Participants: Pr. E.C. Polite
Series Code: HG
Program Code: HG000004
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00:42 He's brought me through hard trials
00:47 He brought me through tribulations 00:51 Never let a day go by and not realize 00:58 Had not been for the Lord who was on my side 01:02 Back was against the wall He looked out for me 01:05 He heard my cry and rescued me 01:10 Never let a day go by and not realize 01:15 We are blessed, don't take it for granted 01:21 that we are here today 01:27 Just know that we are blessed and highly favored 01:35 Just know 01:39 that we are blessed and highly favored 01:48 He brought me through hard trials 01:52 He brought me walking through tribulations 01:57 Never let a day go by and not realize 02:02 Had not been, had not been for the Lord who was on my side 02:07 When my back was against the wall He looked out for me 02:11 He heard my cry and rescued me 02:16 Never let a day go by and not realize 02:20 We are blessed, don't take it for granted 02:27 that we are here today 02:32 Just know that we are blessed and highly favored 02:41 Just know 02:45 that we are blessed and highly favored 02:52 As I look back through the years 02:56 It's amazing how he helped me 03:01 What the devil meant for evil 03:06 God turned it around, turned it around just for my good 03:11 I know I'm blessed and highly favored 03:18 Just know that we are blessed and highly favored 03:30 We just come to think of it for a moment 03:36 It could've been me, it should've been me 03:40 it could've been me if it wasn't for the blood 03:46 It could've been me, it should've been me 03:49 it could've been me if it wasn't for the blood 03:55 It could've been me, it should've been me 03:59 It could've been me if it wasn't for the blood 04:04 It could've been me, it should've been me 04:08 It could've been me if it wasn't for the blood 04:13 It could've been me, it should've been me 04:17 It would've been me if it wasn't for the blood 04:23 It could've been me, it should've been me 04:26 It would've been me if it wasn't for the blood 04:32 Grace and mercy 04:48 Grace on me 04:50 Yeah, grace and mercy 04:53 Grace and mercy 05:00 Grace and mercy 05:04 Grace 05:07 Just know that we are blessed and highly favored 05:17 Just know 05:19 that we are blessed and highly favored 05:47 Order my steps in Your way dear Lord 05:54 Lead me, guide me, everyday 06:00 Send Your anointing Father I pray 06:06 Order my steps in Your Word 06:12 Please order my steps in Your Word 06:20 Humbly I ask Thee Lord 06:24 Teach me Your will 06:26 While You are working, help us be still 06:32 Satan is busy but My God is real 06:40 Order my steps in Your Word 06:45 Yes, order my steps in Your Word 06:53 Write on my tongue, let my words edify 06:59 Let the words of my mouth be acceptable in Thy sight 07:04 Take charge of my thoughts both day and night 07:11 Order my steps in Your Word 07:17 Please order my steps in Your Word 07:24 Order my steps in Your Word dear Lord 07:30 Lead me, guide me, everyday 07:36 Send Your anointing, Father I pray 07:43 Order my steps in Your Word 07:48 Please order my steps in Your Word 07:53 I want to walk worthy 08:00 my calling to fulfill 08:05 Please order my steps 08:08 And I will always do 08:12 Your blessed will 08:17 The world is every changing 08:23 Ever changing 08:26 But You are still the same 08:30 If You order my steps 08:35 I'll praise Your name 08:43 I want to walk worthy 08:49 I want to walk worthy 08:54 Please order my steps 08:57 Order my steps 08:59 I will always do 09:01 Your blessed will 09:06 The world is ever changing 09:09 Ever changing 09:12 But You are still the same 09:17 If You order my steps 09:21 I will praise Your name 09:30 I want to walk worthy 09:37 I want to walk worthy 09:48 I will always do 09:50 Your blessed will 09:52 The world is ever changing 09:58 But You are still the same 10:03 If You order my steps 10:07 If You order my steps, I will praise Your name 10:15 Order my steps 10:21 In Your word, order my tongue 10:27 Order my tongue in Your Word 10:30 Guide my feet 10:34 In Your Word 10:36 Show me how to walk in Your Word 10:42 Show me how to walk 10:45 In Your Word 10:48 Show me how to walk 10:50 In Your Word 10:53 Provide me a brand new 10:56 song to sing 10:59 Show me how to let 11:02 Your praises ring 11:05 In Your Word 11:07 In Your Word, yes 11:10 In Your Word 11:13 Word 11:16 Order my steps in Your Word 11:21 Please order my steps in Your Word 11:27 In Your Word, in Your Word 11:30 Order my steps, in Your Word 11:34 Please order my steps 11:37 In Your Word 11:40 Please order my steps 11:44 In Your Word 11:46 Please order my steps 11:50 In Your Word 12:03 Journey with me to the book of Second Peter 12:07 Second Peter the 3rd chapter 12:10 2 Peter 3, verses 3-4 12:17 And 9 and 10 12:21 2 Peter 3, verses 3 and 4 12:27 and 9 and 10 12:37 2 Peter 3:3-4 and 9-10 12:42 You have it, say Amen 12:45 Let's read together. What does it say? 12:48 Knowing this first that there shall come in which days? 12:54 what will come? Scoffers. Doing what? Walking after their own 12:59 lusts and saying what? 13:03 Keep going 13:12 Let's skip down to verse 9 13:15 I like this, it says what? 13:19 He's not slack concerning what? 13:23 His promise, as some men count slackness 13:27 But what is He? He's long suffering towards who? 13:31 Not willing that any should what? 13:34 But that all should do what? 13:36 Come to repentance. 13:38 Let's read that last verse, verse 10 13:41 But the day of the Lord might come 13:47 The day of the Lord should come 13:50 Will come 13:52 Will come as what? A thief in the night 13:57 in the which the heavens shall do what? 14:00 pass away with a great noise and the elements shall melt 14:05 with what? the earth also and the works that are therein shall 14:09 be what? Why don't you think with me today on this thought 14:13 Don't get it twisted. 14:20 Don't get it twisted 14:22 One of the more intriguing idioms 14:26 of the modern era has been loose lips 14:31 sink ships 14:34 Anybody ever heard that? 14:37 Loose lips sink ships. The phrase became vogue 14:44 during World War II when sailors were cautioned when they were 14:48 going on leave not to share what ship they had sailed on 14:54 where they had been and where they were going. 14:58 The military believed that if they would talk too much 15:05 they feared that the sailors might inadvertently give out 15:10 some anecdotal information that would assist the enemy to track 15:15 that ship and sink it. 15:19 In time the phrase came to mean excessive talk that might 15:25 sabotage a person, project or event. 15:32 The phrase has also become an example of what is termed 15:38 in the Latin, Ignorancio olanci 15:43 What did I say? 15:52 No everybody 15:54 Ignoratio Elenchi 15:58 It translates ignorance approved 16:04 Ignorance approved. And ignoratio elenci 16:10 is a fallacy in logic of supposing that a point you made 16:16 somehow proves or disproves 16:19 something that really isn't an issue at all 16:24 Loose lips, sink ships. 16:29 Now can a pair of human lips really sink a ship? 16:36 Unless you have the kind of teeth that can somehow gnaw 16:40 a hole in the hull of a ship 16:46 That's ridiculous, it's ludicrous. 16:50 Maybe figuratively that is the case 16:54 But since literally it is not 16:57 is it really an issue about loose lips sink ships? 17:01 Our Scripture presents to us another ignoratio elenci 17:07 Look at it there in verse 4 17:11 Knowing this first that there shall come in the last days 17:15 scoffers walking after their own lusts 17:19 and saying, where is the promise of His coming 17:22 for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue 17:27 as they were from the beginning of creation. 17:31 Here it is. Just because generations of people have died 17:38 that does not mean that Jesus is not coming back. 17:42 Don't get it twisted. 17:47 That has absolutely nothing to do with the coming Lord 17:52 The fact of the matter is that Jesus is coming back 17:57 whether you will believe it, whether you prepare for it 18:01 whether you're ready, whether you're looking for it 18:05 whether you're curious about it whether you're interested in it 18:09 Jesus is coming again. 18:11 And I say Amen to that. 18:16 Amen. Well pastor, how do you know He's coming back? 18:21 You ain't sayin anything. 18:25 In fact there's a song that I like, that says, Mine eyes 18:30 have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord 18:35 I haven't seen Him coming but I've seen the glory that 18:39 precedes whenever He goes anywhere. 18:42 Wherever He goes anywhere 18:44 There's such an effulgent glory 18:49 that precedes Him and so the songwriter says 18:53 that's what I was seeing. In fact I was reading a while ago 18:57 I don't know if it's true but I was reading an article 18:59 the other day where astronomers were looking in constellations 19:05 and they were looking at the constellation of Orion 19:09 and they said they heard sounds coming from the other side 19:13 of the hole of Orion and when they put it into the computer 19:17 the computer said it's some kind of music 19:24 You do know that when the Lord comes He's supposed to come 19:27 through the nebula of Orion, don't you? 19:30 My eyes have seen the glory of the coming 19:34 That's how you know. Matthew 7. 19:37 Matthew 24. Turn to Matthew 24. 19:40 Matthew the 24th chapter. 19:46 Here's the first way I know 19:49 I know He's coming because the signs say He's coming 19:52 Matthew 24. And Jesus went out and departed from the Temple 19:58 and His disciples came to Him for to show Him the buildings 20:02 of the Temple. And Jesus said unto them 20:05 See ye now all these things, verily I say unto you 20:09 there shall not be left here one stone upon another 20:14 that shall not be thrown down and as He sat upon the 20:19 Mount of Olives the disciples came unto Him privately 20:22 saying, Tell us when shall these things be? 20:26 And what shall be the sign of Thy coming and of the end 20:30 of the world. And Jesus answered and said unto them 20:35 Take heed that no man deceives you for many shall come 20:40 in my name saying what? 20:41 I am Christ and shall do what? 20:48 Do you know that from the time Christ uttered these words 20:55 until this day, that there have been about 33 individuals that 21:02 have on the scene proclaiming and professing to be Christ 21:06 What's even more interesting, two of them had been women 21:16 It hasn't been relegated to just one race, we've had black people 21:23 who've come forth saying they're Jesus. 21:25 We've had Asian folks step forth 21:28 and say they're Jesus. We've had Caucasian folks step forth 21:32 and say they're Jesus. Most recently Jose Luis de Jesus 21:36 Miranda from Puerto Rico, the preacher, he come forth and 21:40 said he's who? He's Jesus. 21:47 It's interesting when you read through Matthew 24 21:50 that we are warned about the deceptions of false christs 21:54 and false teachers more than any other sign, three times 21:57 What does that suggest to us? 22:01 That we've got to have our eyes wide open 22:05 We've got to get those eyes focused on the Word 22:09 We need to know what "Thus saith the Lord" 22:12 Stop picking on somebody else 22:15 to spoon feed us the truth. the Lord says 22:18 I'll feed you right from the _if you just open the Word 22:23 And study to show yourself approved. 22:29 That's one thing I liked about the Bereans 22:32 When they were in the church and they heard the teaching 22:36 They just didn't say, ummm the show sure was good today 22:40 They went home and studied to see if those things were so. 22:50 You don't need to take anybody's word 22:54 for what's in the Word. You ought to go the Word 22:57 so He can explain the Word 22:59 I can't believe that 23:07 Look at verse 6, look at verse 6 23:10 And ye shall hear what? 23:12 Wars and rumors of wars. See that ye be not troubled 23:18 for what? All these things must come to pass, but the end is 23:23 not yet, for nation shall rise against nation and kingdom 23:28 against what? against kingdom 23:32 Out of 200 countries recognized by the United Nations 23:39 67 of them are at war. 23:42 There are probably many wars going on simultaneously 23:47 as we speak. We just left a war didn't we? 23:53 And we're still involved in other wars at the same time. 23:59 Look at the second half of that verse 24:02 It says, and there shall be what? 24:06 Famines, what else? what else? earthquakes, where? 24:12 What does that verse mean? 24:15 Different places. Places that did not use to hear about 24:19 earthquakes, is that right? 24:24 Listen, approximately 15 million children 24:29 die every year from hunger. 24:36 That means about every 3.6 seconds 24:40 somebody's dying of hunger 24:46 and yet the awesome reality is 24:49 that if we took the money that we spend on one missile 24:55 we could feed a whole school of hungry children lunch for 5 year 25:04 Just cash in a missile 25:10 Just cash in a missile and you can feed a school for 5 years 25:20 Wars, famines and what's the last thing? 25:33 Just jumped over one, just went all over money 25:36 What comes after famines? 25:39 Oh you couldn't pronounce it is that what it was? 25:49 Pestilence. You don't just see it. 25:51 Disease, disease. Out of 59 million people who die each year 26:00 30 million of them die from disease. 26:04 Pestilence is everywhere. 26:08 Doesn't it sound like the Dallas morning news? 26:10 But I'm reading from Matthew 24. 26:15 You can't get a better editor than that. 26:18 Can't pretend what was going to happen in 2012. 26:22 Earthquakes, listen to this. I'm kinda curious about 26:26 stuff. I go digging. I learned that from 1800 to 1900 26:34 that's a 100 year period, there were 645 earthquakes 26:41 In a 100-year period. Then from 1900 to 1997 26:48 there were 1847 earthquakes 26:55 That means in 94 years the occurrence and incidence of 27:01 earthquakes had almost tripled 2.8%, almost tripled 27:06 in the next 100 years. But listen to this, from 1994 27:11 to the year 2000, which is just how many years? 27:17 Seven, a little over seven 27:22 You going to tell me what's in this service? 27:26 If it's wrong, just go along with your pastor. 7 means 7. 27:30 7 years. Listen, listen. Listen there were 1163 earthquakes 27:37 in just 7 years. That means the incidence of earthquakes 27:43 has increased by almost 175 times 27:50 in seven years. 27:54 If something doesn't click into our reality, and 27:58 let us know something is going on we've got to be fast asleep. 28:05 Look at verse 8. This is a scary verse. 28:11 Read it, what does it say? 28:17 You think it could get worse? 28:19 You've got to be kidding. It can be worse. 28:25 All these are the beginning of sorrows. In fact, I looked at 28:32 the etymology of that word 'sorrow' and in the Greek 28:35 the word is Audine. Do you know what Audine translates at? 28:37 All these are the beginning of labor pains. 28:41 When I think of the pain that can be caused by war 28:45 the pain that can be caused by starvation 28:50 the pain that can be caused by dying and disease 28:55 the pain that can be caused to hang on walls, on brick walls 28:59 throwing tiles on you and crush you 29:01 and I said to myself, she musta been in a whole lot 29:05 of pain if this just represents the beginning of labor pain. 29:15 That's true. How do you know Jesus is coming? 29:20 Verse 14 of Matthew 24. 29:24 First of all, the signs say so. 29:28 But look at verse 14. And read it with me. 29:32 And this gospel of the kingdom shall be what? preached where? 29:36 In all the world for what? for witness to all nations 29:41 and then what's gonna happen? 29:43 The reason I know is because the gospel is being preached 29:47 everywhere. When this church convened in the city of Atlanta 29:55 in the year 2012, 2010 30:00 I took a special interest in the last page of the booklet 30:06 because it had that there a little notation that probably 30:13 most people took little note of. 30:15 It said that there are 218 countries recognized by the 30:20 United Nations and this church has preached the gospel 30:25 203 of them. 30:31 How many does that leave? 30:35 Fifteen. 30:37 Think with me now, think with me. 30:41 218, the gospel has already been preached 30:46 I heard one Praise God 30:51 203 have been entered. 15 are left. Now anybody have any idea 31:00 how many satellites we got up there? 31:03 With technology being what it is how long do you think it will 31:08 take for the gospel to get to those lands of 15 countries? 31:14 Absolutely no time at all. 31:17 In fact the Gospel can be preached in every country 31:22 if people just got on FaceBook. 31:31 I got a friend request from somebody in Malaysia 31:36 I had absolutely no idea how to pronounce their name 31:43 I've never met them, but some kinda way they were able to 31:49 navigate to my page. How long do you think it'll take 31:54 beloved, for the Gospel to be preached, what is the Gospel? 31:58 by the way? What is the Gospel? The Gospel is what? 32:04 Say it again. 32:06 Good News. Good news about what? 32:11 About Jesus Christ? What about Jesus Christ? 32:18 Let me help you out a little bit. 32:22 Romans 6:23. 32:26 Turn there, I gotta help you with this good news. 32:31 Romans 6:23 32:35 You have it? You might even know it. 32:38 Tell m what does it say? 32:40 For the what? The wages of what? 32:44 is what? Say it again. 32:49 Is there a but? 32:50 I like things that follow but 32:54 It changes the situation. 32:57 It alters the state of being. 33:00 But what? Keep on reading. 33:01 But the gift of God is what? 33:04 Eternal life. You've got to understand that there is a 33:10 cosmic chasm that has been exacerbated by my sins 33:14 Isaiah 59:2 says Your iniquities have separated me from you 33:21 I told you last Sabbath that Jesus loves you and misses you 33:27 and He loves to get back with you. 33:30 He can't stand the separation. 33:35 And so He wanted to make sure there'd be no more separation 33:40 He's got to destroy sin and sinners. 33:50 But the gift of God is eternal life. 33:55 We're sinners, we're sinners. 34:00 We have to acknowledge the fact that we're sinners. 34:03 I said what? I don't hear you. 34:06 Acknowledge the fact 34:09 that you're a sinner. 34:10 Anybody get to AA yet? 34:15 I have two honest souls. 34:19 Two. That's ok. 34:24 They put their hands up in testimony, not telling. 34:32 In testimony. 34:35 You're not going to be saved without a testimony. 34:39 Rev 12:11 says, but they over came by the blood of the Lamb 34:44 and what else? The word of yours you can't talk to everybody 34:49 but somebody that will listen to me. You can't talk to everybody 34:52 how can you all talk to me about drugs if you ain't 34:55 never been high? 34:59 You can't talk to me about how it feels 35:03 to ache, to have a high that will only last a few seconds. 35:09 And so you gotta get another high, another high, you can't 35:12 talk to me about that unless you've walked in my shoes 35:16 How you goin to come to me and be part of the prison ministry 35:20 and you don't know what it is to live behind bars? 35:22 You don't know what it is to be incarcerated. 35:26 Even in your spirit? How in the world will you go and talk to me 35:31 about being a battered and abused wife if your husband 35:37 is taking you out to Cheesecake Factory once a week? 35:46 Hello somebody. 35:53 Let me do one thing better. 35:55 Everybody ain't ready for your testimony. 36:02 You testify about what God has done for you 36:06 Then someone's gonna say, whoo girl 36:09 She says she'd been with five men. 36:15 If I caught the other part of the testimony 36:17 But Jesus became the only man in my life 36:21 Jesus made me free of all those men in my life 36:25 Where is the rest of the every body can't handle your testimony 36:31 God has given your experience to you and He's going to use you 36:35 to talk to somebody who shares the same kind of experience 36:40 as you've been through. That's why you can't look down 36:45 your nose at anybody despite what they've been through 36:49 despite where the road has taken them because God has given them 36:55 a testimony so that they will be able to minister to His glory. 36:59 There's somebody that you and I can't minister to 37:09 That Gospel is about good news 37:11 Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah 37:15 Acts 16:31 says, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ 37:22 and what happens? You gonna be saved. 37:25 You gonna be saved. Your separated self is gonna be saved 37:31 Because this, Oh Jesus 37:35 Somebody called Him the Rose of Sharon. 37:39 Somebody called Him the Lily of the Valley 37:43 Somebody called Him the Bright and Morning Star 37:47 Somebody called Him the way out of nowhere 37:50 Somebody called Him Bread somebody called Him Water 37:55 Somebody understood something about our Lord 37:58 That He had a way of preaching He's the bridge maker 38:03 The bridge builder, the goel? so no matter how far 38:08 sin has separated us from God 38:11 He is big enough to bridge the gap. 38:19 The good thing about it is 38:23 I don't have to feel bad that I messed up 38:26 Because I read my Bible the other day and Romans 3:23 38:32 says, There is none righteous 38:35 So shut up, there is none righteous 38:40 So mind your business 38:43 There is none righteous, go soak your head 38:47 There is none righteous, not even you. 38:50 There is none righteous 38:52 therefore we're all on level ground 38:56 And it's the cross that gets off that level ground 39:00 And He said, And I, if I be lifted up, I'll draw all 39:04 all men unto me. 39:07 It's right what you done. 39:10 How low you've gone. 1 John 1:9. After I acknowledge my sin 39:18 that I'm a sinner, the good news is that if I believe on the Lord 39:22 Jesus Christ I can be saved but in order to do that I 39:25 got to do something. 1 John 1:9 says what? 39:29 If we confess our sins 39:34 He is what? And what else? To do what? 39:40 Cleanse us from all unrighteousness 39:46 You ever said you were sorry to somebody for something 39:49 you did to them and they still didn't let you off the hook? 40:00 You better be glad I ain't running... 40:09 Whatever the Bible says I turn it up on you 40:21 The Good News that people are waiting to hear 40:25 is not that they are sinners but that there's a Savior. 40:31 They don't want to live in the memory of all the filth 40:40 and the bad living they've done. They want to be lifted up 40:44 from that low state and if you don't get it right 40:48 you'll never find liberation or deliverance in the Lord 40:52 So don't get it wrong. 40:59 Fascinating. How do you know He's coming? 41:03 Let's go back to our Scripture Reading in 1 Thessalonians 41:08 as I bring this thing to a close. 41:12 1 Thessalonians 4. I like this passage. 41:23 Look at it. Look at how Paul starts it off. 41:28 But I would not have you, what? 41:30 Just stop there. Ignorant. 41:34 Remember what we were talking about? 41:40 Ignoratio Elenchi? 41:42 Being ignorant proof. 41:45 Paul says I don't want you to be ignorant. 41:49 He said that because he had just somewhere around AD 50 41:53 he had been expelled. He and Silas had been expelled from 41:58 Philippi and so he went to retreat in Corinth 42:02 and while they were there in Corinth Pastor Timothy came 42:07 to be with them. Timothy was the pastor in Thessalonica 42:11 and he came down for a workers' meeting and gave a report 42:16 to Paul about the saints that were in Thessalonica. 42:20 He said, you need to know that the saints are being persecuted 42:26 there. They're being persecuted for their beliefs 42:32 and when I look at their beliefs 42:35 some of their beliefs are a little askew. 42:40 They have ethical problems and they have eschatological problem 42:46 The ethical problem is that they believe that since the coming 42:51 of the Lord is going to be as a thief in the night 42:55 and you can't tell when the thief is going to break in 42:58 then we don't need to work for souls any more. 43:06 We can stop laboring for people 43:10 because the Lord is on His way. It could be today, it could be 43:14 tomorrow so let's just get ready. 43:17 Then they had an eschatological problem. 43:21 Because they were being persecuted they didn't quite 43:26 understand. I don't think Paul had really explained it to them 43:31 yet. But he would eventually say that they who live godly 43:36 in Christ Jesus shall be what? 43:38 I don't hear you. 43:40 Shall suffer persecution. They believed that since they 43:44 were suffering persecution that perhaps Jesus had already come 43:50 and forgot about them. 43:55 And so Paul decides he better send a pastoral letter 44:01 to the saints of the church in Thessalonica. 44:06 He wants to reassure them of one central fact 44:12 It's right there in verse 16. 44:17 Look at it. It says, For 44:23 What does it say brethren? 44:24 For the Lord Himself. Stop right there. 44:31 It's not the secretary of heaven 44:34 It's not the emissary 44:38 It's not a representative 44:40 But the Bible says, just in case you get it twisted 44:47 The Lord Himself! 44:51 That means when the Lord comes that His coming will be 44:57 Himself. I'm not sending a representative 45:02 I'm coming Myself 45:06 What's the next part of it say? 45:10 The Lord Himself shall descend from heaven with what? 45:14 With a shout and what else? With the voice of the archangel 45:20 What else? 45:21 Now this is why I believe God is black 45:29 He shouts and He plays the trumpet 45:40 The Lord Himself shouts it says 45:44 With a shout 45:46 The voice of God 45:47 The trump of God, the voice of the archangel 45:51 Understand something, not only will His coming be personal 45:55 but His coming will also be public. 46:00 I was sitting in my house the other day 46:05 and a man across the street was working on his car 46:09 And all of a sudden I found myself 46:14 just singing Summer Breeze 46:18 makes me feel fine 46:20 blowing through the castles of my mind 46:25 Then I got up, summer breeze makes me feel fine 46:32 I saw myself in the glass and I said, what did I do? 46:40 If I don't stop this it's gonna to be summer for a long time 46:43 It will be real hot. 46:48 But I learned something. 46:50 When we listen to the music we like to heat it up 46:54 A little bit. Little loud. He's just working on his car 46:59 but I can hear it in my house 47:04 There's something about the coming of Jesus 47:07 Not only will it be personal but it will also be public 47:11 It will have the ability for dead ears to hear Him come. 47:17 Ears that have disintegrated. Ears that have rotted away 47:23 Ears that have become dust and dirt. And yet in some kinda way 47:28 when Jesus comes 47:32 even the skull will be able to hear His coming. 47:35 And obey when He says to the North 47:38 Give Up, and to the South Give them back 47:43 Bring my sons from afar and my daughters from the ends of earth 47:47 In some kind of way the dead in Christ are going to be able to 47:52 to hear Him and get up from the grave 47:58 I used to wonder, wait a minute Lord 48:01 Why they got to go first? 48:05 All these problems I'm having down here 48:07 Why are You raising them up first? 48:12 You know what the Lord put in my spirit 48:14 Because they have died in faith waiting for me to come 48:22 They've been waiting longer for this thing to happen 48:27 You still will live here. Look at the last part here 48:31 Look at the last part here 48:33 The dead in Christ shall rise, then we which are alive 48:39 and remain, shall be what? 48:42 Say it again 48:43 Caught up together with them 48:46 in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air 48:50 And so shall we ever be with the Lord 48:59 It's interesting to me that Paul says, when Jesus comes 49:04 it will be personal. When Jesus comes it will be public 49:09 And then finally he says, 49:12 when Jesus comes it's going to be permanent. 49:15 Then shall we ever be with the Lord. Now never mind the fact 49:22 that there are other people up in the clouds 49:24 He didn't comment on that. He said we'll be with the Lord 49:28 forever. Now by default you'll be with those people who were 49:33 resurrected as well. But when it comes to being with Jesus 49:37 versus anybody else, Paul says I'd rather be with Jesus 49:46 than to be with anybody else. So don't get it twisted 49:54 He that shall come will come 49:57 and it won't be long. Don't get it twisted 50:02 because He says if I go and prepare a place for you 50:06 I will come again. Don't get it twisted 50:12 If He came the first time, He'll come back the second time 50:17 So don't get it twisted. 50:21 Jesus is coming back, the signs say so. 50:25 The preaching of the Gospel says so. 50:28 But more important, He says so. 50:34 Mom taught us to pray for that, Amen. At World War II 50:40 The Korean conflict. Vietnam, the first time. 50:46 And he was on his second tour? 50:53 I was out in the yard playing... 50:56 Mom had told us about three weeks before. 50:59 Your daddy's coming home. 51:02 And she made us clean up the house. 51:06 Every day, as if daddy was coming that day. 51:14 Day after day I had to dust my floor, dust my? 51:20 make my bed because daddy was coming home. 51:24 One week went by, two weeks went by. 51:29 Three weeks went by, no daddy. 51:35 Not only had I pushed the no-daddy button 51:39 but I also pushed the no-coming button 51:42 He ain't coming back. 51:46 So while I was out there in the yard I saw 51:49 an army green staff car coming down Liberty Street 51:58 It slowed down at 167 Liberty Street 52:01 turned into the driveway at 167 Liberty Street 52:09 The glass was tinted so I didn't know whether it was someone 52:16 coming to inform my mother of her new found status 52:21 as a widow and ours as fatherless. 52:29 So when the door opened 52:34 and I stood there looking at the car 52:37 all of a sudden a figure stepped out 52:43 that I kinda recognized 52:47 And that same black head 52:52 just like mine 52:54 black as 52 midnights 53:00 muscular in his frame 53:04 got out with that winsome smile 53:08 punched me in my chest 53:14 and I said, Hi Daddy 53:18 I knew daddy was home 53:22 Ain't nobody ain't like daddy 53:25 It wasn't an apparition 53:27 it wasn't my imagination 53:30 Daddy gave me confirmation that I'm back home 53:34 and not only am I back home but I'm back home to take control 53:39 to take charge, to get the house back in order 53:44 to make sure that everything goes right 53:48 Daddy's home. Soon and very soon daddy is coming home 53:56 no matter what the world says 53:59 no matter what the scoffer says 54:02 no matter what the nay-Sayers say 54:05 no matter what the skeptics say 54:08 no matter what the pessimists say 54:10 no matter what the atheists say 54:13 Jesus is coming again 54:18 The issue, the core fundamental issue 54:23 is not whether Jesus is coming again 54:27 but whether we're going to be ready when He comes 54:33 That's the issue 54:36 That's the issue. 54:39 Stand on your feet with me 54:42 Stand on your feet with me 54:45 God has been good to you, I said God been good to you? 54:50 I don't care if you don't have a job, God has been good to you 54:53 cause you have your breath. God has been good to you 54:57 You've got your life. 55:00 You can get another job, but you can't get another life 55:04 But the one thing that you may not have 55:10 is a personal solid relationship with Jesus Christ 55:16 Nothing that you can... on this earth 55:20 Nothing can compare in value 55:24 to a saving relationship with Him 55:30 But I don't know 55:33 if you've formed that with Him yet 55:36 Blessed Assurance. And therefore this first Sabbath of 2012 55:43 I don't want anybody to get twisted. I want somebody 55:48 to get it right. You need Jesus 55:53 and you know you need Him 55:56 you know this year will be messed up like last year was 56:01 if He leaves it up to you to handle your business 56:05 and today you want to come to the altar and say 56:09 Jesus, I want you. I want to accept you 56:13 While we're singing and the Spirit is talking to you 56:18 whether you're in the overflow or not 56:20 I'm going to invite you to come to the altar 56:21 Blessed assurance, Jesus is mine 56:30 Come on. Why don't you get it straight 56:34 Why don't you get it straight today? 56:37 Come on now, come on now 56:39 Get it straight with the Lord 56:41 Heir of salvation, purchase of God 56:48 Born of His spirit, washed in His blood. |
Revised 2016-04-13