02:02.05 Had not been, had not been for the Lord who was on my side 00:02:02.08\00:02:07.62 When my back was against the wall He looked out for me 00:02:07.66\00:02:11.86 He heard my cry and rescued me 00:02:11.89\00:02:16.00 Never let a day go by and not realize 00:02:16.03\00:02:20.84 We are blessed, don't take it for granted 00:02:20.87\00:02:27.21 that we are here today 00:02:27.24\00:02:32.08 Just know that we are blessed and highly favored 00:02:32.11\00:02:41.62 Just know 00:02:41.66\00:02:45.16 that we are blessed and highly favored 00:02:45.19\00:02:51.13 As I look back through the years 00:02:52.13\00:02:56.54 It's amazing how he helped me 00:02:56.57\00:03:01.91 What the devil meant for evil 00:03:01.94\00:03:06.18 God turned it around, turned it around just for my good 00:03:06.21\00:03:11.32 I know I'm blessed and highly favored 00:03:11.35\00:03:18.69 Just know that we are blessed and highly favored 00:03:18.73\00:03:28.70 We just come to think of it for a moment 00:03:30.67\00:03:33.64 It could've been me, it should've been me 00:03:36.38\00:03:40.58 it could've been me if it wasn't for the blood 00:03:40.62\00:03:46.09 It could've been me, it should've been me 00:03:46.12\00:03:49.69 it could've been me if it wasn't for the blood 00:03:49.72\00:03:55.20 It could've been me, it should've been me 00:03:55.23\00:03:59.10 It could've been me if it wasn't for the blood 00:03:59.13\00:04:03.97 It could've been me, it should've been me 00:04:04.01\00:04:08.24 It could've been me if it wasn't for the blood 00:04:08.28\00:04:13.75 It could've been me, it should've been me 00:04:13.78\00:04:17.62 It would've been me if it wasn't for the blood 00:04:17.65\00:04:23.12 It could've been me, it should've been me 00:04:23.16\00:04:26.86 It would've been me if it wasn't for the blood 00:04:26.90\00:04:32.40 Grace and mercy 00:04:32.43\00:04:35.30 Grace on me 00:04:48.28\00:04:50.35 Yeah, grace and mercy 00:04:50.39\00:04:53.92 Grace and mercy 00:04:53.96\00:04:58.99 Grace and mercy 00:05:00.90\00:05:04.03 Grace 00:05:04.07\00:05:07.14 Just know that we are blessed and highly favored 00:05:07.17\00:05:16.24 Just know 00:05:17.11\00:05:19.61 that we are blessed and highly favored 00:05:19.65\00:05:27.36 Order my steps in Your way dear Lord 00:05:47.01\00:05:54.05 Lead me, guide me, everyday 00:05:54.08\00:06:00.29 Send Your anointing Father I pray 00:06:00.32\00:06:06.90 Order my steps in Your Word 00:06:06.93\00:06:12.53 Please order my steps in Your Word 00:06:12.57\00:06:19.24 Humbly I ask Thee Lord 00:06:20.74\00:06:24.01 Teach me Your will 00:06:24.05\00:06:26.72 While You are working, help us be still 00:06:26.75\00:06:32.95 Satan is busy but My God is real 00:06:32.99\00:06:40.40 Order my steps in Your Word 00:06:40.43\00:06:45.17 Yes, order my steps in Your Word 00:06:45.20\00:06:50.64 Write on my tongue, let my words edify 00:06:53.21\00:06:59.38 Let the words of my mouth be acceptable in Thy sight 00:06:59.41\00:07:04.39 Take charge of my thoughts both day and night 00:07:04.42\00:07:11.39 Order my steps in Your Word 00:07:11.43\00:07:16.97 Please order my steps in Your Word 00:07:17.00\00:07:22.77 Order my steps in Your Word dear Lord 00:07:24.41\00:07:30.85 Lead me, guide me, everyday 00:07:30.88\00:07:36.69 Send Your anointing, Father I pray 00:07:36.72\00:07:43.09 Order my steps in Your Word 00:07:43.12\00:07:48.40 Please order my steps in Your Word 00:07:48.43\00:07:53.40 I want to walk worthy 00:07:53.44\00:08:00.71 my calling to fulfill 00:08:00.74\00:08:05.65 Please order my steps 00:08:05.68\00:08:08.82 And I will always do 00:08:08.85\00:08:12.72 Your blessed will 00:08:12.75\00:08:17.43 The world is every changing 00:08:17.46\00:08:23.10 Ever changing 00:08:23.13\00:08:26.10 But You are still the same 00:08:26.13\00:08:30.41 If You order my steps 00:08:30.44\00:08:35.08 I'll praise Your name 00:08:35.11\00:08:41.82 I want to walk worthy 00:08:43.62\00:08:49.22 I want to walk worthy 00:08:49.99\00:08:53.93 Please order my steps 00:08:54.86\00:08:57.00 Order my steps 00:08:57.03\00:08:59.03 I will always do 00:08:59.07\00:09:01.90 Your blessed will 00:09:01.94\00:09:05.97 The world is ever changing 00:09:06.01\00:09:09.84 Ever changing 00:09:09.88\00:09:12.51 But You are still the same 00:09:12.55\00:09:17.82 If You order my steps 00:09:17.85\00:09:21.52 I will praise Your name 00:09:21.56\00:09:28.56 I want to walk worthy 00:09:30.20\00:09:33.64 I want to walk worthy 00:09:37.24\00:09:42.64 I will always do 00:09:48.22\00:09:50.35 Your blessed will 00:09:50.39\00:09:52.95 The world is ever changing 00:09:52.99\00:09:58.33 But You are still the same 00:09:58.36\00:10:03.23 If You order my steps 00:10:03.26\00:10:07.47 If You order my steps, I will praise Your name 00:10:07.50\00:10:15.14 Order my steps 00:10:15.18\00:10:21.02 In Your word, order my tongue 00:10:21.05\00:10:27.12 Order my tongue in Your Word 00:10:27.16\00:10:30.53 Guide my feet 00:10:30.56\00:10:34.03 In Your Word 00:10:34.06\00:10:36.93 Show me how to walk in Your Word 00:10:36.97\00:10:42.27 Show me how to walk 00:10:42.30\00:10:45.47 In Your Word 00:10:45.51\00:10:48.38 Show me how to walk 00:10:48.41\00:10:50.48 In Your Word 00:10:50.51\00:10:53.75 Provide me a brand new 00:10:53.78\00:10:56.95 song to sing 00:10:56.99\00:10:59.35 Show me how to let 00:10:59.39\00:11:02.59 Your praises ring 00:11:02.62\00:11:05.09 In Your Word 00:11:05.13\00:11:07.46 In Your Word, yes 00:11:07.50\00:11:10.63 In Your Word 00:11:10.67\00:11:13.57 Word 00:11:13.60\00:11:16.81 Order my steps in Your Word 00:11:16.84\00:11:21.61 Please order my steps in Your Word 00:11:21.64\00:11:27.28 In Your Word, in Your Word 00:11:27.32\00:11:30.52 Order my steps, in Your Word 00:11:30.55\00:11:34.29 Please order my steps 00:11:34.32\00:11:37.86 In Your Word 00:11:37.89\00:11:40.33 Please order my steps 00:11:40.90\00:11:44.07 In Your Word 00:11:44.10\00:11:46.87 Please order my steps 00:11:46.90\00:11:50.77 In Your Word 00:11:50.81\00:11:56.41 Journey with me to the book of Second Peter 00:12:03.55\00:12:07.09 Second Peter the 3rd chapter 00:12:07.12\00:12:10.59 2 Peter 3, verses 3-4 00:12:10.63\00:12:17.47 And 9 and 10 00:12:17.50\00:12:21.24 2 Peter 3, verses 3 and 4 00:12:21.27\00:12:27.01 and 9 and 10 00:12:27.04\00:12:31.51 2 Peter 3:3-4 and 9-10 00:12:37.52\00:12:41.16 You have it, say Amen 00:12:42.09\00:12:44.26 Let's read together. What does it say? 00:12:45.49\00:12:47.96 Knowing this first that there shall come in which days? 00:12:48.00\00:12:53.23 what will come? Scoffers. Doing what? Walking after their own 00:12:54.14\00:12:59.91 lusts and saying what? 00:12:59.94\00:13:03.38 Keep going 00:13:03.41\00:13:05.68 Let's skip down to verse 9 00:13:12.05\00:13:14.79 I like this, it says what? 00:13:15.69\00:13:19.39 He's not slack concerning what? 00:13:19.43\00:13:22.96 His promise, as some men count slackness 00:13:23.00\00:13:27.04 But what is He? He's long suffering towards who? 00:13:27.07\00:13:31.17 Not willing that any should what? 00:13:31.21\00:13:34.41 But that all should do what? 00:13:34.44\00:13:36.01 Come to repentance. 00:13:36.04\00:13:38.35 Let's read that last verse, verse 10 00:13:38.38\00:13:41.08 But the day of the Lord might come 00:13:41.12\00:13:45.82 The day of the Lord should come 00:13:47.22\00:13:50.06 Will come 00:13:50.09\00:13:52.76 Will come as what? A thief in the night 00:13:52.79\00:13:57.43 in the which the heavens shall do what? 00:13:57.47\00:14:00.40 pass away with a great noise and the elements shall melt 00:14:00.44\00:14:05.07 with what? the earth also and the works that are therein shall 00:14:05.11\00:14:09.78 be what? Why don't you think with me today on this thought 00:14:09.81\00:14:13.92 Don't get it twisted. 00:14:13.95\00:14:16.25 Don't get it twisted 00:14:20.29\00:14:22.26 One of the more intriguing idioms 00:14:22.29\00:14:26.93 of the modern era has been loose lips 00:14:26.96\00:14:31.80 sink ships 00:14:31.83\00:14:34.90 Anybody ever heard that? 00:14:34.94\00:14:37.34 Loose lips sink ships. The phrase became vogue 00:14:37.37\00:14:44.05 during World War II when sailors were cautioned when they were 00:14:44.08\00:14:48.95 going on leave not to share what ship they had sailed on 00:14:48.98\00:14:54.42 where they had been and where they were going. 00:14:54.46\00:14:58.79 The military believed that if they would talk too much 00:14:58.83\00:15:05.10 they feared that the sailors might inadvertently give out 00:15:05.13\00:15:10.11 some anecdotal information that would assist the enemy to track 00:15:10.14\00:15:15.44 that ship and sink it. 00:15:15.48\00:15:17.85 In time the phrase came to mean excessive talk that might 00:15:19.41\00:15:25.35 sabotage a person, project or event. 00:15:25.39\00:15:29.99 The phrase has also become an example of what is termed 00:15:32.69\00:15:38.13 in the Latin, Ignorancio olanci 00:15:38.17\00:15:43.77 What did I say? 00:15:43.81\00:15:45.34 No everybody 00:15:52.11\00:15:54.42 Ignoratio Elenchi 00:15:54.45\00:15:58.82 It translates ignorance approved 00:15:58.85\00:16:04.63 Ignorance approved. And ignoratio elenci 00:16:04.66\00:16:10.13 is a fallacy in logic of supposing that a point you made 00:16:10.17\00:16:16.81 somehow proves or disproves 00:16:16.84\00:16:19.51 something that really isn't an issue at all 00:16:19.54\00:16:22.61 Loose lips, sink ships. 00:16:24.18\00:16:29.05 Now can a pair of human lips really sink a ship? 00:16:29.08\00:16:36.02 Unless you have the kind of teeth that can somehow gnaw 00:16:36.06\00:16:40.90 a hole in the hull of a ship 00:16:40.93\00:16:44.37 That's ridiculous, it's ludicrous. 00:16:46.20\00:16:50.01 Maybe figuratively that is the case 00:16:50.04\00:16:54.58 But since literally it is not 00:16:54.61\00:16:56.98 is it really an issue about loose lips sink ships? 00:16:57.01\00:17:01.85 Our Scripture presents to us another ignoratio elenci 00:17:01.88\00:17:07.89 Look at it there in verse 4 00:17:07.92\00:17:11.19 Knowing this first that there shall come in the last days 00:17:11.23\00:17:15.90 scoffers walking after their own lusts 00:17:15.93\00:17:19.07 and saying, where is the promise of His coming 00:17:19.10\00:17:22.57 for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue 00:17:22.60\00:17:27.51 as they were from the beginning of creation. 00:17:27.54\00:17:31.15 Here it is. Just because generations of people have died 00:17:31.18\00:17:38.52 that does not mean that Jesus is not coming back. 00:17:38.55\00:17:42.62 Don't get it twisted. 00:17:42.66\00:17:46.19 That has absolutely nothing to do with the coming Lord 00:17:47.90\00:17:52.23 The fact of the matter is that Jesus is coming back 00:17:52.27\00:17:57.51 whether you will believe it, whether you prepare for it 00:17:57.54\00:18:01.51 whether you're ready, whether you're looking for it 00:18:01.54\00:18:05.38 whether you're curious about it whether you're interested in it 00:18:05.41\00:18:09.48 Jesus is coming again. 00:18:09.52\00:18:11.85 And I say Amen to that. 00:18:11.89\00:18:15.12 Amen. Well pastor, how do you know He's coming back? 00:18:16.16\00:18:20.23 You ain't sayin anything. 00:18:21.70\00:18:23.53 In fact there's a song that I like, that says, Mine eyes 00:18:25.73\00:18:30.51 have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord 00:18:30.54\00:18:35.18 I haven't seen Him coming but I've seen the glory that 00:18:35.21\00:18:39.01 precedes whenever He goes anywhere. 00:18:39.05\00:18:41.82 Wherever He goes anywhere 00:18:42.58\00:18:44.95 There's such an effulgent glory 00:18:44.99\00:18:49.42 that precedes Him and so the songwriter says 00:18:49.46\00:18:53.36 that's what I was seeing. In fact I was reading a while ago 00:18:53.40\00:18:57.50 I don't know if it's true but I was reading an article 00:18:57.53\00:18:59.50 the other day where astronomers were looking in constellations 00:18:59.53\00:19:05.84 and they were looking at the constellation of Orion 00:19:05.87\00:19:09.34 and they said they heard sounds coming from the other side 00:19:09.38\00:19:13.58 of the hole of Orion and when they put it into the computer 00:19:13.62\00:19:17.79 the computer said it's some kind of music 00:19:17.82\00:19:21.02 You do know that when the Lord comes He's supposed to come 00:19:24.76\00:19:27.10 through the nebula of Orion, don't you? 00:19:27.13\00:19:28.90 My eyes have seen the glory of the coming 00:19:30.10\00:19:34.04 That's how you know. Matthew 7. 00:19:34.07\00:19:37.14 Matthew 24. Turn to Matthew 24. 00:19:37.17\00:19:40.58 Matthew the 24th chapter. 00:19:40.61\00:19:46.51 Here's the first way I know 00:19:46.55\00:19:49.12 I know He's coming because the signs say He's coming 00:19:49.15\00:19:51.99 Matthew 24. And Jesus went out and departed from the Temple 00:19:52.02\00:19:58.59 and His disciples came to Him for to show Him the buildings 00:19:58.63\00:20:02.50 of the Temple. And Jesus said unto them 00:20:02.53\00:20:05.07 See ye now all these things, verily I say unto you 00:20:05.10\00:20:09.60 there shall not be left here one stone upon another 00:20:09.64\00:20:14.68 that shall not be thrown down and as He sat upon the 00:20:14.71\00:20:19.68 Mount of Olives the disciples came unto Him privately 00:20:19.71\00:20:22.42 saying, Tell us when shall these things be? 00:20:22.45\00:20:26.42 And what shall be the sign of Thy coming and of the end 00:20:26.45\00:20:30.53 of the world. And Jesus answered and said unto them 00:20:30.56\00:20:35.06 Take heed that no man deceives you for many shall come 00:20:35.10\00:20:40.14 in my name saying what? 00:20:40.17\00:20:41.50 I am Christ and shall do what? 00:20:41.54\00:20:45.44 Do you know that from the time Christ uttered these words 00:20:48.24\00:20:55.58 until this day, that there have been about 33 individuals that 00:20:55.62\00:21:02.39 have on the scene proclaiming and professing to be Christ 00:21:02.42\00:21:06.73 What's even more interesting, two of them had been women 00:21:06.76\00:21:11.27 It hasn't been relegated to just one race, we've had black people 00:21:16.94\00:21:23.01 who've come forth saying they're Jesus. 00:21:23.04\00:21:25.08 We've had Asian folks step forth 00:21:25.11\00:21:28.05 and say they're Jesus. We've had Caucasian folks step forth 00:21:28.08\00:21:32.39 and say they're Jesus. Most recently Jose Luis de Jesus 00:21:32.42\00:21:36.93 Miranda from Puerto Rico, the preacher, he come forth and 00:21:36.96\00:21:40.73 said he's who? He's Jesus. 00:21:40.76\00:21:45.40 It's interesting when you read through Matthew 24 00:21:47.24\00:21:50.27 that we are warned about the deceptions of false christs 00:21:50.31\00:21:54.14 and false teachers more than any other sign, three times 00:21:54.18\00:21:57.78 What does that suggest to us? 00:21:57.81\00:22:01.12 That we've got to have our eyes wide open 00:22:01.15\00:22:05.29 We've got to get those eyes focused on the Word 00:22:05.32\00:22:09.29 We need to know what "Thus saith the Lord" 00:22:09.32\00:22:12.29 Stop picking on somebody else 00:22:12.33\00:22:15.40 to spoon feed us the truth. the Lord says 00:22:15.43\00:22:18.67 I'll feed you right from the _if you just open the Word 00:22:18.70\00:22:23.17 And study to show yourself approved. 00:22:23.20\00:22:26.04 That's one thing I liked about the Bereans 00:22:29.74\00:22:32.21 When they were in the church and they heard the teaching 00:22:32.25\00:22:36.52 They just didn't say, ummm the show sure was good today 00:22:36.55\00:22:40.59 They went home and studied to see if those things were so. 00:22:40.62\00:22:50.17 You don't need to take anybody's word 00:22:50.20\00:22:54.47 for what's in the Word. You ought to go the Word 00:22:54.50\00:22:57.87 so He can explain the Word 00:22:57.91\00:22:59.77 I can't believe that 00:22:59.81\00:23:01.84 Look at verse 6, look at verse 6 00:23:07.92\00:23:10.09 And ye shall hear what? 00:23:10.89\00:23:12.59 Wars and rumors of wars. See that ye be not troubled 00:23:12.62\00:23:18.03 for what? All these things must come to pass, but the end is 00:23:18.06\00:23:23.00 not yet, for nation shall rise against nation and kingdom 00:23:23.03\00:23:28.57 against what? against kingdom 00:23:28.60\00:23:32.94 Out of 200 countries recognized by the United Nations 00:23:32.97\00:23:38.98 67 of them are at war. 00:23:39.01\00:23:42.75 There are probably many wars going on simultaneously 00:23:42.78\00:23:47.66 as we speak. We just left a war didn't we? 00:23:47.69\00:23:52.23 And we're still involved in other wars at the same time. 00:23:53.09\00:23:59.07 Look at the second half of that verse 00:23:59.87\00:24:02.87 It says, and there shall be what? 00:24:02.90\00:24:06.41 Famines, what else? what else? earthquakes, where? 00:24:06.44\00:24:11.98 What does that verse mean? 00:24:12.01\00:24:15.22 Different places. Places that did not use to hear about 00:24:15.25\00:24:19.32 earthquakes, is that right? 00:24:19.35\00:24:21.06 Listen, approximately 15 million children 00:24:24.13\00:24:29.63 die every year from hunger. 00:24:29.66\00:24:33.84 That means about every 3.6 seconds 00:24:36.27\00:24:40.78 somebody's dying of hunger 00:24:40.81\00:24:46.45 and yet the awesome reality is 00:24:46.48\00:24:49.68 that if we took the money that we spend on one missile 00:24:49.72\00:24:55.09 we could feed a whole school of hungry children lunch for 5 year 00:24:55.12\00:25:02.26 Just cash in a missile 00:25:04.07\00:25:07.07 Just cash in a missile and you can feed a school for 5 years 00:25:10.41\00:25:18.38 Wars, famines and what's the last thing? 00:25:20.55\00:25:25.12 Just jumped over one, just went all over money 00:25:33.93\00:25:36.90 What comes after famines? 00:25:36.93\00:25:39.53 Oh you couldn't pronounce it is that what it was? 00:25:39.57\00:25:43.64 Pestilence. You don't just see it. 00:25:49.11\00:25:51.55 Disease, disease. Out of 59 million people who die each year 00:25:51.58\00:26:00.72 30 million of them die from disease. 00:26:00.76\00:26:04.76 Pestilence is everywhere. 00:26:04.79\00:26:08.60 Doesn't it sound like the Dallas morning news? 00:26:08.63\00:26:10.87 But I'm reading from Matthew 24. 00:26:10.90\00:26:13.70 You can't get a better editor than that. 00:26:15.04\00:26:18.47 Can't pretend what was going to happen in 2012. 00:26:18.51\00:26:22.41 Earthquakes, listen to this. I'm kinda curious about 00:26:22.44\00:26:26.38 stuff. I go digging. I learned that from 1800 to 1900 00:26:26.41\00:26:34.09 that's a 100 year period, there were 645 earthquakes 00:26:34.12\00:26:40.66 In a 100-year period. Then from 1900 to 1997 00:26:41.73\00:26:48.77 there were 1847 earthquakes 00:26:48.80\00:26:55.18 That means in 94 years the occurrence and incidence of 00:26:55.21\00:27:01.28 earthquakes had almost tripled 2.8%, almost tripled 00:27:01.32\00:27:06.49 in the next 100 years. But listen to this, from 1994 00:27:06.52\00:27:11.83 to the year 2000, which is just how many years? 00:27:11.86\00:27:17.13 Seven, a little over seven 00:27:17.17\00:27:20.57 You going to tell me what's in this service? 00:27:22.80\00:27:26.27 If it's wrong, just go along with your pastor. 7 means 7. 00:27:26.31\00:27:30.05 7 years. Listen, listen. Listen there were 1163 earthquakes 00:27:30.08\00:27:37.72 in just 7 years. That means the incidence of earthquakes 00:27:37.75\00:27:43.53 has increased by almost 175 times 00:27:43.56\00:27:50.07 in seven years. 00:27:50.10\00:27:54.37 If something doesn't click into our reality, and 00:27:54.40\00:27:58.34 let us know something is going on we've got to be fast asleep. 00:27:58.37\00:28:03.78 Look at verse 8. This is a scary verse. 00:28:05.51\00:28:09.82 Read it, what does it say? 00:28:11.05\00:28:12.39 You think it could get worse? 00:28:17.13\00:28:19.66 You've got to be kidding. It can be worse. 00:28:19.69\00:28:24.33 All these are the beginning of sorrows. In fact, I looked at 00:28:25.83\00:28:32.27 the etymology of that word 'sorrow' and in the Greek 00:28:32.31\00:28:35.34 the word is Audine. Do you know what Audine translates at? 00:28:35.38\00:28:37.85 All these are the beginning of labor pains. 00:28:37.88\00:28:41.32 When I think of the pain that can be caused by war 00:28:41.35\00:28:45.22 the pain that can be caused by starvation 00:28:45.25\00:28:50.03 the pain that can be caused by dying and disease 00:28:50.06\00:28:55.60 the pain that can be caused to hang on walls, on brick walls 00:28:55.63\00:28:59.43 throwing tiles on you and crush you 00:28:59.47\00:29:01.44 and I said to myself, she musta been in a whole lot 00:29:01.47\00:29:05.67 of pain if this just represents the beginning of labor pain. 00:29:05.71\00:29:09.91 That's true. How do you know Jesus is coming? 00:29:15.75\00:29:20.62 Verse 14 of Matthew 24. 00:29:20.66\00:29:23.56 First of all, the signs say so. 00:29:24.73\00:29:26.90 But look at verse 14. And read it with me. 00:29:28.16\00:29:32.20 And this gospel of the kingdom shall be what? preached where? 00:29:32.23\00:29:36.71 In all the world for what? for witness to all nations 00:29:36.74\00:29:41.11 and then what's gonna happen? 00:29:41.14\00:29:42.48 The reason I know is because the gospel is being preached 00:29:43.58\00:29:47.92 everywhere. When this church convened in the city of Atlanta 00:29:47.95\00:29:55.19 in the year 2012, 2010 00:29:55.22\00:29:58.89 I took a special interest in the last page of the booklet 00:30:00.00\00:30:06.23 because it had that there a little notation that probably 00:30:06.27\00:30:13.07 most people took little note of. 00:30:13.11\00:30:15.24 It said that there are 218 countries recognized by the 00:30:15.28\00:30:20.88 United Nations and this church has preached the gospel 00:30:20.92\00:30:25.52 203 of them. 00:30:25.55\00:30:30.66 How many does that leave? 00:30:31.96\00:30:34.30 Fifteen. 00:30:35.10\00:30:37.70 Think with me now, think with me. 00:30:37.73\00:30:40.34 218, the gospel has already been preached 00:30:41.27\00:30:45.21 I heard one Praise God 00:30:46.88\00:30:49.31 203 have been entered. 15 are left. Now anybody have any idea 00:30:51.48\00:31:00.36 how many satellites we got up there? 00:31:00.39\00:31:02.26 With technology being what it is how long do you think it will 00:31:03.99\00:31:08.63 take for the gospel to get to those lands of 15 countries? 00:31:08.66\00:31:12.97 Absolutely no time at all. 00:31:14.94\00:31:17.91 In fact the Gospel can be preached in every country 00:31:17.94\00:31:22.34 if people just got on FaceBook. 00:31:22.38\00:31:24.81 I got a friend request from somebody in Malaysia 00:31:31.19\00:31:36.32 I had absolutely no idea how to pronounce their name 00:31:36.36\00:31:42.56 I've never met them, but some kinda way they were able to 00:31:43.20\00:31:49.47 navigate to my page. How long do you think it'll take 00:31:49.50\00:31:54.48 beloved, for the Gospel to be preached, what is the Gospel? 00:31:54.51\00:31:58.65 by the way? What is the Gospel? The Gospel is what? 00:31:58.68\00:32:04.02 Say it again. 00:32:04.65\00:32:05.99 Good News. Good news about what? 00:32:06.55\00:32:10.16 About Jesus Christ? What about Jesus Christ? 00:32:11.19\00:32:13.29 Let me help you out a little bit. 00:32:18.80\00:32:20.47 Romans 6:23. 00:32:22.20\00:32:25.64 Turn there, I gotta help you with this good news. 00:32:26.91\00:32:31.05 Romans 6:23 00:32:31.08\00:32:34.18 You have it? You might even know it. 00:32:35.18\00:32:38.69 Tell m what does it say? 00:32:38.72\00:32:40.86 For the what? The wages of what? 00:32:40.89\00:32:44.76 is what? Say it again. 00:32:44.79\00:32:47.33 Is there a but? 00:32:49.00\00:32:50.67 I like things that follow but 00:32:50.70\00:32:52.47 It changes the situation. 00:32:54.07\00:32:57.21 It alters the state of being. 00:32:57.24\00:33:00.18 But what? Keep on reading. 00:33:00.21\00:33:01.74 But the gift of God is what? 00:33:01.78\00:33:04.91 Eternal life. You've got to understand that there is a 00:33:04.95\00:33:09.98 cosmic chasm that has been exacerbated by my sins 00:33:10.02\00:33:14.82 Isaiah 59:2 says Your iniquities have separated me from you 00:33:14.86\00:33:21.10 I told you last Sabbath that Jesus loves you and misses you 00:33:21.13\00:33:27.67 and He loves to get back with you. 00:33:27.70\00:33:30.74 He can't stand the separation. 00:33:30.77\00:33:33.81 And so He wanted to make sure there'd be no more separation 00:33:35.91\00:33:40.25 He's got to destroy sin and sinners. 00:33:40.28\00:33:45.22 But the gift of God is eternal life. 00:33:50.73\00:33:55.46 We're sinners, we're sinners. 00:33:55.50\00:34:00.30 We have to acknowledge the fact that we're sinners. 00:34:00.34\00:34:03.14 I said what? I don't hear you. 00:34:03.17\00:34:06.07 Acknowledge the fact 00:34:06.11\00:34:09.51 that you're a sinner. 00:34:09.54\00:34:10.88 Anybody get to AA yet? 00:34:10.91\00:34:13.28 I have two honest souls. 00:34:15.75\00:34:18.49 Two. That's ok. 00:34:19.79\00:34:22.76 They put their hands up in testimony, not telling. 00:34:24.33\00:34:27.76 In testimony. 00:34:32.17\00:34:35.00 You're not going to be saved without a testimony. 00:34:35.04\00:34:39.07 Rev 12:11 says, but they over came by the blood of the Lamb 00:34:39.11\00:34:44.95 and what else? The word of yours you can't talk to everybody 00:34:44.98\00:34:49.22 but somebody that will listen to me. You can't talk to everybody 00:34:49.25\00:34:52.95 how can you all talk to me about drugs if you ain't 00:34:52.99\00:34:55.39 never been high? 00:34:55.42\00:34:57.99 You can't talk to me about how it feels 00:34:59.16\00:35:03.87 to ache, to have a high that will only last a few seconds. 00:35:03.90\00:35:09.14 And so you gotta get another high, another high, you can't 00:35:09.17\00:35:12.17 talk to me about that unless you've walked in my shoes 00:35:12.21\00:35:16.44 How you goin to come to me and be part of the prison ministry 00:35:16.48\00:35:19.98 and you don't know what it is to live behind bars? 00:35:20.02\00:35:22.48 You don't know what it is to be incarcerated. 00:35:22.52\00:35:26.76 Even in your spirit? How in the world will you go and talk to me 00:35:26.79\00:35:31.59 about being a battered and abused wife if your husband 00:35:31.63\00:35:37.57 is taking you out to Cheesecake Factory once a week? 00:35:37.60\00:35:41.17 Hello somebody. 00:35:46.78\00:35:48.34 Let me do one thing better. 00:35:53.38\00:35:55.48 Everybody ain't ready for your testimony. 00:35:55.52\00:35:59.05 You testify about what God has done for you 00:36:02.86\00:36:06.56 Then someone's gonna say, whoo girl 00:36:06.59\00:36:09.13 She says she'd been with five men. 00:36:09.96\00:36:13.90 If I caught the other part of the testimony 00:36:15.00\00:36:17.71 But Jesus became the only man in my life 00:36:17.74\00:36:21.64 Jesus made me free of all those men in my life 00:36:21.68\00:36:25.41 Where is the rest of the every body can't handle your testimony 00:36:25.45\00:36:31.05 God has given your experience to you and He's going to use you 00:36:31.09\00:36:35.92 to talk to somebody who shares the same kind of experience 00:36:35.96\00:36:40.20 as you've been through. That's why you can't look down 00:36:40.23\00:36:45.77 your nose at anybody despite what they've been through 00:36:45.80\00:36:49.30 despite where the road has taken them because God has given them 00:36:49.34\00:36:55.18 a testimony so that they will be able to minister to His glory. 00:36:55.21\00:36:59.05 There's somebody that you and I can't minister to 00:36:59.08\00:37:03.05 That Gospel is about good news 00:37:09.02\00:37:11.13 Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah 00:37:11.16\00:37:13.73 Acts 16:31 says, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ 00:37:15.56\00:37:22.10 and what happens? You gonna be saved. 00:37:22.14\00:37:25.87 You gonna be saved. Your separated self is gonna be saved 00:37:25.91\00:37:31.91 Because this, Oh Jesus 00:37:31.95\00:37:35.15 Somebody called Him the Rose of Sharon. 00:37:35.18\00:37:39.69 Somebody called Him the Lily of the Valley 00:37:39.72\00:37:43.56 Somebody called Him the Bright and Morning Star 00:37:43.59\00:37:47.53 Somebody called Him the way out of nowhere 00:37:47.56\00:37:50.70 Somebody called Him Bread somebody called Him Water 00:37:50.73\00:37:55.00 Somebody understood something about our Lord 00:37:55.04\00:37:58.87 That He had a way of preaching He's the bridge maker 00:37:58.91\00:38:03.95 The bridge builder, the goel? so no matter how far 00:38:03.98\00:38:08.72 sin has separated us from God 00:38:08.75\00:38:11.02 He is big enough to bridge the gap. 00:38:11.05\00:38:17.26 The good thing about it is 00:38:19.66\00:38:22.40 I don't have to feel bad that I messed up 00:38:23.87\00:38:26.67 Because I read my Bible the other day and Romans 3:23 00:38:26.70\00:38:32.21 says, There is none righteous 00:38:32.24\00:38:35.68 So shut up, there is none righteous 00:38:35.71\00:38:40.82 So mind your business 00:38:40.85\00:38:43.55 There is none righteous, go soak your head 00:38:43.59\00:38:47.12 There is none righteous, not even you. 00:38:47.16\00:38:50.63 There is none righteous 00:38:50.66\00:38:52.86 therefore we're all on level ground 00:38:52.89\00:38:56.90 And it's the cross that gets off that level ground 00:38:56.93\00:39:00.34 And He said, And I, if I be lifted up, I'll draw all 00:39:00.37\00:39:04.57 all men unto me. 00:39:04.61\00:39:07.44 It's right what you done. 00:39:07.48\00:39:10.95 How low you've gone. 1 John 1:9. After I acknowledge my sin 00:39:10.98\00:39:18.35 that I'm a sinner, the good news is that if I believe on the Lord 00:39:18.39\00:39:22.26 Jesus Christ I can be saved but in order to do that I 00:39:22.29\00:39:25.13 got to do something. 1 John 1:9 says what? 00:39:25.16\00:39:28.06 If we confess our sins 00:39:29.63\00:39:34.20 He is what? And what else? To do what? 00:39:34.24\00:39:40.38 Cleanse us from all unrighteousness 00:39:40.41\00:39:46.55 You ever said you were sorry to somebody for something 00:39:46.58\00:39:49.38 you did to them and they still didn't let you off the hook? 00:39:49.42\00:39:53.62 You better be glad I ain't running... 00:40:00.90\00:40:04.30 Whatever the Bible says I turn it up on you 00:40:09.54\00:40:12.84 The Good News that people are waiting to hear 00:40:21.38\00:40:25.49 is not that they are sinners but that there's a Savior. 00:40:25.52\00:40:31.83 They don't want to live in the memory of all the filth 00:40:31.86\00:40:40.47 and the bad living they've done. They want to be lifted up 00:40:40.50\00:40:44.37 from that low state and if you don't get it right 00:40:44.41\00:40:48.64 you'll never find liberation or deliverance in the Lord 00:40:48.68\00:40:52.78 So don't get it wrong. 00:40:52.81\00:40:55.35 Fascinating. How do you know He's coming? 00:40:59.45\00:41:02.59 Let's go back to our Scripture Reading in 1 Thessalonians 00:41:03.76\00:41:08.00 as I bring this thing to a close. 00:41:08.03\00:41:12.47 1 Thessalonians 4. I like this passage. 00:41:12.50\00:41:19.67 Look at it. Look at how Paul starts it off. 00:41:23.24\00:41:27.25 But I would not have you, what? 00:41:28.38\00:41:30.32 Just stop there. Ignorant. 00:41:30.35\00:41:34.56 Remember what we were talking about? 00:41:34.59\00:41:40.03 Ignoratio Elenchi? 00:41:40.06\00:41:42.76 Being ignorant proof. 00:41:42.80\00:41:45.73 Paul says I don't want you to be ignorant. 00:41:45.77\00:41:49.04 He said that because he had just somewhere around AD 50 00:41:49.07\00:41:53.24 he had been expelled. He and Silas had been expelled from 00:41:53.27\00:41:58.55 Philippi and so he went to retreat in Corinth 00:41:58.58\00:42:02.58 and while they were there in Corinth Pastor Timothy came 00:42:02.62\00:42:07.22 to be with them. Timothy was the pastor in Thessalonica 00:42:07.26\00:42:11.39 and he came down for a workers' meeting and gave a report 00:42:11.43\00:42:15.96 to Paul about the saints that were in Thessalonica. 00:42:16.00\00:42:20.70 He said, you need to know that the saints are being persecuted 00:42:20.74\00:42:26.51 there. They're being persecuted for their beliefs 00:42:26.54\00:42:32.58 and when I look at their beliefs 00:42:32.61\00:42:35.72 some of their beliefs are a little askew. 00:42:35.75\00:42:40.12 They have ethical problems and they have eschatological problem 00:42:40.16\00:42:46.39 The ethical problem is that they believe that since the coming 00:42:46.43\00:42:51.57 of the Lord is going to be as a thief in the night 00:42:51.60\00:42:55.00 and you can't tell when the thief is going to break in 00:42:55.04\00:42:58.71 then we don't need to work for souls any more. 00:42:58.74\00:43:02.48 We can stop laboring for people 00:43:06.31\00:43:10.35 because the Lord is on His way. It could be today, it could be 00:43:10.39\00:43:14.72 tomorrow so let's just get ready. 00:43:14.76\00:43:17.33 Then they had an eschatological problem. 00:43:17.36\00:43:21.80 Because they were being persecuted they didn't quite 00:43:21.83\00:43:26.70 understand. I don't think Paul had really explained it to them 00:43:26.74\00:43:31.77 yet. But he would eventually say that they who live godly 00:43:31.81\00:43:36.64 in Christ Jesus shall be what? 00:43:36.68\00:43:38.48 I don't hear you. 00:43:38.51\00:43:40.25 Shall suffer persecution. They believed that since they 00:43:40.28\00:43:44.55 were suffering persecution that perhaps Jesus had already come 00:43:44.59\00:43:50.03 and forgot about them. 00:43:50.06\00:43:53.29 And so Paul decides he better send a pastoral letter 00:43:55.46\00:44:01.24 to the saints of the church in Thessalonica. 00:44:01.27\00:44:06.14 He wants to reassure them of one central fact 00:44:06.17\00:44:12.95 It's right there in verse 16. 00:44:12.98\00:44:17.55 Look at it. It says, For 00:44:17.59\00:44:20.76 What does it say brethren? 00:44:23.09\00:44:24.89 For the Lord Himself. Stop right there. 00:44:24.93\00:44:29.53 It's not the secretary of heaven 00:44:31.13\00:44:34.84 It's not the emissary 00:44:34.87\00:44:38.11 It's not a representative 00:44:38.14\00:44:40.31 But the Bible says, just in case you get it twisted 00:44:40.34\00:44:47.08 The Lord Himself! 00:44:47.12\00:44:51.42 That means when the Lord comes that His coming will be 00:44:51.45\00:44:57.89 Himself. I'm not sending a representative 00:44:57.93\00:45:02.80 I'm coming Myself 00:45:02.83\00:45:06.53 What's the next part of it say? 00:45:06.57\00:45:08.90 The Lord Himself shall descend from heaven with what? 00:45:10.77\00:45:14.88 With a shout and what else? With the voice of the archangel 00:45:14.91\00:45:20.08 What else? 00:45:20.12\00:45:21.45 Now this is why I believe God is black 00:45:21.48\00:45:24.79 He shouts and He plays the trumpet 00:45:29.29\00:45:35.90 The Lord Himself shouts it says 00:45:40.14\00:45:42.90 With a shout 00:45:44.64\00:45:46.04 The voice of God 00:45:46.07\00:45:47.94 The trump of God, the voice of the archangel 00:45:47.98\00:45:51.81 Understand something, not only will His coming be personal 00:45:51.85\00:45:55.05 but His coming will also be public. 00:45:55.08\00:45:57.95 I was sitting in my house the other day 00:46:00.29\00:46:03.53 and a man across the street was working on his car 00:46:05.39\00:46:08.26 And all of a sudden I found myself 00:46:09.86\00:46:14.14 just singing Summer Breeze 00:46:14.94\00:46:18.44 makes me feel fine 00:46:18.47\00:46:20.74 blowing through the castles of my mind 00:46:20.78\00:46:23.91 Then I got up, summer breeze makes me feel fine 00:46:25.48\00:46:31.09 I saw myself in the glass and I said, what did I do? 00:46:32.49\00:46:35.86 If I don't stop this it's gonna to be summer for a long time 00:46:40.36\00:46:43.23 It will be real hot. 00:46:43.26\00:46:46.74 But I learned something. 00:46:48.10\00:46:50.27 When we listen to the music we like to heat it up 00:46:50.31\00:46:54.74 A little bit. Little loud. He's just working on his car 00:46:54.78\00:46:59.48 but I can hear it in my house 00:46:59.51\00:47:04.12 There's something about the coming of Jesus 00:47:04.15\00:47:07.22 Not only will it be personal but it will also be public 00:47:07.26\00:47:11.56 It will have the ability for dead ears to hear Him come. 00:47:11.59\00:47:17.83 Ears that have disintegrated. Ears that have rotted away 00:47:17.87\00:47:23.10 Ears that have become dust and dirt. And yet in some kinda way 00:47:23.14\00:47:28.34 when Jesus comes 00:47:28.38\00:47:31.98 even the skull will be able to hear His coming. 00:47:32.01\00:47:35.32 And obey when He says to the North 00:47:35.35\00:47:38.89 Give Up, and to the South Give them back 00:47:38.92\00:47:43.12 Bring my sons from afar and my daughters from the ends of earth 00:47:43.16\00:47:47.66 In some kind of way the dead in Christ are going to be able to 00:47:47.70\00:47:52.37 to hear Him and get up from the grave 00:47:52.40\00:47:56.20 I used to wonder, wait a minute Lord 00:47:58.01\00:48:01.24 Why they got to go first? 00:48:01.28\00:48:04.01 All these problems I'm having down here 00:48:05.58\00:48:07.88 Why are You raising them up first? 00:48:07.92\00:48:11.42 You know what the Lord put in my spirit 00:48:12.35\00:48:14.59 Because they have died in faith waiting for me to come 00:48:14.62\00:48:19.33 They've been waiting longer for this thing to happen 00:48:22.43\00:48:27.17 You still will live here. Look at the last part here 00:48:27.20\00:48:31.84 Look at the last part here 00:48:31.87\00:48:33.31 The dead in Christ shall rise, then we which are alive 00:48:33.34\00:48:39.58 and remain, shall be what? 00:48:39.61\00:48:42.48 Say it again 00:48:42.52\00:48:43.85 Caught up together with them 00:48:43.89\00:48:46.32 in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air 00:48:46.35\00:48:50.29 And so shall we ever be with the Lord 00:48:50.33\00:48:55.96 It's interesting to me that Paul says, when Jesus comes 00:48:59.20\00:49:04.74 it will be personal. When Jesus comes it will be public 00:49:04.77\00:49:09.44 And then finally he says, 00:49:09.48\00:49:12.55 when Jesus comes it's going to be permanent. 00:49:12.58\00:49:15.45 Then shall we ever be with the Lord. Now never mind the fact 00:49:15.48\00:49:22.32 that there are other people up in the clouds 00:49:22.36\00:49:24.83 He didn't comment on that. He said we'll be with the Lord 00:49:24.86\00:49:28.83 forever. Now by default you'll be with those people who were 00:49:28.86\00:49:33.30 resurrected as well. But when it comes to being with Jesus 00:49:33.34\00:49:37.71 versus anybody else, Paul says I'd rather be with Jesus 00:49:37.74\00:49:46.41 than to be with anybody else. So don't get it twisted 00:49:46.45\00:49:54.06 He that shall come will come 00:49:54.09\00:49:57.49 and it won't be long. Don't get it twisted 00:49:57.53\00:50:02.00 because He says if I go and prepare a place for you 00:50:02.03\00:50:06.77 I will come again. Don't get it twisted 00:50:06.80\00:50:12.51 If He came the first time, He'll come back the second time 00:50:12.54\00:50:17.21 So don't get it twisted. 00:50:17.25\00:50:21.52 Jesus is coming back, the signs say so. 00:50:21.55\00:50:25.85 The preaching of the Gospel says so. 00:50:25.89\00:50:28.62 But more important, He says so. 00:50:28.66\00:50:32.16 Mom taught us to pray for that, Amen. At World War II 00:50:34.83\00:50:40.24 The Korean conflict. Vietnam, the first time. 00:50:40.27\00:50:46.54 And he was on his second tour? 00:50:46.57\00:50:49.54 I was out in the yard playing... 00:50:53.68\00:50:56.92 Mom had told us about three weeks before. 00:50:56.95\00:50:59.39 Your daddy's coming home. 00:50:59.42\00:51:02.96 And she made us clean up the house. 00:51:02.99\00:51:06.93 Every day, as if daddy was coming that day. 00:51:06.96\00:51:12.37 Day after day I had to dust my floor, dust my? 00:51:14.47\00:51:20.61 make my bed because daddy was coming home. 00:51:20.64\00:51:24.78 One week went by, two weeks went by. 00:51:24.81\00:51:29.92 Three weeks went by, no daddy. 00:51:29.95\00:51:35.76 Not only had I pushed the no-daddy button 00:51:35.79\00:51:39.23 but I also pushed the no-coming button 00:51:39.26\00:51:42.53 He ain't coming back. 00:51:42.56\00:51:45.20 So while I was out there in the yard I saw 00:51:46.07\00:51:49.00 an army green staff car coming down Liberty Street 00:51:49.04\00:51:56.28 It slowed down at 167 Liberty Street 00:51:58.18\00:52:01.95 turned into the driveway at 167 Liberty Street 00:52:01.98\00:52:09.06 The glass was tinted so I didn't know whether it was someone 00:52:09.09\00:52:16.00 coming to inform my mother of her new found status 00:52:16.03\00:52:21.40 as a widow and ours as fatherless. 00:52:21.44\00:52:22.90 So when the door opened 00:52:29.14\00:52:33.98 and I stood there looking at the car 00:52:34.02\00:52:37.59 all of a sudden a figure stepped out 00:52:37.62\00:52:43.69 that I kinda recognized 00:52:43.73\00:52:46.96 And that same black head 00:52:47.00\00:52:52.07 just like mine 00:52:52.10\00:52:54.60 black as 52 midnights 00:52:54.64\00:52:58.04 muscular in his frame 00:53:00.38\00:53:04.61 got out with that winsome smile 00:53:04.65\00:53:08.12 punched me in my chest 00:53:08.15\00:53:12.85 and I said, Hi Daddy 00:53:14.96\00:53:18.86 I knew daddy was home 00:53:18.89\00:53:22.50 Ain't nobody ain't like daddy 00:53:22.53\00:53:25.20 It wasn't an apparition 00:53:25.23\00:53:27.94 it wasn't my imagination 00:53:27.97\00:53:30.17 Daddy gave me confirmation that I'm back home 00:53:30.21\00:53:34.58 and not only am I back home but I'm back home to take control 00:53:34.61\00:53:39.41 to take charge, to get the house back in order 00:53:39.45\00:53:44.85 to make sure that everything goes right 00:53:44.89\00:53:48.06 Daddy's home. Soon and very soon daddy is coming home 00:53:48.09\00:53:56.53 no matter what the world says 00:53:56.56\00:53:59.47 no matter what the scoffer says 00:53:59.50\00:54:02.40 no matter what the nay-Sayers say 00:54:02.44\00:54:05.27 no matter what the skeptics say 00:54:05.31\00:54:07.98 no matter what the pessimists say 00:54:08.01\00:54:10.58 no matter what the atheists say 00:54:10.61\00:54:13.18 Jesus is coming again 00:54:13.21\00:54:16.18 The issue, the core fundamental issue 00:54:18.62\00:54:23.96 is not whether Jesus is coming again 00:54:23.99\00:54:27.20 but whether we're going to be ready when He comes 00:54:27.23\00:54:30.50 That's the issue 00:54:33.03\00:54:35.44 That's the issue. 00:54:36.57\00:54:39.27 Stand on your feet with me 00:54:39.31\00:54:41.84 Stand on your feet with me 00:54:42.61\00:54:44.25 God has been good to you, I said God been good to you? 00:54:45.48\00:54:50.22 I don't care if you don't have a job, God has been good to you 00:54:50.25\00:54:53.56 cause you have your breath. God has been good to you 00:54:53.59\00:54:57.09 You've got your life. 00:54:57.13\00:54:58.93 You can get another job, but you can't get another life 00:55:00.26\00:55:03.26 But the one thing that you may not have 00:55:04.87\00:55:08.80 is a personal solid relationship with Jesus Christ 00:55:10.11\00:55:15.31 Nothing that you can... on this earth 00:55:16.58\00:55:20.02 Nothing can compare in value 00:55:20.05\00:55:24.35 to a saving relationship with Him 00:55:24.39\00:55:28.76 But I don't know 00:55:30.23\00:55:32.09 if you've formed that with Him yet 00:55:33.70\00:55:36.30 Blessed Assurance. And therefore this first Sabbath of 2012 00:55:36.33\00:55:43.51 I don't want anybody to get twisted. I want somebody 00:55:43.54\00:55:48.44 to get it right. You need Jesus 00:55:48.48\00:55:53.48 and you know you need Him 00:55:53.52\00:55:56.15 you know this year will be messed up like last year was 00:55:56.18\00:56:01.52 if He leaves it up to you to handle your business 00:56:01.56\00:56:05.96 and today you want to come to the altar and say 00:56:05.99\00:56:09.10 Jesus, I want you. I want to accept you 00:56:09.13\00:56:13.27 While we're singing and the Spirit is talking to you 00:56:13.30\00:56:18.01 whether you're in the overflow or not 00:56:18.04\00:56:20.21 I'm going to invite you to come to the altar 00:56:20.24\00:56:21.81 Blessed assurance, Jesus is mine 00:56:21.84\00:56:30.32 Come on. Why don't you get it straight 00:56:30.35\00:56:34.42 Why don't you get it straight today? 00:56:34.46\00:56:37.03 Come on now, come on now 00:56:37.06\00:56:39.53 Get it straight with the Lord 00:56:39.56\00:56:41.43 Heir of salvation, purchase of God 00:56:41.46\00:56:48.20 Born of His spirit, washed in His blood. 00:56:48.24\00:56:53.41